

It integrates very easily so that you can dictate into any Macintosh program. It’s also a very stable application, unlike IBM ViaVoice which was frequently crashing.

In fact I think I was reading stories for about five minutes and then I was ready to Dictate. Now in terms of dictation and recognition, MacSpeech 1.0 Dictate is fantastic. The accuracy is very impressive and it does not take much training. It’s not quite there yet, and the adjustment to speech recognition combined with some bugs makes for a steep learning curve. But if you are not currently using speech recognition, wait a little longer. My advice is if you have been using voice recognition already – Viavoice or iListen, then make the switch – it’s an improvement. Unfortunately there are still a few hiccups. Well it’s finally arrived, it’s called “MacSpeech Dictate”, and it’s powered by Dragon. But I have left my initial older review here as a reference – you can read it below….Įver since I first used Dragon Naturally Speaking Version 4 in 2000, I have been waiting for it to be released on the Macintosh.

It has improved incredibly and the most up to date review is here. When Macspeech Dictate was first released I gave it a negative review.
