


YouTube is full of instructional videos on Dragon NaturallySpeaking (and practically everything else), and the subscription-based training site for hundreds of programs has at least one course devoted to the dictation software a free 30-day trial period is available. Other sources of instruction can be found elsewhere. Other interesting free alternatives to Nuance Dragon are LipSurf, SpeechTexter, Speechnotes and Windows Speech Recognition. If that doesnt suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Nuance Dragon and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Nuance also offers a $30 training video you can order, or a $30 online training course you can take right away. The best free alternative to Nuance Dragon is Dictanote. The Dragon support site hosts free online webinars devoted to specific uses of the software (like for legal or financial offices), and links to resellers that may offer hands-on training can be found as well. You can also find a series of free how-to videos for the Windows version and Dragon Dictate for Mac.

The support options go beyond PDF files you can download. For starters, the support area of Nuance’s Dragon products site has links to printable command cheat sheets, workbooks, and guides to the Dragon or Plantronics headset microphones that work well with the software.
