Hi Donna,
I think we're quickly exhausting the possibilities <smile>. I assume
you turned Speakable Items on by pressing VO-space on this radio
button on the Speech Recognition tab of "Speech" under "System
Preferences"? I know this sounds daft, but you can calibrate the
Internal Microphone without turning the radio button on. Do you have a
"Speech Feedback" window? (e.g., if you navigate to "Finder" in the
dock, and then use window chooser menu with VO-F2 twice, do you have
an entry for "Speech Feedback"?) I've now used "Speakable Items" more
today than I have since I got this MacBook, and I'm not using a mic.
On my MacBook (not MacBook Pro, purchased September 2008), the mic is
above the Escape key. Now that Pete pointed this out, I can feel a
very small hole in this location. The mic hole is above the F1 key
and is much more noticeable/larger on my PowerBook. I've asked "What
time is it?"; instructed my computer to "Get new mail", and various
other things with success (without a headset). It may just be that I
know this can be done (since it works very easily on the PowerBook),
that makes the difference. (I did have to repeat some of my chess
move commands multiple times for the MacBook, so knowing where the mic
was meant that I could speak directly into it in the Escape key
position).
I'm out of other ideas. Maybe if Tim Kilburn reads this he'll have
more suggestions.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 29, 2010, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi all,
well, I've now tried everything. I've switched to using the Escape
key to initiate recognition. I've aimed my voice at both the FN key
and the Esc key, the two places where people have said the mic is.
And, I've tried using the headset and mike that came with my
iphone. Still, I haven't gotten my MBP to recognize one single
command. the weird thing is, when I try and calibrate it, I get the
wit sound for all the commands, which I assume means that the
commands are being recognized in calibration. At this point, I'm
out of ideas.
Best,
Donna
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