Please read our review of Release 12
There are many different upgrades to Dragon NaturallySpeaking. If you wish to upgrade, the first step is to determine your current release and product. Click on the appropriate link below, then the logical upgrades can be identified.
In some cases buying a new product is advised instead of upgrading, in other cases multiple upgrades may be necessary.
Release 12 requires Windows-XP SP-3 (32-bit), Vista SP1 or later, or Windows 7. Upgrades are being released during August and September 2012.
Upgrade purchases include the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Upgrade DVD, a tiny Quick Reference Guide from Nuance, and Nuance's technical support as applicable (usually 1 free problem report). Softnet Systems will assist with installation issues when Remote Internet access is available so that we can observe and participate in the installation and see the problem(s) first-hand. We use a service that costs you nothing to use, just a couple of minutes to set it up when necessary. We provide a web page with supplemental instructions for upgraders.
Legal 9 (or Legal 8) users also have an option to upgrade to Legal 10 if desired, as we still have upgrades to Legal 10 from Legal 8 or 9 in stock. Contact us for details.
| Item | Price |  | Upgrade from NaturallySpeaking Legal Release 10/11 to Legal 12 |
$299.99 |
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For doctors or others using many Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, Professional does not support dictation into such systems, doctors should typically upgrade to Dragon Medical Practice Edition.
| Item | Price | | Upgrade from NaturallySpeaking Professional Release 10 or 11 to Professional 12! Regular $299.99 |
$299.99 |
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Preferred/Premium Users may upgrade to Professional at a promotional price, or upgrade to Premium 12
| Item | Price | | Upgrade from NaturallySpeaking Preferred Release 10 or Premium Release 11 to Professional 12. Regular price $399.99, SAVE $100 through October 31! |
$299.99 |
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Nuance sells upgrades for one or two prior releases for the Premium products. For doctors or others using Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems, Premium does not support dictation into such systems, you should upgrade to Medical.
| Item | Price | | Upgrade from Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred 10/Premium 11 to Dragon NaturallySpeaking Premium 12. List price $149.99. IN STOCK | $129.99 |
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Release 11 requires Windows-XP SP-3 (32-bit), Vista, or Windows 7.
At least 1GB RAM is normally needed on Windows-XP, 2GB RAM on Windows Vista or Windows 7 32-bit systems is minimal, 4GB on Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows 7 32 or 64-bit systems is required. If buying a new system, get 2GB if Windows XP or 4GB+ for Windows Vista and Windows 7. Release 11 requires about 150MB more RAM than Release 9. Memory upgrades are simple to do on most PC's (Tablet-PC's can be an exception), if you need more RAM I suggest looking at http://www.crucial.com as a top-notch supplier.
A minimum 1GHz CPU is required for any of the Release 11 products. Either a dual-core CPU, 1.6GHz or faster; or a single processor at least 2.4GHz is needed. If buying new, then we suggest a dual-core system running 2GHz or faster. If your computer system does not meet these requirements, it may still be worthwhile buying an upgrade to Pro, Medical, or Legal to preserve future upgrade options or to run in a slightly-slower mode.
The SSE2 instruction set and at least 512KB L2 cache memory is required. What this means in practice is that some systems bought before 2006, most commonly AMD systems, may not work. Don't worry, those systems wouldn't run Release 11 very well anyways! Nuance has a TechNote 6027 that goes into the detail of this issue and provides information of how to determine if your system is affected.
Upgrade purchases include the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Upgrade DVD, a tiny Quick Reference Guide from Nuance, and Nuance's technical support as applicable (usually 1 free problem report).
![[Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11, by Larry V. Allen]](/images/products/scripting11.jpg)
For those upgrading to Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional or Legal 11, we offer special pricing for upgrades which includes a PDF copy of Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking® 11 (a $49 value). This book provides needed documentation so that you can learn to produce the voice commands that will allow you to better customize your product. Otherwise, you must rely on on-line help files to decipher how to create voice commands that make these products powerful.
These products are licensed PER USER. Two users, one machine requires two licenses. One user, two machines requires one license. Please call or e-mail if upgrading 4 or more licenses as other licensing options may exist. Provide your current versions (Preferred, Medical, Pro, etc.) and release numbers (8, 9, 10 ...) for products you already have.
No longer available.
Release 10 Professional does not support dictation into EMR's. So a few of you need to upgrade your Professional to Medical.
| Item | Price | | Upgrade from Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional 9/10 to Dragon Medical Practice Edition |
$999.00 |
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There are no upgrades available, buy new product.
There were several upgrades to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10, but only the upgrades from Legal 8/9 to Legal 10 remain in stock.
If you have a valid Dragon Legal 8 or Dragon Legal 9 license, these upgrades may assist in updating your software to a more-current version of Dragon Legal.
| Item | Price | | Upgrade from NaturallySpeaking Legal Release 8/9 to Legal 10. ($449 is the list price starting October 1, 2008)Quantities Limited at this price to stock on hand. | $59 |
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