Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000

Alex Mensah · 03-06-2010, 02:18 PM

HI warriors,
Im interested in a speech recognition software. Mainly, it will allow me to create articles a whole lot quicker. One gentleman on the forum said he produced about 28 articles in two days, which is pretty impressive.

For those who have some experience with this. what do you think is better.

Dragon dictation
OR
Mac Speech Dictate

adamv · 03-06-2010, 02:58 PM

I've never used mac speech. I have Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 preferred and I'm a big fan.

There are a lot of threads on the forum about this already though so you might want to search for those and you'll see a lot of opinions.

laird · 03-06-2010, 03:18 PM

Zeze:

MacSpeech uses the Dragon Naturally Speaking engine so if you're running on a Mac Platform and not using VMWare/Parallels/BootCamp, it's your only option - unless you're interested in their new Scribe software (which will do dictation from audio files like the notes you make on the iPhone Memo Recorder.)

Del

Alex Mensah · 03-22-2010, 03:57 PM

thanks adamv and Laird...I went ahead and got the dragon dictation software...I am runnig a mac with vmware for booting windows on my mac...

laird · 03-22-2010, 06:00 PM

I got to preview their Via Dictate app for the iPhone. Activate the App on your iPhone and it connects via Bonjour to your Mac's copy of Dictate.

It's gonna be sweet (and free).

Del

The Copy Nazi · 03-22-2010, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laird

I got to preview their Via Dictate app for the iPhone. Activate the App on your iPhone and it connects via Bonjour to your Mac's copy of Dictate.

It's gonna be sweet (and free).

Del

Really? Cool. I've been using Dictate on the Mac for awhile.

laird · 03-22-2010, 06:51 PM

Yeah - they're still in beta mode. Not opened to us outsiders unfortunately.

I also got to check out MacSpeech Scribe. Cool but limited. It doesn't transcribe everything (say for instance, a movie). It's "trained" for a particular voice and transcribes that voice....

So say for instance, you're driving and using Voice Memos for this amazing idea - whether product, sales letter, bullet points or heck - even shopping lists, you simply upload the audio file into Scribe and it transcribes it for you.

However cool that is, you can simply play your audio recording into your Microphone (headset or Mac) and use Dictate to transcribe it without the added expense of Scribe.

Depends on your work habits I suppose - and time constraints.

Del

03-06-2010, 02:18 PM	#1
Alex Mensah Hyper Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 374 Thanks: 73 Thanked 41 Times in 32 Posts Contact Info	Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000 HI warriors, Im interested in a speech recognition software. Mainly, it will allow me to create articles a whole lot quicker. One gentleman on the forum said he produced about 28 articles in two days, which is pretty impressive. For those who have some experience with this. what do you think is better. Dragon dictation OR Mac Speech Dictate

03-06-2010, 02:58 PM	#2
adamv Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Rocklin, CA, USA. Posts: 1,146 Thanks: 176 Thanked 250 Times in 147 Posts	Re: Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000 I've never used mac speech. I have Dragon Naturally Speaking 10 preferred and I'm a big fan. There are a lot of threads on the forum about this already though so you might want to search for those and you'll see a lot of opinions.

03-06-2010, 03:18 PM	#3
laird Offline Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Left Coast, USA Posts: 184 Thanks: 6 Thanked 74 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000 Zeze: MacSpeech uses the Dragon Naturally Speaking engine so if you're running on a Mac Platform and not using VMWare/Parallels/BootCamp, it's your only option - unless you're interested in their new Scribe software (which will do dictation from audio files like the notes you make on the iPhone Memo Recorder.) Del

03-22-2010, 03:57 PM	#4
Alex Mensah Hyper Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 374 Thanks: 73 Thanked 41 Times in 32 Posts Contact Info	Re: Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000 thanks adamv and Laird...I went ahead and got the dragon dictation software...I am runnig a mac with vmware for booting windows on my mac...

03-22-2010, 06:00 PM	#5
laird Offline Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Left Coast, USA Posts: 184 Thanks: 6 Thanked 74 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000 I got to preview their Via Dictate app for the iPhone. Activate the App on your iPhone and it connects via Bonjour to your Mac's copy of Dictate. It's gonna be sweet (and free). Del

03-22-2010, 06:51 PM	#7
laird Offline Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Left Coast, USA Posts: 184 Thanks: 6 Thanked 74 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Dragon dictation or Mac Speech Software - How to SUPERCHARGE your article creation X1000 Yeah - they're still in beta mode. Not opened to us outsiders unfortunately. I also got to check out MacSpeech Scribe. Cool but limited. It doesn't transcribe everything (say for instance, a movie). It's "trained" for a particular voice and transcribes that voice.... So say for instance, you're driving and using Voice Memos for this amazing idea - whether product, sales letter, bullet points or heck - even shopping lists, you simply upload the audio file into Scribe and it transcribes it for you. However cool that is, you can simply play your audio recording into your Microphone (headset or Mac) and use Dictate to transcribe it without the added expense of Scribe. Depends on your work habits I suppose - and time constraints. Del