I have Dragon, and also a couple additional voice recog. programs.

If the laptop has Vista platform, it will likely be bundled or packaged with voice / speech recognition installed. (Mine did, and it may be a staple or ... I dunno if it cost x-tra. My computer was gift, and a so-called "special edition" HP, so I don't know if voice is usually factory installed.)


Any voice recog. is generally as good or as responsive as the "training" it receives. By that I mean, the more time someone puts into "training" the program to understand one's personal pronunciations and enunciation, the more accurate and responsive the effect and results when the program is in-use.



I'd read the materials that accompany the program and follow the suggestions for use, including the tips on "training" (the program to recognize one's voice). I'm not suggesting that you wouldn't anyway but mentioning it since it's on my mind and related to my amazement at how many friends I have who constantly ask for help with something and, yet, didn't first read the manual, help files, etc.