MacSpeech Scribe is speech recognition software for Mac OS X designed specifically for transcription of recorded voice dictation. It runs on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. The software transcribes dictation recorded by an individual speaker. Typically the speaker will record their dictation using a digital recording device such as a handheld digital recorder, mobile smartphone (e.g. iPhone), or desktop or laptop computer with a suitable microphone. MacSpeech Scribe supports specific audio file formats for recorded dictation: .aif, .aiff, .wav, .mp4, .m4a, and .m4v.

MacSpeech Scribe was originally developed by MacSpeech

MacSpeech

MacSpeech was a company that developed speech recognition software for Apple Macintosh computers. It has been acquired by Nuance Communications....

, Inc. and released February 11, 2010 at Macworld Expo in San Francisco. The product is now owned by Nuance Communications

Nuance Communications

Nuance Communications is a multinational computer software technology corporation, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, USA, that provides speech and imaging applications...

 which acquired MacSpeech on February 16, 2010. Nuance is the developer of other speech recognition products including Dragon NaturallySpeaking

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...

 for Windows, Dragon Dictate for Mac

DragonDictate

DragonDictate and Dragon Dictate are proprietary speech recognition software. The older program, DragonDictate, was originally developed by Dragon Systems for Microsoft Windows. It has now been replaced by Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows, developed by Nuance Communications...

 (formerly "MacSpeech Dictate

MacSpeech Dictate

MacSpeech Dictate was a speech recognition program developed for Mac OS X by MacSpeech. The first version of MacSpeech Dictate was released in March 2008 after being showcased at the Macworld Conference & Expo in 2008 and winning the Macworld 2008 Best Of Show award...

"), and Dragon Dictation apps for iOS.

Jeffery Battersby of Macworld noted in his September 2010 review of MacSpeech Scribe v1.1:

Small foibles aside, MacSpeech Scribe is a powerful and intelligent tool for transcribing your recorded speech. A simple training process and access to a wide variety of standard audio formats mean that you’ll be moving your spoken text to the printed page in a matter of minutes and with a minimum of hassle. Scribe is the best, simplest way for you to get your spoken word to the printed page.

Version	Release Date	Changes
1.0	February 2010	Initial Release.
1.0.1	June 2010	Minor bug fixes.
1.1	September 2010	Minor bug fixes, interface enhancements, volume licensing support.