Building on the improved accuracy, faster performance, and powerful new voice commands introduced in Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0, Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5 adds new features that make it easier to create documents, send emails, surf the Web, share social status and interact with many Mac applications. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a provider of speech solutions, today unveiled Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5, a new release of the world’s best-selling speech recognition software for the Mac. Jump the break for Nuance’s full press release.īURLINGTON, Mass., – J– Nuance Communications, Inc.
The Dragon Dictate 2.5 update is free for all users of the Dragon Dictate 2.0 version, whilst new users can purchase the new version now for $179.99. Users can also delete entries from the Dragon dictionary if it conflicts with other words and there is now a dedicated numbers mode which only dictates numbers and commands – helpful for database entry. As Peter Mahoney of Nuance explains, they heard requests for “more flexibility” and responded with more formatting controls which allow users to have more control over how data such as dates are formatted and how abbreviations are used. Also new is the ability to use the iPhone as an input microphone for Dragon Dictate using the Dragon Remote Microphone app that was recently released for the iPhone and iPod Touch.Īlso new are Facebook and Twitter commands which will allow users to easily post tweets or create a status update in Facebook by saying “Tweet ” and “Post to Facebook text” or a similar command. A big feature addition is support for dictation in Microsoft Word 2011, which also allows users to seamlessly mix typing and dictation. The new version focuses on refining features and adding minor features that will make dictation tasks simpler. Nuance has today released an upgrade to their Mac-based dictation software, Dragon Dictation 2.5.