The latter means controlling menus and commands either common to the whole operating system or specific to a program you’re using. The Dragon Dictate software has many functions (the user manual is lengthy), but you can reduce to two: voice dictation and controlling your Mac. Such as those with repetitive strain injuries and people who just can’t type well or fast – probably most of us right?ĭragon Dictate 3 uses a small window to show its status and often displays two larger windows, one with available commands and one with alternate spellings. The software is a good choice for people who are injured and can’t type. For example, you need to say “File Open”, so that’s something you need to remember – not that difficult really, as it’s intuitive. It will also take some time to remember the specific wording of each of the many voice commands. By that I mean requires some effort and time to learn how to use effectively. Based on my tests, I can say that Dragon Dictate 3, and by extension Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12, is very accurate. I chose to test the Apple Mac version because it can finally do some things formerly limited to Windows, such as selecting a single word by voice for correction or deletion or formatting. Dragon Dictate 3 has finally brought its Mac speech recognition to almost the same set of features as the PC version of Dragon 12.ĭespite some feature differences, the two Dragons use basically the same improved speech recognition engine. Dragon’s developer, Nuance Communications has previously focused on the Windows platform. The speech software that’s enabling this is called Dragon Dictate 3 Mac. And I can even update my status on Facebook and Twitter. I can also easily compose and send emails. I can open and close programs and I can search Google (or Yahoo, Bing) and jump directly into Web pages using only voice commands. This software allows me to accomplish other tasks on the Mac by just speaking. And now, Nuance has brought most of Dragon Naturally Speaking’s features to the Apple Mac with Dragon Dictate 3. Nuance has brought great voice recognition capabilities to Windows for years with their Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 software. Update: Dragon Dictate has just been released in Australia! To do this, I’m Dragon Dictate Mac 3 – a useful speech recognition program that allows me to dictate text and to correct it, delete it, even format it, just by speaking.

I am dictating directly into a word processor on a Mac Air Book.

I wrote this Dragon Dictate 3 review-without using a keyboard.

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