MacSpeech Dictate v1.5
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MacSpeech Dictate v1.5
Getting better but not there yet and now has a worrisome security issue
Written by SC from Shreveport
Jun 23, 2009
MacSpeech Dictate is certainly significantly better than its predecessor iListen but not equal to the Nuance NaturallySpeaking for Windows. I am now dictating this comment using version 1.3 and the accuracy is close to that I get when using Vista Speech Recognition software on my PC computer.
I believe if potential customers peruse reviews and forums including they MacSpeech forums you will see a great deal of frustration with with MacSpeech customer support and more recently their insistence that those of us who purchased MacSpeech Dictate shell out $60 plus shipping to upgrade to the latest version 1.5. MacSpeech ended up closing comments on the upgrade approximately 2 weeks into the overwhelming negative responses posted on their forum.
MacSpeech Dictate continues to have issues with mixed keyboard and voice editing. It is extremely disturbing to see your text scrambled or simply disappear after a few simple keyboard edits have been made. Additionally, I have experienced more crashes using Dictate and any other software for my Mac. One very unsettling observation has been that when MacSpeech dictate 1.3 crashes it launches my e-mail client and attempts to send detailed information detailing all that I have been doing prior to the crash including the document I am working on.
The first time this happened, I instinctively hit the send button forwarding this data to MacSpeech. Fortunately, I was not working on a sensitive document for my accountant, attorney or client. This option could prove devastating to professionals such as physicians and needs to be eliminated particularly given that MacSpeech is now making a version specifically for medical professionals.
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MacSpeech Dictate v1.5
It has potential but......
Written by BG from SWINDON
May 15, 2009
Wish I didn't have to say this, but, here goes, 'the windows version is better'!!!!! I purchased both MacSpeech Dictate (for the MAC) for me and Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 (for Windows) for the good lady. I firstly installed Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 and was simply blown away by what it can do, especially with the controlling of the programs. When testing it in Word (windows), I was able to use my voice to type things and then edit the document seamlessly e.g. if I made an error and said 'undo' the undo command will work, I could make specific words bold, in italics and even underline them using my voice, then when I'm ready I say 'close' and the dialog box will pop up and ask me whether I'd like to save it or not, I simply said 'save' and it will save it for me in the name I say and in the location I specify, with no problems at all, USING MY VOICE ONLY!!!!
When I installed MacSpeech Dictate and tested it on Microsoft Word for MAC, the results where disappointingly different. Having the program type what I say is fine but when it comes to controlling the program it just doesn't do the trick. If I say 'undo' it will type undo rather that use the undo command to correct any errors and for closing the program well,that was just problems, I said 'close','Quit', 'close window', 'Quit Microsoft Word' and the list goes on, and guess what the program is still open. It does Open the programs fine but for controlling and closing them, it needs alot of help!!!
Or mybe I do.
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