Dragon Naturally Speaking 6 hour sale
Jun. 19th, 2012 07:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
julesjonesFor anyone UK-based thinking of buying Dragon 11.5, the UK online shop is having a six hour sale from 9 to 3 today on the Windows Premium edition, in basic, bluetooth and digital recorder versions -- more details here. From past experience with Nuance sales, do check the prices against the discount prices available from places like Amazon, because they're not always that much of a deal. But sometimes they do offer a worthwhile discount off street price, and these prices are a serious discount compared to what Amazon is offering me today.
I don't particularly recommend the Bluetooth edition. The included Bluetooth headset appears to be the cheapest, crappiest one of the Plantronics Calisto range, and I suspect an OEM-only model. The actual mike is fine, but it's an over-the-ear set with a one-size-doesn't-fit-everybody earplug and loop, which I find is impossible to keep in place for any length of time. There's no charging stand, only a flimsy charging cable. Nice idea to not have to be taking the headset off and on to move away from the computer, but if it doesn't fit your ear you're going to be constantly fiddling with it anyway. It's usable, it's useful for work where you don't want to be tethered to the computer, and it's useful for travelling because of the small size, but I'm about to buy a headband mike (specifically the model I've been supplied with at work, which seems to suit me).
I don't particularly recommend the Bluetooth edition. The included Bluetooth headset appears to be the cheapest, crappiest one of the Plantronics Calisto range, and I suspect an OEM-only model. The actual mike is fine, but it's an over-the-ear set with a one-size-doesn't-fit-everybody earplug and loop, which I find is impossible to keep in place for any length of time. There's no charging stand, only a flimsy charging cable. Nice idea to not have to be taking the headset off and on to move away from the computer, but if it doesn't fit your ear you're going to be constantly fiddling with it anyway. It's usable, it's useful for work where you don't want to be tethered to the computer, and it's useful for travelling because of the small size, but I'm about to buy a headband mike (specifically the model I've been supplied with at work, which seems to suit me).