Dictate, edit and format text with the power of your voice and iListen software. With the added convenience of a headset and microphone you’ll be ready to start in only 5 minutes!

Save yourself all the problems of typing - just use iListen.

How easy is it to use ?

It couldn't be any easier, all you do is talk.

The Third Hand

You can even navigate the Finder, print, cut, copy, paste, and much, much, more - all by using your voice. Even if your hands are on the keyboard and mouse, you can use your third hand, your voice, to control your Mac.

Enhance your iListen Experience

The iListen Watch and Learn - Complete video is an excellent way to learn how to get the best of iListen. The video takes you through each step and setup and installation, training and advanced usage. See how easy iListen is to use in this Video Training Sample.

Correction

Hands Free Correction makes it easy to correct, update and teach iListen new words and phrases.

Read the Product Brochure

Download and read the iListen product brochure for more information.

See the Movie

See a sample of iListen in action.

Microphone

This package includes VXi's excellent Pro XPress USB Headset/Microphone. The TalkPro Headset System is an advanced version of VXI’s highly successful VXI Parrott 10-3. The Parrott 10-3 set the standard worldwide for outstanding sound clarity and accuracy in use with speech recognition software programs. The TalkPro Xpress is a sensitive microphone, ideal for use in all environments. It's perfect for quiet and soft spoken voices.

What's being said about iListen

"...the scope of this product is endless. iListen can revolutionize the way you use your Mac and its applications." - Macworld UK, Expo Issue, October 2006
4 out 5 stars

"iListen 1.7 Rocks" - Charles Moore, Applelinks.com

“way cool” - Robert Pritchett, maccompanion.com

See more iListen reviews in our support library.

Feature Summary

• Easy to install, train and use.
• Fast Training - start dictating in 5 minutes or less.
• Universal Binary - for best performance.
• Continuous Speech Recognition - Dictation in normal tone of voice and at a normal pace.
• Direct Dictation - Dictate, edit and format text directly in any application
• Correction - Correct and Update your Voice Model in almost any application.
• Hands-Free Correction - Correct using your voice, no need to use the keyboard or mouse!
• Correction Playback - Hear what you said - in your own voice!
• Adapts to your Speech - iListen adapts to your pronunciation of words faster and more accurately!
• Extensive Vocabulary - Vocabulary of more than 330,000 words developed in cooperation with Oxford University
• Command and Control - Speech control of the computer through built-in normal language and individually created commands.
• Constant Feedback - The iListen Floating Palette provides you with constant feedback.
• Dock Menu - You can even use the Dock to access iListen functions.
• Multiple Profiles - Everyone in your home can create their own voice profile, so now everyone can use it!
• Text Macro Capabilities - Insert (up to 32,000 character) standardized or predetermined phrases and text - with a single spoken phrase.
• Speech Navigation - Open, close and control applications and navigate the desktop by speech.
• AppleScript Compatible - Ability to take advantage of Apple's built-in scripting language.
• Internet Ready - Surf the web with your voice.
• Transcription - An optional add-on. Use a Video iPod, iPod Nano (2nd generation) or a Digital Voice Recorder such as the Olympus DM-1, DS-330, or DS-2000 with your Mac. Let iListen read and transcribe your AIFF or WAV audio files into text.

Free Included ScriptPaks

• Safari 2.0.
• Finder.
• Stickies.
• TextEdit.
• SimpleText.

ScriptPaks add voice control for your favorite applications. You will be able to to use your voice for many other tasks in the application for which the scripts in the ScriptPak were designed.

NOTE: In order to get the best accuracy, you must use a high-quality, noise-canceling microphone with iListen. MacSpeech will only provide support to those who use a MacSpeech-certified microphone. Click here for more information on headset microphones.

System Requirements

• 10.4.x or higher for 1.8 (Mac OS 10.4 or later recommended).
• 10.2.8 to 10.3.9 higher for 1.6.8 (included with 1.8).
• G4, G5 or Intel Processor. (Upgrade cards are not supported, and may cause unexpected behavior with speech recognition software.).
• 512MB RAM or more required.
• MacSpeech certified microphone required to receive technical support.
• Age 14 or older.
  
  

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Attention FileVault Users
There is a bug in Apple's Xcode compiler that makes it FileVault incompatible with version 1.7. But whether you use iListen or not, we strongly suggest you do not use FileVault for your sensitive or confidential data due to known issues. For more information and a possible workaround, please see this article in our online KnowledgeBase.

iListen Reviews

"iListen 1.7 Rocks" Applelinks.com

"5 out 5 stars" macCompanion.com

"astonishingly good software" iOnMac.com

"4 out 5 stars" MacWorld UK

See more iListen reviews in our support library.

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