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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 Global Commands List & Cheat Sheet for 1.2.1

By Ricky Buchanan on December 19, 2008

MacSpeech Dictate Global Commands List & Cheat Sheet for 1.2.1

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.

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Supporters, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, control mouse with your voice, dictation to text, features, free download, minimize typing, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, overuse, overuse injury, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, strain, talk to your mac, tendonitis, tension, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 11 Responses

Voice-Activated Mouse Clicks with MacSpeech Dictate

By Ricky Buchanan on December 1, 2008

Voice-Activated Mouse Clicks with MacSpeech Dictate

One feature missing from the still-new MacSpeech Dictate program is the ability to control the mouse. This addition won’t let you control the movement of the mouse, but we can teach you how to use your voice for mouse clicks. For those who have the ability to move the mouse, this could make the difference between a usable computer system and an unusable computer system.

Posted in Information, OS X, Overuse Injuries, Primary Switch Users, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged 1.5 mouse click, carpal tunnel syndrome, control mouse with your voice, dictation to text, dragon for mac, features, free download, minimize typing, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, overuse, overuse injury, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, strain, talk to your mac, tendonitis, tension, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 125 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate Instructional Videos

By Ricky Buchanan on November 24, 2008

MacSpeech Dictate Instructional Videos

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 Video Tutorials For Access Topics

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 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

VoIP Phone Calls for AAC Users

By Ricky Buchanan on September 19, 2008

VoIP Phone Calls for AAC Users

Have you ever wanted to make phone calls on the net using a synthetic computer generated voice? If you’re an AAC user, then this is a great way to communicate with people remotely. This article will show you how to set up Wiretap Anywhere to send your speech voice to Skype’s internet phone system.

Posted in AAC, Environmental control, Information, New Software, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users | Tagged AAC, alternative communication, assisted communication, audio chat, augmentative communication, communication aid, complex communication needs, features, IM, instant message client, instant messages, instant messaging, making phone calls with AAC, non-verbal, phone call, skype, speech synthesizer, Speech to Text, telephone, text chat, text message client | Leave a response

MacSpeech Dictate is highly recommended

By Paul Natsch on April 11, 2008

MacSpeech Dictate is highly recommended

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

MacSpeech Dictate

By Ricky Buchanan on January 18, 2008

MacSpeech Dictate

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.

Posted in New Software, Speech to Text, Users | Tagged commercial, dragon for mac, ilisten, mac speech, speech recognition, Speech to Text, voice recognition, voice to text | 11 Responses

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