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From: Aaron Cannon
Date: Jan 17, 2017 2:25PM

Ok. Just wanted to make sure you knew it was not the latest version.

I'll be quite curious to hear how it goes.

Aaron

On 1/17/17, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> You are correct, but lots of retail stores are still selling 13. 13 also
> works with Windows 10 as recommended by the manufacturer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> 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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