Hi Daniel, yeah, it's kind of a confusing window. It's got a couple of different tabs, various buttons, I think some radio buttons, and it's hard to tell what is what. Hope you've gotten it working. Best, Donna On Aug 1, 2012, at 4:09 AM, Daniel Montalvo <charad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. 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