[MV] Re: taking the plunge (2)

[Jonathan Greene]

It has been a while since I ran ViaVoice, but I am about to undergo 
surgery and believe that I will have to be in a cast for 4-6 weeks.  I 
would like to have VV ready to go when that happens but unfortunately 
it will no longer run for me.  When I tried to install the update below 
I am getting a message that I cannot install onto my primary volume.  
This is more than a bit strange since you would expect the app to 
upgrade the existing and installed one.

Anyone else have any issues?

Thanks,
JG



On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 05:29 PM, T. Patrick Henebry wrote:

>> I am running OS 10.2.3 and ViaV 10.2.2. I have had little or no 
>> problem
>> running mostly older software on the classic platform before this.
>
> If you have not already downloaded the update to ViaVoice for Mac OS X 
> from IBM and installed it do so.
>
> <http://www-3.ibm.com/software/speech/support/us/vvmac3_update.html>
>
> IBM only supports it up through OS X 10.2.2 officially; but I've been 
> running it under 10.2.3 without any problems.  This update does solve 
> many problems with running ViaVoice under Jaguar.
>
>
>> The main issue right now is that I can't get the Setup
>> Assistant to analyze my documents. When I click on the add button, I 
>> am
>> presented with an hierarchical display which I can follow through to 
>> the
>> text documents that I want to add, but the documents are ghostly and 
>> I can't
>> highlight them, can't add them. Even documents created by my new VV 
>> program
>> are not reachable.
>
> Any documents you want to analyze must be in Plain Text format. 
> SpeakPad, TextEdit, and many others use RTF format.  What I did was 
> create a folder called Sample Documents then use my word processor to 
> save copies of documents in text format to that folder.  Then I just 
> told ViaVoice to analyze everything in that folder.
>
> NOTE: SpeakPad documents can only be analyzed during a Save and to do 
> so you must have Analyze When Saving Documents checked in your 
> SpeakPad Preferences.  Otherwise you must convert them to plain text 
> and then analyze them.
>
>> My speakpad freezes up on me at times and won't respond
>> to any commands (I know this is a reported problem)
>
> What I do for this is to use the Save option in the file menu every 
> few minute AND check the option to save the dictation session.  You 
> can *usually* do this via keyboard and mouse right after a freeze too. 
>  That way when SpeakPad freezes not only isn't much lost, but When I 
> reload the file after Quitting /relaunching SpeakPad I still have all 
> the audio data avail;able should I need to correct recognition errors 
> in what I've already dictated.
>
>> I can't get the
>> program to register the software with  IBM. It states that it "can't 
>> form an
>> internet connection" despite the fact that Explorer is working fine, 
>> up and
>> running.
>
> This is most likely a problem with the server on IBM's end.  If it 
> persists call support and report it (along with any other problems). 
> Not being able to register is a legitimate reason for calling support.
>
>> Please tell me this is some silly little mistake on my part.
>
> It isn't.
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