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Nuance Dragon Dictate allows you to get more done with your Mac. Some of its capabilities include:

  • Speech recognition dictation
  • Ability to create and manage multiple user profiles with custom vocabularies to ensure high accuracy.
  • Control your Mac with your voice, including opening applications, inserting text, formatting text, and more.
  • Create and edit documents, spreadsheets, emails, and other files by speaking instead of typing.
  • Use your voice to navigate the web, search for information, and control media playback.
  • Dictate directly into any application that accepts keyboard input, including third-party apps like Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

Nuance Dragon Dictate allows you to get more done with your Mac. Some of its capabilities include:

  • Speech recognition dictation
  • Ability to create and manage multiple user profiles with custom vocabularies to ensure high accuracy.
  • Control your Mac with your voice, including opening applications, inserting text, formatting text, and more.
  • Create and edit documents, spreadsheets, emails, and other files by speaking instead of typing.
  • Use your voice to navigate the web, search for information, and control media playback.
  • Dictate directly into any application that accepts keyboard input, including third-party apps like Google Docs and Microsoft Word.
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Nuance Dragon Dictate Quick start guide

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Quick start guide

Nuance Dragon Dictate allows you to get more done with your Mac. Some of its capabilities include:

  • Speech recognition dictation
  • Ability to create and manage multiple user profiles with custom vocabularies to ensure high accuracy.
  • Control your Mac with your voice, including opening applications, inserting text, formatting text, and more.
  • Create and edit documents, spreadsheets, emails, and other files by speaking instead of typing.
  • Use your voice to navigate the web, search for information, and control media playback.
  • Dictate directly into any application that accepts keyboard input, including third-party apps like Google Docs and Microsoft Word.

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