I followed the suggestion of another lister, and it works perfectly. First, enable speakable items, obviously. Second, re-assign the dictation key (I use f10, as was suggested, but I imagine any valid key would work). Third, restart your mac. All should be working now. I don't know what will happen the next time I restart, but for the moment it is all going perfectly. On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:02 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi guys > I have had no problem with dictation, but I can't get speakable items to > work. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. > > Eugenia Firth > gigifi...@sbcglobal.net > > > > On Jul 30, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> One thing I can't get speakable items to do is to tell me the date. What's >> the best way to do this? >> Matt >> Sent from my mac >> Twitter: matt692 >> msn: matt...@live.com >> skype: blindman3221 >> >> On 2012-07-30, at 5:46 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I am also having great luck with dictation. I have a cheap desktop >>> microphone going through a cheap usb sound card (since the mac doesn't >>> support direct input of non-powered mics) but it is still doing really >>> well. In my quick tests, it made no mistakes. This, paired with that >>> amazing speakable items feature, will make me an even lazier person than I >>> already am. Ironically, I didn't dictate this entire message. I did, >>> however, dictate these last two sentences. I should also add that there's a >>> ceiling fan going in the background. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
