MacSpeech Dictate | 
 enlarge | From: MacSpeech, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $159.99
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Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 62
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X Intel
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.9 x 2.5
MPN: MSDICTATE
Model: MACSPEECH DICTATE
UPC: 806709380876
EAN: 0806709380876
ASIN: B0014KJ6EQ
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Amazing Accuracy | | • | Dictate anywhere you can type | | • | Minimal Training Required | | • | Works With The Apps You Already Have | | • | Comes With Everything You Need, Including Headphones |
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Product Description
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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 72 more reviews...
 review November 11, 2008
W. wright (FLIPPIN,AR)
the software was for my sister in a hursing home.
she can't type very well, nor speak very well.
the software really helps her.
MacSpeech Dictate
 works beyond my expectations! October 24, 2008
Lisa Ismy, Technophile (Phoenix, AZ)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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. 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.
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. MacSpeech Dictate is remarkably accurate in rendering one's speech into text that rapidly appears upon the computer screen. I am astonished at this, considering how quickly the training is to get the program to recognize one's voice -- a mere few minutes. A key virtue is that it works with any software application. 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. The effectiveness of this product forbodes a day when computers will no longer require keyboards!
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. And you can set up a voice profile for a research assistant who could do this step for you!
 Nowhere Near As Good As Dragon October 22, 2008
Marc Diamond
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Don't buy this product. I am a dedicated Mac user, and was using Dragon Naturally Speaking on Parallels. This software is completely inferior to Naturally Speaking, which is pretty awesome. 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. The baseline voice recognition is OK, but the lack of "tunability" to your voice is a key problem. Also there are other petty distractions, like you can't dictate and type within the same document easily--if you do this the program gets confused. 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). Sadly, we must wait a few more years for the ideal Mac dictation software.
I've been waiting for something like this! October 21, 2008
Happy Mac User (Duncanville, Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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. 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 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. 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!
Worth Every Penny! October 21, 2008
Bart Casiello (Laurel, MD USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to do a lot of writing, and typing is not my strongest asset. 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.
Because I'm not focused on typing I am able to watch the screen and catch any errors, as they occur. I am simply amazed by how accurate the software is! 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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