Dragon Dictate
by Nuance Communications Inc
Simply smarter speech recognition
Dragon Dictate for Mac lets you accomplish more on your Mac than you ever imagined possible. Input text just by speaking – up to three times faster than typing – and interact with your favourite Mac applications using only your voice.
“The accuracy when you’re speaking is phenomenal. … I have not had to make a single correction so far and I’m not speaking any slower than I would if I were conversing with Elana. (By the way, the software even spelled my wife’s name right which is pretty unusual in light of the fact that usually her name is spelled with either an A or the letter I at the beginning.)” – Dan Cohen, Gear Diary, September 2010
“The product is solid. This is a more than worthy upgrade.” – Seth Weintraub, 9To5 Mac, September 2010
Built upon the world-renowned Dragon speech recognition engine, Dragon Dictate gives you complete command of your Mac. With Dragon Dictate for Mac, you can produce reports, e-mail, articles, books, research notes, online content, and more – quickly, easily, and accurately.
You’ll get more done faster with less stress and more success – at home, at work, or wherever life takes you. Dragon Dictate for Mac provides amazing accuracy and requires just minutes of training to get started – it’s Simply Smarter Speech Recognition.
The Dragon Educational 250 Seat License allows educational institutions to install Dragon Dictate and/or NaturallySpeaking Professional on up to 250 computers on a single campus. Designed exclusively for school and tertiary institutions, this solution offers both value and flexibility, allowing a combination of both PC and Mac based speech recognition products.
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Turn talk into text
Instead of a keyboard, use your voice to produce text. Speak your thoughts; then watch your words appear on screen in your favourite Mac applications – and up to three times faster than typing – with an astounding recognition accuracy rate of up to 99% right out of the box.
Unlock your creativity
Dragon Dictate for Mac keeps up with your brain. Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought; start being creative and productive with only your voice — don’t let typing get in the way of your ideas or productivity.
Work comfortably
Control your Mac in a relaxed, hands-free manner without being tied to your keyboard. Instead of using your mouse, just speak commands to launch and control applications. Move the cursor or click anywhere on screen simply by voice.
Multi-task like never before
Tell your Mac what to do, like “Reply To This Message” or “Open Microsoft Word” or “Search Google for ‘Italian restaurants’” to work faster and smarter. Create voice commands that automate complex workflows on your Mac.
Work your way
Create a digital world, powered by your own voice. Customise Dragon Dictate for Mac with personal vocabulary and voice commands that reflect the kind of work you do.
Built For Mac
Dragon Dictate for Mac was built to give you the experience you expect from your favourite Macintosh applications — an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that dramatically boosts productivity. What’s more, Dragon Dictate for Mac works with your favourite Apple applications, including Mail, iChat, iCal, TextEdit, Pages, Safari and many more.
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Amazing Accuracy
Dragon Dictate provides an astounding accuracy rate of up to 99% right out of the box.
Say Good Bye to Typos
Dragon Dictate never misspells a word, so typos are a thing of the past.
Robust Recognition
Dragon Dictate offers Recognition Training which enables it to learn how you speak while you use the software. A powerful Vocabulary Editor lets you add specialised words, such as the names of people, places and other proper nouns.
Command and Control
Instead of using your mouse to select menu commands or your keyboard to type shortcuts, simply speak a command and Dragon Dictate executes it for you. Control Mac applications, press any keyboard key combination, or move your mouse cursor and click anywhere on screen, just using your voice.
Edit By Voice
Dragon Dictate works great with most text documents — even those it didn’t create. Easy-to-say commands help you select, delete, capitalise, and otherwise manipulate text so that editing by voice is a breeze.
Proofreading
Dragon Dictate can read selected text out loud, enabling you to proofread your dictated documents using Mac OS X’s powerful text-to-speech capabilities.
Customisable
Create new voice commands for controlling Mac applications, or set up voice-triggered workflows using AppleScript or Automator.
Microphone Options
Dragon Dictate comes with a high-quality USB headset microphone (included with new purchase), so you have everything you need to get started. Or you can use Dragon Dictate with a Nuance-approved Bluetooth USB microphone to go hands-free and wireless.
Exceptional Online Help
For those times when you need a little assistance, Dragon Dictate offers complete, searchable online help. It’s always available, convenient to use, and easy to understand so you can get the answers you need without delay.
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Powered By The Latest Dragon
Dragon Dictate’s remarkable accuracy is powered by the latest version of the state-of-the-art Dragon speech recognition engine. This is the same state-of-the-art technology used by Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for the PC.
Easier Editing
New commands are easy to say, easy to remember, and designed to simplify and speed up editing by voice. These commands include:
- “Select “, “Select Next/Previous”
- “Delete” , “Delete Next/Previous”
- “Train “ or “Correct “
- “Insert Before/After “
- “Capitalise” , “Capitalise Next/Previous”
- “Lowercase” , “Lowercase Next/Previous”
- “Uppercase” , “Uppercase Next/Previous”
- And more!
Proofreading
The new Proofreading commands in Dragon Dictate 2.0 take advantage of the powerful Text-to-Speech capabilities built into Mac OS X. Use these commands to have dictated text read back to you:
- “Read/Proofread “
- “Read/Proofread The Selection”
- “Read/Proofread Document”
Surrounding Punctuation
These commands allow you to put punctuation around certain words, using a single command. Some examples are:
- “Put Quotes Around <text> “
- “Put Parentheses Around <text> “
- “Put Brackets Around <text> “
- And more!
Voice Shortcuts for Search
Dragon Dictate’s voice shortcuts offer an easy way to search the web for information, or search your Mac for content. Speak a dynamic command, such as “Search Google for ‘Italian restaurant’”, or “Search Mac for ‘history term paper’”, and Dragon Dictate helps you find what you’re looking for.
Flexible Microphones
Switching between microphones is easier to manage with Dragon Dictate 2.0. A new “Audio Sources” setting lets you specify which microphones to use with a given Profile. You can even designate multiple microphones for a single Profile — for example, if you use both a wired headset microphone and a wireless microphone.
MouseGrid
Placement of the cursor can be accomplished with MouseGrid commands. Using numbered 3×3 grid sections onscreen, you can narrow down the placement of the mouse pointer, and then use a Mouse Click command. Some of the MouseGrid commands are:
- “Open MouseGrid” or “MouseGrid”
- “Small MouseGrid” (directly around mouse pointer)
- “1” through “9”, to narrow down placement
- “Close MouseGrid”, or “Cancel”
Mouse Click
To click the mouse, you simply speak a command, with optional <modifiers> that designate one or more keys such as Command, Option, Shift or Caps Lock. Choose from these new commands:
- “ <modifiers> Mouse Click”
- “ <modifiers> Mouse Double Click”
- “ <modifiers> Mouse Triple Click”
- “ <modifiers> Press Mouse, or Hold Mouse”
- “Release Mouse”
Mouse Movement
New commands let you move the mouse pointer, just by using your voice. You designate the direction (left, right, up, down, or any combination), and optionally the distance (points, centimetres or inches). These new commands are available in Dragon Dictate 2.0:
- “Move Mouse <direction>”
- “Stop, or Slower, or Faster”
- “Move Mouse <direction> 1-100 Points/Centimetres/Inches”
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- Mac
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 or greater
- Processor: Intel CPU only, PowerPC not supported
- Memory: 2 GB recommended
- Hard drive space: 3 GB
- Internet connection is required for activation
- Nuance-approved USB microphone for Mac (included with new purchase)
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Dragon Dictate is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Communication
- Access to computers
Users can access Dragon Dictate in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
- Voice
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