The results from Mavericks’s built-in Dictation tool. (Note that, while Apple has never stated publicly where it got the technology behind Siri dictation, I strongly suspect it is Nuance, the same company that publishes Dragon Dictate.) So when I heard that Apple was improving the Dictation tool in OS X, my first question was: How will it compare to Dragon? When I heard that Apple was improving the Dictation tool in OS X, my first question was: How will it compare to Dragon? (When I first started dictating, you … had … to … talk … like … this … leaving … a … space … between … each … word.) My usual tool is Dragon Dictate for Mac. I’ve been dictating to computers for a long time. It’s great.īut Mac dictation isn’t new to Mavericks.
I find myself using it throughout the operating system and in places that I’d never thought of using dictation before, including online forms and annotations to PDF files. With my Retina MacBook Pro, the two microphones are so good that I can even dictate without first donning a headset microphone (a traditional requirement for dictation). In fact, it’s how I’m adding this very text. The feature works anywhere on the Mac that you can enter text, no training or customization necessary. Now, when you press the Fn key twice and start speaking, the words appear on screen as you speak. Having this transcription-support file on your Mac dramatically improves the functionality of OS X’s built-in Dictation feature.
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