Installing Dragon Naturally Speaking on an Intel based Macintosh

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Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the recognized leader in continuous speech recognition technology. Until recently, owners of Apple computers have been unable to use this software and have been limited to the use of iListen and IBM ViaVoice. Now, with Intel based Apple Macintosh computers and the presense of Parallels, Apple users have the option of installing and using Dragon on a 'virtual operating system' on their systems. The process is described here.

Prerequisites for this include the following:

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• An intel based Macintosh
• Parallels Software
• Windows XP or Vista installation Disk
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking
• All necessary microphone hardware (we recommend using a good quality microphone and a USB adapter

We have found the following method, adapted from the method presented by 'Webair' on the Parallels Forum, to be an effective method of running Dragon NaturallySpeaking on an Intel based Macintosh.

Preliminaries:Before using this method it is important that you accomplish the following:

1. Install Parallels Desktop on your Intel Mac
2. Set up a virtual operating system using Windows XP using Parallels
3. Install Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the Windows XP virtual machine using the standard methods of Dragon installation
4. Before actually setting up a microphone and configuring a new user in Dragon, follow the steps listed below.

Configuration: With the preliminaries accomplished, your system should be configured as follows:

• In the Mac OS please go to the 'System Preferences' - 'Sound' - 'Input' - highlight your device in the list (this will make it the default audio input device for Mac).

• Set the input volume in the Preference pane so that the microphone input level peaks near the middle of the bar range (editors note: alternatively set the level in the mid to upper range)
  
• With your virtual machine stopped, Start Parallels Desktop, choose your virtual machine (VM). In Configuration Editor in the USB Controller section turn'Autoconnect USB devices' to OFF (or un-check the 'Enabled' button).

• In Configuration Editor, in the Audio tab, choose the Default Audio as the input device.

• Run the virtual machine.
  
• Voice settings for Playback and Recording in the Windows XP Control Panel should be left at “Intel[r] Integrated Audio”.
  
• Start and run NaturallySpeaking in the normal fashion. With no other audio input available, it will default to the 'intel integrated audio' during audio set-up.

Notes:

In our experience, the above method allows use of NaturallySpeaking on the Windows 'Virtual Machine' and dictation into all text input windows on the Windows side, but will not provide input into documents on the Mac side, even in the 'coherence' mode.

Another peculiarity of this method is that with when a USB microphone is disconnected, the link between the Macintosh and Windows side is lost and does reconnect unless the virtual machine is closed and re-opened (a 5 second process). It is not, however, necessary to actually restart the Windows operating system to reconnect - you need only open and close the virtual machine. For some 'road warriors' this may have implications. Likewise for the user that has the need to connect and reconnect the USB microphone or device throughout the day, this poses a minor annoyance.

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Comments on these recommendations? Have you discovered a better method of setting up Dragon NaturallySpeaking on an Intel-based Mac? Please share your findings with us and we'd be delighted to post them. Contact: jon@speechrecsolutions.com

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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.
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. 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.
Dragon Dictate also includes upgrades in proofreading. “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.’”
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I spent several hours yesterday using Dragon Dictate. The 1.22GB download and upgrade went smoothly, and the program crashed only once.
On the service, there’s not much difference between Dragon Dictate and MacSpeech Dictate. Much of the same commands in the old version exist in the new one.
Though the new features are a big plus, they won't make it that much easier to use the program. As I wrote in my January ’09 AppleMatters.com review of MacSpeech Dictate, dictating writing can be more challenging than manually typing text. The PC version is called “NaturallySpeaking,” but naturally dictating writing is, well, not always natural.
These speech recognition programs can be very useful for dictating notes, verbally transcribing typed text, and navigating applications and other items on your computer. (Note, however, Mac OS X comes with a similar speech recognition program for computer navigation, but not text dictation.) But all this takes practice. And that’s the key to using Dragon Dictate or Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You will easily get frustrated with these programs if you don’t take the time to clearly ennunciate your words and sentences.
I try to use the program because often times my hands get a little sore from daily typing. I’ve never been a fast typist (about 40wpm), and Dragon Dictate spews out words much faster than I ever could. 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. For some users, “naturally speaking,” may come easily, while others will find dictating text very challenging.
Dragon 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. The program requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac and a compatible Dictate microphone.
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