There’s no built-in search feature, either. This means that once you have more than a handful of notes, finding the one you’re looking for will take some time. Unlike Stickies, you can’t change any of the visual settings for your notes: There’s no way to customize the background, the font, or anything else really. Your notes take up the bulk of the screen, each in its own little rectangle.

In terms of user interface, Dragon Notes makes an interesting compromise: It looks just like a Modern Windows app, but runs in a regular window. It didn’t fare so well when I tried dictating the first paragraph out of the Wikipedia entry for Alice in Wonderland: Although I do think “Alice’s ventures in wonderland” would make for a good read, I am not so sure about a “fantasy world populated by pick you lyrics.” Dragon Notes had no trouble at all taking down a simple shopping list, and made just one minor error.

Recognition quality is fairly good, as long as you keep your notes simple. Dragon Notes listens first, and then transcribes.

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