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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: 70
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X Intel
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 6 x 2.8
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:
 Nowhere Near As Good As Dragon October 22, 2008
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Don't buy this product. I am a dedicated Mac user, and was using Dragon Naturally Speaking on Parallels. This software is completely inferior to Naturally Speaking, which is pretty awesome. Consider: there is no way to teach the computer directly to recognize new words that you speak, you can only upload them into the software by "showing" the program your documents. The baseline voice recognition is OK, but the lack of "tunability" to your voice is a key problem. Also there are other petty distractions, like you can't dictate and type within the same document easily--if you do this the program gets confused. Hard to believe Nuance would license their voice recognition engine to these jokers...it has really degraded the product as compared to the windows version (Naturally Speaking). Sadly, we must wait a few more years for the ideal Mac dictation software.
 I've been waiting for something like this! October 21, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've been waiting for something like this --because I am an extremely slow typist -- and can't get my thoughts down on paper before I start self editing and constantly correcting my mistakes, which makes things go even slower. As a matter of fact I am speaking this review currently. I can see how this product would have real application for people who are not able to type for any particular reason such as arthritis or paralysis -- MacSpeech Dictate will even operate all the functions of your computer -- which Leopard will also do, but why not have the dictation capability also?
I have a lot of stories I want to tell from my childhood, but for me to sit down and type them out I feel would be impossible -- and this way I can just speak them as I remember them, and if I have to -- edit later. I bought this program in spite of some bad reviews I saw online because I figured that I'm not getting any better as a typist and this program can only get better and better -- which is not to say it's not pretty darn good already! As you can see, no mistakes!
 Worth Every Penny! October 21, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have to do a lot of writing, and typing is not my strongest asset. I used to write a letter and then spend twice as much time correcting my typos. Now I just talk into a microphone, and 95% of what I say magically appears on the page.
Because I'm not focused on typing I am able to watch the screen and catch any errors, as they occur. I am simply amazed by how accurate the software is! As you can guess I have dictated this entire review, and there were no typing errors. What more can I say?
I'm returning it today October 19, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Yuck. I've used Dragon Naturally Speaking for windows and it's worked OK - not great, but at least its usable. This, however, is horrible. There's no ability to train it and correct its mistakes! I'm returning it today.
Mac Speech runs flawlessly on Leopard with Intel core 2 duo!! October 13, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
After reading all of the "scary" reviews I was really unsure about purchasing MacScpeech, but my experience was one of extreme ease and definite satisfaction! The program installed effortlessly. It acclimated to my voice within a few short minutes and I was off and running! MacSpeech's accuracy is amazing! Only occasionally does it mistake a word, and that is usually because I used a specialized term not in it's data base or I forgot myself and used slang. Its fast too! Never has a problem keeping up!
If you have an aluminum Mac, which have Intel core duo processors, with 2.8 Ghz processing capability and 2GB of ram memory, you will have no problems. Anything slower and less sophisticated may have problems keeping up with MacSpeech.
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