In system preferences, dictation is found under the "dictation and speech" button. Speakable items, the ability to speak program names, buttons, and so on, is under accessibility, the final entry in the table. Once you move to it, you will have three tabs; set up the options however you want, and you will, in theory, be off and running. The problem with this is that speakable items often fails to do what it is supposed to; I have used it before, but it seems to no longer work for me and I could not get it to work on a friend's mac at all. If you need a reliable program to do this, speakable items may not be right, unless there's something I missed. Unfortunately, I don't know about Dragon or any other apps. That said, dictation does work well and consistently, with similar punctuation commands to Siri. However, it is worth noting that it does require an internet connection to work; Dragon, I believe, runs locally. On Oct 8, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Nancy Wyman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you very much. I was unaware of this. Can you point me towards some > directions for the voice commands? > Nancy > > Nancy Badger, Ph.D > Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services > UT Chattanooga > Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. > > On Oct 8, 2012, at 6:24 PM, Brandon Olivares <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There is dictation built into Mountain Lion. Also, there are voice commands >> you can enable to open applications and perform other tasks. >> >> On Oct 8, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Nancy Wyman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I am almost totally blind, and have had to have a cast put on my hand. >>> Therefore for the next month I won't be able to type well. I am looking for >>> a program for my mac that will do dictation, launch different programs et >>> cetera. Someone suggested Dragon naturally speaking. Does anyone know how >>> this program works with VoiceOver? Does anyone know if there's another >>> dictation program that would work better with VoiceOver? Please help if you >>> can. I can't do my job very long without be able being able to communicate >>> on the computer I am dictating this message with Siri. So email work fine >>> on my phone. But it's the rest of my Computer work that I will have trouble >>> with. Thanks in advance. >>> Nancy >>> >>> Nancy Badger, Ph.D >>> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services >>> UT Chattanooga >>> Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) [email protected] -- 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.
