Fact · Dictation
1990year
In March 1990, Dragon Systems introduced DragonDictate, which the company said was the first commercially viable typewriter that works by human speech.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“what it says is the first commercially viable”
U.S. Company Introduces First Speech 'Typewriter', Deseret News, Deseret News, 1990, Opening paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Deseret News report was published on 23 March 1990. It describes a product from Newton-based Dragon Systems Inc., called DragonDictate, that turns speech into printed text on a personal computer.
- What it does not show
- The 'first' claim is the company's own. The article does not test it against other products of the time, so treat it as a claim of priority, not a verified first.