[MV] DNS on Mac on Parallels

[Chuck Rogers]

Ian (and everyone else):

As Joe pointed out, having commands intermingled in dictation mode  
could cause huge problems. While there will be improvements, the only  
way I see commands being integrated is if there is a trigger word in  
front of the command. Even that could cause problems, however.  
Imaging you are dictating the phrase "when I told my computer to go  
to sleep" and the trigger word is "computer." You wouldn't want your  
computer to go to sleep in the middle of a dictation session!

There will always be something to "get used to." If you have commands  
integrated into dictation you will be even more restricted as to what  
you can say for commands, since those commands will have to be  
structured in such a way that they are less likely to be mistaken for  
a phrase you want to dictate. This can present a very unnatural way  
of using the computer, since those phrases would likely be harder to  
remember.

As it is, you can always say "one shot command" in iListen and it  
will go into Command Mode for one command - so the very next thing  
you say after "one shot command" will be interpreted as an action  
instead of typed out. This may give you what you are looking for - or  
at least get you closer.




Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist
MacSpeech, Inc.




On May 6, 2007, at 6:12 PM, Ian Gilman wrote:

> I understand there are technical challenges in creating a truly  
> modeless speech interface, but we've got to get there somehow.   
> Speech has the potential to be a much more natural interface for  
> the computer than mice and keyboards, but always having to remember  
> which mode you're in is a big stumbling block.  You may be used to  
> it now, after you've been using iListen for a while, but that's not  
> how most people talk.