If you want to free yourself from your corded headset, now you can use a device that you may already have. New Dragon Remote Mic App for iPhone - Turn your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a wireless microphone with the new Dragon Remote Mic App.While the feature may sound trivial to non-users, Nuance notes that it 'was the most requested product enhancement from Dragon Dictate customers.' Mixing keyboard, mouse, and voice no longer disrupts the program's internal document map.Īs for other features, most are relatively minor. With version 2.5, Dictate finally ditches the Golden Rule, at least in compatible apps like Microsoft Word 2011. And because its editing and correction tools have never been great-the companion NaturallySpeaking for Windows machines is far better-using the mouse to select misspelled words is often preferably to doing any editing by voice.

If you've ever used voice recognition, you know that on plenty of occasions it is simpler just to lean forward and tap out a complex name than to spell it letter by letter Dictate made this a dicey proposition. The problem was bad enough that Nuance, the developer behind Dictate, laid out a 'Golden Rule' against ever using the mouse or keyboard while speaking to the program. Or rather, you can, but your document will probably suffer. (Read our review of version 2.0.) The new version, a free upgrade for Dictate 2.0 users, addresses one of the most common complaints about the program: you can't use the mouse or keyboard while entering text with your voice. Dragon Dictate for Mac, the only viable option for Mac speech recognition, turns 2.5 today.

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