Dragon Dictation is a speech recognition App for Apple's iOS platforms including iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The App provides automatic speech-to-text capabilities. It was developed by Nuance Communications, and released in December 2009 as a free App.

Dragon Dictation speech recognition is based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a speech recognition software package developed and sold by Nuance Communications for Windows personal computers. The most recent package is version 11.5, which supports 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and 7. The Mac OS version is called Dragon...

 speech recognition technology from Nuance Communications. It works as an online solution, requiring an Internet connection by the user. Other Apps which use the same speech recognition technology include Siri Personal Assistant

Siri Personal Assistant

Siri is an intelligent software assistant and knowledge navigator functioning as a personal assistant application for iOS. The application uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of web services...

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In July 2010, Nuance reported that there had been 3.7 million downloads of their iPhone Apps, and Dragon Dictation ranked as the number one business productivity app in Apple's iTunes App Store.