[MV] macspeech vs dns

[Chuck Rogers]

Damien (and everyone else):

If iListen isn't giving you tremendous accuracy, please work with our  
tech support team, because we know without a shadow of a doubt that  
it can and will. As I said so many times before, we acknowledge it  
takes longer to achieve that accuracy with iListen than it does with  
Dragon. How much longer depends on the individual, but it is ALWAYS a  
small investment of time compared to the months or years of use you  
will get out of the program. And the convenience of dictating into  
absolutely any application makes it worthwhile.

We recently heard from a "switcher" who was initially very frustrated  
with iListen's accuracy. We told him two things:

1). Give it two more weeks before you give up;

2). Use Learn My Writing Style EXTENSIVELY during that two weeks.

He now says iListen is as accurate as Dragon ever was for him, and he  
would NEVER go back to using it on Windows either on a PC or in  
Parallels, because having the dictation go exactly where he wants is  
worth so much more. In the interest of being fair, I should also tell  
you that he is still adding terms, and he does find that process  
tedious, but not overly so.

Our position regarding a Medical vocabulary has not changed: we do  
not believe adding 15,000 words (about +5%) to the number of words in  
your profile when you are going to use only 500, 1000, or even 2000  
is in your best interest in terms of achieving the best accuracy.


Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist
MacSpeech, Inc.




On Sep 19, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Damien Fox wrote:

> It's DNS 8for me on my MacBook w/ XP in Parellels, even tho' i love  
> my mac (almost 14yrs now), hate using Windows, and buy each version  
> of iListen hoping that it will become what I want it to be.
>
>
> On 19-Sep-07, at 12:01 AM, Nina Sugar, MD wrote:
>
>>
>>> From: "Nina Sugar, MD" <ninasugarmd at mac.com>
>>> To: <macvoice-owner at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>>> Date: September 16, 2007 01:21:34 AM EDT
>>> Subject: macspeech vs dns
>>>
>>> Help please!
>>> I need to buy a voice recogniton/dictation program for macbook  
>>> pro w/intel 2ghz core duo processor.
>>> I am running osx v 10.4.10.
>>> What are the pro and cons of macspeech/ilisten vs dns?(I believe  
>>> I would have to get a windows running program for the DNS, and I  
>>> am not sure I could run it. I love my mac and the os systems, and  
>>> have never been able to understand windows)
>>> I need to be able to dictate patient notes,  on a daily basis,  
>>> and writing has become difficult due to back injuries from being  
>>> rear ended and now wrist tendonitis. Any information/suggestions / 
>>> reccomendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
>>> nina sugar
>>>
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