[MV] MacSpeech Dictate

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Hot off the MacWorld Press (MacVoice MV Newsletter):

--- Chuck Rogers <chuck.rogers at macspeech.com> wrote:

> All:
> 
> Sorry I have not posted to the list sooner - it has been a very
> busy  
> Macworld, as you can imagine!
> 
> By now, most of you probably know, we announced a new product at
>  
> Macworld Expo this week - MacSpeech Dictate. I wanted to give
> you some  
> of the details about this exciting new product.
> 
> - MacSpeech Dictate is NOT "Dragon on the Mac" anymore than
> iListen  
> was "Philips on the Mac." Yes, we are using the incredible
> Dragon  
> NaturallySpeaking speech engine, but that is where the
> resemblance  
> stops. Basically, we feed the audio into the engine, and text
> comes  
> out. What is done with the text is 100% Macintosh code written
> by us.  
> Not one line of code from any of Dragon's software programs or
> from  
> iListen is used in this new program.
> 
> - MacSpeech Dictate is Intel only, but it will work on any
> Intel-based  
> Macintosh running Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher with at least 1GB
> of RAM.
> 
> - MacSpeech Dictate will ship with 6 versions of English: US,
> UK,  
> Australian, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Teen.
> 
> - Later this year we will be releasing versions for French,
> German,  
> Italian, and Spanish.
> 
> - Later this year we will be releasing Medical and Legal
> vocabularies.
> 
> - Training literally takes only 5 minutes for most people. Those
> with  
> unique vocal characteristics or accents that do not fall into
> one of  
> the regional English language models may need to read another
> story or  
> two to achieve maximum accuracy, but even for those folks,
> accuracy  
> will be better than a fully trained profile in iListen after
> only 5  
> minutes of training.
> 
> - MacSpeech Dictate 1.0 will ship in mid-February. It's retail
> price  
> will be $199. Anyone who already has iListen can crossgrade to
> the new  
> program for $99. Through next Friday, we are running a Macworld
> Expo  
> crossgrade special for existing iListen owners: $79 plus
> shipping.  
> This is a special offer that expires next Friday and is a
> pre-order.  
> There will not be a download option because the program installs
> over  
> 1GB of data on your hard drive. It will be possible to download 
> 
> upgrades, however.
> 
> - Due to the switch to a new engine, we are no longer shipping
> copies  
> of iListen. iListen is available in retail stores and online
> through  
> many outlets, including the Apple store. iListen remains a
> viable  
> option for anyone running non-Intel-based Macs.
> 
> We are thrilled about this new product. I have been doing demos
> on the  
> show floor every day, and even though my voice is getting
> hoarse, I am  
> still getting near 100% accuracy even when the show floor is
> noisy!
> 
> I'd like to stress that MacSpeech Dictate is a 100% Mac-only
> program,  
> written from the ground up for Mac OS X. I hope I have answered
> most  
> of your questions. If not, please feel free to either email me  
> personally at chuck.rogers at macspeech.com or post to the list.
> Keep in  
> mind I am at Macworld Expo and may not be able to reply right
> away.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Chuck Rogers, Chief
> MacSpeech, Inc.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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