What you are talking about is speakable items. Go to system preferences, accessibility, and find it in the table of options. From there, select the tabs you want and configure things as necessary. I recommend going to the commands tab, then the table of command sets, and turning on everything. On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <for...@talknav.com> wrote:
> sorry, where do you enable that bit though, I mean I can dictate no issue, > but, how does one ask what day it is etc? > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 31 Jul 2012, at 01:48, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> These are commands you can give, like "what time is it" or "open iPhoto". >> You can even select buttons shown in the currently open dialog just by >> speaking them. If you are at all familiar with Windows speech recognition, >> it's like dictation is the text input part of that and speakable objects is >> the other part that accepts commands for system operations. >> On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Tim Emmons <temmo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ok, easy enough. What is this about speakable Items I'm seeing how does >>> that effect this. Sorry I'm so late coming into this, I've been at work >>> today and not able to keep up with this a lot as they haven't upgraded us >>> yet. Thanks for your patience guys. >>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> You go into system preferences, then accessibility. Interact with a table >>>> and select dictation. Turn it on, then follow the dialogs. If you are >>>> using a usb microphone, you may have to going to sound preferences and set >>>> the input source to be that USB microphone. >>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:38 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. >> >> >> >> 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. > 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. 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