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

By Ricky Buchanan on April 12, 2012

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

Dragon Dictate 2.0 Review

By Lisa Connor on November 15, 2010

This entry is part 3 of 4 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 2 of 4 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

Improve MacSpeech Dictate Recognition With One Easy Step

By Ricky Buchanan on August 3, 2009

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.

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dragon for mac, features, mac speech, speech recognition, voice recognition, voice to text | 17 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate Legal Released

By Ricky Buchanan on July 16, 2009

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.

Posted in New Software, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dragon for mac, ilisten, mac speech, speech recognition, voice recognition, voice to text | 8 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 and Dictate Medical Available

By Ricky Buchanan on June 20, 2009

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.

Posted in Information, New Software, OS X, Speech to Text, Upgraded software, Users | Tagged dragon for mac, features, ilisten, mac speech, speech recognition, voice recognition, voice to text | 5 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate Instructional Videos

By Ricky Buchanan on November 24, 2008

The MacSpeech Dictate people have been busy updating their website recently. As well as significant updates to the knowledgebase, and new forums for users, they are now also offering free instructional videos.

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dictation to text, dragon for mac, mac speech, minimize typing, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, transcribe, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | Leave a response

Woopid Video Tutorials For Access Topics

By Ricky Buchanan on November 5, 2008

Woopid is a website offering free short video tutorials on computer and gadget-related topics. Most of the tutorials focus on Mac computer topics, and there are many which are directly focussed on access related topics.

Posted in Information, Supporters, Users | Tagged beginners, bigger print, cursor size, enlarge text, large print, mac speech, magnify, magnify screen, minimize typing, mouse cursor, pointer size, screencasts, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, talk to your mac, video tutorials, videos, voice commands, voice recognition, zoom in, zoom screen, zoom text | 2 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate 1.2 Upgrade Released

By Ricky Buchanan on October 22, 2008

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

MacSpeech Dictate is highly recommended

By Paul Natsch on April 11, 2008

Speech 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 awful that it was such a chore to use it. I [...]

Posted in Information, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged dragon for mac, ilisten, mac speech, speech recognition, Speech to Text, voice recognition, voice to text | 4 Responses