Don't be trying to use Dragon Naturally Speaking if you have an accent It works great for people from NE and Western US... Texans and people from the British Isles tend to have a lot of frustration with it.

I've used it in the past, I'm faster & more accurate with a keyboard. I do have a full split keyboard which works well for me (but I'm a touch-typist). I'm glad that Dragon works well for you. For anybody using Windows 7, there's a free "Windows Speech Recognition" application built in that you can try out (under accessories, ease of access) before you buy Dragon. Dragon is much better and very much worth the purchase if speech->text works for you.