Speech Recognition (Dragon) and RoboHelp HTML

Hello RHelpers,
I primarily author inside of RoboHelp HTML. I was thinking of getting 'Dragon Naturally Speaking 10' to cut down on hand/wrist strain, but wanted to see if anyone else has used it with RH and what your experiences were. Does it work within this environment? I ask because Vista's run-of-the-mill speech recognition doesn't work too well there but does tolerably well inside of Word / Wordpad. Any feedback is appreciated.
Jared
* Vista 32 bit, SP2
* Latest RH7
* CHM Output

The best place to find a speech recognition rated answer is the KnowBrainer Speech Recognition Forum. http://www.knowbrainer.com/PubForum/

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