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VoiceCatalystand Dragon.
Nuance's dictation software, discontinued on the Mac in 2018.
VoiceCatalyst
PriceFree: 10,000 words a month. Pro: $15 a month or $150 a year, unlimited.
Runs onmacOS 26 or later on Apple Silicon. An iPhone app is in beta.
Where recognition happensOn your Mac, on both plans.
Your vocabularyLearned from what you write and say, and re-ranked while you speak.
Choose VoiceCatalyst if the words that break dictation are your words: names, tools and jargon. It learns them on your Mac, and it gives you a faithful transcript, not a tidier paraphrase.
Dragon
On the MacNuance discontinued Dragon Professional Individual for Mac on October 22, 2018, and no longer updates it. Source, read 2026-09-12
Existing licencesOwners of version 6 keep a perpetual licence and may keep using it. Source, read 2026-09-12
Keep Dragon for Mac if version 6 still runs for you. It will not be updated.
Get it
Account first,then the download.
The app is signed and notarized. Your account is where your vocabulary and your record accumulate — a card is not required to start.
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