Comments on: MacSpeech Dictate:Legal – Review

By: Joseph Booth

Joseph Booth — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 18:44:57 +0000

Been using the MacSpeech products for years, recently I purchased a Calisto mic. Was a disaster! I am now on my third mic, all free from Plantronics. Will work on some but not other machines. But, on the other hand, the software works great on my MacBook Pro even using the built in mic. Sat and did a long journal entry from a recording on my iPad, listened on the headphones and repeated what I heard to the built in mic and it worked great! I can’t live without this product! But it is like a bad week at home, those you most depend on really can irritate. Hoping for better results with Dragon on board now.

By: Jan Waldin

Jan Waldin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:25:48 +0000

Hi,
Read your July/09 review of Macspeech Legal, wondered if you have any further impressions these six months later? Haven’t seen much commentary elsewhere . . .

Thanks,

Jan

By: MacSpeech Dictate Legal for Lawyers at TechnoEsq

MacSpeech Dictate Legal for Lawyers at TechnoEsq — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:05:14 +0000

[...] a version of MacSpeech Dictate for Lawyers, but put up a great initial review of the product. The review, temporarily posted at MILOChat Weekly’s new home, Victor is starting what will sure to be a [...]

By: Victor

Victor — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:08:51 +0000

Hi John,

Glad you liked the review. Well, remember that there is a cross-grade price for previous owners of Dictate (either $395 (Dictate 1.3) or $345 (Dictate 1.5)). But, I feel you. There is no true academic pricing and unlike practicing attorneys, you can’t make the argument about increased productivity (and therefore revenue) with use. Maybe once you’re a high-rolling attorney?

By: John Di Giacomo

John Di Giacomo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:52:21 +0000

Great review Victor. I used MacSpeech Dictate in law school to cut down on my briefing time. I’m glad to see that it handles legal terms effectively, but I’m sad to see that it is priced at $595. Hopefully MacSpeech will provide a reasonable price for an academic version. I think a lot of law students would use it at a lower price point.

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:30:37 +0000

Ha! Vice recognition indeed. We’d all be in trouble.

Well, strictly speaking, this is speech recognition, not voice recognition. I suppose if you had someone in your office with a Southern accent (and you didn’t have one), that’s a way of distinguishing it. Regardless, there are tools in here that help train phrase recognition and allow for macros that can really turn this into a powerful tool for your office.

In all fairness, the PC programs have come a long way and Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is a pretty good program. This is also an excellent program, except for the Mac.

Let me know what you think if you get it.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:12:31 +0000

Voice recognition! I hope they never develop vice recognition software.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:11:20 +0000

Thanks for the review. I can’t wait to give it a try. My last experience with vice recognition software ESA Dragon on a PC. Ughh. Painful. This looks promising.