I have used the dictation feature to dictate documents. However it can be kind of frustrating because it tends to make mistakes so you always have to read what you've written. When I was doing my internship for college I was using the dictation feature to dictate my logs. Hope that helps
Bec and Ceil On Feb 10, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Jesus Garcia <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Different concepts the dictation feature on the Mac is much closer to the > dictation feature on the I O S devices it is for dictating short text into > any edit field mostly within the email, message and text editor programs. I > am certain others on the list can explain better, but for the most part I > have only used it for short text messages, as I do on the iPohne. > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jessica Moss > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:30 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion > > How much will that allow you to do compared to Siri? > On Feb 9, 2013, at 8:50 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: > >> Hello, I was able to activate the dictation button and the system > preferences on my Mac. Unfortunately so far I can only get this to work and > mail. It is probably a mistake on my part. >> On Feb 9, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Jesus Garcia <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Yes to both questions so long as you are running Mountain Lion. I >>> believe you may need to activate the feature in the systems >>> preference I don't recall if it was the default when I set up mountain > lion. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of >>> ppowell...@aol.com >>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 16:40 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion >>> >>> Hi folks, this is a feature, I am not familiar with. I have seen it >>> in system preferences. My question is this, will it work on any text >>> boxes/iMessage? Will it repeat what it has written? Thanks for any help. >>> >>> Pam Francis >>> >>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:19 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> You need to be certain you are interacting with the edit field vo >>> shift down arrow, then tap the FN key twice you should get the same >>> type of tone you get when activating dictation on any of the I >>> devices speak your peace then double tap the FN key again. That should do > it. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarai >>> Bucciarelli >>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 12:41 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Dictation feature of mountain lion >>> >>> Hi when I log onto my Twitter client Searness, I go to the edit field >>> to tweet, and I press function key twice, and nothing happens. >>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Brandon Olivares >>> <programmer2...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Can you explain what you mean? >>>> >>>> God bless, >>>> Brandon Olivares >>>> Azavia Technologies >>>> ZCaptcha - The Captcha Reader >>>> >>>> On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:17 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli >>> <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi guys, why want to the Mountain lion dictation work when I am on >>>>> Siri >>> next question >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups 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