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System Requirements

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Hardware Compatibility

System Requirements

• Intel® Pentium® 4 / 1 GHz processor (or equivalent AMD® processor)
• 512 MB RAM  (1 GB or more recommended)
• 1 GB free hard disk space
• Dragon Version 7.3 - Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium, Windows XP, or Windows NT® 4.0 (with SP-6 or greater)
• Dragon Version 8.0 - Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), ME and XP
• Dragon Version 9.0 - Vista (32-bit versions only - not 64-bit), Microsoft Windows 2000 (4 or higher) XP Home and Professional.
• Creative Labs® Sound Blaster® 16 or equivalent sound card supporting 16-bit recording
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer® v.6 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com)
• CD-ROM drive: Required for installation
• ScanSoft-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included)
• Speakers: Required for playback of recorded speech and text-to speech features
• A web connection is required for activation

Dragon NaturallySpeaking  has been optimized for a variety of popular processors, including the Intel® Pentium 4, Pentium III, Pentium with MMX™, Intel Celeron™, AMD K6-2, AMD K6-III with 3DNow!™, AMD Athlon™, and more.