Macspeech Dictate - Speech Recognition Software with Headset (0876)
Welcome to MacSpeech Dictate, the premier speech recognition solution for the Mac. Its features, accuracy, and capabilities make it as fun, productive, and intuitive to use as the Mac itself.Learn more about the product
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Note: MacSpeech Dictate is for Intel-based Macs only.
MacSpeech Dictate Think it. Speak it. Create it.
MacSpeech Dictate provides a whole new way to interact with your Mac. Instead of typing, use your voice to input text; rather than clicking your mouse, just speak commands. With MacSpeech Dictate, it's easy.
Amazing Accuracy
Right out of the box, MacSpeech Dictate will astonish you with its accuracy. You simply talk and leave the recognition to MacSpeech Dictate
Minimal Training Required
MacSpeech Dictate provides astounding accuracy and productivity. With just minutes of training, you'll be using MacSpeech Dictate's superior capabilities.
Essential Command Capabilities
Instead of using your mouse to select menu commands or your keyboard to type shortcuts, just speak a command. MacSpeech Dictate executes it for you. What could be easier?
Uses the Legendary Dragon Speech Recognition Engine by Nuance
At the core of MacSpeech Dictate is the world-renowned Dragon speech recognition engine by Nuance. Its the brains and brawn behind MacSpeech Dictates phenomenal accuracy capabilities.
Works With The Apps You Already Have
Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and more. And MacSpeech Dictate works great with Apple's applications as well, including iChat, Mail, iPhoto, and Keynote, among others.
Comes With Everything You Need, Including Headphones
There are no hidden costs. MacSpeech Dictate includes everything you need to be instantly productive as soon as you start using it, including a high quality headphone/microphone unit.
Built Especially For The Mac
Mac users expect only the best from the applications they use on their Macs. MacSpeech Dictate was built from the ground up to ensure the ultimate experience on Mac OS X.
Spelling A World Of Words MacSpeech Dictate's spelling mode lets you easily spell words, names, and acronyms with either natural language or the International Radio Alphabet. You have complete control over every aspect of your speech recognition input.
Make Your Move You don't need a keyboard or mouse to move around in your documents. MacSpeech Dictate lets you move your cursor forwards, backwards, and much more with just your voice. It helps make editing your documents a breeze.
Even Greater Recognition MacSpeech Dictate boasts robust Phrase Training capabilities allowing it to learn as it goes based on your voice input. That means even greater accuracy that more fully integrates into your Macintosh experience.
Comes With Everything You Need There are no hidden costs. MacSpeech Dictate includes everything you need to be instantly productive as soon as you start using it, including a high quality headset microphone.
Document Freedom MacSpeech Dictate works great with most any text document, even those created with other applications. The ‘Cache Document and ‘Cache Selection commands let MacSpeech Dictate read a documents contents, or just a selected portion of it, so you can easily navigate and edit existing text.
Exceptional Online Help For those times when you need a little assistance, MacSpeech Dictate boasts a complete online, searchable help book. Its convenient to use, easy to understand, and all just a mouse click away.
Key Command Savviness MacSpeech Dictate understands key commands. With the ‘Press The Key and ‘Press The Key Combo commands, you can enter specific keys and even keyboard modifiers like Command, Option, Shift, and Control. That makes you more productive and MacSpeech Dictate more intuitive. What could be better?
System Requirements:
Intel-based Mac
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or greater "Tiger"
Mac OS X 10.5.1 or greater "Leopard"
Internet connection required for product registration.
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Buggy, beta, but completely worth the money!, 2008-06-12 19:49:04.163
By Greebotron ()
I am using the software to dictate this review. I have absolutely no idea why the first reviewers said that they can't dictate into anything other than the notepad. I have written many term papers, e-mails, and do Internet chats with this applicatio...
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This product is a beta, 2008-04-10 19:43:02.693
By Robert L. Mims, M,D ()
I am an experienced user of Dragon 9 in Windows, and this product comes nowhere near that level of function. It will not work at all except to dictate into its own notepad window, and then paste the result into your document. It does not learn from ...
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Experience Dragon User, 2008-04-02 15:07:20.08
By Mike Tolin (VA)
The decision to ship MacSpeech Dictate without means to correct mistakes and add words on the fly is very disappointing. I do not think new users will understand how much these missing features will affect their productivity and enjoyment of dictat...
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Talk Anywhere works nowhere, 2008-03-27 09:03:37.197
By Anthony Pelletier (CA)
Compare this, dictated into the program's included notepad:
This sentence was dictated into the Notepad window that comes with the program.
To this:
this sentehis sentence was diccttaated direectly into nto this wi window.
You see what I mean.
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Fine speech engine, but software is Beta, 2008-03-25 07:47:27.85
By Vince ()
Works out of box, w/5 minute training. Does a fine job of transcribing speech, even very difficult words.
But still buggy, has caused 3 system crashes--never had those on mac before. Lost a day's notetaking into DevonThink. I know, I should sa...
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Very, very good, 2008-03-22 14:36:16.247
By Eric ()
This is the first speech recognition software I have use, and I am very impressed. Correction and learning features will vastly improve it in the future, but works great as is.
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MacSpeech Dictate, 2008-03-17 14:33:40.037
By Tony S. ()
Amazing and fantastic solution for my hands pain, No more trackballs, weird shaped keyboards and different kind of mouse pads etc…The solution is here and it is made especially for the Mac. What is better than that? Ease of use, Accuracy and compati...
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MacSpeech Dictate, 2008-03-17 14:22:55.877
By Remon ()
The MacSpeech Dictate is easy to set up it takes about 10-15 minutes. It is very accurate and capable of executing the menu commands. MacSpeech Dictate works with Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress and Apple applications.
I am using the software to dictate this review. I have absolutely no idea why the first reviewers said that they can't dictate into anything other than the notepad. I have written many term papers, e-mails, and do Internet chats with this applicatio...Read more
Reviewed by Robert L. Mims, M,D()
This product is a beta
I am an experienced user of Dragon 9 in Windows, and this product comes nowhere near that level of function. It will not work at all except to dictate into its own notepad window, and then paste the result into your document. It does not learn from ...Read more