Review by Mom of Four Sons

My mother was one of the first to use a computer dictation program back in the 90s due to a medical condition. I wish she could see how far they’ve come! This Dragon Dictate for Mac is truly astonishing. Now, I’m not comparing it to anything recent. I’m comparing it to the voice-recognition on my smart phone and my mom’s program from the 90s. The most shocking thing about the program: You don’t have to speak slower for the software to understand you. Once you go through the tutorial (what I’ll call it), it understands you at a high rate of speed. The main problem (and the star deduction) is for the formatting issues. It would take awhile for me to actually be able to use the program to create a professional document; it would still be faster for me to type it and format as I go. I will use it for shorter, less complex, or informal writings.