[MV] DNS on MacBookPro

Henry Kalir kalirhe at umdnj.edu
Tue Feb 20 21:03:01 PST 2007


Valerie,

Do you use DNS on a Mac, or on a PC?

Best,

Henry

PS - All the more power to you in caring for your family!

Valerie Maples wrote:

> There are many workarounds, none of them natural, especially when it  
> comes to your name, IMHO.  Having to call yourself something other  
> than yourself and that of all your family members is just not  
> functional in my opinion when I have no name recognition problems in  
> DNS and it is already available to me.  I have inesvted hours and  
> hours in training and correction, and it is not worthy of any more of  
> my time.  I am sole caregiver to a quadriplegic husband and  
> handicapped daughter and my time is truly precious.
>
> I should have been able to fix this by now and  not resort to  
> workarounds, so I have moved on to something that just works every  
> time the way it should.  I use iListen for other things, just not  
> name intensive or medical writing.
>
> Valerie
>
> Check out my kids at:
>
>  http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/nicholemaples
>  http://www.caringbridge.org/ms/cindymaples
>  http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jorgemaples
>
>
> On Feb 20, 2007, at 10:13 PM, revDAVE wrote:
>
>> On 2/19/2007 9:31 PM, "vlmaples at bellsouth.net"  <vlmaples at bellsouth.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Joe!
>>>
>>> I think by most standards I would be considered an advanced user  on 
>>> both
>>> platforms.  The problem with iListen is that it does not  capitalize 
>>> my name
>>> unless I give that command.
>>
>>
>> In the very old ViaVoice ... I am able to do the following:
>>
>> 1 -  type any text I want ( in this case it could be the correct  
>> spelling
>> and capitalization of your own name)
>> 2 -   assign a special sound to that text ( in your case maybe not  
>> say your
>> actual name - since it does not seem to understand it - and use  some 
>> other
>> gibberish words like: tata toozy - I know it's very silly)
>>
>> 3 - then save all that - And every time you say the gibberish word  ' 
>> tata
>> toozy ' - it will spell the assign text out perfectly
>>
>> Q: Is something like this possible to do with iListen?
>>
>> -- 
>> Thanks - RevDave
>
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