Heck, even my old work 2.0 Windows in the early '90s had at least a rudimentary version of voice recognition. The XP on the PC I'm using to type this as well as the V-7 on my new lap top also have this feature. Why would I spend more of my time now that I no longer have work/schedule restraints when I wouldn't use it then. With my slow typing at least I can remove the uh's, profanity as well as the ums. Then I can add my punctuation and whatever exclamatory phrases I use plus reconstruct a clunky thought or sentence structure. Is it a good program - probably for folks like a professional, doing transcriptions or an author who has his thoughts perfectly together. But not me. Have a blast with it if you are comfortable though