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As I expressed before, both programs are great. MacSpeech dictate is, in my experience more flexible, but Dragon NaturallySpeaking is more intuitive. (If that makes any sense.). I have a neighbor across the street who is a quadriplegic. With Dragon NaturallySpeaking, he would be able to move the mouse with his voice and use mouse clicks, anywhere. My neurologist has been at me to get more exercise, other than just trying to move when unfrozen. I borrowed a friend's recumbent stationary bicycle, and I spent the last half hour exercising lot was responding to e-mails and surfing the web. Les ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Cochran" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:03 AM Subject: Re: voice recognition software > Yes! I use Macspeech Dictate and it works very well. Worth every cent. > > Kathleen > > 2009/4/14 Eli Leslie Combs <[log in to unmask]> > >> Like many of you, I am losing my ability to type. Unfortunately, I'm also >> losing my ability to speak much of the time. However, I have been using >> voice recognition software to type what, otherwise, would be extremely >> difficult. I am somewhat mumbling now, but the voice recognition software >> I'm using is doing a great job. >> >> I started using voice recognition software about 10 years ago before I >> found out that I had Parkinson's. I have tried it since then with newer >> versions of voice recognition software, but I found that it made so many >> errors that it was not worthwhile. >> >> >> In the last few months, Nuance Corporation, introduced version 10 of >> Dragon >> NaturallySpeaking. It works extremely well compared to prior versions. I >> don't know how well it would do if I could speak more clearly. Dragon >> NaturallySpeaking is for Windows >> >> For you Mac users, there is Mac's Speech Dictate. It is also an excellent >> program. >> >> Both programs come with a hefty price, around $200, but for me it's worth >> it. Both come with headsets, though I would replace the one that comes >> with >> Dragon NaturallySpeaking for USB headset. MacSpeech Dictate comes with >> USB >> headset. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: >> [log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn