Dear Jeff, The latest version is 12 and you are asked about your accent when setting up the programme. Different american accents are certainly catered for. I had to use dictation when I broke my hand about 9 months ago. I used Dragon Naturally Speaking with Jaws 12 and no other adaptive scripts. It saved my bacon so far as work was concerned but, if you are trying to produce high quality texts it is not always ideal. This is partly because of the English language, there are so many words which sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled differently. Two examples out of the thousands are "higher" and "hire" and presents" and "presence". I'm not convinced that even the most complex additional scripting would solve this. I was lucky enough to have a sighted person who was able to check what I had written for such errors. I should add that even a sighted friend has reduced his use of the programme precisely because too many such errors were slipping through. I have also found that training does not always work - if it is consistently misunderstanding a word or phrase there is a facility which allows you to dictate how you say the word concerned so that it can recognise it better in the future. I have found that it is certainly not 100% effective. Much as I would like to be able to dictate all the time my personal experience so far is that it is safer and quicker to type. Best wishes Robert -----Messaggio originale----- Da: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Per conto di jeff flint Inviato: venerdì 11 gennaio 2013 11.37 A: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Oggetto: [access-uk] Dragon which version Which version of dragon do people find is easiest to run? People talk about premium but 11.5 or I have even noticed 12. Also do they cater for US English or English English? Jeff ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq