Beginning training preparatory for providing the basic skills needed in many related careers may be accomplished by using only Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 Preferred available at most electronic stores or online for about $189 to $235.  

After completing the basic training with VCI, graduates will want to research the purchase of more sophisticated software advantageous if the realtime voicewriter wants to pursue a court reporting or captioning career.  Eclipse by Advantage Software, Inc is one vendor to consider. Check out http://www.eclipsevox.com for more details. ProCAT software is another consideration.   Also check out http://www.stenograph.com/ to research realtime voice writing software for court reporting, CART, and captioning. Stenograph's CATalyst VP,combines speech recognition with the powerful features of Case CATalyst software.  These software programs using voice input built their advanced features on the foundation software of either ViaVoice or Dragon