[MV] DNS on MacBookPro

[Valerie Maples]

Hi, Henry!

I now use it almost exclusively on my iMac, although it is also on my  
PCC  phone server.  I prefer my Mac since I do lots of photography  
stuff as well as security and productivity of Mac apps.  Since I  
already owned DNS Pro and Windows XP Pro, the cost  for Parallels was  
an easy one.  I have used DNS since it was Dragon Dictate and iListen  
for probably 3 years.  I used ViaVoice on both platforms from  
2000-2005 as well and other, lesser known programs trying to find the  
best match.

Speech recognition has revolutionized our house and the evolution is  
amazing!
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 11:03 PM, Henry Kalir wrote:

> 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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