Review by Santa Barbara Jim

Nuance got it right with Dragon 4. I have used Dragon on my PC for more than 12 years and had been one of its greatest boosters. The initial release of Dragon 3 for Mountain Lion was quirky, but Nuance improved it with subsequent upgrades.

I have installed version 4 (4.0.2). 4.0.2 works great with the latest upgraded version of new Pages. I never tried Word on my Mac. I am a great fan of WordPerfect which I use on my PC. This comment was dictated with Dragon 4. I think the major problem was the initial release of version 3 was that it was released very shortly after the initial release of Mountain Lion. Apple subsequently released interim upgrades for Mountain Lion & Nuance eventually caught up with it.

Nuance did not release version 4 until almost 6 months after Mavericks was released. There were subsequent upgrades of Mavericks which eliminated some of its quirks. For version 4, Nuance waited until they could get it right.

l have used Dragon for more than 12 years on my PC and other software made by Nuance. The initial release of Dragon 3 for Mac was quirky on Mountain Lion but Nuance improved it with upgrades for that version. Version 4 was apparently designed to work with Mavericks and it works very well for me.