[MV] Voice Recognition Issues

[Jonathan Levi, M.D.]

At 10:07 PM -0500 2/21/07, David K. Wehe wrote:
>>  Incidentally, I'm one of what's probably a very small number of 
>>Mac-dictators still using IBM ViaVoice, and thank this list for a 
>>few critical pointers making the continued use possible.
>
>Amazing!  I find ViaVoice almost unusable now.  I can push 
>repeatedly on the F8 key and only if the moon happens to be full do 
>I get ViaVoice to actually work.  I can reboot and get it to work 
>for awhile, but it dies off after a few hours.  Something grabs the 
>microphone away.

The short answer is certainly, I dunno. F8 has been a lifesaver for 
me, and I got it from some kindly soul on this list.

However, here are a couple of thoughts:

1. What OS X are you using. I switched bback from 10.4.8 to 10.4.6, 
mainly because of other problems involving Classic apps. But I seem 
to remember more problems with ViaVoice with each OS upgrade. I'm 
guessing that ViaVoice will finally die with OS X 10.5.

2. In at least one situation, it seems to help to take a little bit 
more time than would otherwise be necessary. That's when I do Manage 
My Vocabulary, training a new word that I've just added. When I push 
the radio button at the right, to record a new pronunciation, it 
helps if I wait 1/4 - 1/2 sec before I dictate the pronunciation. If 
I don't, I'm much more likely to get the "This Microphone Is Been 
Used Exclusively By Another Application" message.

HTH,

Jonathan