[MV] MacSpeech Dictate

[tscheresky at micron.com]

> iListen's serious interface flaws, like the distinction between
dictation and command mode

I'm not sure I understand what your complaint is here.  Could you please
explain.  Thanks...

Todd

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Ian Gilman
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Subject: Re: [MV] MacSpeech Dictate

This is a very exciting!

What I really want to know is whether this new application fixes
iListen's serious interface flaws, like the distinction between
dictation and command mode, and the requirement that you not touch your
text before correcting it.

-- Ian Gilman
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On Jan 18, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Chuck Rogers 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 Evangelist
> MacSpeech, Inc.
>
>
>
>
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