News and journalism
Voice lessons: Computers are beginning to grasp the spoken word (Boston Herald, 25 September 1997)
Stephanie Schorow, Boston Herald; MIT Spoken Language Systems news archive, 1997
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- A 1997 newspaper article on speech recognition for personal computers, reproduced on the MIT Spoken Language Systems group's news page. It gives the launch price of Dragon NaturallySpeaking and says that its price had since dropped.
- How much weight it carries
- A contemporary newspaper report, so prices and details are as reported in 1997 and are not current. The article is reproduced by MIT and the text was read on 2026-10-16.
Facts taken from this source
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking, released by Dragon Systems in 1997, cost $695 at launch and its price later fell to $349.
“released earlier by industry leader Dragon Systems of Newton at $695. The price has since dropped to $349.” (Paragraph on the competing products)