Targeting legal professionals with support for more than 30,000 legal-specific words and terms

Jul 2, 2009 10:07 GMT  ·  By

MacSpeech has released MacSpeech Dictate Legal. Immediately available for purchase, MacSpeech Dictate Legal is the legal professional's speech-recognition solution for Mac. The software supports more than 30,000 legal-specific words and terms and can be acquired for $595. Registered MacSpeech (1.5) users benefit from a discount.

According to the official announcement, MacSpeech Dictate Legal has been specifically designed for the legal professional and their support staff. As its name implies, the solution allows for dictating text directly into applications, while issuing numerous commands by voice. The software is the only one of its kind for the Mac and includes a digitally enhanced, USB headset microphone.

"MacSpeech Dictate Legal provides legal professionals who use Macs with unprecedented accuracy in very little training time," Andrew Taylor, founder and CEO of MacSpeech, Inc., explained. "Legal professionals often use dictation to create legal petitions and briefs, and keep client consultation records. Now with MacSpeech Dictate Legal, professionals can dictate directly into their Mac-based applications for even more productivity. We're excited to provide a competitively priced and exceptionally accurate professional legal dictation solution for the Macintosh."

"Having used dictation software in the legal setting for nearly 10 years, I'm thrilled to see MacSpeech bring this dictionary to the Mac," David Sparks, business litigation and transactional attorney in Orange County, California, said. "No longer do I have to waste time custom training frequently used legal terminology. Great work, MacSpeech team."

Requirements for MacSpeech Dictate Legal include an Intel-based Mac and Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Leopard) or higher.

Starting at US$595, MacSpeech Dictate Legal ships with the enhanced, USB headset microphone, while registered customers of MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 are eligible to purchase MacSpeech Dictate Legal for US$345. Registered 1.3 customers can buy the Legal side of MacSpeech Dictate for US$395.