Hi Alex, I actually had your podcast downloaded already from applevis. I just finished listening to it and made the necessary setting adjustments. With these 2 accessible options, it gets pretty close to Dragon. Not bad and I'm sure I get the hang of it real quick. Thanks for the suggestion.
Eileen On Feb 10, 2014, at 9:35 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > The commands are what you'd expect - new line and new page. If it is > Dragon-like control you are after, look into Speakable Items in the > Accessibility area of System Preferences. I have a podcast on > www.applevis.com talking about that and dictation if you want to look it up. > > As to the limit, this only happens if you are on Mountain Lion. In Mavericks, > you can go to Dictation preferences and enable "enhanced dictation", which > lets you dictate as much as you want because it is local, not internet-based. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex > [email protected] > > > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:49 AM, isaac <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes for 30 seconds or less you can dictate but as far as will it turn off or >> not I am not sure. >> On Feb 10, 2014, at 9:01 AM, Eileens Misrahi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Folks, >>> >>> I have been trying out the dictation the dictation feature on my Mac Air. I >>> have the FN key set to activate it and pause dictation. My question is: Is >>> there a list of commands that I can use for dictation? I do have Dragon >>> installed on my PC, so I have a knowledge base of commands. I know I can >>> use the basic punctuation marks, but can I add a new line or paragraph? I >>> believe someone stated that the native Dictation app on the Macs could only >>> record approx. 30 seconds. If so, does the dictation function just not >>> record the rest or does it simply turn off automatically after 30 seconds? >>> I look forward to hearing the list's thoughts on how best to use the >>> dictation feature. Oh by the way, I'll be dictating my braille recipes into >>> TextEdit. >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Eileen >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
