I have found it thank you, my question now is why is it not working! I have enabled it all, and turned the feature on, yet, even by changing the command key and restarting nothing happens.
what is unclear, is am I supposed to press and hold down the key I nominate? thanks for any hands on practical usage info. 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 16:43, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > 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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