| In traditional Apple fashion, MacSpeech Dictate | | | | Multiple Profiles of Speech Recognition |
| was officially started in 1996 to compete with | | | | One of it's strong selling points is whether or not |
| other software companies in the area of speech | | | | multiple people could use the recognition software |
| recognition. This Mac only product remained under | | | | successfully. And with MacSpeech the answer is |
| the radar until the surge of Mac users increased in | | | | YES. Each person that wants to use the system |
| the mid-2000s thanks to popular products like the | | | | is allowed to save their own profile. Upon project |
| Apple iPod, MacBooks and Desktops. The | | | | launch, the speaker simply chooses their profile |
| engineers and sales team of Apple revamped the | | | | and are on their way. The easy to use interface |
| MacSpeech look and set forward to capitalize on | | | | means it takes less than 3 clicks to get started. |
| the growing market of Mac users. The end | | | | Another Great Feature - In Document Dictation |
| result...the launch of MacSpeech Dictate in | | | | MacSpeech Dictate has the ability to not limit you |
| February of 2008. | | | | to having your dictation appear only in the |
| To help with sales, Apple made great efforts to | | | | MacSpeech software. If you are looking to have |
| show off the redesigned, robust software at | | | | your voice to text recognition show up in a Word |
| venues such as MacWorld, ATIA (the conference | | | | document, then simply open up Word and click on |
| for Assistive Technology), and a slew of | | | | the dictation destination. Are you interested in |
| roadshows and appearances in Apple Store | | | | having dictation show up in an email? It's equally |
| locations. Slated as the top (and only) voice | | | | as simple. |
| recognition software available for Macs, | | | | Spell Check Helps You Correct |
| MacSpeech is powered by the Dragon speech | | | | The Spelling mode allows you to spell out weird |
| recognition engine - a longtime, established leader | | | | words like Kerblowski instead of trying to have |
| in the speech recognition field. | | | | MacSpeech try over and over again to figure out |
| And does Dictate deliver on voice recognition? | | | | what you're trying to say. The switch from |
| Let's take a closer look. | | | | Dictation mode to Spelling mode is a simple button |
| Recognition Capabilities | | | | click. |
| Voice Recognition software is only good if you | | | | Conclusion |
| don't have to do re-typing to correct its mistakes. | | | | In closing, the MacSpeech Dictate software |
| Furthermore, all speech recognition software a bit | | | | represents the Apple line of products well. The |
| of "training" is required in order for the voice to | | | | software comes complete with a high-quality |
| text conversion to be optimal. With the | | | | headset microphone and the software required to |
| user-friendly interface available with MacSpeech, | | | | launch MacSpeech Dictate. It's interface is intuitive |
| getting your recognition profile up to speed is a | | | | and the software is robust. Highly recommend to |
| breeze. You will see a notable difference in the | | | | anyone looking for speech recognition software |
| out of the box recognition and the trained | | | | that works when and where it's supposed to. |
| recognition in only 15 minutes. | | | | |