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Title: Mountain Lion Dictation versus Dragon Dictate Post by: HCK on November 26, 2012, 07:01:01 pm Mountain Lion Dictation versus Dragon Dictate
Dictating to your computer and having the words typed for you seems like a great way to work, doesn’t it? You could just sit back, put your feet up, and blab away, instead of hunching over your keyboard and typing. If you’re a fast typist, dictation could be more relaxing; if you use the hunt and peck method, you’d save a lot of time and energy. There are two powerful dictation solutions for OS X: The dictation tools built right into OS X Mountain Lion and Nuance’s Dragon Dictate. There’s a big difference between the two in price: Mountain Lion’s dictation feature is free with the OS, while Dragon Dictate will set you back $200. But that isn’t the only difference. The Mountain Lion method Dictating in OS X Mountain Lion is simple: Open System Preferences, open the Dictation & Speech pane and the Dictation tab, then click On. That done, you can start dictating by pressing the Fn (function) key twice; you can change that shortcut if you wish from the Shortcut menu of the Dictation pane. The Dictation preference pane To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2014417/mountain-lion-dictation-versus-dragon-dictate.html |