In the past, doctors had to wait hours or days to see their dictated report. Lawyers use it to prepare contracts, dictate court notes, and manage legal paperwork. Professionals can use it to prepare any type of report. Realtors can use it to document properties. Secretaries and transcribing services can use it to save time and money.
Journalists can use it to write newspaper and magazine articles.
Anyone who produces lots of text can use it to speed up turn-around, and reduce report costs. Simply Speaking software is probably not the version a doctor or lawyer would use. The professional version, VoiceType Dictation, has the same top-rated speech engine as Simply Speaking, but adds productivity features that save hours of time in report preparation and file management. Most professionals would want to graduate to VoiceType Dictation fairly soon after starting on Simply Speaking. A regular computer user with voice recognition software could dictate letters, prepare student reports, document recipes, make notes on hobbies, or even use voice to interact with games and entertainment programs.