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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.

Trying to learn to use a new program and memorise many commands at the same time as you are learning the art of dictation is always going to be difficult. Happily, there is one thing which you can do that will greatly increase the chances that you will learn to use MacSpeech Dictate usefully.

Hot on the heels of MacSpeech Dictate version 1.5 and MacSpeech Dictate Medical, there’s another member of the MacSpeech family: MacSpeech Dictate Legal.

The iPhone 3GS has many new accessibility features, including a fully working screen reader. So what experiences are people having with this phone so far, and which applications are accessible?

Speech commands are one of the great features of the iPhone and iPod Touch. Here’s a complete list of English speech commands for your iPhone/iPod Touch, as well as instructions on how to find the command list if you use a different language.

MacSpeech have released a major paid upgrade for Dictate users to MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, as well as a new product Dictate Medical for those using MacSpeech Dictate in medical and health-related fields.

For most people, dictation results in better structured and more creative writing of letters, essays etc. than either handwriting or typing out your own thoughts. Learn the principles of excellent dictation from somebody who’s dictated documents professionally for nearly fifty years.

When MacSpeech Dictate is launched it will prompt you to choose which voice profile to use, even if only one profile exists. This can be annoying and certainly unnecessary, but luckily there’s a simple way around the problem.

Vocalia is an iPhone dialler which provides speech recognition running directly on your iPhone.

Now that MacSpeech Dictate International has been released, dictating in French, German, and Italian is simple. With a little ingenuity, you can even dictate in Spanish or Dutch.

MacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands at once can be intimidating. I’ve put together two documents to help you learn and remember all the global commands found in Dictate version 1.2.1.