Cliff: I am sure others will reply, but the choice is pretty simple, really. iListen is the only Mac OS X application that supports speech-to-text transcription from a recorded file. You may find the following articles in our Knowledgebase to be helpful: What Digital Voice Recorders Are Supported for Use with iListen? http://macspeech.crmhelp.net/index.php? _a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=8 What Are the Limitations for Transcription of Recorded Files? http://macspeech.crmhelp.net/index.php? _a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=2 If you have any other questions about iListen, feel free to send them to <questions at macspeech.com> and someone on our support staff will assist you. Best Regards, Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist MacSpeech, Inc. On Feb 22, 2006, at 7:25 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > New to list. > running Tiger 10.4.5 on MacMini > > Wonder if I can receive comparative comments > on the best of the voice recognition software > for transcribing/dictation. > > Perused the archives and was surprised to see suggestions that > transcription could be very challenging. > > All advise appreciated. > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984