Mysoft
Mysoft is a French software distributor and publisher that exclusively distributes Druide's Antidote and Nuance's Dragon products in France, serving enterprises, healthcare and legal professionals, schools, and individual consumers with French-language productivity, voice recognition, and OCR tools.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersParis, France
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingSoftware
What Mysoft does
Mysoft S.A.R.L. is a French software distributor and publisher founded around 2008 and headquartered in Paris, specializing in language productivity and voice/OCR tooling for French-speaking professional and consumer markets. The company holds exclusive French distribution rights for Druide's Antidote linguistic suite and Nuance's Dragon voice recognition line (Dragon Professional, Dragon Medical One, Dragon Legal), and additionally distributes Harrap's bilingual dictionaries from Larousse, C-Pen OCR reading devices, and Philips/Olympus dictation hardware. Alongside distributed products, Mysoft develops and owns three proprietary assets: DictaLink SR (a collaborative dictation-to-secretary workflow tool), Le Normalisateur (a terminology normalization add-in for Microsoft Word), and Glossaire médical (a curated medical vocabulary resource). It serves four customer segments: organizations requiring volume licensing from five seats (Dragon, Antidote enterprise tiers), individual consumers (Antidote+ Personal at €59/year, Familial subscriptions), vertical specialists in healthcare, legal, education/dyslexia, and bilingual translation, and a French reseller network.
The underlying technology spans Dragon's acoustic neural models (advertised at 160+ words-per-minute dictation with 260K-word dictionaries), Antidote's linguistic correction engine with AI-powered generative reformulation, C-Pen's OCR-to-speech scanning devices, and DictaLink SR's author-secretary workflow orchestration; in healthcare, Dragon Medical One is offered with HDS-certified Azure hosting to meet French data-residency requirements for clinical data. Mysoft has approximately 11-50 employees and a registered share capital of €16,000, operating primarily in metropolitan France with implied reach into the EU and DOM-TOM through its C-Pen Reader 3 multilingual rollout.
Mysoft's business model combines per-seat and per-user software licenses, annual subscriptions for Antidote+ consumer tiers, hardware sales for C-Pen, Philips, and Olympus devices, professional services including on-site and remote demonstrations, and B2B volume licensing channels. Go-to-market runs through a hybrid of direct e-commerce via the company boutique, telesales, on-site/remote demonstration, and an indirect French reseller network that anonymizes end-customer relationships. Notable enterprise references include BP, Deloitte, France Telecom, Total, Reuters, and SG Asset Management; the company also seeded 439 schools with Antidote 12 in late 2025, signaling deliberate education-vertical cultivation alongside its core enterprise and consumer revenue streams.
Mysoft firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Mysoft
- Legal name
- Mysoft S.A.R.L.
- Website
- https://mysoft.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Mysoft is a French software distributor and publisher that exclusively distributes Druide's Antidote and Nuance's Dragon products in France, serving enterprises, healthcare and legal professionals, schools, and individual consumers with French-language productivity, voice recognition, and OCR tools.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Mysoft industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Language Productivity Software
- NAICS
- Translation and Interpretation Services (541930), Court Reporting and Stenotype Services (561492)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Content Generation & Writing Assistance (copy, emails, reports) (HDAAADAG)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Assistive Reading & Writing Tools (Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, OCR, Dyslexia Support) (EDAFAKAA), NLP for Compliance, eDiscovery & Contract Analytics (HDAAADAJ), Knowledge Graphs, Ontologies & Entity Resolution (HDAAADAI)
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Where Mysoft is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Paris
- HQ country
- France
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Mysoft business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Mysoft generates revenue primarily through the sale of software licenses (perpetual) and annual subscriptions for language productivity and voice recognition products. Key products include Antidote+ (subscription), Dragon Medical One (annual subscription), Dragon Professional (perpetual license or VLA), Harrap dictionaries (perpetual), and C-Pen hardware.
- Hardware Sales: Sale of physical products including C-Pen Exam 2, C-Pen Reader 2/3, digital voice recorders, specialized microphones (Philips SpeechMike, SpeechAir), and foot pedals for transcription. Hardware is sold alongside software bundles.
- Professional Services: Training, installation, configuration, and custom vocabulary development services offered as add-ons. Technical support is available by phone (0.34€/min) and email.
- Volume Licensing (VLA): Volume site licenses for Dragon Professional and multi-seat/organization licenses for Antidote products, with tiered pricing starting at 5 seats and scaling with volume, including annual maintenance plans (PMA).
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Dragon Professional 16 perpetual license (1 speaker) |
| Subscription | Annual | Dragon cloud-based subscriptions (Dragon Professional Anywhere and Dragon Medical One) |
| Subscription | Annual | Antidote+ Personnel annual subscription (1 user) |
| Subscription | Annual | Antidote+ Familial annual subscription (5 users) |
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Medical Glossary standalone for Antidote |
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Harrap's Shorter and Unabridged Pro bilingual dictionaries |
| One time/ perpetual license | Multi-year contract | Le Normalisateur Word add-in for terminology normalization |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | C-Pen Exam 2 and Reader 2/3 handheld text-to-speech devices |
| One time/ perpetual license | Annual | DictaLink SR dictation workflow software (Author and Secretariat modules) |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Organization / multi-seat pricing for Antidote products |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels5 records
Mysoft product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Mysoft is a French software publisher and exclusive distributor of a curated portfolio of language productivity tools, centered on the Antidote+ suite (grammar correction, dictionaries, AI generative reformulation for French and English) and Nuance Dragon voice recognition (Professional and Medical). The company complements these with DictaLink SR dictation workflow software, Le Normalisateur terminology add-in for Word, the Antidote Medical Glossary, Harrap's bilingual dictionaries, and C-Pen OCR reading pens, serving both individual consumers and organizations across France.
Product overview
Mysoft is a French software distributor offering a portfolio of language, voice recognition, and accessibility products. The core offering centers on Antidote+ (subscription access to Antidote 12 desktop, Antidote Web online, and Antidote Mobile), which provides AI-powered French and English writing assistance with grammar correction, dictionaries, and generative reformulation. This is complemented by Antidote Medical Glossary (221,000+ medical terminology entries) and Antidote for English. For voice recognition, Mysoft distributes Dragon Professional, Dragon Professional Anywhere, and Dragon Medical One (cloud-based medical speech recognition), supported by DictaLink SR for collaborative dictation workflows. Bilingual reference tools include Harrap's Shorter (600,000 translations) and Harrap's Unabridged Pro (1,000,000 translations with Business module). Accessibility products feature C-Pen Exam 2, C-Pen Reader 2/3 (OCR reading pens for dyslexic users). Document management includes Power PDF, and terminology automation is handled by Le Normalisateur for Word.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Antidote+ Annual subscription providing access to the complete Antidote language suite (Antidote 12 desktop, Antidote Web online, Antidote Mobile iOS/iPad) for French or English writing assistance with grammar correction, dictionaries, linguistic guides, and AI-powered generative reformulation. Targeted at individual consumers (Personnel, Familial tiers) and organizations.
- Antidote 12 Desktop grammar corrector and dictionary suite for PC or Mac, featuring next-generation correction with review filters, multiple dictionaries with powerful search, and detailed linguistic guides. Available as a perpetual license or via Antidote+ subscription.
- Antidote Web Browser-based version of Antidote delivering the corrector, dictionaries, and guides via antidote.app, accessible from any connected device without local installation.
- Antidote Mobile iOS/iPad application providing Antidote dictionary and guide access, usable offline without internet connection.
- Antidote Pro Subscription-based organizational solution combining Antidote 12 and Antidote Web with AI generative reformulation, shared personal dictionaries, rule lists, and group management for organizations of 5+ users.
- Antidote Medical Glossary Medical terminology module for Antidote with 221,000+ specialized entries and 368,000+ conjugated forms covering general medicine, surgical specialties, biology, and pharmacology, with direct links to Académie nationale de médecine and Académie nationale de pharmacie dictionaries.
- Antidote for English English-language version of Antidote with rewritten corrector, dictionaries, and guides adapted to English linguistic, typographical, and stylistic conventions; combined with the French version it offers 2.7 million translations.
- Dragon Professional Professional continuous speech recognition software for Windows or Mac, enabling dictation at 160+ words per minute with a 260,000-word dictionary, specialized legal/medical vocabularies, hands-free voice commands, and adaptive acoustic models. Available as a perpetual license or Volume License Agreement (VLA).
- Dragon Professional Anywhere Cloud-hosted Dragon speech recognition via annual subscription, with the recognition engine running on Microsoft Azure for always-available voice-to-text from any Windows device.
- Dragon Medical One Cloud-based medical voice recognition solution with extended medical vocabulary, hosted on Microsoft Azure HDS-certified infrastructure with 256-bit TLS encryption for French healthcare data compliance.
- DictaLink SR Collaborative dictation workflow software linking voice authors with transcription secretaries. Supports pure digital dictation, voice recognition (with Dragon), and mixed modes, with real-time file sharing and progress tracking. Author and Secretariat modules available standalone or as Pro bundles with USB accessories.
- Harrap's Shorter French-English bilingual dictionary with 350,000 words/expressions and 600,000 translations covering general vocabulary and essential specialty terms, including business correspondence templates.
- Harrap's Unabridged Pro Professional bilingual French-English dictionary with 475,000 words/expressions, 1,000,000 translations, and an integrated Business module of 75,000 specialized business translations covering marketing, accounting, finance, and HR.
- C-Pen Exam 2 Handheld reading-assistance pen using OCR to scan and read printed text aloud for dyslexic users, with offline exam-friendly operation and support for 12+ languages including French and English.
- C-Pen Reader 2 Multi-function handheld OCR reading pen with text-to-speech, onboard French/English/Spanish dictionaries, voice memo recording, MP3 playback, and USB scanner mode for PC, Mac, and Android connectivity.
- C-Pen Reader 3 Latest-generation reading pen with touchscreen interface, advanced synthesis voices, pronunciation exercises, and 40+ connected languages including Dutch and Italian.
- Power PDF PDF creation, conversion, editing, security, printing, and form handling software with text-to-speech reading capability and a collaboration module for document review and sharing.
- Le Normalisateur Terminology normalization add-in for Microsoft Word that automates find-and-replace operations using customizable word lists and substitution rules across unlimited Word documents.
Quantifiable outcome
- Dragon Professional enables continuous dictation at 160+ words per minute
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Mysoft
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments7 records
Ideal customer profiles6 records
Mysoft technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration24 records
AI capability12 records
Feature8 records
Mysoft partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- Druide InformatiqueflagshipMysoft is the exclusive distributor of Druide's Antidote products (Antidote 12, Antidote Web, Antidote Mobile, Antidote Pro) for the French market. Druide, based in Canada, develops Antidote+ and Mysoft handles all French distribution, marketing, sales, and first-level technical support. Druide manages subscription billing and the customer space (Espace Client).
- Nuance CommunicationscoreMysoft distributes Nuance's Dragon voice recognition products in France, including Dragon Professional, Dragon Professional Anywhere, and Dragon Medical One. Nuance develops the core speech recognition technology while Mysoft handles French market distribution, local dictionaries (legal, medical, BTP), and French-language support.
- Microsoft AzurecoreDragon Medical One and Dragon Professional Anywhere run on Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure, hosted in data centers that are certified as HDS (Hébergeur de Données de Santé) for healthcare data compliance in France. This ensures GDPR and French healthcare data protection standards.
- C-Pen (Scanner Technology AS)minorMysoft distributes C-Pen Exam 2, C-Pen Reader 2, and C-Pen Reader 3 handheld text-to-speech devices in France. These devices use OCR technology to scan and read text aloud, primarily serving dyslexic and low-vision users.
- Philips (SpeechMike and SpeechAir)minorMysoft distributes Philips SpeechMike microphones (including SpeechMike Ambient for voice recognition) and Philips SpeechAir smart voice recorders as complementary hardware to Dragon voice recognition software in the French market.
- Olympus (digital voice recorders)minorMysoft distributes Olympus digital voice recorders (e.g., DS-9500) as complementary hardware for DictaLink SR dictation workflows, enabling authors to dictate on the go for subsequent transcription by secretaries.
- Larousse (Hachette Livre)coreMysoft distributes Larousse's Harrap's bilingual French-English dictionaries (Harrap's Shorter and Harrap's Unabridged Pro) in France. These dictionaries include specialized business terminology modules and are distributed as software with multi-seat licensing options.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Mysoft competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- ABBYY: Global OCR and document-capture vendor whose technology overlaps with C-Pen's OCR-to-speech use case and with Mysoft's PDF/OCR offerings; competes for similar enterprise document-productivity budgets.
- Grammarly: Global AI writing-assistant incumbent with brand and consumer scale Mysoft does not have; competes for the same enterprise/organization writing-tool budgets as Antidote Pro.
- Speech Processing Solutions (Philips Dictation): The Philips dictation hardware/software business whose SpeechMike and SpeechAir devices Mysoft resells. Comparable as a dictation-and-workflow vendor addressing legal and medical professionals across Europe.
- Nuance Communications (Microsoft): Developer of Dragon — the core speech-recognition technology Mysoft distributes. As a Microsoft subsidiary, it is both Mysoft's principal and a potential bypass-threat if Microsoft ever decides to sell Dragon direct in France.
- Larousse (Hachette Livre): Publisher of Harrap's bilingual dictionaries that Mysoft distributes. Comparable as a French reference-content publisher with overlapping dictionary/translation audiences.
Direct peers
- LanguageTool: AI-based multilingual grammar and writing assistant available as SaaS and on-prem. Competes directly with Antidote in French/English grammar correction, with a freemium model that pressures Antidote+'s entry-tier pricing.
- Tobii Dynavox: Specialist in assistive communication and reading devices for dyslexia and accessibility — the same end-user population Mysoft addresses with C-Pen Reader/Exam.
- Druide Informatique: The Canadian developer of Antidote, Mysoft's flagship product. Druide is the upstream principal that grants Mysoft exclusive French distribution rights; the two are economically coupled and effectively co-sell the same product into different geographies.
- Cordial: French-language proofreading and rewriting SaaS aimed at marketers and editors. Overlaps with Antidote's style/correction value proposition for French professional content teams.
Regional players
- SDL / RWS (Trados): Translation-memory and CAT-tool leader that integrates with Antidote via third-party connectors. Comparable as a translation-productivity vendor serving French enterprise localization teams.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
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Frequently asked questions about Mysoft
What does Mysoft do?
Mysoft is a French software publisher and exclusive distributor of a curated portfolio of language productivity tools, centered on the Antidote+ suite (grammar correction, dictionaries, AI generative reformulation for French and English) and Nuance Dragon voice recognition (Professional and Medical). The company complements these with DictaLink SR dictation workflow software, Le Normalisateur terminology add-in for Word, the Antidote Medical Glossary, Harrap's bilingual dictionaries, and C-Pen OCR reading pens, serving both individual consumers and organizations across France.
Is Mysoft a public or private company?
Mysoft is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Mysoft founded?
Mysoft was founded in 2008. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Mysoft based?
Mysoft is headquartered in Paris, France, in the Europe region.
How does Mysoft make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Software Licenses and Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are hardware Sales, professional Services and volume Licensing (VLA).
Who are Mysoft's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are ABBYY, Grammarly, Speech Processing Solutions (Philips Dictation), Nuance Communications (Microsoft) and Larousse (Hachette Livre). Direct peers are LanguageTool, Tobii Dynavox, Druide Informatique and Cordial. SDL / RWS (Trados) is listed as a regional player.
Does Mysoft have an API?
No public API is recorded for Mysoft.
What industry is Mysoft in?
Mysoft's product category is Language Productivity Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAADAG, Content Generation & Writing Assistance (copy, emails, reports), with a secondary code of EDAFAKAA, Assistive Reading & Writing Tools (Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, OCR, Dyslexia Support). Its NAICS code is 541930 and its SIC code is 7372.