MacSpeech Dictate
You'll feel like you have your very own typist with MacSpeech Dictate. It's extremely accurate and it adapts to your voice. It only takes five minutes or less of training, so you can get started fast. You can dictate text into any application that supports text entry from the keyboard, even Windows apps running in a virtual environment such as Parallels or Fusion, and also applications like Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, iChat, Mail, iPhoto, Keynote, etc. You can even use it to surf the web, or use it for basic menu commands like print, cut, copy, paste, etc.
Internet Ready - Surf the web with your voice Built especially for the Mac Uses the renowned Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition engine Requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher, including Mac OS X 10.5, and requires Intel-based Macintosh hardware
MacSpeech Dictate Accessories
 Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Home & Student Edition
Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
VMware Fusion [OLD VERSION]
Mac OS X Version 10.5.4 Leopard
Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 (Mac)
*apple Only* Audio 85 with usb for Apple
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred
Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac [OLD VERSION]
Apple iWork '08
MacSpeech Dictate Reviews
the software really helps her. MacSpeech Dictate she can't type very well, nor speak very well. the software was for my sister in a hursing home.
And you can set up a voice profile for a research assistant who could do this step for you. Yes, you have to keep an eye on it for errors, but it is far easier to correct a few errors than to type the whole thing out by oneself. Now I cannot stop telling everybody that they should have one, regardless of whether or not they have a physical impairment that hinders their typing. I am astonished at this, considering how quickly the training is to get the program to recognize one's voice a mere few minutes. They sounded a little too good to be true, but I figured I would give it a try because I was truly desperate for help. The effectiveness of this product forbodes a day when computers will no longer require keyboards.
I purchased this product to get me through a temporary disability due to a severely broken left hand. I went with it based on the strength of recommendations by users in reviews like this. MacSpeech Dictate is remarkably accurate in rendering one's speech into text that rapidly appears upon the computer screen. My colleagues all ask me if the software can transcribe interviews I gave it a try, but without the ability to train the software with the interviewee's voice, the results are less than adequate. However, one can listen to the interview phrase by phrase, and then repeat them aloud using MacSpeech Dictate, and speedily transcribe it into the computer. A key virtue is that it works with any software application.
I am a dedicated Mac user, and was using Dragon Naturally Speaking on Parallels. Consider: there is no way to teach the computer directly to recognize new words that you speak, you can only upload them into the software by "showing" the program your documents. Sadly, we must wait a few more years for the ideal Mac dictation software. Don't buy this product. Hard to believe Nuance would license their voice recognition engine to these jokers.it has really degraded the product as compared to the windows version (Naturally Speaking). This software is completely inferior to Naturally Speaking, which is pretty awesome. Also there are other petty distractions, like you can't dictate and type within the same document easilyif you do this the program gets confused. The baseline voice recognition is OK, but the lack of "tunability" to your voice is a key problem.
I have a lot of stories I want to tell from my childhood, but for me to sit down and type them out I feel would be impossible and this way I can just speak them as I remember them, and if I have to edit later. As a matter of fact I am speaking this review currently. I can see how this product would have real application for people who are not able to type for any particular reason such as arthritis or paralysis MacSpeech Dictate will even operate all the functions of your computer which Leopard will also do, but why not have the dictation capability also. I've been waiting for something like this because I am an extremely slow typist and can't get my thoughts down on paper before I start self editing and constantly correcting my mistakes, which makes things go even slower. I bought this program in spite of some bad reviews I saw online because I figured that I'm not getting any better as a typist and this program can only get better and better which is not to say it's not pretty darn good already. As you can see, no mistakes.
I have to do a lot of writing, and typing is not my strongest asset. I am simply amazed by how accurate the software is. Because I'm not focused on typing I am able to watch the screen and catch any errors, as they occur. I used to write a letter and then spend twice as much time correcting my typos. Now I just talk into a microphone, and 95% of what I say magically appears on the page. As you can guess I have dictated this entire review, and there were no typing errors. What more can I say.
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