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From: JP Jamous
Date: Jan 17, 2017 2:18PM

You are correct, but lots of retail stores are still selling 13. 13 also works with Windows 10 as recommended by the manufacturer.

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From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 3:07 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking

Someone's confused. It's probably me, but the latest version of Dragon is Dragon 15.

http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-product/dragon/dragon-for-the-pc/dragon-professional-individual/index.htm

Aaron

On 1/17/17, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I bought the 13 premium as I would just need it for testing. I did
> call the company first and spoke to their sales people to ensure that
> was the latest upgrade and it did what I needed it to do.
>
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> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Joy Relton
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:34 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>
> Hi Aaron,
>
> I am still using Dragon 13. I am still working to get web browsing to
> work but it's having time to do it. I am using it on Windows 10 and
> having no problems. My motivator was the presence of carpel tunnel
> syndrome. I am encouraged that other screen readers are starting to be
> explored. I also want to encourage people to go through the analysis
> process you did before buying anything, "What will I be using it for, and do I really need...?".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 1:27 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>
> I wouldn't buy J-Say until you're sure you need it. I've managed to
> use Dragon 15 for dictation without it with few problems. However,
> when it comes to browsing the web, YMMV, as I haven't tried it for that.
>
> Luck.
>
> Aaron
>
> On 1/16/17, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> I will actually need J-Say since I am totally blind. It will help me
>> identify if DNS is working as it should while I perform manual
>> testing of web pages.
>>
>> Thank you so much for the information. I will research J-Say and run
>> everything in a virtual machine before I install it on my production
>> machine.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
>> Behalf Of Joy Relton
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 9:36 AM
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>>
>> Hi, That version of Dragon is fine but you need J-Say in order to use
>> JAWS with Dragon. I.e. speech input and speech output working
>> together. If your purpose for buying it is to confirm that speech
>> recognition works and you do not need to use JAWS, then you should be
>> fine. J-Say is available at http://www.hartgen.org/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
>> Behalf Of JP Jamous
>> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 9:15 AM
>> To: 'WebAIM Discussion List'
>> Subject: [WebAIM] Dragon Naturally Speaking
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>>
>>
>> I need to buy DNS to manually test web pages and basic Windows
>> applications as people with disabilities use it. Will this Premium
>> version be ample for what I need?
>>
>> http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/dragon-for-pc/premiu
>> m
>> -versi
>> on/index.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't need the Pro and pick legal or any other profession. I just
>> want the one that those with limited keyboard or mouse access use to
>> control their Windows environment and the Web.
>>
>>
>>
>> I also will be using DNS with JAWS 18. Do I have to do any
>> preconfigurations or simply install DNS and I am good to go?
>>
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