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.
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