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Speech-to-Text: Dictation software for Mac OS X

By Ricky Buchanan on April 12, 2012

Speech-to-Text: Dictation software for Mac OS X

An overview of the types of speech-to-text software that are available for Mac OS X. Speech-to-text software, sometimes known as dictation software, lets you talk to the computer and have the computer react appropriately.

Posted in Developers, Information, Mac Computers, Neurologically Impaired, New Software, OS X, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Speech to Text, Supporters, Users, Vision Impaired, VoiceOver, Windows Users | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, dragon for mac, features, ilisten, ispeech, mac speech, mac speech dictate, macspeech dictate, minimize typing, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, transcribe, via voice, viavoice, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 66 Responses

Dictation For Your iPhone/iPod Touch

By Paul Natsch on January 15, 2010

Dictation For Your iPhone/iPod Touch

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 | 22 Responses

Make Your Own Macspeech Dictate Commands

By Ricky Buchanan on January 12, 2010

Make Your Own Macspeech Dictate Commands
This entry is part 4 of 4 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

Dictating Well: Principles From A Master

By Guest Post on April 21, 2009

Dictating Well: Principles From A Master

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.

Posted in Information, OS X, Primary Mouse Users, Speech to Text, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, features, how to dictate, speak text, Speech to Text | 11 Responses

Set A Default MacSpeech Dictate Profile

By Ricky Buchanan on April 8, 2009

Set A Default MacSpeech Dictate Profile

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.

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

How Can I Dictate In Other Languages?

By Ricky Buchanan on January 23, 2009

How Can I Dictate In Other Languages?

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.

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, dragon for mac, language other than english, languages other than english, minimize typing, non english, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, transcribe, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 10 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate 1.2 Upgrade Released

By Ricky Buchanan on October 22, 2008

MacSpeech Dictate 1.2 Upgrade Released

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.

Posted in Information, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, dragon for mac, ilisten, mac speech, mac speech dictate, macspeech dictate, minimize typing, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, transcribe, via voice, viavoice, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 14 Responses

Voice Commander

By Ricky Buchanan on March 25, 2008

Voice Commander

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

Posted in New Software, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation, efficiency, free trial, minimize typing, productivity, shareware, speech commands, speech recognition, talk to your mac, time saving, use the computer better, use the computer faster, voice commands, voice recognition | Leave a response

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