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Cortana (discontinued) vs. Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cortana (discontinued)
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Cortana was a general purpose productivity assistant, that has been deprecated as a standalone product.N/A
Dragon Speech Recognition
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Nuance's Dragon Speech Recognition suite are applications for lawyers, medical practitioners, and other professionals, allowing them to dictate and record notes (according to the vendor) faster than typing, accurately.
$14.99
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Dragon Anywhere
$14.99
per month
Dragon Professional Individual, v15
$500
per license
Dragon Legal Individual, v15
$500
per license
Dragon Professional Anywhere
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cortana (discontinued)Dragon Speech Recognition
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cortana (discontinued)Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition
Considered Both Products
Cortana (discontinued)
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Cortana (discontinued)
IBM Watson Assistant has been early into this market and has improved a lot over time compared to Azure AI Cortana. More documentation related to the services. But Ease of integration Azure AI ranks over IBM Watson Assistant. And again in terms of services offered under the …
Fernanda Ministerio | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fernanda Ministerio
Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial
Chose Cortana (discontinued)
- Lower acquisition cost (my institution has other contracts with Microsoft which lowers the global cost of many tools and technologies)
- More learning and study material available (which facilitates learning by teams
- More intuitive technology
Rich Mephan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rich Mephan
Director of Research and Development
Chose Cortana (discontinued)
Have not evaluate any other similar products, we are a Microsoft Software house so it was a logical decision to use Cortana over other alternatives.
Dragon Speech Recognition
Elliot Hicks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Elliot Hicks
President and owner
Chose Dragon Speech Recognition
With Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition, I don't have to be online to make it effective, where VoiceTyper requires you to be connected. Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is a more comprehensive program for punctuation and commands.
Michael Craven | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Craven
Owner/President/CEO
Chose Dragon Speech Recognition
Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is far behind all of the built-in and free speech AI assistants--this includes Cortana, Google Assistant, Alexa, and Siri. The other AIs automatically do many things that Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition does not (e.g., commas, periods, and …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Dragon Speech Recognition
I have previously used Adobe Acrobat Reader in other organisations and I found it to be very good. However, as I purchased Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition for home use, there was a considerable difference in the price between the two products. For both work and home use,I …
Chose Dragon Speech Recognition
Other than the more recent speech recognition tools from Microsoft, Google, etc., I have always used Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition. I was introduced to AI technology on an appraisal assignment. During the engagement, I had an opportunity to learn about the technology, and …
Suresh K.S Kumar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Suresh K.S Kumar
Genesys Solutions Architect
Chose Dragon Speech Recognition
Nuance Dragon uses recognition models based on the analysis of thousands of voice and text samples when users set and train their user profile. The created user profiles are then modified based on their sound (acoustic model) as well as the words and expressions used …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Dragon Speech Recognition
Apple dictation is free and already integrated into the OS. It works very fast, and accuracy can be improved over time, depending on what OS version you have.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
-
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5.0
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User Testimonials
Cortana (discontinued)Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition
Likelihood to Recommend
As a provider of software applications to the legal market there is not a huge amount that the Cortana Intelligence suite can be utilised for though at the speed that new features are being added I suspect that will change very quickly. However the current functionality is clearly really well suited for e-commerce companies or vertical markets where process is very prescriptive and linear.
Rich Mephan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rich Mephan
Director of Research and Development
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Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is well-suited for any document creation need. Not as great on forms, because there must be time for one to process one's thoughts, but still pretty good. Memory issues seem to make the program delay transcribing words to an unacceptable extent. I'm sure artificial intelligence will change the program substantially.
Elliot Hicks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Elliot Hicks
President and owner
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Pros
  • Ease of Integration for all AI services.
  • Reduced time for development.
  • A one stop for all AI related services.
Verified User
Anonymous
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  • The main advantage is that it calibrates itself around your tone and accent.
  • Integration with many apps and operative system is good.
  • Integrating custom words and acronyms is very easy, so, over time, recognition becomes very precise and customized.
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Anonymous
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Cons
  • The language understanding service can be a little overwhelming at first trying to understand the differnces between intents and entities
Rich Mephan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rich Mephan
Director of Research and Development
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  • Editing--sometimes it takes several attempts to get the right word
  • Buffering the spoken words for very fast talkers
  • System resource hog
John Matthies | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Likelihood to Renew
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  • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition is not up to par with any of the other AI voice recognition technologies currently available
  • The software is also very buggy and crashes frequently
  • Punctuation also seems like an afterthought for Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition software--requiring the user to speak out each comma, period, etc.
Michael Craven | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Craven
Owner/President/CEO
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Usability
No answers on this topic
Once you learn the product, it is quite easy to use.
Elliot Hicks | TrustRadius Reviewer
Elliot Hicks
President and owner
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
One of the worst companies in terms of customer service getting the download file because of a laptop upgrade took me months of work. No jokes.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Alternatives Considered
IBM Watson Assistant has been early into this market and has improved a lot over time compared to Azure AI Cortana. More documentation related to the services. But Ease of integration Azure AI ranks over IBM Watson Assistant. And again in terms of services offered under the ecosystem, Azure AI precedes IBM Watson Assitant.
Verified User
Anonymous
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I have previously used Adobe Acrobat Reader in other organisations and I found it to be very good. However, as I purchased Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition for home use, there was a considerable difference in the price between the two products. For both work and home use,I found that Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition meets all my requirements.
Verified User
Anonymous
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Return on Investment
  • We do not yet have measurements and impact indicators for the adoption of Azure IA. But I believe it will be of high impact in the years to come.
  • We can improve our analysis and optimize team time
  • We can improve our digitization
Fernanda Ministerio | TrustRadius Reviewer
Fernanda Ministerio
Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial
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  • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has made it easier to dictate progress notes
  • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition has made seeing patients more efficient
  • Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition was a little expensive for our smaller practice
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Lauren Benson
IT Director / Office Manager
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