System Requirements: Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. 2 GB of RAM recommended. 3 GB available hard drive space. Internet connection required for product registration. Nuance-approved USB microphone for Mac (included with new purchase).

Dragon Dictate for Mac...

Simply Smarter Speech Recognition

With Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.5 speech recognition software, you can enter text just by speaking. Control your favourite Mac applications - including Microsoft Word 2011 - using only your voice. With Dragon Dictate you can produce reports, email, articles, books, research notes, online content and more - quickly, easily and accurately. Use your iPhone or iPod touch as a wireless microphone at your PC with the free Dragon Remote Microphone app. You'll get more done faster at home, at work or wherever life takes you. Dragon Dictate provides amazing accuracy and requires just minutes of training to get started.

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Turn Talk Into Text

Instead of a keyboard, use your voice to produce text. Speak your thoughts, and watch your words appear on screen in your favourite Mac applications with amazing recognition accuracy.

Unlock Your Creativity

Dragon Dictate for Mac keeps up with your mind. Transform ideas into text at the speed of thought. Start being creative and productive with only your voice - don't let typing get in the way of your ideas or productivity.

Work Comfortably

Control your Mac in a relaxed, handsfree manner without being tied to your keyboard. Instead of using your mouse, just speak commands to launch and control applications. Move the cursor or click anywhere on screen simply by voice.

Multi-task Like Never Before

Tell your Mac what to do, like "Reply To This Message" or "Open Microsoft Word" or "Jump to Google" to work faster and smarter. Create voice commands that automate complex workflows on your Mac.

Work Your Way

Create a digital world, powered by your own voice. Customize Dragon Dictate for Mac with personal vocabulary and voice commands that reflect the kind of work you do.

Comfortable and Convenient Wireless Solution

Turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a wireless microphone for use with Dragon on your Mac. The free Dragon Remote Microphone app can be used with Dragon Dictate to generate the same great transcription accuracy - without the traditional headset wires.

Built For Mac

Dragon Dictate for Mac was built to give you the experience you expect from your favourite Macintosh applications - an intuitive, easy-to-use interface that dramatically boosts productivity. What's more, Dragon Dictate for Mac works with Microsoft Word 2011 and your favourite Apple applications, including Mail, iChat, iCal, TextEdit, Pages, Safari and many more.

What's New

Enhanced Hardware and Software Support

Microsoft Word 2011 Support: Dictate 2.5 allows users to seamlessly combine dictation with manual input from the mouse and keyboard. This ability to "mix talking and typing" within Microsoft Word was the most requested product enhancement request. In addition, Dictate 2.5 offers built-in voice commands for controlling Microsoft Word 2011. These voice commands allow users to format text, insert tables and graphics, and control most menu items by voice.

New Audio Input Options

iPhone as Wireless Microphone: Most customers use Dragon by speaking directly to their Mac using the microphone included with their Dragon software purchase. But some users can be frustrated by wearing a headset that tethers them to their Mac. With the introduction of the free Dragon Remote Microphone application (available in the Apple app store), users can achieve the same great accurate transcription using a device many already have: their iPhone! The Dragon Remote Microphone app converts a user's iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, iPad and iPad 2 or iPod Touch 4th gen running iOS 4.2, or later into a wireless microphone via WiFi.

Time-Saving Voice Commands

New Facebook and Twitter Commands: Users can easily update Facebook by saying "Post to Facebook", "Post to Facebook [text]," or "Post that to Facebook". Tweets are quickly captured by voice: a user selects dictated or typed text (via mouse or voice command), and says "Post that to Twitter". Additional Twitter commands include "Tweet [text]" (English only) and "Post to Twitter [text]".

Improved Formatting Control

Formatting Enhancements: With the new Auto Formatting dialog, users have greater control over the way certain data is formatted. Individual preferences can be set for dates and time (e.g., June 18, 2011 vs. 6/18/11), numbers and units of measure (e.g., five vs. 5), addresses, abbreviations, and more. Users can also set a preference to insert two spaces after a period, if they choose.
Numbers Mode: Version 2.5 introduces Numbers Mode, which can be particularly helpful for users that frequently dictate many numbers in a row, such as inputting figures or product codes into a database. When in Numbers Mode, Dragon recognizes everything it hears as a number or as a command.

Getting Started with Dragon is Faster and Easier

Faster and Easier to Create a User Profile: Version 2.5 updates the Voice Training component of user profile creation, introducing new additional training text.

User Interface and Usability Enhancements

Auto Sleep Microphone: If the microphone is on but does not receive input after one minute, the microphone will automatically go into Sleep mode. This Auto Sleep functionality is helpful as it forces users to follow effective microphone control even when you forget to turn the microphone off. With version 2.5, users can set personal preference for the time allotted for the Auto Sleep microphone functionality (any range from 30 seconds to five minutes). Users also have the option to turn off the Auto Sleep functionality entirely.

Tech Specs

System Requirements

Intel-based Mac
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
2 GB of RAM recommended
3 GB available hard drive space
Internet connection required for product registration
Nuance-approved USB microphone for Mac (included with new purchase)

Howto Videos

Customer Stories

Every day Dragon Speech Recognition software helps thousands of Mac users. Here are some of our customers' stories:

Journalist's Assistant
Dictate for Mac helped journalist Bryce Hubner in covering the 2010 Winter Olympics, NCAA Championships and other sporting events.
Soaring Through High School
High school student Matthew Talley counts on Dictate for Mac to take him to new heights of expression and creativity.
Serving Up a Fresh Voice
For author and cooking sensation Jaden Hair, Dictate for Mac is one secret to success in creating her "Steamy Kitchen" cookbook and blog.