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With 9 mistakes in a 215 word text theoretically the recognition percentage for Apple Voice Control would be 95.8%. I have ignored the fact that those words were written down by Apple, rather than it writing down the РІР‚Сљ(РІР‚Сљ. Also I used the words РІР‚Сљopen parenРІР‚Сњ to get РІР‚Сљ(РІР‚Сљ which turned out not to be the correct terminology for Apple Voice Control.

In one instance I mispronounced some words and I have not calculated the mispronounced words as errors.

Apple Voice Control refuses to write Windows with a capital W ?)

I have left out out multiple instances of the same mistake (e.g.

These are the 'rules' I used to come to this result: Unless you insist that Dragon should have known that it was РІР‚СљCiaraРІР‚Сњ rather than РІР‚СљChiaraРІР‚Сњ, because in that case Dragon had 4 mistakes. I found a total of 9 recognition errors for Apple Voice Control and 3 recognition errors for Dragon on Windows.

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Which speech-to-text software was most accurate? That is the most important topic for today in this test. In general the Mac lagged a little behind the performance of Dragon on the Windows PC, but I did not find it slow or unresponsive at all.

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The windows PC has 8 GB RAM and the Mac has 4 GB RAM. We cannot expect it to be perfect! Speed/performanceР”В«oth the Mac and Windows computer have Intel i5 processors.

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Now before I start telling you more about how it went, I would like to stress the fact that Dragon for Windows has existed for a long time.Р”Р„lthough Apple is no stranger to speech recognition software, this is the very first iteration of the new Apple Voice Control feature on Mac OS Catalina.

IРІР‚в„ўve also cut out the longer pauses when I was thinking about what to say next. I have indicated where errors occurred and put in some text comments when something unexpected happened. In the video at the bottom of this post, you can see the results of my dictation on both computers simultaneously. The text was rather off-the-cuff and it ended up being 215 words long. Then I analysed the dictated text on both computers and examined the results and calculated the number of recognition mistakes. That is important, because we want both speech recognition programs to have exactly the same sound and pronunciation to work from.

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Today I am comparing dictation with Dragon Professional Individual on a Windows computer to dictation with Apple Voice Control on a Mac.Р”Р‡or this comparison I dictated into two computers simultaneously. A comparison of Dragon and Apple Voice Control They may have figured that, as a paid software, they wouldn't be able to compete with a free built-in speech recognition app. For those of you who remember there being a Dragon for Mac, you are correct, but this product was discontinued by Nuance over a year ago.Р”Р„t the time I wondered about the reason, but problably Nuance got wind of Apple developing their own powerful Voice Control. And it is free, which is a wonderful bonus. Unlike Windows Speech Recognition and Dragon, Apple Voice Control doesn't need a Windows computer!Р”Р‡inally, there is a comprehensive speech recognition software for the Mac and iPad. It does not need an Internet connection all processing of the dictation and commands takes place locally. Like Windows Speech Recognition and Dragon, Apple Voice Control, runs on the computer itself. Apple Voice ControlР”В«ut there is a new kid on the block: Apple Voice Control. Windows Speech Recognition, Google Voice Type and Apple keyboard dictation all offer the option to dictate text, but none is as powerful as Dragon. Traditionally, Dragon NaturallySpeaking has been the gold standard for speech recognition software for the general public.

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