Hello, The same happened here after attempting to use speakable items.
Gena On 10 Dec 2013, at 14:48, Lee Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List I have noticed that my escape key does not seem to work, I can be > in a menu and the hint says press escape to exit the menu but it doesn’t > work. This is probably why speakable items fails. Is there any software > explanation for this or is my escape key physically broken? Is it possible > for the escape key to be set to hardware control like the function keys? > My macbook is new so if the ESC key is broken I will not be a happy bunny. > > Many Thanks, Lee > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: 09 December 2013 05:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Talking Dashboard (was Speakable Items) > > Yes, but I haven't worked on it recently, and Mavericks broke my ram script. > Mavericks introduced some very exciting features, and I'm thinking of making > a version of Talking Dashboard for 10.9 and above only. I'll keep the list > posted. > On Dec 8, 2013, at 11:14 PM, Matt Dierckens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi. > I was just curious if talking dashboard is still available? > Thanks. > > On Dec 8, 2013, at 10:11 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here's the link, but don't forget Applevis has a search form. This was the > first result I got when I searched for "speakable items". > http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/speaking-your-mac-using-dictation-and-speakable-items-get-siri-functionality-os-x > On Dec 8, 2013, at 9:34 PM, Jessica D <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I cannot get this to work either. What is the podcast called? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try turning Speakable Items off and back on again, or switch the listening > method from pressing a key to always on. I made a podcast about this and > dictation for www.applevis.com, but I don't know if it would be helpful or > not. Also, are you running Mavericks? In older versions of OSX I found > Speakable Items to be a bit unreliable, but in 10.9 I have only had one small > problem so far. > On Dec 8, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Lee Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear List,I can’t get speakable items to work. In accessibility it says that > it is turned on, all command check boxes are checked,my internal microphone > is selected,the ESC key is assigned as listen key and yet it doesn’t work. > How long do you have to hold the escape key down for? How do you calibrate > the microphone? I go to calibrate and it gives me a list of phrases which I > presumably have to say but I don’t know how to start it. Are there settings > in other parts of the mac which can stop spekable items from working such as > things to do with the microphone for example,or is the problem likely to be > in si settings themselves? > > Many Thanks, Lee > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn > Sent: 08 December 2013 22:37 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Adding Applications to the Dock Revisited: Text Edit Isn't > Staying Put > > Hi, > > If the app is running, then navigate to that item on the Dock, press > VO-shift-m, arrow down to Options, right to the sub-menu and choose “Keep in > Dock”. Apps that are running will appear on the Dock when running and > disappear when quit unless you perform this step or if they’ve already been > added from within the Finder. > > Later… > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Dec 8, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Christine Grassman <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I have tried multiple times to add Text Edit to the dock, with cmd, ctrl, > shift t. It appears, but when I quit out of Text Edit, then go to the Dock to > open it, it is gone. What gives? 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