Dictation software for Mac computer

AdrianY
AdrianY Community member Posts: 6 Listener
in Start here and say hello!

Owing to a creeping disability (peripheral neuropathy), I need software for dictation into Microsoft 365 apps including Outlook and Word as well as message and social media services.

I understand the leading Nuance dictation app Dragon (which I used years ago in business) is not available for Mac.

The advice site AlternativeTo says: "Nuance Dragon is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that run on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Dictanote". I cannot find any credible review of Dictanote.

Please can anyone point me towards advice on suitable software for use on a Mac computer?


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  • AdrianY
    AdrianY Community member Posts: 6 Listener
    Thank you, woodbine. I find the Siri thing rather clunky. No control over ‘return’ or any other formatting. The Dragon software accepts entirely voice commands, like ‘new paragraph’ and so on.
  • AdrianY
    AdrianY Community member Posts: 6 Listener
    Dragon used to work on Mac but the latest version works on Microsoft Windows PC only 
  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,906 Championing
    Hello @AdrianY

    Welcome to the community! :) 

    Can I ask, have you looked on the Apple Store app reviews? They may help narrow down and app or software that would work for you? 
  • noman
    noman Community member Posts: 972 Pioneering
    Apart from siri don't macbooks have apple dictation?
  • noman
    noman Community member Posts: 972 Pioneering
    There is a dictation software called notta if that is of any use for your needs?
  • AdrianY
    AdrianY Community member Posts: 6 Listener
    thank you Norman. I will look into Notta
  • AdrianY
    AdrianY Community member Posts: 6 Listener
    Thank you, Romozava. My son keeps telling me how good Siri is. And I’ve discovered Apple Dictate might be better than I thought.
  • TomZee
    TomZee Community member Posts: 3 Listener

    a bit late, but might help somone else. I used to use dragon with parallels running windows on the Mac but switched to windows pc when Mac’s moved from intel and parallels stopped working. I understood parallels does now work on macs but not tried it. I have further questions on using dictation software elsewhere btw.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 1,014 Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @TomZee. I've always used Apple Dictation so not sure about any others. I'm sure if you post your questions there'll be someone who can help 😊

  • AdrianY
    AdrianY Community member Posts: 6 Listener

    I have looked again at Apple Dictate and found it much better than I’d previously thought

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