MacSpeech Inc., the Mac-only speech recognition company, is offering “Be There or Not” specials in conjunction with this week’s Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo. To take advantage of the pricing you can go to the company’s Web site or, if you’re at the show, drop by the MacSpeech booth (number 353).
From July 16-18, you can buy iListen with a free USB microphone/headset and the iLife Voice Solution for US$129. Normally, the iListen-microphone/headset combination is $129 and the iLife Voice Solution is another $25.
iListen has “TalkAnywhere” technology, which lets you dictate into a variety of Mac applications. It translates speech to typed text and characters anywhere you would normally type. The iLife Voice Solution allows iListen users to use their voice to control common functions and menus within iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, and iMovie.
The iListen Transcription Solution is being offered for $289 (normally US$299). It includes iListen, Griffin Technologies’ iMic USB audio adapter, a VXi Parrot Translator microphone/headset, and a refurbished Olympus DS-2000 digital voice recorder.