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| MacSpeech Dictate | 
 enlarge | From: MacSpeech, Inc.
Category: Software
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $161.99
You Save: $38.00 (19%)
New (13) Used (4) from $149.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 68
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X Intel
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.9 x 2.5
MPN: MSDICTATE
Model: MACSPEECH DICTATE
UPC: 806709380876
EAN: 0806709380876
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 New Review on Bad Comments for an Awesome Product September 14, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Written Sept 2008:
I did my homework. I read the reviews. All of them... good, bad, here and all over the net. Then, I contacted the company to get their side. For every bad review you'll find the facts are simple... a bad line of disks were burned for production and put on the shelves early on this year. It was unfortunate but the problem was eventually fixed, new disks were produced and the product worked.
I am a writer, trying my best to get my story out as quickly as possible because my fingers can never type faster than this movie plays in my head and my constant self-editing prevents me from achieving my goals. With MacSpeech Dictate, I have found a new way to overcome my obstacles. It is, and does, all the company claims on their site. I was able to speak as I normally would with the exception of having to "say" the punctuation... something quickly learned using the 15 minute training. I didn't have to slow down except to pause before and after each punctuation, again, no big deal.
So, if you have the need, a MAC computer with Intel inside, using MAC OS 10.4.11 or newer, and 2gb of memory or more, than feel good knowing this software might be the answer to your prayers. I am giving it both thumbs straight up.
 Not worth it yet September 13, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This product does not hold a candle to Dragon Naturallly Speaking. If you want great voice recognition use Parallel and Version 9 from Amazon. I use Version 7 ( I've had it for years). MacSpeech is no good because you can't correct mistakes it makes time after time. I use it to dictate reports and the vocabulary is not common and MacSpeech won't learn, Wait until they get it to learn - which they said a year ago was due in an upgrade. iListen was not great but it is better than this.
Macspeech is unusable with other applications. September 12, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
After I fixed the installation programs, I found that MacSpeech was extremely accurate when dictating text. The main problem I had with the software is that it is barely usable with other programs. It is capable of opening programs but that's about it. Since I am not much of a writer, except for school papers, I bought this software for regular application and desktop use.
For example, I was really excited about the fact that I might be able to speak to my computer to browse the Internet or to do tedious tasks like naming several files etc. I was hoping that I would be able to use applications like GarageBand or be able to create a playlist and burn it to a CD without even touching the keyboard.
This software rarely recognizes commands when using applications other than MacSpeech or when dictating text.
I've never used Dragon but I have seen demos of it on TV. From what i have seen on Dragon, the user easily switches between applications and uses all of them as easily as dictation.
Other than dictating text, this software is horrible.
UPDATED REVIEW: somewhat disappointing September 8, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm amending my initial review -- which was titled "BIG disappointment" -- from 1 star to 3. (Amazon page won't let me click on 3 stars now.) I just couldn't imagine how the product could work so poorly for me and so well for some others, so I went back to try the voice training again to see if that would help with accuracy. It turns out that, for some unknown reason, the program had not saved all of the voice training I did when I first installed the product. I read through the scripts again, ensured that MacSpeech finished saving my readings, and tried using the software again. It worked MUCH better this time -- accuracy was dramatically improved.
I will say that I'm still somewhat disappointed in the degree of accuracy and lack of features, but at least now I can use the software and consider it helpful while I regain use of my right hand.
 Disappointed September 2, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Well, I read others' reviews but thought that people were just complainers. How wrong I was! I should have listened. I use dragon for microsoft at work and was so excited to use the software for my private practice on my mac. I try to work from a template so I already have the titles of different sections of my reports. As I try to fill in the info under each section, dictate writes over my titles and deletes what I have written-it's the strangest thing! It has created more work than it's worth. Very disappointing.
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