[MV] Re: macspeech vs dns

[Chuck Rogers]

Michael (and everyone else):

The "don't touch" rule in iListen is because Mac OS X does not allow  
the kind of inter-application communication that would be needed to  
have true interactivity within any application environment. The  
Correction window serves as an embedded editor, where you have the  
benefit of being able to use the keyboard and mouse however you would  
like, as well as maintaining the text in the original document.

BTW, if you accidentally touch the keyboard or mouse, simply put the  
cursor back where it was (usually at the end of the document, where  
you stopped dictating) and iListen will be fine. Strictly speaking,  
the problem isn't that you can't move the mouse or touch the keyboard,  
it is that if you do, you can't add or delete any characters (since  
that would throw iListen out of sync with your document) and when you  
are finished, you must put the cursor where iListen left it when you  
stopped dictating.

As you can see, it's just simpler to say "don't touch."

Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers

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On Oct 28, 2007, at 5:13 PM, M Young wrote:

>
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:17:01 -0700 Joseph Senecal wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 19, 2007, at 12:45 PM, M Young wrote:
>>
>>> I am not paralyzed. I am one of those folks who wants/needs an
>>> iListen embedded text editor. Nothing about using voice recognition
>>> software is more demoralizing than wasting my time doing voice
>>> recognition work that becomes screwed up because I touched the
>>> mouse or keyboard. Chuck, I will probably not use iListen again
>>> until I can touch the mouse and keyboard during voice  
>>> recognition. :(
>>
>> I do this all the time. The trick is to do any corrections BEFORE you
>> move the cursor or type text manually.
>>
>> Joe Senecal
>
> Sorry for the slow response, but I get the digest version of this  
> list so your response only showed up today for me.
>
> Joe, what you wrote is true and accurate. I wrote "touched the mouse  
> or keyboard" for a practical reason. My biggest frustration with  
> iListen occurred when I accidently touched the mouse and keyboard.  
> While I do want/need to be able to make corrections before moving  
> the cursor for efficiencies sake, the accidental touches are a  
> bigger problem. Since (knock on wood) I am not paralyzed, the  
> accidental touches will continue to be a problem with the current  
> version of iListen.
>
> I am glad that iListen works for you, but fortunately I have found  
> another option that works for me. :)
>
> I am not looking to get into a long dragged discussion on the merits  
> of iListen v. Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I look forward to the day  
> when a Mac native product will meet my needs. Enough said.
>
> Later,
>
> Michael
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