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Guten Tag! Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search Now Supporting German

Posted August 2, 2010 at 9:33 am, by

It’s official – Dragon Dictation and Dragon Search now support German and are available for download in the German iTunes App Store free for a limited time. And with this extension of Dragon Mobile Apps language support, all users in the US, UK and Germany now also have the ability to easily switch back and forth between all three languages – so there’s even more flexibility in speaking text and searches however you please. And we’re not done – this is just the beginning of our international rollout plans. Later this year, we’ll be supporting French, Italian and Spanish languages, and of course, will communicate our plans for additional language support as it becomes available. Happy Dictating! – DragonMobileApps Team

The Motivation Behind Dragon 11

Posted July 30, 2010 at 2:56 pm, by

See the post from Peter Mahoney for details about the launch of Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 11. The Motivation Behind Dragon 11 I’m extremely excited about the new release of Dragon – Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 11. We have been eagerly working on this innovative new release of Dragon ever since we launched Dragon 10 just about two years ago. With Dragon 10, we set a new standard for speech recognition performance on the desktop and added exciting new features like Dragon Voice Shortcuts. How in the world could we top that? To answer that question, we went to the top-secret source for all Dragon product direction: you. We’ve always relied heavily on customer feedback in our product development process – but read more

VoiceOver Support for Dragon Dictation 2.0

Posted July 27, 2010 at 9:57 am, by

We wanted to take a moment to address the accessibility concerns surrounding Dragon Dictation 2.0 and the issue of VoiceOver support, which has caused some frustration among those who are visually impaired and have used Dragon Dictation. When we launched Dragon Dictation, we intended it to be a dictation application to make it easier for users who struggled entering lengthy text with the keypad. Although we did not explicitly design Dragon Dictation to be a VoiceOver-compatible application, we were pleasantly surprised to hear that some among the visually impaired community had worked around its limitations and found it a useful application nevertheless. We received a lot of feedback on how to truly design it for such use, and were considering read more

Dragon Dictation 2.0 Is Here!

Posted July 23, 2010 at 8:31 am, by

It’s hard to believe it has been more than six months since we launched Dragon Dictation for iPhone – and it has been so exciting to hear all of the tremendous feedback from so many enthusiastic Dragon Dictation users out there. Thanks to all of you for your support, comments and, of course, suggestions! And the thunder keeps on rolling, as today we unveil Dragon Dictation 2.0! With Dragon Dictation 2.0 you get all of the convenient features of Dragon Dictation plus new enhancements that will make using the app even more fun and convenient to use. This latest version is iOS4-compatible, delivers multi-language support and delivers a new easy-to-use interface that features a great pop-up toolbar for speaking text read more

Dragon Dictation compatibility with iOS 4

Posted June 23, 2010 at 11:23 am, by

We would like to acknowledge to our user base that there is a compatibility issue with Dragon Dictation working on iOS 4. We are actively working to address this and make available an updated version of Dragon Dictation in the Apple App Store shortly. We will keep you informed as soon as the updated application is available. We apologize for the inconvenience. DragonMobileApps Team

Where Will We Find Dragon Next?

Posted May 18, 2010 at 4:46 pm, by

Dragon NaturallySpeaking has long been synonymous with speech recognition. It’s hard to believe that Version 1.0 was introduced in April 1997! As the first general-purpose continuous-speech recognition solution for the PC, Dragon’s revolutionary feature was to enable users to, literally, speak naturally – eliminating the tedious word-at-a-time approach that was then state-of-the-art. When Dragon was first introduced, its primary use was as an assistive technology, helping folks with physical challenges to access the PC. But over the years, Dragon has shown its worth to millions of people the world over in all walks of life, helping them to do more with the PC, faster and more easily. Who really uses Dragon? To name just a few, we’ve heard from writers, read more

Nuance Powered Genius Button Smarts Up T-Mo Android Smartphone

Posted May 5, 2010 at 8:24 am, by

Today we are proud to announce an industry first with our partner T-Mobile – it’s called the Genius Button soon available on the new T-Mobile® myTouch 3G™ Slide, Android™-based smartphone.  The Genius Button is the first fully integrated hybrid speech solution, with speech recognition on the device and in the cloud, seamlessly working together. Based on our intuitive Nuance speech platform, the Genius Button delivers users one-button voice access to control the phone and dictate one-shot commands to make calls, dictate emails and text messages, search the Web, find businesses and directions, open the calendar, etc. So, now it is faster and easier than ever to use your favorite apps! For example, Genius Button one-shot commands include things like: “Call read more

Tip of the Day: Use Commands and Punctuations within your Dictation

Posted April 30, 2010 at 2:03 pm, by

Did you know with Dragon Dictation mobile apps you can dictate commands and punctuation with your message and have it all transcribed such that it looks like you typed it? For example, when dictating a sentence just say “comma” or “period” and they will appear in the sentence where you spoke them. You can also perform basic text commands such as saying “New Paragraph” whereas a new paragraph is started – all by the power of your voice! Want to know more? Here’s a list of commonly used commands and punctuations for quick dictation reference… Commonly used commands "New Line" or "Next Line" Press the enter key once, capitalize next word "New Paragraph" or "Next Paragraph" Press the enter key read more