<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I recently bought an iMac based on what I understood to be a good dictation program now available for Mac. I began with NaturallySpeaking 1.0 and have upgraded on PC thru 9.0 before switching.</div><div><br></div><div>Aside from the obvious deficiencies in Dictate, I'm hoping list members can answer some questions on problems I'm having. I have successfully installed the program and been using now for 3 weeks but is it possible I got one of those old "problem" disks? Are these normal or is there something I can do about them:</div><div><br></div><div>1. I'm unable to select a specific word in an existing document. When I say "do select [word]" --even in Dictation Mode -- the program typically selects nothing, or the entire document, as if I had said "select all."</div><div><br></div><div>2. When I
go back and replace a misheard word, the program often capitalizes the newly dictated word, even if I have "caps off."</div><div><br></div><div>3. Under the same circumstances, the program usually leaves an additional space in front of the newly dictated word.</div><div><br></div><div>Needless to say, all of these are exasperating.</div><div><br></div><div>Another question: Where can I find how to move among open programs (e.g. "switch to Entourage")? Or is this feature lacking?</div><div><br></div><div>And lastly (for now), is it possible to run NaturallySpeaking in the Windows version on a new Mac? And how well does it run? Is that a better solution, for now, until they upgrade the woefully lacking Dictate?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for any and all help with these questions. I realize they may have been visited many times previously on the list, but I've just joined so please bear with me.</div><div><br></div><div>- Greg</div><div
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