[Athen] Any updates to Dragon Dictate on Mac?

[Auston Stamm]

Hi Lydia,

It isn't supported anymore. Nuance stopped support a couple of years ago.
<https://scottbakerbooks.com/2018/10/29/dragon-for-mac-discontinued/>
Also, Nuance
was recently purchased by Microsoft
<https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/12/microsoft-is-acquiring-nuance-communications-for-19-7b/>so
hopefully, some of their technology will become integrated into Windows in
the future.

Mac has built-in dictation and voice control features, which offer a lot of
the same functionality as Dragon. Also, Dragon Anywhere
<https://www.nuance.com/dragon/dragon-anywhere.html> can be used on
mobile devices.
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On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 12:45 PM Lydia X. Z. Brown <lydia at autistichoya.com>
wrote:


> Hi folks,

>

> Does anyone know if Dragon Dictate works on Mac currently? I'm seeing it

> listed as supported for OS X. But what about OS 11? Does Nuance provide

> support to Mac users now?

>

> Thanks for any insight,

>

> Lydia

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