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Nuance Releases Dragon Naturally Speaking for Mac
Kathleen Savino, Speech Technology magazine, 2010
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- What it is
- A trade report dated September 20, 2010 on Nuance's release of Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0. It says the Mac product followed Nuance's acquisition of MacSpeech and used the engine from Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for the PC.
- How much weight it carries
- Trade press written on the day of release, so reliable on the release and the engine it used. Its feature descriptions are promotional and are not used here.
Facts taken from this source
- Dragon Dictate for Mac 2.0, released in September 2010, used the engine from Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for the PC.
“The new version leverages the engine from Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 for the PC” (Second paragraph of the article)
- Nuance bought MacSpeech in February 2010. MacSpeech's own product, Dictate, was based on the Dragon product line.
“MacSpeech had its own product, called Dictate, which was based on the Dragon product line.” (Second paragraph of the article)