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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.

Accenda, makers of the popular voice controlled universal remote control, has now brought that same technology to the iPod with a voice activated controller for your iPod.

MacSpeech Dictate has finally been upgraded to version 1.2. The list of improvements and fixes is extensive, and essential function such as correction (they call it “phrase training”) and a spelling mode have been introduced.

The Laboratory for Understanding Collaborative Technology at Northwestern University is working on a project to build and evaluate new original technologies for users with disabilities. They are currently recruiting subjects with a variety of impairments (cognitive, sensory or motor) from the Chicago area.

Speech-to-text software, sometimes known as dictation software, is something that lets you talk to the computer in some form and have the computer react appropriately to what you are saying. Here’s a rundown on the types of speech-to-text software that exist and what’s available for Mac OS X in these areas.

If you use Skype and MacSpeech Dictate Paul has found a way to make hands-free phone calls with a little help from some simple AppleScript.

It’s easy to confuse “speech to text” and “text to speech” - they’re very similar phrases - but the differences are important. Knowing which is which will help you search for what you really need.

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Speech-to-Text CompilationSpeech dictation has been around for the Macintosh for years. There has been IBM’s ViaVoice and MacSpeech’s iListen. I never tried ViaVoice but I did purchase iListen when it initially came out back in 2000. In short, I hated it. The accuracy was so [...]

VoiceCommander helps you expand Mac OS X built-in speech recognition technology to control any application.

MacSpeech today announced that their iListen speech recognition product will be replaced by the new MacSpeech Dictate. MacSpeech Dictate will be based on the same recognition engine as Dragon Naturally Speaking. Dragon NS is widely acknowledged as the best continuous speech recognition program for Windows that’s available.

SALEM, NH, November 30, 2007 - MacSpeech, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of iListen 1.8, an update to the Macintosh industry’s leading speech recognition solution, now compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard.”
iListen 1.8 includes new commands to support the new TextEdit and Finder in Mac OS X 10.5, and Safari 3. In addition, [...]