Tech Spec
System Requirements
The install process checks that your system meets the minimum requirements; if they are not met, Dragon Professional Individual will not be installed.
Note
Closing all programs before installing is recommended. In addition, consider shutting down and restarting your computer before an installation
Dragon 12.5 supports Microsoft Office 2013. For details on support for specific application version numbers, see the edition feature matrix and Technical Support’s KnowledgeBase
Non-medical editions of Dragon do not support dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems – for EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition
RAM
We recommend 4 GB for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10, (32 and 64 bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 & 2012 R2
CPU
We recommend2.2 GHzIntel® dual core or equivalent AMD processor.(Minimum: 1 GHz Intel Pentium® or equivalent AMD processor or1.66 GHzIntel Atom® processor).Faster processors yield faster performance. IMPORTANT:SSE2 instruction set is required
Processor Cache
We recommend 2 MB L2 cache. (Minimum: 512 KB)
Free hard disk space
If installing from a disk: 3.2 GB (4 GB for localized non-English versions)
If installing from a download:three timesas much space is initially needed (after the download is unpacked and installation completes, temporary files can be removed from the system)
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 8, 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows 7 SP1, 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows Vista SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows XP SP3, 32-bit only
- Windows Server 2008 SP2, 32-bit and 64-bit
- Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2, 64-bit
- Windows Server 2012 Standard Edition, 64-bit