At the time, I had to pay someone to transcribe all my interviews and it wasn't cheap. I was quite skeptical that this would work, so I tried an old MP3 file that was an interview I did for a book I wrote. One of the newest and most intriguing features of Dragon Dictate 3 is the ability to transcribe an audio file. It's easy to find a command if you get stuck, and there are interactive tutorials as well. This latest version also supports wideband Bluetooth, so if you have a supported wireless headset, you're going to get good quality and recognition that way. I'm doing a lot fewer edits of spoken text, although that can be done by voice too. Although I was always impressed with the program's ability to understand words I did not expect it to get right, accuracy has been improved. One thing that is definitely improved is accuracy. As you dictate, your words appear on screen just a couple of seconds after you say them. Instead I use an excellent Blue USB desk mic, which works perfectly, even though I am about eight inches away from it.ĭragon claims the speech recognition is faster in v3, and it seems to be, but it's not a dramatic difference. Although the software comes with a headset mic, I hate wearing them. They didn't I had to read about a 10-minute story so Dragon Dictate could learn my voice, and match it to the microphone I use.
As my install was an upgrade from version 2.5, I wondered if my old voice training files would work. You can even say "Send a message to XXX XXXXX" and that works too.
Tab down, by voice command, and fill in a name, subject, then start dictating. With email you can say "new message" and a message will be prepared. You can also issue more complex commands, like "search Google for NASA." You speak commands for formatting, like "new line" or "new paragraph" or "tab key" and your cursor will move. You can dictate into just about any program that allows text entry, like Pages, Word, Mail or even Safari. The new version offers performance boosts for legacy users, along with some attractive new features that might entice customers.ĭragon Dictate (formerly MacSpeech Dictate) is a Mac application that turns your spoken words into text, in real time. I was anxious to test the updated Dragon Dictate, now at version 3, as I had been a steady user of the Dragon products over the years and watched them improve.
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