hi Karen yes dictation is new in Mountain lion. The other one first equal items 
is different in Mountain lion, but I understand that it's not new. As for the 
iPad, you have to have the new iPad for it to work.

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On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> is dictation new to mountain lion?  if so, does it also exist  on things like 
> the i-pad?
> thanks,
> Karen
> 
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2012, Alex Hall wrote:
> 
>> Yes, the key acts like a push-to-talk, so it works as long as you hold it 
>> down. I set mine up to listen for a keyword, but then I'm on a desktop so 
>> don't have to worry about battery life or heat. It's pretty neat, though; I 
>> can just call out, "Alex, what time is it" and get told, or tell it to open 
>> an app or quit something.
>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have found it thank you, my question now is why is it not working!
>>> 
>>> I have enabled it all, and turned the feature on, yet, even by changing the 
>>> command key and restarting nothing happens.
>>> 
>>> what is unclear, is am I supposed to press and hold down the key I nominate?
>>> 
>>> thanks for any hands on practical usage info.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Neil Barnfather
>>> 
>>> Talks List Administrator
>>> Twitter @neilbarnfather
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 31 Jul 2012, at 16:43, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> What you are talking about is speakable items. Go to system preferences, 
>>>> accessibility, and find it in the table of options. From there, select the 
>>>> tabs you want and configure things as necessary. I recommend going to the 
>>>> commands tab, then the table of command sets, and turning on everything.
>>>> On Jul 31, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav 
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> sorry, where do you enable that bit though, I mean I can dictate no 
>>>>> issue, but, how does one ask what day it is etc?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Neil Barnfather
>>>>> 
>>>>> Talks List Administrator
>>>>> Twitter @neilbarnfather
>>>>> 
>>>>> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple 
>>>>> iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your
>>>>> accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> URL: - www.talknav.com
>>>>> e-mail: - [email protected]
>>>>> Phone: - +44  844 999 4199
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 31 Jul 2012, at 01:48, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> These are commands you can give, like "what time is it" or "open 
>>>>>> iPhoto". You can even select buttons shown in the currently open dialog 
>>>>>> just by speaking them. If you are at all familiar with Windows speech 
>>>>>> recognition, it's like dictation is the text input part of that and 
>>>>>> speakable objects is the other part that accepts commands for system 
>>>>>> operations.
>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:45 PM, Tim Emmons <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Ok, easy enough. What is this about speakable Items I'm seeing how does 
>>>>>>> that effect this. Sorry I'm so late coming into this, I've been at work 
>>>>>>> today and not able to keep up with this a lot as they haven't upgraded 
>>>>>>> us yet. Thanks for your patience guys.
>>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You go into system preferences, then accessibility. Interact with a 
>>>>>>>> table and select dictation. Turn it on, then follow the dialogs. If 
>>>>>>>> you are using a usb microphone, you may have to going to sound 
>>>>>>>> preferences and set the input source to be that USB microphone.
>>>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Tim Emmons <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I'm just getting used to Mountain Lion. How do you get into 
>>>>>>>>> dictation, would love to try it out. Thanks.
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:23 PM, Ray Foret Jr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Well Alex, good for you. I love the dictation as well. I am talking 
>>>>>>>>>> into a Griffin IMike with a Gigaware  are microphone attached to it. 
>>>>>>>>>> And, my air conditioner is going in the background. Not bad Huh?
>>>>>>>>>> I have only made small corrections to this dictation.?
>>>>>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>>>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Skype name:
>>>>>>>>>> barefootedray
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 6:46 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> 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)
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