The upgrade incorporates some of the features of NaturallySpeaking into the MacSpeech software. DragonDictate for Windows is still available but has not been updated since Windows 98 was the current operating system.ĭragon Dictate for Mac 2.0, an upgrade for MacSpeech Dictate, was announced on Septemby Nuance Communications, the developer of MacSpeech products. NaturallySpeaking remains a Windows-only program, and since 2016 distributes in Version 15. Later it was replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking, which allows continuous speech recognition and correction and training of words via the keyboard. It included a Shure cardioid microphone headset. The first version, 1.0 was available only through a few distribution and support partners.
DragonDictate for Windows was the original speech recognition application from Dragon Systems and used discrete speech where the user must pause between speaking each word.