Latest MacSpeech - Any Good?

[Bazzy]

Hi All,

Is it now worth getting Macspeech now that they are on V1.5? I know it was riddled with issues earlier and I have not bothered since but was hoping they might have sorted all the problems out by now. I want to make sure it is as good as it was made out to be as it is not exactly cheap and what worries me is that I hear Macspeech support sucks which still leaves me a little cautious!

Anyone here use the latest Macspeech and what are your thoughts about it?

Bazzy!

 

[eldervovichka]

This is something that I would like to know as well. Does any have any opinions about Macspeech?

Jeff

 

[BillyJ]

yeah, pretty good

Works great for me. If you can type really well, there's not much point, although I started using it because my wrists ache. You will need to spend more than 5 minutes training it. And RTFM, of course. It's very long and very helpful.

MacSpeech support doesn't suck. It just takes a long time on hold. Maybe I'm just accepting of that these days, but how many Mac developers even offer phone support?

 

[robanga]

I have had MacSpeech for about a month. Overall i am pleased, the recognition is excellent with very little training involved. Be aware though that it does crash and fairly often. Rarely does a session go by without at least once crash where it is necessary to restart the application. I use it almost exclusively with Word, so I am not sure if this situation exists with other applications.

In another thread, someone mentioned that turning off the autospell/grammar check in Word helps the crashing.