Hi Yuma, thanks. I don't think I'm quite their yet, but have been tweaking the calibration and it seems to be helping. Also good to have my experience confirmed that the key press is the better way to go.
Funny that the name you came up with was Amadeus. It also occurred to me that having Siri be the key word probably wasn't a good plan, because the word Siri has shown up in a lot of email discussions lately, which would mean VO would be saying it a lot. Unfortunately, when I tried to think of a word/name that I would never use in another context, what kept popping into my head was "Petunia". And I just couldn't quite get my head around calling my MBA Petunia. lol I can see where Amadeus might get annoying, but I like it. Cheers, Donna On Nov 16, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: > Hi Donna, > > Greg is right about the calibration. And just as you have tried it, the > constant listening method is a bit quirky as it seems as though the constant > chatter of voice over while we use the computer can probably overwhelm the > listening algorithms. So the best approach is really to keep a certain key as > the command key. I've tried several times with the listen keyword method with > different original names but it's a bit annoying to keep calling "amadeus" to > "check the time" for example or other tasks. And some tasks could also be > enhanced such as some form of automation coupled with applescript or > automator workflows. > > > Best > > Yuma > > > On 16/11/2011, at 4:23 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: > >> Hey Greg, >> >> Thanks! That seems to have done the trick. I hadn't messed with the >> calibration because I had no way to tell when it was set right, but the >> adjustment I made seems to have improved recognition significantly. >> Cheers, >> donna >> On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Greg Aikens wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> I haven't looked at this in a while, but there is a button labelled >>> calibrate in the speech recognition dialog. It should bring up a slider >>> that you can move around until it is more accurate. I can't tell you what >>> the slider does, just that that I moved it around until it was more >>> accurate. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> -Greg >>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I've been playing around again with speech recognition following Yuma's >>>> posts yesterday. My experience is that it seems to work about 3 out of >>>> ten times. Is this others experience? Yuma, you seem to be having a lot >>>> of success, did you tweak anything in the settings to improve recognition? >>>> I'm currently using the key press method, because when I tried to have it >>>> listen for a key word, I literally never got the Mac to respond. >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
