Dragon Dictate 3 for Mac- A Review
Massachusetts based multinational Computer Software Developer Company has updated its speech to text application Dragon Dictate for Mac to version 3. Clearly, Nuance communications is a market leader in the particular segment of voice recognition software.
Nuance communication is also believed to be a backbone of shiri apps for iOS but never revealed. Let’s not take the discussion to another track and just have a look at what Dragon Dictate 3 has to provide.
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1. Initiation:
Easy installation process
Comparatively smaller file space (1.82 GB)
Text which is used for calibration and to be familiarizing with user’s voice has become a little easy process than previous version.
Headset is provided yet it is reasonably well working if you are using the facility with your in built microphone. I recommend using headset while you are using the app working in a noisier environment.
You may have other alternatives such as Blue USB desk mic.
2. Dictation:
Developers claim faster user voice dictation in version 3, and you probably can sense that. As user speaks, words appear within couple of seconds on screen.
Accuracy has also been improved a lot. It can dictate and then spell words more accurately than its previous versions. (You will have to do very few edits for v3 as compared to v2.)
Dragon Dictate has also tried to give voice command editing facility but it was not as convenient as searching other alternative word manually.
3. Other features:
Latest version of application supports wideband Bluetooth.
Help files are appreciable. Easy to find commands and has interactive tutorials.
It can transcribe audio files also! It’s a most amazing feature of this very app.
It supports AIFF, WAV and MP4 files.
You as a user also facilitated with Dragon Recorder for iOS. You may use it while you are working with you iPhone or iPad and then later you can send those files to your Mac PC and can get it transcribed.
It also recognizes system commands. i.e. “open Firefox, open mail”
4. Conclusion:
Over and all it’s a very good application but as the segment and technology is still in learning stage, there are certain cons about it. Let’s have a look at those cons also.
Nuance does not giving a demo or trial version for the app, so you may not check it whether it fits in to your priority list, working environments and your requirements.
A little costly application you can say. (About 179$).
But you may believe that as time will go on you will be having more accurate and precise version of this software from this very developer.
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