Nuance speech-to-text comes to Mac OS X on the cheap with Dragon Express app

It looks like I will no longer have to write these articles with my hands, as the new Dragon Express app from voice recognition experts Nuance is an inexpensive option for quality speech-to-text functionality on a Mac.

Well, it’s inexpensive at least in comparison to Nuance’s well-established Dragon Dictate software. The new app is essentially a lightweight version of the full $199 Dragon Dictate app, and provides the majority of features the average user will require.

So how does it work? After you’ve installed the app from the Mac App Store, it will exist within your menubar at the top of your screen. You can launch the dictation window by simply clicking the menu item or enabling a keyboard shortcut. Once the dictation window is open, you can begin speaking while the app automatically converts your speech to text within the window.

You will then be able to decide what you want to do with the text — You can of course take the text into any application by quickly copying it, run a Google search, email it, or share to Facebook and other social networks.

While there isn’t nearly as much functionality as the full Dragon Dictate software, the new Dragon Express app is only a fraction of the price at $49.99. You won’t be able to find this type of quality voice recognition for cheaper, or frankly at all.

If you’re unfamiliar with Nuance’s software, and wondering why it’s better than other speech-to-text apps, you might want to know their speech recognition technology is used to power the iPhone 4S’s Siri personal assistant. Apple chose it because it’s the best around, and now you too can take advantage of it without breaking the bank.

To clear up the differences between the new Dragon Express app and their feature-rich Dictate software, Nuance posted the comparison chart below.

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