Dragon Dictate 3.0
Nuance has released Dragon Dictate 3.0, a major new release that promises increased accuracy and speedier overall performance. With its updated speech recognition engine (Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12), Dragon Dictate 3.0 offers faster dictation (a 15 percent improvement over the previous version) and higher audio sampling for better accuracy. The new release also enables you to make corrections by speaking individual words and phrases, and you can also select an alternate word choice or train Dragon Dictate to learn new words by spelling them. When you’re away from your Mac, you can record voice notes into a digital voice recorder, the iOS
Voice Memos app, or the free Dragon Recorder app and then transfer them to Dragon Dictate to transcribe them. Other new features include Smart Format Rules that recognize when you’re using abbreviations or numbers, an Express Editor that enables you to speak text and then paste the transcription into a document or app, and support for 16 kHz wide-band Bluetooth wireless headset microphones.
The digital download goes on sale on 13 September 2012, and you can currently pre-order the physical disc version for shipment starting on 24 September 2012. Registered owners of MacSpeech Dictate or Dragon Dictate can upgrade to Dragon Dictate 3.0 for $149.99, and there is also a $129.99 student/teacher edition for qualified students and faculty. ($199.99 new, $149.99 upgrade from previous versions)
I own the current version of Dragon Dictate and received from Dragon an offer to upgrade for $100 with a copy of the genealogy software, Family Tree Pro, thrown in at no additional cost. The offer expires at the end of the month.
Something Nuance Software makes hard to find is the fact that Dragon 3 apparently works only with Lion and Mountain Lion. I haven't been able to find anything on their website that says this specifically but an email to customer support asking if it will work with OS 10.6.8 says: "Dragon Dictate 3 will run on Lion and Mountain Lion Operating system. "