<s>
DragonDictate	B-General_Concept
,	O
Dragon	B-General_Concept
Dictate	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
Dragon	B-General_Concept
for	I-General_Concept
Mac	I-General_Concept
is	O
proprietary	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
program	O
,	O
DragonDictate	B-General_Concept
,	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Dragon	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Nuance	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-General_Concept
Dictate	I-General_Concept
for	O
Mac	O
2.0	O
(	O
originally	O
named	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
)	O
is	O
supported	O
only	O
on	O
Mac	B-Device
OS	I-Device
X	I-Device
10.6	I-Device
(	O
Snow	B-Device
Leopard	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuance	O
's	O
other	O
products	O
for	O
Mac	O
include	O
MacSpeech	B-General_Concept
Scribe	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragonDictate	B-General_Concept
for	O
Windows	O
was	O
the	O
original	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
application	O
from	O
Dragon	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
and	O
used	O
discrete	O
speech	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
must	O
pause	O
between	O
speaking	O
each	O
word	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
continuous	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
correction	O
and	O
training	O
of	O
words	O
via	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NaturallySpeaking	B-Application
remains	O
a	O
Windows-only	O
program	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
2016	O
distributes	O
in	O
Version	O
15	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragonDictate	B-General_Concept
for	O
Windows	O
is	O
still	O
available	O
but	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
Windows	O
98	O
was	O
the	O
current	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-General_Concept
Dictate	I-General_Concept
for	O
Mac	O
2.0	O
,	O
an	O
upgrade	O
for	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
,	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2010	O
by	O
Nuance	O
Communications	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
MacSpeech	B-General_Concept
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
upgrade	O
incorporates	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
NaturallySpeaking	B-Application
into	O
the	O
MacSpeech	B-General_Concept
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	B-General_Concept
Dictate	I-General_Concept
for	O
Mac	O
lacks	O
other	O
NaturallySpeaking	B-Application
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
training	O
mis-recognized	O
words	O
by	O
simply	O
re-typing	O
them	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
