14 DAY TRIAL // Developer Avatron Software has released a two-piece utility that allows anyone who uses an iPhone and a Mac to deploy Siri Dictation on Mac OS X. The only catch is that you really need the new iPhone 4S model which features the Siri assistant.
The benefit here is to get Siri Dictation working on your Mac: “Like Siri on your iPhone 4S? You'll like it even more on your Mac,” says Avatron. “With Air Dictate, you can enter text on your computer by talking into your iPhone 4S. It's that simple.”
So, for instance, if you want to dictate text into Mail, Pages, Microsoft Word, and even Apple’s own TextEdit app, all you need is the Air Dictate app on your iPhone 4S and the Air Dictate Receiver app on your Mac. From there on, just pair the two and start talking.
The instructions provided by Avatron Software are reproduced below:
On Mac: - Launch any app that allows text input. For example: TextEdit, Mail, Pages, Microsoft Word.
On iPhone 4S: - Launch the Air Dictate app. - Choose your Mac from a list of nearby computers. - Press the microphone button, speak for a while, and press the button again to stop.
According to the developer, speech will get converted into text and appear automatically in the text field on your Mac, just as if you had typed it using your keyboard.
To avoid any confusion (that may rise on the part of drooling iDevice owners hoping this is some kind of hack that puts Siri on their older iPhones), Air Dictate runs only on an iPhone 4S, and requires iOS 5.0. The app costs $0.99 (0.79 EUR).
Air Dictate Receiver requires a Mac running at least Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) and is free to download.
Air Dictate is only the most recent application in Avatron Software’s portfolio, which includes such titles as Air Display, Air Sharing, and Print Sharing.
Visit the company here to check out all their offerings, or visit the links below to get your dictation on right now.