iListen

by MacSpeech, Inc.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005MA8N
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 20, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,895 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

iListen from MacSpeech brings advanced speech recognition to the Macintosh. iListen taps directly into hundreds of popular Macintosh applications. No need to use a notepad application and the cut-and-paste shuffle. With MacSpeech's exclusive TalkAnywhere technology, iListen works with the programs you use every day--e-mail, word processors, graphics applications, and Internet software--virtually anywhere you normally type.

iListen also offers full command and control of your Mac. Open applications, click the mouse, and even surf the Web using nothing more than your voice. Use the exclusive Voice Launcher to open your favorite applications, along with more than 150 of the most popular sites on the World Wide Web. Work smarter, not harder with voice-activated AppleScripts. iListen uses AppleScript to perform a virtually unlimited range of tasks, all by voice. You can also easily create scripts of your own using iListen's convenient built-in script editor.

iListen is faster and more accurate than other speech recognition programs thanks in part to a native vocabulary of about 30,000 words and a background vocabulary of 300,000 words, developed in partnership with Oxford University Press. iListen will learn your voice in as little as 15 minutes. iListen keeps you informed with a feedback palette that floats above other applications.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, decent continuous dictation for the Mac, October 4, 2001

By 

jim (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iListen (CD-ROM)

The program is fast and it works. It makes ViaVoice look sick.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Voice Dictation Solution For Your Mac, October 4, 2001

By 

Brian T. Nakamoto (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iListen (CD-ROM)

iListen is the best voice dictation solution for the Mac OS. (It's even more accurate than anything I've used on Windows.) IBM is still playing catch up with their "Via Voice for Mac, Enhanced Edition". Now that Mac OS X 10.1 is out, I am eagerly anticipating an OS X version of iListen.

BTW, be sure to pick up a quality microphone for best results. The built-in mics on iMacs and iBooks/PowerBooks don't quite cut it.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This will be the best dictation program available!, October 4, 2001

By 

Phil Maiorano (Gilford, NH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iListen (CD-ROM)

This is truly a piece of amazing software! Even better, further improvements are expected in a very short period of time. No other software developer has ever been so responsive to the comments and needs of their users. I need an accurate and fast dictation system for my professional activities, and iListen has rapidly become the best solution. The recognition is as good as the competing product, and the ability to add your own vocabulary will put this product far out in front of the competition. IT'S GREAT!