This application will only work in a windows environment. ( Dragon’s engine is operating in the cloud, however, the application has to be downloaded onto the computer so that it can type and control text. Dragon uses what are called n-gram models (i.e., monogram, bigram, triagram and quadgram). Since the actual processing occurs in the cloud there is minimal demand on your computer.ĭMO can be installed on an unlimited number of PCs. In terms of how Dragon functions, when you dictate in longer phrases, sentences or paragraphs, the probability of Dragon understanding what you said and what you meant to say is much higher (better). (the picture is of a specific computer, not to be taken as a general option on all systems.) 4: The next window is where the tutorial for the voice dictation. Make edits and apply formatting using your voice to make easy work of document creation. Thanks to the new interactive tutorials simulations, you can learn and practice good dictation, correction, and editing habits so that you can create text. It turns your spoken thoughts into text and your voice commands into action so you don’t have to worry about the mechanics of typing and spelling. Access your profile and dictate on multiple devices with ease. Dragon eliminates barriers to productivity and creativity by letting you interact with your computer by voice.
Your unique user profile is stored in the cloud. Interactive Tutorial Displayed at the end of profile creation and available at any time from the Help menu, the Interactive Tutorial in Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 offers short progressive.
In reading online, it appears the Mac platform isn’t near as flexible as the Windows platform for voice dictation. Actually, I’m surprised Nuance even sells it, given how poor the user experiences as well as the number of bugs. The above post in an excerpt from the ebook " Dragon Dictate: Fast Track to Prolific Writing on a Mac" published in October 2013.DMO is cloud based. Unfortunately, the Mac version of Dragon Dictate leaves a lot to be desired. In many cases, you can recite the link’s name in order to click on it. Once you are comfortable with dictation, you can start to browse the web using Dragon. Move Onward to Web Browsing Using Speech Recognition.
These speed and accuracy figures can be improved significantly by training Dragon Dictate. In that way, you can use voice shortcuts such as: Send an email toLate 2012 27 inch iMac (Geekbench: 9,400 and Novabench: 882) Dragonspeechtips: a resource for Dragon Professional & NaturallySpeaking commands and training. Make sure one of these is open and ready for.
The microphone icon in the toolbar of the Dragon Professional Individual DragonBar works exactly the same way as the icon in the system tray. Add Terms and Contact Names - Scan your documents, contact names, and sent e-mails to update your vocabulary so you never have to spell a name again. If the icon is red, click it to become green.
Late 2010 MacBook Air (Geekbench: 3,000 and Novabench: 307)Įarly 2011 MacBook Pro (Geekbench: 10,300 and Novabench: 1,145) The microphone icon in the system tray needs to be green, in order for you to dictate. You speak to the computer and it follows your commands allowing you to navigate the screen. Compared to a baseline typing speed of 60 wpm - generally considered a competent typing speed - you can immediately get a speed boost of 65% to 100% by using Dragon Dictate on any recent Mac. Dragon Naturally Speaking is a brand of voice recognition software. Even though there is a 3x difference in benchmark scores between the slowest and fastest Mac, the accuracy is nearly identical! The only impact is in the speed of dictation as your Mac tries to keep up with your speech. The statistics below show speed & accuracy on a range of recent Macs (2010-2012 models) achieved with a brand new voice profile in Dragon Dictate.