Whenever Nuance issues a patch, it is always vital. Nuance typically takes 9 months to produce each patch and they are frequently, as in this case, repairing something that is broken. While the 12.5 patch includes support for Windows 8, Office 2013 and Internet Explorer 10, it also includes a number of bug fixes. The most important bug fix is a notable time lag in BestMatch V. While more work needs to be done on the BestMatch V algorithm, Nuance has reduced the initial latency by approximately 50%. This latency is most noticeable when dictating a short phrase or command.
Cell phone microphones are designed specifically for telephone conversation which requires no more than 4 kb the bandwidth. By comparison, Dragon Ver. 11 and higher feature an 11.025 kHz bandwidth (22 kHz sampling rate). Even if a cell phone microphone was of higher quality, it would still be impractical because of the extra labor required whenever you use a cell phone for this purpose. You can also use a cell phone for making digital recordings and transcribe those recordings in NaturallySpeaking or DMPE but for the same previously mentioned reasons, we wouldn?t recommend doing it. The cell phone concept is more of a speech recognition consumer grade toy (gimmick) than a work tool.
