I believe some obscure latin word can do the trick, or try something in a foreign language. I mean, our computers are all assembled elsewhere, right? ;)
On 17/11/2011, at 12:58 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: > Hi Yuma, > > thanks. I don't think I'm quite their yet, but have been tweaking the > calibration and it seems to be helping. Also good to have my experience > confirmed that the key press is the better way to go. > > Funny that the name you came up with was Amadeus. It also occurred to me > that having Siri be the key word probably wasn't a good plan, because the > word Siri has shown up in a lot of email discussions lately, which would mean > VO would be saying it a lot. Unfortunately, when I tried to think of a > word/name that I would never use in another context, what kept popping into > my head was "Petunia". And I just couldn't quite get my head around calling > my MBA Petunia. lol I can see where Amadeus might get annoying, but I like > it. > Cheers, > Donna > On Nov 16, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > >> Hi Donna, >> >> Greg is right about the calibration. And just as you have tried it, the >> constant listening method is a bit quirky as it seems as though the constant >> chatter of voice over while we use the computer can probably overwhelm the >> listening algorithms. So the best approach is really to keep a certain key >> as the command key. I've tried several times with the listen keyword method >> with different original names but it's a bit annoying to keep calling >> "amadeus" to "check the time" for example or other tasks. And some tasks >> could also be enhanced such as some form of automation coupled with >> applescript or automator workflows. >> >> >> Best >> >> Yuma >> >> >> On 16/11/2011, at 4:23 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: >> >>> Hey Greg, >>> >>> Thanks! That seems to have done the trick. I hadn't messed with the >>> calibration because I had no way to tell when it was set right, but the >>> adjustment I made seems to have improved recognition significantly. >>> Cheers, >>> donna >>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Greg Aikens wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Donna, >>>> I haven't looked at this in a while, but there is a button labelled >>>> calibrate in the speech recognition dialog. It should bring up a slider >>>> that you can move around until it is more accurate. I can't tell you what >>>> the slider does, just that that I moved it around until it was more >>>> accurate. >>>> >>>> Hope this helps. >>>> >>>> -Greg >>>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I've been playing around again with speech recognition following Yuma's >>>>> posts yesterday. My experience is that it seems to work about 3 out of >>>>> ten times. Is this others experience? Yuma, you seem to be having a lot >>>>> of success, did you tweak anything in the settings to improve >>>>> recognition? I'm currently using the key press method, because when I >>>>> tried to have it listen for a key word, I literally never got the Mac to >>>>> respond. >>>>> Best, >>>>> Donna >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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