I have tried using voice recognition in the past. it never seem to work quite right for me, I had tried using NaturallySpeaking in the past. I was at target today and I saw the new version. It was only $39, so I decided to give it a try.I installed the new version for Microsoft Windows Vista. I was surprised how well it worked with very little training. It claims to require no training.It worked so much better than any past version that I have used. Nuance claims that the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 speech engine is up to 20% more accurate than version 8. I think they might be correct.