If you're used to using Dragon Dictate () for dictating into your favorite programs, you'll be a bit surprised by Dragon Express, a light version of the program. This $50 Mac App Store-only program displays an icon in the menu bar that you can use to control the program. Click on this icon to access the program's preferences, and set a keyboard shortcut to display the small input window; this is where you will do your dictation. When you're done with your dictation, you can then transfer the text to the application of your choice, by clicking one of the icons at the bottom of the window, or by using keyboard shortcuts or voice commands. This works with either the frontmost application, or with one of a number of preset applications, such as Mail (click the Mail icon to create a new email message containing the text you dictate), Facebook (click the icon to post your dictated text to Facebook), and Twitter (click the button to tweet your dictated text), or you can send the text to your Web browser for Google search, to Spotlight to search on your Mac, or to the clipboard.