That's of great help, yes. I think my mac said something about volume. i'll have to check it again and see what happens because it seems this window has some labelling issues as well.
2012/7/31, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com>: > Hi Daniel, > > That thing you're calling the volume control is actually the slider that you > move up and down to calibrate the mic. You have to speak the phrases as > they are written, and if the Mac recognizes the command, you'll hear a > little "whit" sound. You want to get to the point where you're hearing that > sound most of the time. > HTH, > Donna > On Jul 31, 2012, at 4:31 PM, Daniel <charad...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey, and hat exactly do you do to calibrate the microphone? In the screen >> that appears I can only see the volume control that one can move up and >> down but I see no other thing that warns us about whether the calibration >> has been successful or not. How have you proceeded with the calibration? >> >> >> El 31/07/2012, a las 23:00, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> escribió: >> >>> Hi Les, >>> >>> I'm getting it to work pretty reliably, but it doesn't work all the time. >>> Also, I spent a lot of time calibrating the microphone. I do think it's >>> worth using, but it doesn't work 100% of the time. If you want better >>> results, my best advice would be to practice. >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 3:57 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Okay, I have this working, but it's very intermittent. While I like the >>>> concept, it doesn't seem practical to use it right now: if I'm missing >>>> something, let me know. What are other's results getting this to work >>>> reliably? >>>> >>>> Les >>>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Neil >>>>> When you can get it to work, you need to say the phrase "tell me what >>>>> to say " >>>>> This will bring up a list of phrases because the words have to be >>>>> exact >>>>> >>>>> Eugenia Firth >>>>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:31 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; 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