If there’s anyone who should know about how to get the most accurate Mac speech recognition, it’s someone who’s an ex-BBC producer and also quadriplegic – so he’s heavily reliant on dictation. Colin ...

I am looking to start using dictation on my Mac. I know it has built in dictation but was looking for "pro" software. I see Nuance has stopped updating its Dragon software. What should I use instead, ...

Dictation, and the various apps that allow for it, has become a fairly popular alternative to typing in specific words and terms for a number of reasons. Faster searching, hands-free writing, using ...

Using speech-to-text has become a popular way to use dictation on a Mac. It allows you to dictate documents, emails, and even text messages rather than typing them. If you want to try dictation on ...

MacSpeech Dictate is dictation software for the Mac that helps you enhance your productivity by simply dictating rather than typing. It is based on Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech engine, ...

In my microphones for speech recognition buying guide, I discussed wireless microphones that work using Bluetooth or Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) technology. Bluetooth headsets ...

Speech recognition has long been the holy grail of computer data input. Or, rather, we have mostly wanted to control our computers via voice—see episodes of Star Trek from the 1960s. The problem has ...

Though it falls short of full Siri integration, Mountain Lion’s system-wide Dictation tool does bring iOS’s transcription functionality to the Mac. Anywhere you can type text on your Mac, Mountain ...

I have done a lot writing in my day, and there are times when I want to just let the words fly freely faster than I can possibly type them. When I’ve worked on my talks for seminars or wanted to work ...

Siri is rumored to be getting an overhaul next year as part of a wider AI features initiative inside Apple. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today posits that this goal may also be having implications on hardware ...

It's not really a mic input; it's a line input. You need some kind of external mic preamp (could be USB), or a mic with a built-in one. It's not really a mic input; it's a line input. You need some ...