Even the most sophisticated speech recognition program must be made aware of regional speech variations. After I convinced NaturallySpeaking that I really do speak the king's English, I still had to spend many hours training it to recognize computer terms. Although the program has a vocabulary of over 250.000 terms and 160,000 active words, its techie talk vocabulary is limited. However, know that once you have trained the program to recognize a particular word, it is recognized forever. There are significant considerations you must be aware of when shopping for a speech recognition program.
System requirements are extraordinary.
Plus it needed a minimum of 180 MB of hard disk space. To achieve maximum efficiency, increase your MHz's to 400. You must have a minimum of 200 MB of free hard drive space - add 20 to 50 MB for each additional person using the program. I still should overcome my macho and consider a good course in speed typing. Here's wishing you a good boot.