Review by Benjamin J. Wimett

I have been using Dragon Dictate for Mac since version 2.0 and I’ve used Dragon NaturallySpeaking for windows previous to that since version 7… When I switched to a Mac I was extremely frustrated with the unnatural commands and just that they were not very user-friendly and streamlined with the Windows versions. With version 4.0 this appears to have been fixed I’ve been using the program for about 12 hours of dictation time since yesterday… The accuracy is much improved and I have not experienced any errors whatsoever…

I absolutely hated the last version… So far I am very pleased with the changes in usability and reliability of this version. If you contact Nuance directly if you are upgrading you may be able to get an upgrade for $99.

Update: 4/3/14… Some of the bugs that plagued version 3.0 seem to have returned… I don’t get as many fatal crashes but after reading some responses I’m going to try using pages and numbers today and see if I get better results. Stay tuned for an updatennUpdate: 6/20/14… Sometimes the program randomly crashes when I use the mail application… Don’t know why but it’s pretty annoying. Still better than version 3.0 but hoping they fix this issue soon.

Update: 7/2/14… The random errors that shut down the program in the mail application I’ve gotten worse… I can’t stand it anymore when the program works is better than the previous version but the constant errors are becoming very frustrating. I’m going to reduce this from a four star review to a two star review. And I do have version 4.02 installednnUpdate: 8/1/14: started a new voice file and it seemed to fix a lot of my issues.

Update: 3/4/15: still buggy do not buy unless you absolutely have to.