Upon doing some research, I quickly discovered that Nuance is the leader in this market, with their Dragon software, which is available on Windows, Mac and mobile devices.
So, every time I was writing an email and used the word 'send' in a sentence, my email would be immediately sent, before I was done with it! That's not acceptable! Secondly, there is no way to turn off commands and work only in dictation mode. So, I decided to try that, but found two major issues.įirst, the recognition doesn't work well. Microsoft offers free Windows Speech Recognition on Windows 10 and some earlier OS versions. Since I'm on Windows 10, I decided to check what Microsoft offers. To save time and wear on my fingers and wrists, I decided to look into dictation software for my laptop.