MacSpeech, Inc. has announced
MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, the first upgrade to its premier speech-recognition solution for the Mac. The update, immediately available for download, now introduces a Vocabulary Editor, new English profile options, and an enhanced accuracy, to highlight a few new features.
Using the new Vocabulary Editor, the flagship new feature in MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, customers can add, delete, manage and train words in their profile's vocabulary, according to MacSpeech Inc. The new Vocabulary Editor also lets them customize behaviors related to the included words, such as capitalization, pronunciation, or the use of spacing surrounding the word.
"Since its introduction, MacSpeech Dictate provided Mac users with unprecedented accuracy, and we improved accuracy even further with version 1.5," Andrew Taylor, founder and CEO of MacSpeech, Inc., explained. "MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 advances the state of the technology on the Mac with several important 'under the hood' changes, plus feature additions such as the vocabulary editor, improvements in compatibility with applications, and enhancements to the interface and documentation. We're extremely excited with the across-the-board progress made and thrilled to offer it as our first upgrade."
"In version 1.5, MacSpeech Dictate has gone to a new level," George Silverman, president and founder, Market Navigation, Inc., added. "The new vocabulary editor allows me to train esoteric and unusual words easily. I can even train abbreviations now for some technical writing. It has achieved a level of accuracy that I never would have believed possible."
MacSpeech Dictate is currently the only desktop speech-recognition solution for the Macintosh, according to its makers. The newly updated software requires Mac OS X 10.5.6 (not the latest version of Leopard) or higher, and is available for US$199. Existing users can benefit from an upgrade fee of just US$54.95.
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