Chuck, please give an example or two of these famous "not very intuitive" commands. I have yet to come across any myself, you see... Gavin On 8 May 2007, at 17:53, Chuck Rogers wrote: > Jonathan (and everyone else): > > I did a little digging and those who are more familiar with using > DNS than I say that the trade off for using commands embedded in > dictation mode is that the commands tend to be very carefully > worded - and not always very intuitive - in order to insure they > are not mis-recognized as dictation. (I alluded to this in an > earlier email, but have since had it confirmed by others.) Having a > command mode means that the command name itself can be much more > natural and easier to remember. > > As I said, you can always say "One Shot Command" which throws you > into Command mode for one command, and then immediately takes you > back to Dictation mode. > > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist > MacSpeech, Inc. > > > > > On May 7, 2007, at 12:03 PM, Jonathan Levi, M.D. wrote: > >> At 9:21 AM -0500 5/7/07, Chuck Rogers wrote: >>> Ian (and everyone else): >>> >>> As Joe pointed out, having commands intermingled in dictation >>> mode could cause huge problems... >> >> ViaVoice has a single mode for both dictation and commands; >> usually, it isn't a problem. On the other hand, I also finding >> myself gradually getting more used to switching modes with >> iListen. This really doesn't appear to be a big issue to me, >> either way. --Jonathan >> _______________________________________________ >> MacVoice mailing list >> MacVoice at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice >> >> Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random >> stuff: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > _______________________________________________ > MacVoice mailing list > MacVoice at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/macvoice > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >