[MV] MacSpeech Dictate

[Chuck Rogers]

Henry (and everyone else):

Thanks for your kind words.

Version 1.0 will not accept files from any "dictation devices" except  
through direct audio input from the device's headphone output to the  
microphone input of the USB adapter for your head-worn microphone.

Support for transcription from a digital recorder will be an add-on  
that we release later in the year. We will announce what devices we  
support at that time.




On Jan 22, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Henry Kalir wrote:

> Dear Chuck,
>
> There's nothing wrong in using what clearly appears to be the BETTER  
> engine!
> Apple has taken its turn for the better in moving on to Intel  
> processors and now that you've been able to - you've made a wise  
> move too.
>
> MacSpeech Inc is to be congratulated on this!
>
> Best,
>
> Henry
>
> PS - Which dictation devices will work here?
>
>
> Damien (and everyone else):
>
> First, let me make one thing very clear: this is not "Dragon on the
> Mac." So don't expect everything to work the way Dragon
> NaturallySpeaking does. There is not one line of code from the Dragon
> NaturallySpeaking program in MacSpeech Dictate. Any similarities
> between the two programs (other than the amazing accuracy) will be
> because that is simply the best way to do something, not because
> Dragon does it that way.
>
> To answer your questions specifically:
>
>
>> 1) How are words added?  With the old phonetic editor, or with
>> Dragon's (and ViaVoice's) "type it out and record your
>> pronunciation" system?
>
> Right now, words are added through Vocabulary Training. Additional
> features for adding words will be added in a later version.
>
>>
>>
>> 2) How does correction function?  Is it like Dragon's "say and
>> replace" that can be done while working on the document?
>
> Version 1.0 will not have a traditional Correction interface. You
> correct mis-recognitions by selecting the mis-recognized word or
> phrase and then either re-speak it or type it in manually. (You can
> select by voice, btw.) We are totally re-inventing the way we do
> Correction compared to iListen, and we are taking the time to do it
> right. We will offer Correction features in a free upgrade.
>
>>
>>
>> 3) Will there be special plugins for Word/Pages/etc, like Dragon, so
>> that Dictate can work flawlessly in those apps, just like it will in
>> the included Dictate Notepad?
>
> Right now we are concentrating on getting version 1.0 out the door.
> After that, our focus will be Correction. It is too early to speculate
> on what applications will be supported with Correction.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist
> MacSpeech, Inc.
>
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