Listen to Dictation Style of Susan Fulton and Marty Markoe (MP3 format)
Speech Recognition software does not work well with conversational speech. Susan and Marty are very average speakers. SR works for them because they have trained themselves to enunciate each word clearly.

• How NOT to Sound - by Susan Fulton.
• How to Sound - This dictation resulted in 100% accuracy.
• Paragraph 1 of The Rainbow Passage - How Marty Markoe dictates. The complete well trained passage yields 100% accuracy when enunciated clearly with any good quality microphone. Because of this it is used as the baseline text for testing.

Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy for PC Users
A beginners guide to using Speech Recognition Software

Comparing USB Soundpods
Use this to understand which USB soundpod to choose.

Hints for Dragon NaturallySpeaking Users
Larry Allen's web site with great tips for using Dragon NaturallySpeaking and obtaining Dragon software and upgrades.

In the UK see ITSpeaking
Graham Hendry can train you and supply hardware at fair prices