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MacSpeech Dictate Think it. Speak it. Create it. Forget about typing; with MacSpeech Dictate you’re free to focus on what you have to say. MacSpeech Dictate’s accuracy and capabilities make it as fun, productive, and intuitive to use as the Mac itself. MacSpeech Dictate provides, Amazing AccuracyMacSpeech Dictate provides an astounding accuracy rate of up to 99% … near perfection. Of course, you can continue to increase accuracy as you use MacSpeech Dictate. Moreover, MacSpeech Dictate NEVER misspells a word. With MacSpeech Dictate, typos are a thing of the past. MacSpeech Dictate also works great with Apple’s applications as well, including iChat, Mail, iPhoto, and Keynote, among others. Plus, MacSpeech Dictate is optimized for performance with two of the cornerstone applications for the Mac, Microsoft Word and Apple’s TextEdit. And more speed in these critical apps means a more natural, intuitive experience and increased productivity for you.Mac users expect only the best from the applications they use on their Macs. MacSpeech Dictate was built from the ground up to ensure the ultimate experience on Mac OS X,MacSpeech Dictate provides astounding accuracy and productivity. With just minutes of training, you’ll be using MacSpeech Dictate’s superior capabilities.Exceptional Recognition, MacSpeech Dictate boasts robust Phrase Training capabilities allowing it to learn as it goes based on your voice input. That means even greater accuracy that more fully integrates into your Macintosh experience. MacSpeech Dictate also recognizes 13 distinct English dialect variations, providing exceptionally strong recognition, and its Vocabulary Editor lets you train individual words and even add new ones such as proper nouns, giving even more control over how it recognizes your speech. MacSpeech Dictate’s spelling mode lets you easily spell words, names, and acronyms with either natural language or the International Radio Alphabet.
Amazon.com Product Description
Welcome to MacSpeech Dictate, the premier speech-recognition software for the Macintosh. With MacSpeech Dictate, you're free to focus on what you have to say--just think it, speak it, and create it. Instead of typing, use your voice to input text; rather than clicking your mouse, just speak commands. MacSpeech Dictate executes it for you. What could be easier? Written from the ground up for the Mac, MacSpeech Dictate's accuracy and capabilities make it as fun, productive, and intuitive to use as the Mac itself./p table width="300" cellpadding="10" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/macspeech-product.jpg" alt="MacSpeech Dictate" psmallbiPremier speech-recognition software for the Macintosh./i/b/small /td /tr /table h2Accurate/h2 pstrongAmazing Accuracy/strong brMacSpeech Dictate will astound you with its accuracy rate--near perfection with up to 99% accuracy. You simply talk and leave the recognition to MacSpeech Dictate. MacSpeech Dictate never misspells a word--typos are a thing of the past./p pstrongEven Greater Recognition/strong brMacSpeech Dictate boasts robust Phrase Training capabilities, allowing it to learn as it goes based on your voice input. Even more, MacSpeech Dictate recognizes and understands 13 distinct English dialect variations, nine with U.S. spelling and four with U.K. spelling./p pstrongMinimal Training Required/strong brMacSpeech Dictate provides astounding accuracy and productivity. With just minutes of training, you'll be using MacSpeech Dictate's superior capabilities./p table width="310" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/macspeech-accent.jpg" border="0" alt="Drop-down menu" psmallbiRecognizes 13 distinct English dialect variations such as American, British, Australian, and more./i/b/small /td /tr /table h2Powerful/h2 pstrongEssential Command Capabilities/strong brInstead of using your mouse to select menu commands or your keyboard to type shortcuts, just speak a command. MacSpeech Dictate executes it for you. What's more, MacSpeech Dictate understands key commands. With the 'Press The Key' and 'Press The Key Combo' commands, you can enter specific keys and even keyboard modifiers like Command, Option, Shift, and Control. That makes you more productive and MacSpeech Dictate more intuitive. What could be better?/p pstrongDocument Freedom/strong brMacSpeech Dictate works great with most text documents, even those it didn't create. MacSpeech Dictate can read a document's contents, or a portion of it, that you can then navigate and edit./p h2Compatible/h2 pstrongWorks with the Apps You Already Have/strong brMicrosoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and more. And MacSpeech Dictate works great with Apple's applications as well, including iChat, Mail, iPhoto, and Keynote, among others./p table width="300" cellpadding="10" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/macspeech-headphone.jpg" alt="Microphone headset included" psmallbiMacSpeech-certified, noise-cancelling microphone headset included./i/b/small /td /tr /table pstrongMake Your Move/strong brYou don't need a keyboard or mouse to move around in your documents. MacSpeech Dictate lets you move your cursor forwards, backwards, and much more with just your voice. It helps make editing your documents a breeze./p pstrongSpelling a World of Words/strong brMacSpeech Dictate's spelling mode lets you easily spell words, names, and acronyms with either natural language or the International Radio Alphabet. You have complete control over every aspect of your speech recognition input./p pstrongNo Hidden Costs/strong brMacSpeech Dictate includes everything you need to be instantly productive as soon as you start using it, including a high-quality headset microphone./p table width="250" cellpadding="10" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/macspeech-dragon.jpg" border="0" alt="Dragon speech-recognition engine" psmallbiEquipped with the world-renowned Dragon speech-recognition engine by Nuance./i/b/small /td /tr /table h2Built for Mac/h2 pstrongBuilt Especially for the Mac/strong brMac users expect only the best from the applications they use on their Macs. MacSpeech Dictate was built from the ground up to ensure the ultimate experience on Mac OS X./p pstrongExceptional Online Help/strong brFor those times when you need a little assistance, MacSpeech Dictate boasts a complete online, searchable help book. It's convenient to use, easy to understand, and all just a mouse click away./p