Tag: dragon
Dragon Naturally Speaking – keeping it going with Catalina
I am starting an FAQ about dragon for users who would like to keep their current version of Dragon going for as long as they can. (Dragon have closed down all their technical support, including their old forums.) Read on for details.
Applications breaking in Catalina
Before you upgrade to OS X Catalina you may need to stop and assess the applications that will stop working. Catalina is what is called 64 bit. They are not at all compatible. Previous OSX version (e.g. Mojave) would have given you a warning about 32 bit applications that you are running. So I knew…
Fixing the ‘Scratch That’ and ‘Correct That’ bug in Dragon and High Sierra
SUMMARY: Dragon Version 6 is problematic with High Sierra. This article describes somewhat of a fix – ‘reset’ the Dragon preferences and dictate into Text Edit.
Dragon 6.0.7 Review – almost time to buy but not yet…
Dragon 6.0.7 was the most usable and bug free update of version 6 yet, but with the release of High Sierra, some issues have arisen. It’s been a little over 12 months since version 6 was released and if Nuance’s previous release schedule is anything to go by we should be due for Dragon version…
A note to Dragon Users about High Sierra.
According to Nuance Dragon 6.0.8 is compatible with High Sierra. But in High Sierra the ‘scratch that’ command doesn’t work. The correction window doesn’t work either. These are pretty crucial to an everyday user of Dragon. So unless you absolutely need to be running High Sierra, I’d suggest you stick with Sierra and run Dragon…
Dragon 6.02 – some thoughts on Nuance’s release and testing of Dragon professional
Today Nuance released Dragon version 6.02. I’d love to be able to review Dragon version 6.02 right now but because the major problem with Dragon is stability it is something that I can’t just review in 24 hours. I will be giving Dragon 6.02 a good workout over the coming few days and I will give…
How to stop Dragon for Mac 6 from crashing
It’s been over 2 years since Dragon 6 was released but it still has bugs. As with previous Dragon releases the speech recognition is excellent but the stability is problematic. My suggestion is to stay with Dragon version 5 if you own it. It strikes the best balance between accuracy and stability. However, if you…
Dragon for Mac version 6 Review
UPDATE 15/10/2016: I have now been using Dragon 6.0.1 for a couple of weeks, you can read my thoughts here. UPDATE 28/9/2016: I received a personal phone call from Jeff Lieman, the manager of Engineering at Nuance, encouraging me to try out and review the new version, Dragon 6.01, which was released today. I will try it out…
Dragon Professional for Mac – what bugs do we need fixed?
The upgraded version of Dragon Dictate (Dragon Professional) version 6 is due to be released any time soon. There are still many bugs in version 5 that the various upgrades have not fixed ye yet. Indeed many of them are a hang-over from version 4. What are the main bugs we need to test the new…
Dragon for Mac: A Review of Dragon v5
Looking for a review of Version 6? Click here! Today Dragon Dictate Version 5 (renamed “Dragon for Mac”) was released. It’s a major upgrade from Nuance who are the creators of Dragon Naturally Speaking. They have flagged the importance of this release with the name change from ‘Dragon Dictate’ to simply ‘Dragon for Mac’. It…
Dragon for Mac Features
Click to read the specs from Nuance on their new Dragon for Mac 5. Or you can check out my own initial thoughts and review here.
Dragon 5 – How to get a special price.
Regular readers of Macintoshhowto.com will know that one of my favourite pieces of software is Dragon Dictate for Macintosh. Well the latest version, ‘Dragon for Mac’, appeared today at nuance.com. Check out my review of here. I just purchased it but there are a few different prices around!
Dragon dictate now works with OS X Yosemite 10.10
The first three weeks of Yosemite has been painful because Dragon Dictate has not been working properly. It would not read my old profiles and would not let me train a new one without crashing. I rely fairly heavily on Dragon Dictate to do most of my writing/typing so this was a bit of…
Dragon Dictate version 4: Review
I’ve been playing around with Dragon Dictate version 4 for a few weeks now so it’s probably time I did a review. This review is for people who had never used Dragon Dictate before. Click here for a Review of the newer ‘Dragon for Mac’ (released September 2015.)
Dragon Dictate version 4, is it worth the upgrade?
I have written a review of Dragon Dictate version 4 here. For those of you who already have Dragon Dictate version 3, the big question is ‘Should I pay for the upgrade?’ I don’t think it’s worth the upgrade and here’s why. STOP PRESS: Time to upgrade! Version 5 was released today (15 months later). Read more…
Dragon Dictate Version 4
I have just received a free version of Dragon Dictate version 4 to review. I installed it yesterday and first impressions are that it is slightly better than version 3 in recognition. This is surprising because I thought version 3 was so good that it would be hard to improve on. I’m putting it through it’s paces.…
Dragon Express
Last week Nuance released a new app called Dragon Express in the App store. A cut-down version of Dragon Dictate. I’ve never seen an app with worse reviews!
Dragon dictate 2.5 problems
Yesterday Nuance released to Dragon dictate 2.5.
What Microphone is the best for Speech recognition?
If you buy Dragon Dictate it comes with a built-in Microphone that will do the job, but if you buy the download version you’ll need to buy your own microphone. Here are some of the options you have.
Macspeech dictate is renamed ‘Dragon Dictate’
This month Macspeech have released a major upgrade of Macspeech Dictate and they have also renamed it to include the Dragon branding Dragon Dictate.
Dragon Dictate Released!
Dictate 2.0 “learns” better than any previous version via training in the Recognition window, as well as through the Vocabulary Training feature.