I've always used just the mouthstick on my computer in the living room. It is not a quiet environment so speech recognition does not work well. I do have dragon installed on that machine, but very seldom use it as it is an older version and I also need to use the mouthstick to control the computer. Three years ago I got a laptop with Vista so I have been using that speech recognition program. I just upgraded to a larger laptop-my Christmas present, purchased our black Friday-and it has Windows 7 so I am using that speech recognition now. I usually use the laptop in my bedroom.
One of the benefits of using a mouthstick is that it makes me exercise my neck! I find that I have to consciously exercise my neck when I'm using speech recognition-the mouthstick makes me exercise. J Joan
