Review by Dr. E

I have had this for nearly a month now. I had high hopes for this software … perhaps too high. When I came here tonight to write my final assessment, I noticed that I was not alone in my frustrations. As noted by others, for the most part, it worked surprising well (however, I was also surprised when the dictate function on my iPhone worked so well). BUT, corrections are insanely frustrating (to the point where I wondered if this could actually become less of a convenience and more of a nuance to a fairly proficient typist).

Likewise, little quirks and bugs prevented me from walking about my office and dictating (which is what I am most likely to do). Likewise can be said of when I am inserting textual evidence from a book or an article. I found that if I failed to maintain a close watch on the computer screen, my work might be lost and even more time wasted.

For me, as an academic who needs to insert ample evidence and maintain strict MLA Style, I do not believe it is possible to use this software at this time. Nonetheless, I have tremendously high hopes that Dragon will continuing perfecting it product so that students and people with reading and dexterity challenges can use this as a priceless learning tool.