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Application Details:

Version: 12
License: Retail
URL: http://www.scansoft.com/natura...
Votes: Marked as obsolete
Latest Rating: Garbage
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.9.12

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What works

It works fine BUT it does require the libs in Wine 1.7.

Tested with 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 lts.   I had to switch the inputs from the hdmi-to-audio hardware setup to built-in audio for it to work.  The took me a while to figure out.  You may have to fiddle with the alsa settings for the microphone gain - I had to turn them on full blast - but once I did - it worked fine.  YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) applies.

What does not

I couldn't get the dock to work, but it displays an icon (microphone) in the system tray -- I was able to successfully dictate into notepad.

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Additional Comments

The dock may work once you have installed vcrun2010 with winetricks.

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Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
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ShowUbuntu 16.04 "Xenial" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 21 20161.9.12Yes No NoGarbagean anonymous user 
ShowFedora 23 x86_64Jan 25 20161.9.1Yes Yes NoBronzeNSLW 
ShowUbuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Jun 07 20151.7.44Yes Yes NoSilveran anonymous user 
CurrentUbuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Apr 08 20151.7.38Yes Yes NoGoldWayno 
ShowUbuntu 13.10 "Saucy" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Nov 20 20131.7.4Yes Yes NoSilverSusan Cragin 

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HowTo / Notes

Installation

For all  installations, it's a good idea to set the Windows version to Windows 8.

Set winetricks fontfix.

For 64-bit users:

Currently NatSpeak installs flawlessly in wine-1.7.4 and runs in any wine version up to wine-1.7.7. It installs flawlessly in 1.7.7 but then does not run. ??


DNS 12.5 now can run on a 64-bit wineprefix

As of wine 3.6(staging), and possibly earlier, NatSpeak 12.5 installs and runs under a 64-bit wineprefix. 

I installed it on 28-Apr-2018 and the only special concession I made to the wineprefix was to uninstall mono. Installing dotnet 40 with winetricks also works. Both optiions tell the program that an inadequate version of net is installed, and prompt the program to install its own. 

After the installation, it says you have to reboot. I kill wineserver at the terminal and then start the installation process over. It does, bypassing the net installation. 

All in all, NatSpeak works wonderfully now, and version 12.5 is very accurate and the latest low-end (and cheap) version to work well.  

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