<s>
MacSpeech	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
a	O
New	O
Hampshire-based	O
technology	O
company	O
that	O
produced	O
software-based	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
voice	B-Application
dictation	I-Application
solutions	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
products	O
included	O
iListen	B-Application
,	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
,	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
Medical	O
,	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
Legal	O
,	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
International	O
,	O
and	O
MacSpeech	B-General_Concept
Scribe	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
commercial	O
voice	B-Application
dictation	I-Application
product	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
was	O
IBM	O
's	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
,	O
but	O
ScanSoft	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
that	O
had	O
exclusive	O
global	O
distribution	O
rights	O
to	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
,	O
merged	O
with	O
Nuance	O
and	O
stopped	O
developing	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
for	O
Macintosh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
first	O
dictation	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
Mac	O
OS	O
9	O
was	O
Articulate	O
System	O
's	O
PowerSecretary	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
a	O
continued	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
Mac-based	O
speech-to-text	B-Application
solution	O
,	O
MacSpeech	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Taylor	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
employee	O
of	O
Articulate	O
Systems	O
experienced	O
with	O
software-based	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
technologies	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
iListen	B-Application
,	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Philips	O
Speech	O
Processing	O
using	O
its	O
"	O
FreeSpeech	O
2000	O
"	O
speech	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
by	O
2006	O
iListen	B-Application
was	O
the	O
only	O
third-party	O
software	O
product	O
that	O
allowed	O
voice-to-text	B-Application
input	O
on	O
the	O
newer	O
MacIntosh	O
models	O
requiring	O
OSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
competitors	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
built	O
into	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
)	O
;	O
Dragon	B-Application
Naturally	I-Application
Speaking	I-Application
for	O
PC	O
by	O
Nuance	O
,	O
running	O
under	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
virtualization	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
solution	O
such	O
as	O
Parallels	B-Language
Desktop	I-Language
for	I-Language
Mac	I-Language
or	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
Fusion	I-Operating_System
;	O
and	O
the	O
discontinued	O
program	O
ViaVoice	B-Application
by	O
Nuance/IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2008	O
,	O
iListen	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
and	O
replaced	O
by	O
"	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
"	O
(	O
released	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firm	O
abandoned	O
the	O
Philips	O
speech	O
engine	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
speech-recognition	B-Application
engine	O
Nuance	O
used	O
in	O
its	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
product	O
for	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
was	O
a	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
MacWorld	O
2008	O
Best	O
of	O
Show	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
firm	O
released	O
several	O
editions	O
of	O
its	O
products	O
for	O
the	O
MacIntosh	O
,	O
including	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
Medical	O
,	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
Legal	O
and	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
ran	O
as	O
a	O
Mac-native	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
the	O
Dragon	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
engine	O
(	O
v9	O
or	O
v10	O
)	O
,	O
licensed	O
from	O
Nuance	O
Communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
technology	O
that	O
powers	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
in	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
although	O
across	O
platforms	O
there	O
are	O
significant	O
differences	O
in	O
features	O
,	O
functionality	O
and	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
major	O
difference	O
with	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
was	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
allow	O
training	O
by	O
typing	O
misrecognized	O
words	O
as	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
products	O
do	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
notable	O
difference	O
was	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
transcription	O
feature	O
for	O
recorded	O
voice	B-Application
dictation	I-Application
,	O
as	O
found	O
in	O
NaturallySpeaking	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	O
released	O
a	O
separate	O
product	O
,	O
MacSpeech	B-General_Concept
Scribe	I-General_Concept
,	O
to	O
handle	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
Medical	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
with	O
specialized	O
vocabularies	O
for	O
doctors	O
and	O
dentists	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
Legal	O
,	O
with	O
specialized	O
vocabulary	O
for	O
lawyers	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
International	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
and	O
Italian	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Localized	O
versions	O
of	O
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
are	O
available	O
in	O
German	O
,	O
French	O
and	O
Italian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
release	O
used	O
Dragon	O
's	O
v9	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
had	O
the	O
Dragon	O
v11	O
engine	O
,	O
new	O
voice	B-Application
commands	I-Application
for	O
text	O
editing	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
text-to-speech	O
proofreading	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-Application
Dictate	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
David	O
Pogue	O
of	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
it	O
filled	O
a	O
"	O
big	O
 [ hole ] 	O
in	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
landscape	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
it	O
as	O
inferior	O
to	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturallySpeaking	I-Application
9.0	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacSpeech	B-General_Concept
Scribe	I-General_Concept
is	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
transcription	O
of	O
recorded	O
voice	B-Application
dictation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
MacSpeech	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Nuance	O
Communications	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
MacSpeech	O
's	O
products	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Nuance	O
's	O
Dragon	B-Application
NaturalSpeaking	I-Application
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
