![]() At Macworld 2008, MacSpeech unveiled a new product that the company promises to change dictation on the Mac forever.Īs Nate noted on his staff journal this week, MacSpeech has now licensed the technology behind Dragon Naturally Speaking for its new product, MacSpeech Dictate (iListen is no more). But iListen had numerous limitations, and no one serious about dictation even considered it an alternative to the superior Windows competition. ![]() A company called MacSpeech has offered a product called iListen for the Mac since 2000, originally debuting for Mac OS 9 and later making the transition to Mac OS X. If you're a Mac user and want to use speech dictation software, you either have to use a PC (or a virtual machine) in order to use Dragon, or just plain do without. But there's one problem with Dragon-it's Windows-only. Here at Ars, some of us know from experience-Associate Editor Nate Anderson is head cheerleader for Nuance's Dragon Naturally Speaking, and reviewed it in 2006. If your livelihood is dependent upon the computer, but you also have problems with repetitive stress injuries (RSI), carpal tunnel, or are just plain lazy, speech dictation software is practically essential in order to keep doing your job.
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