HT5364 How to optimize the dictation feature using an external device. For example using the audio from iPod to dictate into word.

Dictation feature not writing exact phrases or sentences to the word document. I tried using my iPad, however the text written is 90% incorrect. What can I do to improve that experince. I do a lot of transcriptions and this would greatly assist me.

iPad runs an entirely different opreating system. How it handles dictation doesn't affect how your MacBook Pro handles it. To solve at least the iPad, post here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad/using_ipad
Is your dictation problem with Mac OS X 10.9.2 on your MacBook Pro as well? If it is, I'll request this thread be moved to the 10.9 forum where more people have experience with 10.9.

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