![]() ![]() I am also a Dragon user as I have ALS and can only program by voice.įor over a year now I've been doing contributions all the while using and programming in Code. While there are few people using such technologies today, it is a subject of interest to all programmers, because they may need it in the future. ![]() ![]() It could be any local speech recognition engine with good accuracy (I'd argue that the decade old Windows Voice Recognition isn't quite there yet) and the ability to write custom voice commands. Voice programmers can take care of the rest.ĭoes it have to be Dragon? Not necessarily. To be clear, I'm not asking that you develop voice commands to input symbols by voice, only that the text boxes in VS Code (and/or Visual Studio) can accept dictation input by Dragon (preferably with full 'select-and-say' support). People have managed programming by voice in these situations, but the solutions are difficult to develop and not pretty. This is important to fix for people like myself who have long term hand injuries and are trying to figure out ways to program by voice. Currently, if you try to dictate into VS Code using software like Dragon (the industry standard), nothing happens. The program requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac and a compatible Dictate microphone.I wish to lodge a request to have VS Code updated so that it can accept dictation input. For some users, “naturally speaking,” may come easily, while others will find dictating text very challenging.ĭragon Dictate for Mac is $199.99 and $49 for an upgrade, which can be acquired via Internet download, or a purchase of the boxed version available for delivery after October 1st. However, the program can slow down the writing process, simply because you have to formulate in your head what you’re going to say/dictate before you say it, whereas with manual typing, you can formulate thoughts as you type. I’ve never been a fast typist (about 40wpm), and Dragon Dictate spews out words much faster than I ever could. I try to use the program because often times my hands get a little sore from daily typing. You will easily get frustrated with these programs if you don’t take the time to clearly ennunciate your words and sentences. And that’s the key to using Dragon Dictate or Dragon NaturallySpeaking. (Note, however, Mac OS X comes with a similar speech recognition program for computer navigation, but not text dictation.) But all this takes practice. These speech recognition programs can be very useful for dictating notes, verbally transcribing typed text, and navigating applications and other items on your computer. The PC version is called “NaturallySpeaking,” but naturally dictating writing is, well, not always natural. As I wrote in my January ’09 review of MacSpeech Dictate, dictating writing can be more challenging than manually typing text. Though the new features are a big plus, they won't make it that much easier to use the program. Much of the same commands in the old version exist in the new one. On the service, there’s not much difference between Dragon Dictate and MacSpeech Dictate. The 1.22GB download and upgrade went smoothly, and the program crashed only once. I spent several hours yesterday using Dragon Dictate. I finally found a YouTube video tutorial that successfully demonstrates how to use MacSpeech Dictate, as well as Dragon Dictate, with a built-in mic. You couldn’t even use the built-in microphone of your Mac. The latter feature will be a much welcomed upgrade, for MacSpeech Dictate was heavily criticized for only allowing the use of a single, dedicated microphone. Other features include verbal navigation of your mouse and the ability to use more than one microphone. “Taking advantage,” the company claims, “of the powerful Text-to-Speech capabilities built into Mac OS X.” You can use commands to have dictated text read back to you: “‘Read/Proofreadtext,’ ‘Read/Proofread The Selection’ and ‘Read/Proofread Document.’” Other new features include easier editing for commands such as “Select text,” “Delete text,” Train text,” “Capitalize text.” In other words, you can verbally select text and issue a verbal command to activate them.ĭragon Dictate also includes upgrades in proofreading. In its press release, Nuance, maintains that Dragon Dictate has improved performance, powered by the “same state-of-the-art technology used by Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for PC. ![]() This week Nuance, the developer of the popular speech recognition program, Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for PC, released an update to its Mac version, MacSpeech Dictate-renamed Dragon Dictate for Mac. ![]()
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