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MacSpeech Dictate

MacSpeech Dictate - 1.5.6

Speech recognition and dictation.

All Time: (2.9)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.5.6
Release Date: 2009-11-04
License: Update
Downloads (this version): 369
Downloads (all versions): 8,302
Price: $199.00

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MacSpeech Dictate provides a whole new way to interact with your Mac. Instead of typing, use your voice to input text; rather than clicking your mouse, just speak commands. With MacSpeech Dictate, it's easy. Amazing Accuracy: MacSpeech Dictate will astonish you with its accuracy. You simply talk and leave the recognition to MacSpeech Dictate. MacSpeech Dictate recognizes and understands 13 English language variations, nine with U.S. spelling and four with U.K. spelling. Minimal Training Required: MacSpeech Dictate provides astounding accuracy and productivity. With just minutes of training, you'll be using MacSpeech Dictate's superior capabilities. Essential Command Capabilities: Instead of using your mouse to select menu commands or your keyboard to type shortcuts, just speak a command. MacSpeech Dictate executes it for you. What's more, MacSpeech Dictate understands key commands. With the 'Press The Key' and 'Press The Key Combo' commands, you can enter specific keys and even keyboard modifiers like Command, Option, Shift, and Control. That makes you more productive and MacSpeech Dictate more intuitive. What could be better. Works With The Apps You Already Have: Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and more. And MacSpeech Dictate works great with Apple's applications as well, including iChat, Mail, iPhoto, and Keynote, among others. Make Your Move: You don't need a keyboard or mouse to move around in your documents. MacSpeech Dictate lets you move your cursor forwards, backwards, and much more with just your voice. It helps make editing your documents a breeze. Spelling A World Of Words: MacSpeech Dictate's spelling mode lets you easily spell words, names, and acronyms with either natural language or the International Radio Alphabet. You have complete control over every aspect of your speech recognition input. Built Especially For The Mac: Mac users expect only the best from the applications they use on their Macs. MacSpeech Dictate was built from the ground up to ensure the ultimate experience on Mac OS X.

What's new in this version:

New Dictation Preferences pane that allows the Auto Cache Document feature to be enabled or disabled for TextEdit and Microsoft Word.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.5 Intel

Additional Requirements:

  • MacSpeech-certified noise-cancelling microphone (included with new purchase).

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MacSpeech Dictate CommentaryGood but not great and certainly not perfect - Version: 1.5.6, 11/6/2009 09:05AM PST

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lawrencecpaulson_dotmac
I use it every day and find indispensable. It copes with my difficult technical vocabulary. A Brazilian colleague finds it copes perfectly well with his accent. But I have sympathy with the negative comments, too. It is pretty flaky and it crashes a lot. They need to put a lot more effort into cleaning up the bugs.
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MacSpeech Dictate CommentaryUpgrade Gouging - Version: 1.5.6, 11/4/2009 09:51AM PST

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derekboles1
In July I purchased the 1.5 upgrade, which was absurdly overpriced at $54.95 for an incremental upgrade and bug fix. On top of it, I had to pay a $31.77 delivery charge to Canada. People mail me disks all the time from the U.S. for a couple of dollars. A month later I receive a bill for brokerage fee from FedEx for another $18.

So I paid $50 for them to mail me a disk on top of the incremental upgrade, for a total of $105.

I can hardly wait to see what they'll charge for version 2.

Derek Boles
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MacSpeech Dictate CommentaryFrustrated beyond belief - Version: 1.5.5, 10/14/2009 07:45AM PST

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Brass Hammer
I am very frustrated with this application. When it first came out, it was a very good program. With a good microphone the recognition was excellent. I used it all the time in my business. However, over the last year a significant bug has been introduced and the company that makes this product seems unable to correct it. The problem is that when you use this application with Snow Leopard and other programs such as "Text Expander," MacSpeech Dictate reverses the letters of certain words.

Now here is the frustrating part. The MacSpeech Dictate developer is well aware of this problem. They have been aware of this problem for a long time. However, they do absolutely nothing to correct it. Worse, version 1.5.5 was supposed to fix this problem and it does not. However, they advertise it as though it is now fixed under Snow Leopard. I feel that the application is, potentially, a good one. However, as I have seen with many programs in the past, the developers are dropping the ball. They seem to believe that good is good enough.

Finally, MacSpeech Dictate's pricing is unreasonable. They charge for "updates" that are really only bug fixes. Further, as I state above, these bug fixes don't really fix all the bugs. This could be a great program. However, the company MacSpeech Dictate is ruining it.
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