[MV] MacSpeech Dictate

[Henry Kalir]

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.

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> 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.

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> 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.