Dragon Dictate for Mac 4.0, Keycard

First, my disclaimer: I am not judging this product based on any feature but its ability to transcribe audio files, as that was the only feature I needed or cared about. After watching David Pogue's video review, I was impressed enough to drop $200 on Dragon, as transcribing audio files is a huge part of my job and I thought even passable dictation software could save me hours.This product did not provide passable transcription. All I wanted was something that caught most words; I wasn't expecting 100-percent accuracy. Most mp3s I fed into the program produced nothing but gibberish, and while the audio source wasn't crystal clear, it was certainly strong enough - think two people sitting at a table talking, each a few feet from the recorder - to expect some better results. Here's a transcription example from a conversation recorded just in the manner described above:"Okay I don't find you and supply areas for improvement (. You in question writing story just Stephen the so I talked instead of the The sheep? Him: you: so from from percent here."I tried training the program, or course, but to call it a slow learner would be an understatement. Frequently, I would spend 15 minutes training the program, correcting each sentence in minute detail. But then I'd feed it the same audio file I'd used to train, and the program wouldn't even recognize the exact portion of the audio I had transcribed during the training.Further, after transcribing a few paragraphs, the bugs would kick-in, producing huge blocks of text like this:"hebusinessactually andthenyouarehereformaintaining thehealthexceptionaccidentwillhelponceagainnumbersinplaceto weexpectthedataclearly whatabouttoyourinitialimpressions"Or this:"Better I Don't Have Designations so If You Write Me a Check Please Get Him Ahead and Sharing Site on Your Memo"Or both bugs together; just for fun!"IsSureIAmSorrytoJumpintoandHavingTroubleGettingIttoYourself TheMedina.YouWill AndThatWeAsinFront"Needless to say, I expected a heck of a lot more, given the price tag. Maybe the voice control features work great and that's all you need. But for my purposes, Dragon Dictate 4 for Mac was completely useless. At least they gave me my money back.

I use it a lot and although it's not 100% it does save me time.

This product does not come with a CD- it comes with a download code that the company no longer supports. It is useless.

never worked

Oh my god, can you give this thing -5 stars? It's awful. I mean, Jesus so awful it should be criminal. You're better off asking a toddler to dictate for you.