Once you get over the self-consciousness of dictating loudly to your computer, the whole thing works quite magically. It is supposed to work with multiple applications, but it does best with Microsoft Word. Dragon Dictate Professional Individual for Mac claims to transfer dictated words into prose on your computer. You know the type? Well, Dragon Dictate is a voice recognition software that aims to offer that service: a stenographer and a transcriber rolled into one. Others like Skedool become time and appointment managers. An app called Accompany pretends to be the handler that whispers key information in your ear before a meeting.