Nuance updates Dragon Medical to support Windows 7

Speech and imaging company Nuance Communications’ desktop speech recognition program Dragon Medical 10 now supports Windows 7.

Dragon Medical 10 is a front-end speech recognition tool allowing doctors to create medical documents and emails, search the internet and control their PC by voice, according to the Burlington, Mass.-based company.

According to Nuance, the software is available in English, French, German and Dutch.

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