“Like Siri on your iPhone 4S? You’ll like it even more on your Mac,” promises iOS and Mac app developer Avatron.
With Air Dictate, you can enter text on your computer by talking into your iPhone 4S. It’s that simple.
It works with any app. Just launch any Mac app that allows text entry, and Air Dictate can dictate to it.
How? Install the $0.99 Air Dictate app on your iPhone 4S, and the free Air Dictate Receiver app on your Mac and start talking.
More info, tips, special commands, and more here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “JMS in Texarkana TX” for the heads up.]
Downloaded. Tried. Air Dictate is F’ing amazing. It’s not supposed to be possible, because there are no public Siri APIs for initiating voice recognition!
Now it’s even more irritating that Apple has kept Siri from my 3GS. Hm, jailbreak or Android. Which shall it be?
I have to agree with you. I don’t understand a few things about Apple’s decisions within the past year or so:
1. Why cut out all pre-4S customers from Siri. It is NOT the power of the processor. They were simply not capable of handling the server load. Sucks when the people that suffer are the one that supported them the longest. If you cannot launch the service to all of your customers, don’t launch it until you are ready or “beta” test it to a randomly selected group of iPhone users. Don’t penalize you current custoemr base.
2. Why don’t you offer a 100% compatible Office replacement. Page and Numbers are pretty…but a joke for business. NeoOffice, Mariner and a host of others have done it on both the OSX and iOS platforms. If Apple did it and synched through iClouds, goodbye MS for me.
3. Why eliminate non-HD televisions from using the ATV. Roku “works” on non-HD sets. I have read all kinds of bad reports about Roku’s Customer Service. So, I am not pushing Roku. Just the fact that they support non-HD.
4. Why not offer a lot more content on the ATV. Again, look at Roku. They tout over 350 channels including Hulu Plus, Netflix, Crackle. To that point where eliminating cable is a reality. Now that would be a value.
5. Lion was a beta when it was released. Mission Control is a good start. But, it is not a replacement for Spaces and there are bugs that should have been fixed at the the time of launch or certainly by now. Lion is slower than Snow Leopard and did away with Rosetta.
FYI…I own an ATV…not Roku. I just wish the ATV was more useful. Using it on a daily or weekly basis is an afterthought. It is not a primary device.
Also, to all of those tablet advocates that have said desktops and laptops will be dead with in 5 years, you are in a fog. I own an iPad 2 and it is really nice. But, for me, an Air would be more useful. I am going to sell the iPad prior to the new MBP because the iOS is not nearly as good as OS X (even with the flaws in Lion).
Siri IS in beta!
Your 3GS did not come with Siri when you bought it, nor was it ever promised to you. Your entitlement mentality with respect to (1) is annoying, especially compared to the experience you might enjoy with Android.
Your (2) complaint is legitimate. Apple has struggled a bit with some of its software. I would like a more focused effort in this area, as well.
With respect to (3), the original AppleTVs provided analog outputs (component, I believe). But essentially all new TVs are HDTVs with HDMI ports. So why should Apple worry about old, legacy TVs?
With respect to (4), I am sure that Apple would love to offer more content on the AppleTV. But that will have to occur on terms that are acceptable to Apple. I own a Roku and the vast majority of the good channels are pay channels – Hulu Plus and Netflix, for instance. You get relatively little unless you subscribe to individual services. By all accounts, Apple is working with the content providers and is prepping for a major AppleTV upgrade in 2012. Stay tuned.
Apple has made some software gaffes in recent years. But, to be fair, they have also done some very difficult things quite well. I suggest that you wait before upgrading your OS to let the bugs get worked out. As far as Rosetta goes, I believe that it was time to kill the Rosetta crutch and force developers to ditch the PPC code. It has been years since a PPC-based Mac was sold. The fact that they are still running and useful is a tribute to Apple engineering. And you can continue using OS X 10.6.8 (which is what I am running right now) and keep Rosetta. Honestly, you get so much more out of Apple products in terms of longevity and usefulness that it is generally hard to complain when they implement a cutoff.
Near the start of the school year, I bought a 13″ Macbook Air (with Lion installed), and it is a fine “ultrabook.” But I plan to purchase an iPad as a supplement. I don’t see it as an either/or. If you want to sell your iPad 2 for a reasonable price, please let me know.
Yes, I believe I am entitled to the benefits of new features on a product that will run them. Siri has already been shown to run on a 3GS.
The original AppleTV did have component jacks. The new one with Airplay does not (I own both models). Whether you have to pay for the services on Roku or not, you still have the choice of over 350 channels. Some may be of interest….some may not. But, the choices are there.
You miss the point on Rosetta. The key issue is Apple’s lack of focus on their customers. Not many (any?) developers were creating new software that required Rosetta. Tons of software already exists that requires Rosetta to run. Lot’s of games and other stuff I bought that works perfectly fine. I had to setup a partition and install SL in order to maintain these apps. That means shut down and relaunch in SL.
I did not say using a Mac and an iPad was an either/or situation. I own both. But, there are some very annoying synching issues with most of the business related software that prevents it from being a “have to have”
As far as Lion goes, I am on a Mac literally all day. Lion was not quite ready for prime time. They rushed it and did not have the same care put into it as other launches. It got the sizzle…just did not deliver all the steak. If you are happy with it, that is annoying to me because I do not want to see Apple slip into the same complacency they had back in the early to mid 90’s when Job’s was not there. I believe SJ was not 100% “there” at Apple over the past year and it shows. Apple needs to hear constructive criticism. Hopefully they read this Forum.
I agree that lion is not fully baked. But in my opinion, neither was snow leopard when it came out. Neither was leopard. Apple stuff has always come out with a rather big complement of bugs. Part of the price of a platform that moves forward regularly I guess.
Bought it, installed it and it won’t connect (yeah, on the same network) – just sits there and nothing happens (10.6.8)
All I get is “Waiting for pair reply”…
=*^(
Actually, I had the same problem. I quit the app on the Mac and the phone and restarted it. Then tried again and the “Reject or Accept” window popped up on my Mac. After pairing, I gave it a go in Pages. But no text appears on the page after following the steps. I thought I’d check with their support team today for an answer.
Chris. Dude. When it says Waiting For Pair Reply you’re supposed to go over to your computer and click the Okay button. It’s waiting for you to reply.
LOL. Chris, all due respect, but this one deserves to be included in one of those lists listing silly things people call up about to computer tech people (“The prompt said open Windows. So I opened my room windows, but nothing happened. Why?”)
I am having the same problem – the Air Dictate Receiver App on my Mac never recognizes Air Dictate on my iPhone. I press the “Link” button on my iPhone and then Air Dictate says, “Waiting… Waiting for pair reply.” for a few seconds and then it fails. The ‘Link’ button comes back.
Please provide an AD rcvr for iPad
Or you can download Remote Dictate for free, it does the same thing and is for PCs and Linux as well
I use Air Dictate, it rocks.
I use the iPad to create trip reports. Usually type 1 or two pages in length per site visit. I purchased an Apple BT keyboard and it works ok. I never carry my MacBook Pro anymore as the iPad2 does 95% of what I need on the road.
I would like use Air Dictate on the iPhone 4S to dictate to the iPad2. This would save a lot of time recapping my thoughts after meetings and would really complement your offering. Would a receiver app for the iPad be possible?
connecting was no problem.
unfortunately i can’t get any textlines in MS Office for mac or Pages. Do you have to adjust anything in these applications?
10.7.2