To enable easier proofreading, Dragon Dictate can be ordered to read back the previously entered text, and this is done so with the usual “Alex” voice, which will be familiar to anyone who has heard OS X’s built-in voice. Increased integration with third-party apps in this regard would be most welcome, though presumably Nuance are at the mercy of developers here. Saying “open Firefox” or “open Mail” will cause those applications to duly launch, and there’s some further interaction possible too, as saying “new email” also performs that task.
As always, your mileage may vary.ĭragon Dictate for Mac 3 sports support for the OS X Mountain Lion Notes and Reminders appsīeyond simple dictation, there are several other useful features in Dragon Dictate, like system commands, for example. However, it was still impressively accurate and required relatively little hands-on editing compared to earlier versions I've tried. In the Dragon Dictate promotional material, Nuance boasts an increased accuracy to a level of 99 percent, but this was definitely not the case when testing the software with a microphone built into a computer. There are also a few eccentricities which are bound to pop up when using any speech to text software, such as Dragon’s occasional inability to decide whether I wish to say “for,” “four,” or “4." Issues like this can be worked out in Dragon Dictate's expansive options, but they slow down the initial adjustment period.
While testing Dragon Dictate 3 over the course of a few days, I found the most difficult part was altering my own habits and getting used to speaking thoughts out loud, rather than tapping fingers on a keyboard. English spelling without demanding U.S.-centric commands like “period” in place of my own preferred “full stop.” When dictating, it’s important to speak as clearly as possible, and articulate all necessary punctuation, such as “comma” and “exclamation mark." Perhaps stronger regional accents could give the software fits, but for what it’s worth, Dragon Dictate handled my own Welsh accent very well on the whole, even converting the words into U.S. The graph below presents dictation speed & accuracy in OS X Mavericks against the alternatives: typing fast, dictation in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, and Dragon Dictate, the best-in-class dictation software on a Mac.Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 can open applications with a voice command In Mac OS X Mavericks, you have the option to turn on "enhanced dictation" which does not require an Internet connection and allows you to dictate continuously. In Mac OS X 10.8, the dictation works by communicating with Apple’s speech recognition servers over the Internet which may result in an annoying lag between when you speak and when the dictated text appears. The inbuilt dictation feature is readily accessible using the convenient shortcut “Fn Fn” and is great for short-dictations. As a result, the dictation commands are nearly identical (see Apple Help document “Mac Basics: Dictation” at for the list of supported dictation commands in OS X). Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and OS X Mavericks offer an inbuilt dictation feature that is powered by the same underlying technology as Dragon Dictate.
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