These bloggers were basing their reviews on several things but not on actually trying Dragon Naturally Speaking themselves. They viewed videos of people (including yours truly) using the product in a number of situations.

They also took the typing test at Nuance that enables a person to get a baseline concept of how much faster in percentage terms they might type.

A few bloggers that I have polled, or talked to (have not published quotes from yet but working through the material) also watched my live demonstration of the product at BlogWorld in September. There I let a number of people stop by the booth, put on the headset and start talking to my computer using my own user profile (ergo they were able to talk to my computer turn their vocal words into written words and they didn’t even have to train my computer at all, which is not recommended but for the live demonstrations it worked very very well with the exception of a podcaster from Scotland whose dialect didn’t fit in my generic midwest profile and another user that had a very high pitched voice, very different from my own.).

As to laying on the couch, you could definitely do that (see my post below about blogging from the tub even http://www.softduit.com/mavenmappersinformation/2008/09/28/dragon-naturally-speaking-10-from-the-tub/ )

Plus, I find it to be very relaxing to actually slightly pace around a bit to get my circulation moving while I think and talk/type.

I bought the software almost 2 years ago, and it has been a very good investment.

Next to windowslivewriter, wordpress and firefox, this is the one tool as a blogger that I would not want to work without. It probably comes in a close 4th with snagit, and definitely beats out my video editing software (Pinnacle & Camtasia that I paid for and Sony Vegas that I won in a contest)

I would be interested in seeing an actual product review or two, from some of these parent bloggers who you’ve already asked their thoughts on, to see if what they thought it would do, and what it actually does, are the same.
To see if it meets or exceeds their expectations.
Is that going to be coming soon, or maybe a possibility?

Brett, as you know, I have some physical limitations, and you and I had talked about either this product or an earlier version of it, some time ago, thinking maybe a year ago?
But my physical limitations have now become more limited since having another surgery, and a product like this could possibly really help me out.
I have restrictions on how long I can sit at my pc, and my body gets exhausted quickly from sitting too long. I could lay on my couch and rest as the doc ordered, and still blog.
But I’d really need to know how another blogger besides yourself, maybe one of these you’ve already spoken to, thinks of it.
It’s an investment, so I need to really know it’s going to work for moms, busy dads, disabled people etc.
Thanks.