WoodyZ wrote licensing ..."MacSpeech Dictate doesn't make MacSpeech Dictate the Mac version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking...."
Of course WoodyZ is correct. MacSpeech and Nuance are different companies, the two programs are distinct, and there is no Mac version of DNS.
That said, the core of both programs is the speech-to-text engine, and in this case the DNS engine was licensed to MacSpeech. If you check the macspeech web site, you'll find that although their program is "Written from the ground up for the Mac", it also claims "New Speech Recognition Product, Based on Nuance’s Dragon
NaturallySpeaking Technology is All-Mac, Highly Accurate and Easy to
Use". And "
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., January 15, 2008 - Macworld Conference and Expo 2008,
Booth #607 – MacSpeech, Inc., the leading provider of speech recognition
solutions for the Mand ac, and Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN), developers of
Dragon® NaturallySpeaking®, today announced an agreement to bring the world's
best speech recognition solution to Mac users worldwide.MacSpeech, Inc. has licensed underlying dictation technology from Nuance
Communications, Inc. for its new MacSpeech Dictate™ product...."
So the core technology is identical.
The point (and good news) is that VMware runs DNS 9.5 pro perfectly in windows xp (and in xp-64 with some hacking), and that Dictate also works with the limits I've described before.
