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=== Impact ===
Dragon Dictate had significant impacts on the field of speech recognition. First, it was the world's first consumer-oriented, general-purpose voice recognition system. <ref name=":2">[https://folk.idi.ntnu.no/gamback/teaching/TDT4275/literature/juang_rabiner04.pdf Juang, B. H., & Rabiner, L. R. (2005.). ''Automatic Speech Recognition – A Brief History of the Technology Development''.] </ref>  It operates on personal computers, expanding the accessibility of speech recognition technology for individuals who use personal computers <ref>[https://www.totalvoicetech.com/a-brief-history-of-voice-recognition-technology/ Kikel, C. (2022, April 14). History of Voice Recognition Technology. ''Total Voice Technologies''.] </ref>, rather than being restricted to specialized domains, such as in telecommunication and in military (e.g., the speech recognition system Harpy in collaboration with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense during the early 1970’s).<ref name=":2" /> 

Secondly, it was among the earliest speech recognition software packages that achieved commercial success, which inspired further research and development in the field. Following the commercial success of Dragon Dictate, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a continuous speech recognition package, was developed in 1997. It transitioned from recognizing discrete speech to continuous speech. Though there had been s couple of recognizers that recognized normal speech, they were confined by specific domains such as radiology with limited vocabulary. Nevertheless, the Dragon NaturallySpeaking was able to transcribe naturally spoken speech for a broad, general use with a 30,000-word vocabulary.<ref name=":3">[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB86606292348223000 Mossberg, W. S. (1997, June 12). Dragon Systems Bridges Gaps In Speech-Recognition Software. ''Wall Street Journal''.] </ref> Moreover, the Dragon NaturallySpeaking achieved a Real-Time implementation as fast as at 1.1 times real time with the use of advanced algorithms in combination with clever software optimizations. <ref name=":3" />