I've had the same thing happen, also with offline dictation enabled. For me, 
though, the problem is much worse as I lose all audio, or perhaps my Mac Mini 
just locks up, I'm not sure which. Either way, I avoid dictation nowadays, 
which is too bad as it really is nice when it works. I can go back to online 
dictation to see if the problem persists, but I hate either not having anything 
I say get transcribed, or having to do a hard shut down of the entire Mac, just 
because Dictation messed up.
On Dec 30, 2013, at 3:55 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey Jim,
> 
> I am using the latest OS on a 2012 Mac Air in English. I haven't had a chance 
> to call Apple yet, and hope to do so today or some time this week.
> 
> Thanks,
> On Dec 30, 2013, at 4:40 AM, Jim Gatteys <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Brian
>> I am using dictation to compose this e-mail and so far have not had any 
>> crashes.
>> What default language are you using?
>> I have never actually used e-mail and dictation previously but have also 
>> installed the off-line feature which will allow me to not have to send 
>> information to Apple to be converted to text
>> I would be curious if you find any information regarding this apparent bug.  
>> this is a feature that can be very beneficial to those of us who are blind.  
>>  It would  be nice to have information regarding this problem.  let us know 
>> what you find out.
>> Jim
>> 
>> On Dec 30, 2013, at 2:06 AM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, guess it's just my hilarious luck. I don't dictate a lot but would 
>>> be nice if it worked instead of causing my mail to crash every time. Guess 
>>> I will be calling Apple later today
>>> On Dec 30, 2013, at 1:44 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Never had this problem.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On 30 Dec 2013, at 06:42 am, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> So I just installed Mavericks on my Mac Air, and have been pleasantly 
>>>>> surprised at the lack of headaches, as I have read about all the issues.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I tried using dictation, and have selected all the appropriate 
>>>>> preferences and installed the extra patch to allow offline dictation, and 
>>>>> here is where it gets hilarious. Every time I try and dictate a message 
>>>>> in mail, dictation causes mail to crash, tried it five times and mail 
>>>>> crashed five times asking me if I want to send an error report. Just 
>>>>> wanted to see if others are having this issue, or if anyone knows how to 
>>>>> fix this. Thanks.
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