Actually, the first time I did it, I have not a clue what I was doing. I had heard that pressing the FN key twice made it work. So, without knowing anything about anything, I pressed it twice and it put me into the setup window. From then on it worked just great Eugenia Firth gigifi...@sbcglobal.net
On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: > Well, you going to dictation and speech. That's off the system preferences > window. Then, you turn the dictation on by pressing the radio button. A > dialogue will come up explaining what dictation is and a little bit about how > to use it. Then, if you want to use the default key, you just use the FN key > twice to start dictating when you get in to a text area. Your Mac wil ping > at you to let you know it's listening. When done, just press FN once and you > will be pinged at again to let you know it's not listening. There's a limit; > so, you can only go so far before you get pinged at to let you know it can't > take anymore. > > twice. > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Tim Emmons <temmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm just getting used to Mountain Lion. How do you get into dictation, would >> love to try it out. Thanks. >> On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rfore...@att.net> wrote: >> >>> Well Alex, good for you. I love the dictation as well. I am talking into a >>> Griffin IMike with a Gigaware are microphone attached to it. And, my air >>> conditioner is going in the background. Not bad Huh? >>> I have only made small corrections to this dictation.? >>> Sincerely, >>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>> >>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >>> >>> Skype name: >>> barefootedray >>> >>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I am also having great luck with dictation. I have a cheap desktop >>>> microphone going through a cheap usb sound card (since the mac doesn't >>>> support direct input of non-powered mics) but it is still doing really >>>> well. In my quick tests, it made no mistakes. This, paired with that >>>> amazing speakable items feature, will make me an even lazier person than I >>>> already am. Ironically, I didn't dictate this entire message. I did, >>>> however, dictate these last two sentences. I should also add that there's >>>> a ceiling fan going in the background. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
