[X4U] Siri

[Ed Hall]

I'm a bit leery about letting Apple know and store everything I say on my iPod.

Ed Hall



On Jun 9, 2014, at 3:00 PM, x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:

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> In iOS, Siri gets a lot of attention not just for its ability to understand natural-language queries and deliver results, but also for its voice dictation feature. You speak, and your words become text. OS X Mavericks supports voice dictation in any text field. To start dictation, press the Fn key twice on Macs that include that key (such as laptops), or choose Edit > Start Dictation. (You can change the key in the Dictation & Speech preference pane. If you have multiple audio input devices, use the same pane to choose which device to use for dictation.) A microphone icon appears, indicating that the Mac is listening. Speak in a normal tone of voice, and specify punctuation where needed ("Dear Jane comma sorry I haven't written recently period new paragraph"). When you're done speaking, click the Done button or press the Return key. Mavericks sends the audio to Apple for processing?its powerful data centers can analyze the data faster than your Mac?and then enters the text. A
> lthough the transcription isn't always perfect, I've been impressed by how well it does.
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> Paul Moortgat
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