Product Description
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With Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 speech re software, you
can use your voice to create and edit text or interact with your
favorite Mac applications. Far more than just speech to text,
Dragon Dictate lets you create and edit documents, manage email,
surf the Web, update social networks, and more – quickly, easily
and accurately, all by voice. Open and close or navigate between
applications, or even create your own custom voice commands to
execute multiple steps with a simple word or phrase. Use your
iPhone or iPod as a wireless microphone, or capture your notes on
the go using a digital voice recorder and Dragon Dictate 3 will
transcribe them for you
From the Manufacturer
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Control Your Digital World by Voice
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Dragon Dictate speech re software lets you use your
voice to do more on your Mac than you ever thought possible. More
than just speech-to-text, Dragon Dictate lets you use your voice
to command your Mac. Create and edit documents, manage e-mail,
surf the web, update your Facebook or Twitter status, and more –
all by voice. Open, close, and navigate between applications, or
even create your own custom voice commands to execute multiple
steps with a simple word or phrase.
Capture your notes using a digital voice recorder or your iPhone,
iPad, or iPod touch with our free Dragon Recorder app, and Dragon
Dictate will transcribe them for you when you are back at your
Mac. Dragon Dictate lets you get more done – at home, school,
work, or wherever life takes you – with the power of your voice.
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Turn Your Talk Into Text
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Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 lets you transform your ideas into text
at the speed of thought. Simply speak and Dragon captures your
thoughts – three times faster than typing, and with 99% accuracy
– so you’ll never lose track of another great idea.
Dictate and edit documents, e-mails, instant messages, Facebook
and Twitter posts, and more. Correcting or revising your dictated
text is simple with a new, more powerful correction interface
that lets you quickly edit words or phrases. And Dragon Dictate
for Mac 3 adapts to your voice and the words you use to deliver
better re results over time. You can even personalize
Dragon with acronyms, proper names, and other unique phrases that
you frequently use.
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Use Your Favorite Applications
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Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 goes beyond simple speech-to-text, and
gives you control in more applications so that you can simply
speak to do more than ever before. Use Dragon Dictate in Mac OS X
Lion or ain Lion with virtually any Mac application. Create
and edit documents in Microsoft Word, TextEdit, Notepad, and
Pages, work with spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel and Numbers,
create presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint and Keynote, manage
e-mail in Mail, search the web or your Mac desktop, post to
Facebook or Twitter, and more – all by voice.
Dragon Dictate’s Express Editor lets you dictate into a text
field in any application on the Mac for which it does not have
Full Text Control. After you finish dictating, simply transfer
the text from the Express Editor to the desired application
quickly and easily by voice.
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Command Your Mac, Comfortably
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Say "goodbye" to repetitive stress injuries. Use your Mac in a
comfortable, ergonomic way without being tied to your keyboard
and mouse. Open applications or folders, select menu items, click
or move the mouse, press keys, switch from one application to
another, or create custom voice commands to execute multiple
steps by voice. Use your compatible iOS or Android device, or a
Wideband Bluetooth headset as a wireless microphone for even more
convenience.
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Go Mobile
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Capture thoughts while they’re still fresh in your mind to
produce detailed, high-quality reports, papers, proposals,
meeting minutes, and more. Record your voice using Nuance’s free
Dragon Recorder app with a compatible iOS device, or, for more
advanced functionality, a Nuance-approved digital voice
recorder. Dragon will transcribe the audio files into text when
you return to your Mac.
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Get Started Right Away
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Thanks to the new interactive tutorial’s simulations, you can
learn and practice good dictation, correction, and editing habits
so that you can create text efficiently within just a few
minutes. Dragon Dictate’s help menu is within reach with a simple
voice command, so assistance is always available when you need
it.
Key New Features
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* 15% improvement in out-of-the-box accuracy.
* Faster, more advanced correction.
* Express Editor so you can dictate into a text field that does
not have Full Text Control.
* Transcribe your recorded voice quickly and easily. Supports
.wav, .m4a, .m4v, .mp4, .aif, and .aiff audio file formats.
* Dragon Recorder app to record your thoughts using an iPhone,
iPad, or iPod touch (4th gen). Dragon Dictate will transcribe the
recorded audio files when you are back at your Mac.
* Smart Format Rules allow Dragon to adapt upon detecting your
format corrections to abbreviations, numbers, and more.
* Vocabulary Editor lets you set alternative written forms of
words or phrases (e.g. color vs. colour).
* Interactive Tutorial offers short progressive simulations to
help you practice good dictation, correction, and editing habits.
* Built-in commands for the new Notes and Reminders applications.
System Requirements
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* Intel-based Mac computer (2.2 Ghz Intel Core2 Duo processor or
greater recommended)
* OS X Lion (10.7) or OS X ain Lion (10.8)
* 4 GB free hard disk space
* 2 GB RAM recommended
* DVD-ROM drive for installation
* Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset microphone for Mac
(included in purchase)
Note: An Internet connection is required for automatic product
activation.
Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 Features
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Dragon Dictate 3 Dragon Dictate 2.x Dragon Dictate 1.x Dragon
Express Speech Re Turns your voice into text. X X X X Up
to 99% accurate. X X X X Speed Words appear on the screen three
times faster than typing. X X X X Local Processing Re of
dictations happens locally, and does not require a network
connection. Re happens in near real-time and results can
be seen immediately. X X X X OS Support Support for OS X 10.8
ain Lion. X Support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. X X X
Installation Simple installation process with a single DVD. X
Centralized speech data saves valuable hard drive space for
customers with multiple users on a single machine. X Correction
Correct text by voice. X X X Correct individual words or phrases
through a single, easy-to-understand window. X Richer list of
more likely alternative word choices. X Accuracy Tuning Acoustic
and Language Model Optimizer; ability to analyze selected
documents and email. X X X "Nothing But Speech" filter to
automatically eliminate um/ah utterances. X X X Vocabulary Editor
Ability to set alternative written forms of words or phrases
(e.g. "color" vs. "colour"). X Express Editor Express Editor
supports dictation into text fields that do not have Full Text
Control; Text can be transferred from the Express Editor to the
desired application by voice. X Help System and Tutorials
Comprehensive help system includes tutorial, additional product
resources, and information. X X X X Interactive Tutorial
introduces you to Dragon, with exercises that demonstrate best
practices for dictating, editing, and formatting. X Editing and
Formatting Text Format text by voice; Quick Voice Formatting
(commands to delete / bold / underline / italicize / capitalize /
copy / cut text). X X X Smart Format Rules allow Dragon to adapt
upon detecting formatting changes to abbreviations, numbers, and
more. X Command and Control Click / move / drag / position the
mouse by voice; press keys or key combinations by voice. X X
Application Support: Mac OS Utilities Command sets for Mac OS
applications including: Dragon Dictate, Finder, TextEdit, and
iChat / Messages; includes commands for menus and most frequent
actions. X X X Application Support: OS X ain Lion
Applications Command sets for Mac OS X ain Lion applications
including: Notes, Reminders, Notifications, and Messages;
Enhanced support for Mission Control with commands for most
common functions (e.g. "swipe left" or "swipe right"). X
Application Support: Social Networking Ability to update Facebook
or Twitter by voice, regardless of which application is active. X
X Application Support: Web Browsers Command set for Safari
browser; includes commands for application, file, edit, view,
history, bookmark, window, help, links, and navigation menus.
"Web 100" commands enable quick navigation to any of a hundred
commonly used web sites, whether Safari is active or not. X X X
Application Support: Local E-mail Command set for Mail; includes
commands for application, file, edit, view, mailbox, message,
format, and window menus. X X X Application Support: Word
Processing Full Text Control and built-in commands for Word 2011.
X X Full Text Control and built-in commands for TextEdit. X X X
Dragon Voice Shortcuts for Web Dragon Voice Shortcuts collapse
common multi-step tasks into direct voice commands. Search the
web for information, products, news, and more. X X Dragon Voice
Shortcuts for E-mail and Desktop Search Send e-mails, schedule
appointments, or create tasks; Search in Spotlight or a Finder
window’s search field on the Mac; Open Mail and search e-mails. X
X Text to Speech Synthesized voice reads out loud editable text
you designate. X X Multiple Sources per Profile Ability to create
multiple dictation sources (more than one type of audio input
device) within the same profile sharing a vocabulary. X X Mobile
Dictation - Recorder Transcription Allows transcription of
s spoken by one person. X Allows transcription of
s spoken by up to six people, if each person has a
trained profile. Wireless Dictation - Bluetooth Specific
Bluetooth wireless acoustic model. X X Support for wideband
Bluetooth wireless headset microphones; When USB dongle of a
certified microphone is plugged into the Mac, offers "Enhanced
Bluetooth" as an audio source and does not require a script
reading to get started. X Wireless Dictation - Dragon Remote Mic
App Ability to dictate wirelessly with a mobile device. Free
Dragon Remote Mic app works with iPhone, iPod Touch (4th gen),
iPad, or compatible Android device. X X Personal Administration
Ability to import / export custom word lists and user profiles. X
X Text Macros Easily create commands to insert frequently-used
text by voice. X X X Advanced Custom Commands Create or import
powerful voice commands to automate routine tasks. X X X *** Full
Text Control allows you to use voice to perform direct dictation,
selection, correction, and cursor movement within text.
- Mac OS 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9 ONLY (with latest 3.0.4 free update installed). With up to a 15 percent improvement to out of the box accuracy, Dragon Dictate 3 just gets you, and you get your words on the screen the way you intended.
- Improved Accuracy: Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 delivers a 15 percent improvement to out of the box accuracy when compared to version 2.x.
- Faster, More Advanced Correction: When it comes to making a correction, Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 makes it faster and easier than ever before.
- Control in More Applications with Express Editor: Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 gives you control in more applications, so that you can use your voice to get more done.
- Transcription of Recorded Speech: It’s easy to transcribe your own recorded speech into text with Dragon Dictate for Mac 3.