In January 2008, iListen was discontinued, and replaced by 'MacSpeech Dictate' (released February 15, 2008). Its competitors at the time were Apple's own speech recognition software (built into Mac OS X) Dragon Naturally Speaking for PC by Nuance, running under a Windows virtualization software solution such as Parallels Desktop for Mac or VMware Fusion and the discontinued program ViaVoice by Nuance/ IBM. First released in 2000, by 2006 iListen was the only third-party software product that allowed voice-to-text input on the newer MacIntosh models requiring OSX. MacSpeech's first product, iListen, was developed in partnership with Philips Speech Processing using its 'FreeSpeech 2000' speech engine. (The first dictation software for Mac OS 9 was Articulate System's PowerSecretary.) Seeing a continued need for a Mac-based speech-to-text solution, MacSpeech was founded in 1996 by Andrew Taylor, a former employee of Articulate Systems experienced with software-based speech recognition technologies. The first commercial voice dictation product for Mac OS X was IBM's ViaVoice, but ScanSoft, the company that had exclusive global distribution rights to ViaVoice, merged with Nuance and stopped developing ViaVoice for Macintosh. On February 12, 2010, Nuance Communications, Inc. The company's products included iListen, MacSpeech Dictate, MacSpeech Dictate Medical, MacSpeech Dictate Legal, MacSpeech Dictate International, and MacSpeech Scribe. was a New Hampshire-based technology company that produced software-based speech recognition and voice dictation solutions for the Apple ecosystem. What’s more, MacSpeech Scribe supports up to six speech profiles, ensuring maximum transcription accuracy for up to six different voices.MacSpeech, Inc. Right before your eyes you’ll see your file transcribed into text right on your screen.

From there just open your audio file with MacSpeech Scribe, click the ‘Transcribe’ button, and MacSpeech Scribe does the transcription work for you. Simply record a spoken-word audio file and save it. MacSpeech Scribe integrates seamlessly into your personal workflow and is extremely easy to use. With MacSpeech Scribe, typos are a thing of the past. Moreover, MacSpeech Scribe NEVER misspells a word. Of course, you can continue to InCrease accuracy as you use MacSpeech Scribe. MacSpeech Scribe provides an astounding accuracy rate of up to 99% … near perfection. MacSpeech Scribe provides up to 99% recognition accuracy, requires only minutes of training, and supports a wide variety of audio file formats. MacSpeech Scribe supports 13 English dialects and up to six individual voice profiles to ensure maximum accuracy.

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