From macvoice at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Thu Apr 10 13:50:34 2008 From: macvoice at listserver.themacintoshguy.com (macvoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com) Date: Thu Apr 10 13:53:46 2008 Subject: [MV] Pharmacy Online April %70 OFF Message-ID: <20080411125035.5772.qmail@Lenov09235450> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macvoice/attachments/20080410/6e049344/attachment-0001.html From ricky at notdoneliving.net Thu Apr 10 21:50:36 2008 From: ricky at notdoneliving.net (Ricky Buchanan) Date: Thu Apr 10 21:54:58 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate User Experiences Message-ID: <4930EBF6-9913-4352-AC91-B266F4A5D214@notdoneliving.net> Paul Nasch was kind enough to write an article about his experiences with Dictate that I published on ATMac.org last night. It's available here: http://atmac.org/2008/04/11/macspeech-dictate-is-highly-recommended/ I'd be thrilled to publish more user experiences - including negative ones. The more information that's out there the better prospective purchasers can evaluate whether this is for them. I have received my crossgrade DVD now by the way, just haven't had enough time to actually figure out how to use it!! Warmest regards, r -- Ricky Buchanan * ricky@notdoneliving.net * http://notdoneliving.net/ The people of the machine not only reduce everything to mathematics, but they also leave important sums out of the equations. -- DJN From lorin at lorinhollander.com Fri Apr 11 06:42:27 2008 From: lorin at lorinhollander.com (Lorin Hollander) Date: Fri Apr 11 06:42:35 2008 Subject: [MV] Correction module availability - playback mode? Message-ID: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> Hi friends, When will the correction module be available for Dictate? Will this module have the capacity to highlight a mistaken dictation and then hear played back what was actually said? This is important, of course, to be able to hear exactly what was dictated. Also there seemed to be a number of bugs in the dedicated Dictate notepad. Most keyboard navigating - space bar, carriage return, arrow keys, among others - do not function correctly. Cannot use Dictate at the moment and am back to iListen. Am awaiting the correction module. Thanks, all. Lorin Lorin Hollander P.O. Box 72 Stockton Springs, ME 04981 207.567.3219 lorin@lorinhollander.com www.lorinhollander.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macvoice/attachments/20080411/e6e7a583/attachment.html From chuck.rogers at macspeech.com Fri Apr 11 06:54:39 2008 From: chuck.rogers at macspeech.com (Chuck Rogers) Date: Fri Apr 11 06:54:47 2008 Subject: [MV] Correction module availability - playback mode? In-Reply-To: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> Message-ID: <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> Lorin (and everyone else): Regarding Correction, we are working on it and we will release it when we feel it is ready. It is a top priority for us at this time. Simply put, if we knew a date when it will be released, it would already be finished and made available. We don't withhold our releases for any reason, other than that they do not meet our quality assurance requirements for that particular version. Regarding the issues you are having in MacSpeech Dictate's Note Pad, you may want to contact our technical support department, for specifics, but if you use your voice to edit the document (instead of the keyboard), you will be fine. Best Regards, Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist MacSpeech, Inc. From dkw at umich.edu Fri Apr 11 07:26:43 2008 From: dkw at umich.edu (David Wehe) Date: Fri Apr 11 07:28:29 2008 Subject: [MV] Correction module availability - playback mode? In-Reply-To: <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> Message-ID: <944DF125-E37A-401B-805A-6D6BAFA251A8@umich.edu> I agree with Lorin -- Dictate is a good step forward for Mac users, and when the correction features are nearly as good as Natural Speaking, this will make it a quantum leap. Forward ho! dkw. On Apr 11, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Chuck Rogers wrote: > Lorin (and everyone else): > > Regarding Correction, we are working on it and we will release it > when we feel it is ready. It is a top priority for us at this time. > Simply put, if we knew a date when it will be released, it would > already be finished and made available. We don't withhold our > releases for any reason, other than that they do not meet our > quality assurance requirements for that particular version. > > Regarding the issues you are having in MacSpeech Dictate's Note Pad, > you may want to contact our technical support department, for > specifics, but if you use your voice to edit the document (instead > of the keyboard), you will be fine. > > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist > MacSpeech, Inc. > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > From Cool at hosting4days.com Fri Apr 11 17:31:51 2008 From: Cool at hosting4days.com (revDAVE) Date: Fri Apr 11 17:32:03 2008 Subject: [MV] Viavoice and 10.4.11 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 3/12/2008 9:59 PM, "Ian Gilman" wrote: > The odd but effective fix I have found for the "In use by another > application" issue is to open System Preferences to the Sound panel > and select the Input tab. Do this before you start ViaVoice, and > then leave it up. > > -- Ian Gilman > -- digital renaissance man > -- www.iangilman.com > -- 415-706-8447 Ian - this works great! What a life saver! ...(Even though I already bought dictate and will be moving to it soon...) -- Thanks - RevDave Cool @ hosting4days . com [db-lists] From john at rkroll.com Thu Apr 17 18:11:46 2008 From: john at rkroll.com (John) Date: Thu Apr 17 18:12:03 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> Message-ID: <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> Hi, I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to office or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on my computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and when I resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to reacquire the mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. How can I avoid this? Joh From chuck.rogers at macspeech.com Thu Apr 17 18:15:48 2008 From: chuck.rogers at macspeech.com (Chuck Rogers) Date: Thu Apr 17 18:16:01 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> Message-ID: Joh: You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. Best Regards, Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist MacSpeech, Inc. On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm > using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to > office or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on > my computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and > when I resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to > reacquire the mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. > > How can I avoid this? > > Joh > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From ian at iangilman.com Thu Apr 17 21:31:12 2008 From: ian at iangilman.com (Ian Gilman) Date: Thu Apr 17 21:31:49 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> Message-ID: <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> Please tell me you're working on fixing this! ViaVoice has the same problem and it's terribly annoying. -- Ian Gilman -- digital renaissance man -- www.iangilman.com -- 415-706-8447 On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: > Joh: > > You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. > > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist > MacSpeech, Inc. > > > > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm >> using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to >> office or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on >> my computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and >> when I resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to >> reacquire the mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. >> >> How can I avoid this? >> >> Joh >> _______________________________________________ >> MacVoice mailing list >> MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From chuck.rogers at macspeech.com Thu Apr 17 22:03:46 2008 From: chuck.rogers at macspeech.com (Chuck Rogers) Date: Thu Apr 17 22:03:57 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> Message-ID: It is not that simple. The problem has to do with how Mac OS X handles sound input devices when the computer is put to sleep. It cannot be easily fixed without help from Apple. On Apr 17, 2008, at 11:31 PM, Ian Gilman wrote: > Please tell me you're working on fixing this! ViaVoice has the same > problem and it's terribly annoying. > > -- Ian Gilman-- digital renaissance man > -- www.iangilman.com-- 415-706-8447 > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: > >> Joh: >> >> You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. >> >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist >> MacSpeech, Inc. >> >> >> >> >> On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm >>> using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to >>> office or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on >>> my computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and >>> when I resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to >>> reacquire the mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. >>> >>> How can I avoid this? >>> >>> Joh >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacVoice mailing list >>> MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacVoice mailing list >> MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From Cool at hosting4days.com Fri Apr 18 07:10:11 2008 From: Cool at hosting4days.com (revDAVE) Date: Fri Apr 18 07:10:54 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> Message-ID: On 4/17/2008 6:11 PM, "John" wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm > using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to office > or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on my > computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and when I > resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to reacquire the > mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. > > How can I avoid this? Here is some similar quirky behavior: HP laptop with Vista - let's say that I am listening on headphones to some audio or video through itunes ( maybe other apps also)... I stop the media and close the lid - pull the headphones - travel - then open it up - put back the headphones - start the media ... No matter how many times I re- insert the headphones - all the audio comes out of the speakers till I reboot the machine... - if I pull the headphones before I close the lid ... There's no problem... - sounds like the same guy worked on the audio interface for both platforms... Maybe he needs to do a little more bug checking... -- Thanks - RevDave Cool @ hosting4days . com [db-lists] From tscheresky at micron.com Fri Apr 18 07:13:11 2008 From: tscheresky at micron.com (tscheresky@micron.com) Date: Fri Apr 18 07:13:18 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com><04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com><864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> Message-ID: Just curious why shutting down and restarting Dictate is a big issue for you? How long does it take? -----Original Message----- From: macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com [mailto:macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of Ian Gilman Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:31 PM To: A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh. Subject: Re: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. Please tell me you're working on fixing this! ViaVoice has the same problem and it's terribly annoying. -- Ian Gilman -- digital renaissance man -- www.iangilman.com -- 415-706-8447 On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: > Joh: > > You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. > > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist > MacSpeech, Inc. > > > > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm >> using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to >> office or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on my >> computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and when I >> resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to reacquire the >> mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. >> >> How can I avoid this? >> >> Joh >> _______________________________________________ >> MacVoice mailing list >> MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice _______________________________________________ MacVoice mailing list MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From john at rkroll.com Fri Apr 18 07:53:13 2008 From: john at rkroll.com (John) Date: Fri Apr 18 07:56:04 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> Message-ID: <42906088-640A-4832-B213-ECD4B5F4F9D8@rkroll.com> Chuck, I hope that this is high on the list of things to fix. One of the nicest things about OS X is that I never quit out of anything and am instantly back in context a few seconds after lifting the lid. Dictate only takes a few seconds to start, but it is only app that will require this. I understand that it has a special relationship with hardware input that other software only apps don't require. Windows users are astounded that I never quit anything and never shutdown my laptop. John On Apr 17, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: > Joh: > > You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. > > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist > MacSpeech, Inc. > > > > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm a fairly new voice user and tried iListen previously. Now I'm >> using Dictate and rather like it. When I'm moving from home to >> office or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on >> my computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and >> when I resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to >> reacquire the mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. >> >> How can I avoid this? >> >> Joh >> _______________________________________________ >> MacVoice mailing list >> MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From john at rkroll.com Fri Apr 18 07:57:46 2008 From: john at rkroll.com (John) Date: Fri Apr 18 08:00:16 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com><04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com><864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> Message-ID: On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:13 AM, wrote: > Just curious why shutting down and restarting Dictate is a big issue > for > you? How long does it take? > Its not a big issue, Dictate takes 15 seconds to start. I must double click it and then click to choose a profile (why do I have to do that??). But its one of those things that I have to do, and I shouldn't have to. John > -----Original Message----- > From: macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > [mailto:macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of > Ian Gilman > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:31 PM > To: A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh. > Subject: Re: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. > > Please tell me you're working on fixing this! ViaVoice has the same > problem and it's terribly annoying. > > -- Ian Gilman > -- digital renaissance man > -- www.iangilman.com > -- 415-706-8447 > > > On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: > >> Joh: >> >> You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. >> >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist >> MacSpeech, Inc. >> >> >> From chuck.rogers at macspeech.com Fri Apr 18 08:16:27 2008 From: chuck.rogers at macspeech.com (Chuck Rogers) Date: Fri Apr 18 08:16:38 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com><04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com><864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> Message-ID: <44113DE4-547D-4D21-AE50-EF57C8EA8937@macspeech.com> John (and everyone else): As I said, the audio issue is something that would be easier to fix if Apple made it easier for the app to reacquire the sound input channel when the computer wakes up from sleep. Regarding choosing a profile when the program is launched, right now we haven't put in code that distinguishes between having one profile and several, so, in a way, the program "assumes" you have more than one profile and thus requires you to choose which one you want to use - even if there is only one. We have other things that are much higher priorities than these things right now, but rest assured that we will look into ways to address them in the futture. Best Regards, Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist MacSpeech, Inc. On Apr 18, 2008, at 9:57 AM, John wrote: > On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:13 AM, > wrote: > >> Just curious why shutting down and restarting Dictate is a big >> issue for >> you? How long does it take? >> > > > > Its not a big issue, Dictate takes 15 seconds to start. I must > double click it and then click to choose a profile (why do I have to > do that??). But its one of those things that I have to do, and I > shouldn't have to. > > John > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> [mailto:macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of >> Ian Gilman >> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:31 PM >> To: A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh. >> Subject: Re: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. >> >> Please tell me you're working on fixing this! ViaVoice has the same >> problem and it's terribly annoying. >> >> -- Ian Gilman >> -- digital renaissance man >> -- www.iangilman.com >> -- 415-706-8447 >> >> On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: >> >>> Joh: >>> >>> You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist >>> MacSpeech, Inc. >>> >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From thechuck at mac.com Fri Apr 18 11:26:11 2008 From: thechuck at mac.com (Chuck Rogers) Date: Fri Apr 18 11:26:28 2008 Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members Message-ID: All: Just a quick note to let you know that MacSpeech and I have parted company due to differences of opinion on several matters. Although I will continue to be active on the MacVoice list, I will no longer be representing MacSpeech when posting. Chuck Rogers, former Chief Evangelist for MacSpeech From kalirhe at umdnj.edu Fri Apr 18 12:01:04 2008 From: kalirhe at umdnj.edu (Henry Kalir) Date: Fri Apr 18 12:02:53 2008 Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Not AGAIN, Chuck... Kiss and make up and let's get back to voice recognition. Best, Henry ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Rogers Date: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:27 pm Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members To: "A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh." > All: > > Just a quick note to let you know that MacSpeech and I have > parted? > company due to differences of opinion on several matters. > Although I? > will continue to be active on the MacVoice list, I will no > longer be? > representing MacSpeech when posting. > > Chuck Rogers, former Chief Evangelist for MacSpeech > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macvoice/attachments/20080418/d1f61593/attachment.html From tr5374 at csc.albany.edu Fri Apr 18 12:55:54 2008 From: tr5374 at csc.albany.edu (Tom R. no spam) Date: Fri Apr 18 12:56:14 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com> <04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com> <864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> Message-ID: Just out of curiousity, is this the same if you (i) do, versus (ii) do not plug the mic back in before unsleeping? That is, what if you don't pull the mic out until you have closed the lid and slept, and then make sure to plug the mic back in before you unsleep/open the lid? How would the Mac know you've unplugged the mic? On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, John wrote: . . . > or back I usually pull out the USB mic and close the lid on my > computer. Dictate complains about loosing the microphone and when I > resume the computer (open the lid) Dictate refuses to reacquire the > mic. I have to shut it down and restart Dictate. From jbusser at interchange.ubc.ca Fri Apr 18 17:18:56 2008 From: jbusser at interchange.ubc.ca (James Busser) Date: Fri Apr 18 17:19:40 2008 Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members In-Reply-To: <20080418195628.AD0451C8AA28@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> References: <20080418195628.AD0451C8AA28@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> Message-ID: <54B10029-993C-479D-B71C-57095C3756DD@interchange.ubc.ca> On 18-Apr-08, at 12:56 PM, macvoice- request@listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > From: Chuck Rogers > Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members > > Just a quick note to let you know that MacSpeech and I have parted > company due to differences of opinion on several matters. Although I > will continue to be active on the MacVoice list, I will no longer be > representing MacSpeech when posting. I am starting to use Dictate but unless I missed something at the MacSpeech site did not see a way to interact with the company in terms of reporting bugs or making requests, nor did I note any hosting of a forum there in which a MacSpeech or Dictate community could grow. If anyone can point me to where that could best occur, I would appreciate it. In the absence of same, perhaps this list remains a useful place to discuss MacSpeech and Dictate. Moreover, if it happens that users needs seem to align with any of those "differences" for which Chuck may have been advocating, then (maybe) all the better. From Cool at hosting4days.com Fri Apr 18 17:48:15 2008 From: Cool at hosting4days.com (revDAVE) Date: Fri Apr 18 17:48:25 2008 Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 4/18/2008 11:26 AM, "Chuck Rogers" wrote: > All: > > Just a quick note to let you know that MacSpeech and I have parted > company due to differences of opinion on several matters. Although I > will continue to be active on the MacVoice list, I will no longer be > representing MacSpeech when posting. > > Chuck Rogers, former Chief Evangelist for MacSpeech Hi Chuck, You have always been very cool about everything - so I for one am VERY sorry that you have parted company with MacSpeech, (at a time when they probably need you most....). -- Thanks - RevDave Cool @ hosting4days . com [db-lists] From JSenecal at aol.com Sat Apr 19 01:06:12 2008 From: JSenecal at aol.com (Joseph Senecal) Date: Sat Apr 19 01:06:32 2008 Subject: [MV] Notice to MacVoice Members In-Reply-To: <54B10029-993C-479D-B71C-57095C3756DD@interchange.ubc.ca> References: <20080418195628.AD0451C8AA28@listserver.themacintoshguy.com> <54B10029-993C-479D-B71C-57095C3756DD@interchange.ubc.ca> Message-ID: <0B44C443-CE80-4BE5-A0BD-124DB55847F7@aol.com> James, On the MacSpeech Website, select Support Center from the Support menu. That's where you'll find the Contact Support links. There is an active MacSpeech Support list, but I don't see it on the web site either. Here's the information from to bottomn of one of those e-mails: MacSpeech-Support mailing list MacSpeech-Support@lists.macspeech.com http://lists.macspeech.com/mailman/listinfo/macspeech-support The link above should let you sign up. Joe Senecal On Apr 18, 2008, at 5:18 PM, James Busser wrote: > I am starting to use Dictate but unless I missed something at the > MacSpeech site did not see a way to interact with the company in > terms of reporting bugs or making requests, nor did I note any > hosting of a forum there in which a MacSpeech or Dictate community > could grow. > > If anyone can point me to where that could best occur, I would > appreciate it. In the absence of same, perhaps this list remains a > useful place to discuss MacSpeech and Dictate. Moreover, if it > happens that users needs seem to align with any of those > "differences" for which Chuck may have been advocating, then (maybe) > all the better. From jbusser at interchange.ubc.ca Sat Apr 19 15:59:25 2008 From: jbusser at interchange.ubc.ca (James Busser) Date: Sat Apr 19 16:00:12 2008 Subject: [MV] VXI BlueParrott and Dictate? Message-ID: <581F2140-071E-4E55-8F9B-1651D8D18D07@interchange.ubc.ca> Anyone tried (or at least know) whether a VXI BlueParrott (bluetooth) paired with a MacBook would work with Dictate and, if so, how well? Or whether despite the MacBook being bluetooth-capable, Dictate would for any reason be unable to see the input and hence depend on a USB base version (BlueParrott B1000)? From vlmaples at bellsouth.net Sat Apr 19 16:14:51 2008 From: vlmaples at bellsouth.net (Valerie Maples) Date: Sat Apr 19 16:15:04 2008 Subject: [MV] VXI BlueParrott and Dictate? In-Reply-To: <581F2140-071E-4E55-8F9B-1651D8D18D07@interchange.ubc.ca> References: <581F2140-071E-4E55-8F9B-1651D8D18D07@interchange.ubc.ca> Message-ID: Hopefully someone from technical support will see this and respond, but I have some vague memory of reading somewhere that Bluetooth headsets have a different sampling rate or frequency that make them in compatible at this time with speech recognition. Don't hold me to it, though, everyone in my house is sick and my memory is not what it should be. On the other hand, if you already have one, try it and see how it works. I just seem to have a recollection that Bluetooth was a no-go at this point. I sure do love MacSpeech Dictate! Valerie Speech recognition in use ... I talk, it listens, sometimes we make mistakes! ;-) On Apr 19, 2008, at 5:59 PM, James Busser wrote: > Anyone tried (or at least know) whether a VXI BlueParrott > (bluetooth) paired with a MacBook would work with Dictate and, if > so, how well? Or whether despite the MacBook being bluetooth- > capable, Dictate would for any reason be unable to see the input and > hence depend on a USB base version (BlueParrott B1000)? From kolepard at charter.net Sun Apr 20 10:30:37 2008 From: kolepard at charter.net (Kevin O. Lepard) Date: Sun Apr 20 10:31:36 2008 Subject: [MV] Microphone question Message-ID: <5F557651-6C0E-4A7F-B874-C9113BE24DA0@charter.net> According to Dictate, I have very soft voice (which is news to me). My voice is also of pretty low frequency, which may be part of the problem. I've been trying to use a Telex H-841 but really have to raise my voice to get it to work. I've read about some of the other microphones that are new and highly rated. Does anyone know what the frequency response of these are? Thanks. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are intended for use only by the addressee(s), and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, copy or disseminate this message or any attachments to it, or to take any action based on them. If you have received this message in error, please permanently delete or destroy the original and any copy of this message. From thechuck at mac.com Sun Apr 20 10:34:25 2008 From: thechuck at mac.com (Chuck Rogers) Date: Sun Apr 20 10:35:04 2008 Subject: [MV] Microphone question In-Reply-To: <5F557651-6C0E-4A7F-B874-C9113BE24DA0@charter.net> References: <5F557651-6C0E-4A7F-B874-C9113BE24DA0@charter.net> Message-ID: <88381D01-E177-4C46-B31A-22065AF2CC95@mac.com> Kevin: Are you plugging the headset directly into the computer, or into a USB Adapter? If you are plugging it directly into the computer, that's your problem. If you are using a USB adapter, check your settings in both the Sound and Speech System Preference panes and make sure they are both set to the USB adapter. Chuck Rogers On Apr 20, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Kevin O. Lepard wrote: > According to Dictate, I have very soft voice (which is news to me). > My voice is also of pretty low frequency, which may be part of the > problem. I've been trying to use a Telex H-841 but really have to > raise my voice to get it to work. > > I've read about some of the other microphones that are new and > highly rated. Does anyone know what the frequency response of these > are? > > Thanks. > > Kevin > -- > Kevin O. Lepard, MD, PhD, FACEP, FAAEM > > Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments to it are > intended for use only by the addressee(s), and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, copy or > disseminate this message or any attachments to it, or to take any > action based on them. If you have received this message in error, > please permanently delete or destroy the original and any copy of > this message. > > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From Cool at hosting4days.com Sun Apr 20 10:56:28 2008 From: Cool at hosting4days.com (revDAVE) Date: Sun Apr 20 10:56:43 2008 Subject: [MV] Microphone question In-Reply-To: <5F557651-6C0E-4A7F-B874-C9113BE24DA0@charter.net> Message-ID: On 4/20/2008 10:30 AM, "Kevin O. Lepard" wrote: > According to Dictate, I have very soft voice (which is news to me). > My voice is also of pretty low frequency, which may be part of the > problem. I've been trying to use a Telex H-841 but really have to > raise my voice to get it to work. > > I've read about some of the other microphones that are new and highly > rated. Does anyone know what the frequency response of these are? Hmmm - can't you just raise the basic input volume at : SYS Prefs > Sound > input ??? -- Thanks - RevDave Cool @ hosting4days . com [db-lists] From vlmaples at bellsouth.net Mon Apr 21 05:39:38 2008 From: vlmaples at bellsouth.net (Valerie Maples) Date: Mon Apr 21 05:39:50 2008 Subject: [MV] Microphone question In-Reply-To: <5F557651-6C0E-4A7F-B874-C9113BE24DA0@charter.net> References: <5F557651-6C0E-4A7F-B874-C9113BE24DA0@charter.net> Message-ID: <666FF855-B3D3-4793-B6D9-30E47FEABACF@bellsouth.net> Morning! I do not think the Telex you are using is certified (I could be wrong) and I have noticed a HUGE difference between my uncertified desktop Sennheiser e835 with Andrea or Plantronics USB pod (that still performs acceptably) and my certified Andrea headset. After setting up profiles on several mics, it appears that it is far more important to have a high quality desktop if you cannot wear a headset, but that is just my own experience. Hope that helps a bit! Valerie Maples Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz iMac 2 GB DDR SDRAM OSX 10.5.2 Sennheiser e835 Andrea USB pod On Apr 20, 2008, at 12:30 PM, Kevin O. Lepard wrote: > According to Dictate, I have very soft voice (which is news to me). > My voice is also of pretty low frequency, which may be part of the > problem. I've been trying to use a Telex H-841 but really have to > raise my voice to get it to work. > > I've read about some of the other microphones that are new and > highly rated. Does anyone know what the frequency response of these > are? Valerie Maples Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz iMac 2 GB DDR SDRAM OSX 10.5.2 Sennheiser e835 Andrea USB pod From andrew.taylor at macspeech.com Tue Apr 22 15:59:24 2008 From: andrew.taylor at macspeech.com (Andrew Taylor) Date: Tue Apr 22 15:59:31 2008 Subject: [MV] VXI BlueParrott and Dictate? In-Reply-To: <581F2140-071E-4E55-8F9B-1651D8D18D07@interchange.ubc.ca> References: <581F2140-071E-4E55-8F9B-1651D8D18D07@interchange.ubc.ca> Message-ID: <0F499187-3587-4188-A854-45CA14CDE820@macspeech.com> Hello, Currently MacSpeech Dictate does not support Bluetooth microphones. We need to do some more testing with Bluetooth headsets before we do so. We do not presently have a date for the release of such an enhancement. Thanks, Andrew On Apr 19, 2008, at 6:59 PM, James Busser wrote: > Anyone tried (or at least know) whether a VXI BlueParrott > (bluetooth) paired with a MacBook would work with Dictate and, if > so, how well? Or whether despite the MacBook being bluetooth- > capable, Dictate would for any reason be unable to see the input and > hence depend on a USB base version (BlueParrott B1000)? > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice From Andrew.Taylor at macspeech.com Tue Apr 22 16:03:41 2008 From: Andrew.Taylor at macspeech.com (Andrew Taylor) Date: Tue Apr 22 16:05:12 2008 Subject: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. In-Reply-To: References: <8CA1C00E-5D58-41C6-BF38-8CFD02AE24ED@lorinhollander.com><04EB8676-6BD4-4509-BB06-51BADB798950@macspeech.com><864C3DFB-8F98-4500-8A6D-D869D8BB11B5@rkroll.com> <8D107B33-F0E4-41F6-889B-FE667F3C18C9@iangilman.com> Message-ID: <175205A0-153F-4914-BC16-A0C9C2C541D9@macspeech.com> Hello, Yes, this is a nuisance. Yes, it is a known bug. I find it irritating myself. So, sooner or later it will be fixed. Fortunately, as you note, it does not take long for MacSpeech Dictate to get going again. Andrew On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:57 AM, John wrote: > On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:13 AM, > wrote: > >> Just curious why shutting down and restarting Dictate is a big >> issue for >> you? How long does it take? >> > > > > Its not a big issue, Dictate takes 15 seconds to start. I must > double click it and then click to choose a profile (why do I have to > do that??). But its one of those things that I have to do, and I > shouldn't have to. > > John > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> [mailto:macvoice-bounces@listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of >> Ian Gilman >> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 10:31 PM >> To: A place to discuss speech recognition on Macintosh. >> Subject: Re: [MV] Dictate looses the mic and won't grab it back. >> >> Please tell me you're working on fixing this! ViaVoice has the same >> problem and it's terribly annoying. >> >> -- Ian Gilman >> -- digital renaissance man >> -- www.iangilman.com >> -- 415-706-8447 >> >> On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:15 PM, Chuck Rogers wrote: >> >>> Joh: >>> >>> You need to quit MacSpeech Dictate before putting your Mac to sleep. >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist >>> MacSpeech, Inc. >>> >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice@listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice