DragonDictate
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DragonDictate and Dragon Dictate are proprietary speech recognition
software. The older program, DragonDictate, was originally developed by Dragon Systems for Microsoft Windows
. It has now been replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
for Windows, developed by Nuance Communications
. Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0 (originally named MacSpeech Dictate
) is supported only on Mac OS X
10.6 (Snow Leopard
). Nuance's other products for Mac include MacSpeech Scribe
.
application from Dragon Systems and used discrete speech
where the user must pause between speaking each word. It has been replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
, which allows continuous speech recognition and correction and training of words via the keyboard. NaturallySpeaking remains a windows-only program, now in Version 11. DragonDictate for Windows is still available but has not been updated since Windows 98 was the current operating system.
, was announced on September 20, 2010 by Nuance Communications, the developer of MacSpeech
products. The upgrade incorporates some of the features of NaturallySpeaking
into the MacSpeech software. Dragon Dictate for Mac lacks other NaturallySpeaking features, such as training mis-recognized words by simply re-typing them using the keyboard. An early review by David Pogue notes,
Speech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
software. The older program, DragonDictate, was originally developed by Dragon Systems for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
. It has now been replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows personal computers. The most recent package is version 11.5, which supports 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and 7. The Mac OS version is called Dragon...
for Windows, developed by Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications
Nuance Communications is a multinational computer software technology corporation, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA, that provides speech and imaging applications...
. Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0 (originally named MacSpeech Dictate
MacSpeech Dictate
MacSpeech Dictate was a speech recognition program developed for Mac OS X by MacSpeech. The first version of MacSpeech Dictate was released in March 2008 after being showcased at the Macworld Conference & Expo in 2008 and winning the Macworld 2008 Best Of Show award...
) is supported only on Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
10.6 (Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard
The snow leopard is a moderately large cat native to the mountain ranges of South Asia and Central Asia...
). Nuance's other products for Mac include MacSpeech Scribe
MacSpeech Scribe
MacSpeech Scribe is speech recognition software for Mac OS X designed specifically for transcription of recorded voice dictation. It runs on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The software transcribes dictation recorded by an individual speaker. Typically the speaker will record their dictation using a...
.
Original DragonDictate
DragonDictate for Windows was the original speech recognitionSpeech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...
application from Dragon Systems and used discrete speech
Discrete signal
A discrete signal or discrete-time signal is a time series consisting of a sequence of qualities...
where the user must pause between speaking each word. It has been replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows personal computers. The most recent package is version 11.5, which supports 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and 7. The Mac OS version is called Dragon...
, which allows continuous speech recognition and correction and training of words via the keyboard. NaturallySpeaking remains a windows-only program, now in Version 11. DragonDictate for Windows is still available but has not been updated since Windows 98 was the current operating system.
Dragon Dictate for Mac
Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0, an upgrade for MacSpeech DictateMacSpeech Dictate
MacSpeech Dictate was a speech recognition program developed for Mac OS X by MacSpeech. The first version of MacSpeech Dictate was released in March 2008 after being showcased at the Macworld Conference & Expo in 2008 and winning the Macworld 2008 Best Of Show award...
, was announced on September 20, 2010 by Nuance Communications, the developer of MacSpeech
MacSpeech
MacSpeech was a company that developed speech recognition software for Apple Macintosh computers. It has been acquired by Nuance Communications....
products. The upgrade incorporates some of the features of NaturallySpeaking
NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows personal computers. The most recent package is version 11.5, which supports 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and 7. The Mac OS version is called Dragon...
into the MacSpeech software. Dragon Dictate for Mac lacks other NaturallySpeaking features, such as training mis-recognized words by simply re-typing them using the keyboard. An early review by David Pogue notes,