Computerworld's favorite smartphone apps

01.04.2011

Dragon Dictation allows you to dictate memos or messages which you can then send out as SMS messages, e-mails or as posts to Facebook or Twitter. Using it is simple: Click the "Tap and dictate" button and speak slowly and clearly. It's not always 100% accurate -- if you speak quickly, it's more likely to jumble words together -- though it's surprisingly close most of the time. If you need to clean up your dictated message before sending it out, you can do so by pressing a small keyboard icon and then typing any corrections. -- Ken Mingis

Dragon Dictation

OS reviewed: iOS

Other OSes it works with: None

Price: Free