Naturally Speaking v. iListen

galan05 · galan05 #1 (**permalink**)

11-29-2007, 12:07 AM

Now that Naturally Speaking has a version for OS X, I need help choosing between these two. A few things you need to know:

1) I've never used voice recognition software.

2) It will be running on a new black MacBook with OS X Leopard and 4GB of RAM.

3) Will be using it to produce news stories in the field on deadline for a website.

Thoughts?

g.

mac57 · mac57 #2 (**permalink**)

12-04-2007, 10:15 AM

Naturally Speaking is the "10,000 lb. gorilla" in this space. It would definitely be the better choice. It reminds me about the old axiom that no one ever got fired for chosing IBM... well, no one will ever get fired for choosing Naturally Speaking.

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Member Since: Apr 29, 2006 Location: St. Somewhere Posts: 4,547 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, 120 GB SSD, 500 GB HDD	12-04-2007, 10:15 AM Naturally Speaking is the "10,000 lb. gorilla" in this space. It would definitely be the better choice. It reminds me about the old axiom that no one ever got fired for chosing IBM... well, no one will ever get fired for choosing Naturally Speaking. My Macs: PowerMac G5 Quad, 2.5 GHz, 4 Core, Mac Pro, 3.2 GHz 8 Core, Power Macintosh 7500/100 My iStuff: 32 GB iPhone 4, 30 GB iPod Video, 16 GB iPod Touch My OS': Mac OS X Tiger, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS 8.6, openSUSE 10.3, Win XP I was on the Mac-Forums honor roll for September 2007
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galan05 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Posts: 37 Mac Specs: MacBook black 2.2GHz 160GB HD 4GB RAM	11-29-2007, 12:07 AM Now that Naturally Speaking has a version for OS X, I need help choosing between these two. A few things you need to know: 1) I've never used voice recognition software. 2) It will be running on a new black MacBook with OS X Leopard and 4GB of RAM. 3) Will be using it to produce news stories in the field on deadline for a website. Thoughts? g.
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