Category: Speech to Text

Speech to text involves the computer understanding words spoken by the user. This includes dictation-related applications and command and control type speech-to-text.

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Dragon Dictate 2.0 Review

By Lisa Connor on November 15, 2010

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Speech-to-Text Compilation

Lisa Connor – previously a user of MacSpeech Dictate – has been using Dragon Dictate 2.0 and Growl for several weeks now. Overall, she’s glad that she upgraded, although there are still some problems with the setup.

Posted in Mac Computers, Product Review, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged features, mac speech, mac speech dictate, macspeech dictate | 12 Responses

Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0 Announced

By Ricky Buchanan on September 21, 2010

This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Speech-to-Text Compilation

Nuance Communications today announced the release of Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0, a paid and rebranded upgrade for MacSpeech Dictate.

Posted in OS X, Speech to Text, Upgraded software, Users | Tagged commercial, dictation to text, mac speech, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, Text to Speech, tts, voice commands, voice to text | 22 Responses

ShoutOUT Speech To Text Messaging For iOS

By Ricky Buchanan on August 15, 2010

ShoutOUT is a messaging application for text messages (SMSs), and Facebook and Twitter updates. It allows typed messages to be entered for free, messages using speech-to-text are charged for via in-app purchases beginning at 50 voice credits for US$1.99.

Posted in iPad, iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged facebook, messages, shoutout, SMS messages, speech recognition, Speech to Text, text messages, twitter | 3 Responses

The Ultimate MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 Global Commands List

By Ricky Buchanan on March 11, 2010

This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Speech-to-Text Compilation

MacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands all at once can be very intimidating. I’ve put together a full list of all the known commands for MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.*, ordered by their function, to help you learn and remember them.

Posted in Educators, Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Supporters, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, control mouse with your voice, dictation to text, features, free download, iDictate, minimize typing, overuse, overuse injury, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speech recognition, Speech to Text, strain, talk to your mac, tendonitis, tension, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 12 Responses

Nuance Buys MacSpeech: What Now?

By Ricky Buchanan on February 20, 2010

It’s been announced that the MacSpeech company has been purchased by Nuance. Nuance are the company behind the Windows product “Dragon NaturallySpeaking” and other recent Dragon products for iPod Touch and iPhone. So what does this mean for MacSpeech Dictate and the other MacSpeech products? What would you like to happen?

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dragon for mac, features, speech recognition, talk to your mac, voice recognition, voice to text | 12 Responses

New MacSpeech Scribe For Transcription

By Ricky Buchanan on February 13, 2010

One of the major things that the MacSpeech Dictate family has been lacking is the ability to take pre-recorded files and convert them to text. Not any more: MacSpeech Scribe will do just that for you, with up to 99% accuracy.

Posted in New Software, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation to text, dragon for mac, speech recognition, transcribe, transcription for mac, voice recognition | 18 Responses

Dictation For Your iPhone/iPod Touch

By Paul Natsch on January 15, 2010

In December, Nuance surprised everybody by releasing two apps for the iPhone – Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search. Those apps are now also available for iPod Touch users and they’re free for a limited time.

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, dragon for iphone, dragon for ipod touch, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your iphone, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 24 Responses

Make Your Own Macspeech Dictate Commands

By Ricky Buchanan on January 12, 2010

This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Speech-to-Text Compilation

This video shows one way to create new commands for MacSpeech Dictate – using the “Menu Item” command type. The article also discusses using the “Press the key combo” command to accomplish things which have no menu entry.

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, dragon for mac, features, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 2 Responses

Give Yourself Backups For Christmas

By Ricky Buchanan on December 18, 2009

What would you do if you lost all your files because your computer’s hard drive failed? For less than $100 and with no technical knowledge you can have a backup of all the files on your computer, and you’ll never need to worry about hard drives failing and losing all your files.

Posted in AAC, Deaf, Educators, Environmental control, Hearing Impaired, Information, Intellectually Impaired, Medical Needs, Mobility Impaired, Neurologically Impaired, OS X, Other Apple Product, Other Impairment, Overuse Injuries, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Speech to Text, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver | Tagged backups, features, time saving | 8 Responses

Dictate News: Bluetooth, Mouse Control, and Discounts

By Ricky Buchanan on October 20, 2009

Two of the biggest requests since MacSpeech Dictate has been released have been the ability to dictate with a Bluetooth headset, and to have voice control of the mouse. Today I’m pleased to bring you news of both and some discounts too!

Posted in Information, New Hardware, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | 7 Responses