5/9/2023 0 Comments Dragon dictate for mac 5![]() The Voice Profile itself only took me several minutes to read through the paragraph as provided by the software, providing a sound level and voice training for the system to utilize. Once I plugged in the USB microphone and selected it, I just followed the directions on installing the downloaded version. I registered the software as required (more on that later) and followed the instructions on using the microphone. I immediately noticed that it was a lot faster then the previous version, v 2, that I had used. Setting up Dragon Dictate was not hard, nor was it long and cumbersome. For my tests, I utilized the USB microphone VOIP headset with mic that I had on hand. To input your speech, you will need to utilize a USB or Bluetooth microphone, your Mac’s internal mike or by using an IOS/Android device using the Dragon Remote Microphone app. You do this by providing the software with a sample of your speech so that it learns what your voice sounds like and your way of pronouncing different words. ![]() Now you don’t just sit down and begin to dictate without first teaching Dragon Dictate to learn your individual voice. To use Dragon Dictate 4 for Mac, you have to have an Intel based Mac, (sorry, no Power PC Macs for those of you still using one) running OS 10.8.3 or 10.9 and a minimum of 4 GB of RAM. It’s taken them 2 years to provide the latest version to Mac users. Nuance has updated Dragon Dictate for the Mac to version 4. Since then Apple finally provided their own version of dictation when they offered up Dictation in the Mountain Lion version of OS X. The first time that Mac users could finally say that proper dictation had arrived was when Nuance offered Dragon Dictate for the Mac. It seems that the Mac has always been the Johnny-come-lately to the party as far as dictation was involved. Times have finally changed for Mac users when it comes to dictation on the Mac.
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