Thank you very much. I'll post on the listserv if I find something that works.
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 8:49 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
