MacSpeech, Inc. Debuts MacSpeech Dictate.- Revolutionary New Speech Recognition Solution for the Mac With Unprecedented Accuracy Makes Using a Mac With Your Voice Easier Than Ever - SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- MacSpeech, Inc. today debuted MacSpeech Dictate[TM], a revolutionary new speech recognition solution for the Mac. Now for the first time, Mac users can begin dictating straight into their applications with very little time spent training the software to recognize their voice. Training MacSpeech Dictate, up to a 99% accuracy level, generally takes less than five minutes. MacSpeech Dictate performs at the highest accuracy level on the market today. Using the new MacSpeech Dictate, user-spoken commands are recognized separately from dictation, liberating lib·er·ate tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates 1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control. 2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination. the user from the need to tell the software to change modes, simplifying the experience. "MacSpeech Dictate empowers Mac users to create documents with their voice instead of typing," explained Andrew Taylor Andrew Taylor or Andy Taylor is the name of: In business and politics:
"Apple's commitment to accessibility is evident throughout Mac OS X, including such ground-breaking features as VoiceOver, our built-in screen reader," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We're delighted that Mac OS X users now have access to advanced speech-to-text dictation technology from MacSpeech, which nicely complements VoiceOver." MacSpeech Dictate delivers a truly Mac user experience, and conforms to behaviors already familiar to Macintosh fans worldwide. Beyond dictation, MacSpeech Dictate lets people perform basic navigation of their Mac and control it with their voice using familiar commands like print, cut, copy, paste, etc. The underlying speech recognition and dictation technology is powered by dictation technology from Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is a computer software technology company. Their current worldwide headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts in the United States. Nuance provides speech and imaging solutions and is mainly known for its speech recognition and speech synthesis software that , Inc. (see related release, dated today). Far beyond empowering people for whom keyboard input proves problematic, MacSpeech Dictate is designed to simply make computer input easier for anyone. Whether composing com·pose v. com·posed, com·pos·ing, com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form: email, writing a report or even a novel, MacSpeech Dictate makes the computing experience more comfortable. MacSpeech, Inc. today began conducting live demonstrations of the new MacSpeech Dictate product in Booth #607 on the Macworld Expo show floor. Compatibility, Availability and Pricing MacSpeech Dictate requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher, and requires Intel-based Macintosh hardware. New MacSpeech Dictate solutions with a choice of headsets, will be priced starting at US$199 and is expected to ship by February 15, 2008. Registered customers of iListen will be eligible to purchase MacSpeech Dictate a special crossgrade price of US$99. Upon distribution of MacSpeech Dictate to retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → , the iListen product will be immediately discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: . Anyone who purchased the MacSpeech product, iListen, in 2008, can crossgrade to MacSpeech Dictate for US$29 through April 15, 2008. About MacSpeech, Inc. MacSpeech, a Mac-only company dedicated to producing the finest speech products for Macintosh, celebrated its ten-year anniversary throughout 2007. Further information on MacSpeech can be found at http://www.macspeech.com/. MacSpeech Dictate and iListen are trademarks, and MacSpeech is a registered trademark of MacSpeech, Inc. Nuance nu·ance n. 1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation. 2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: , Dragon, NaturallySpeaking and the Nuance logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and/or other countries. Mac OS X is a registered trademark of Apple, Inc. All other company name or product names may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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