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So, how's dictation on Mountain Lion?
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"I think it works pretty well take some time to get used to doing the punctuation but overall I think it's really good for taking notes and things like that"
I Called virgin this morning and they were aware of the issue and they have told me it has been addressed! It was a problem with their outgoing servers talking to Apple servers resulting in the service being blocked??
I have just tried it now to dictate this message and it is pretty accurate and fast!
First attempt:Much was made of this feature in the keynote, and this was really exciting for me as I basically live in word processing apps.
Anyone here care to share how they are getting on with it on the GM?
I'm really interested to get a mini review if I can
Much was made of this teaching Tina this is really exciting is a busy living with us.
You're care to show how they're getting on with Jim? I'm interested to get me via review if I can
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Much was made of this featuring keynote, and this is really exciting for me as a basis to word processing apps point and when he appeared to show how they're getting on with the GM? Really interested to get a new review thank you
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Much was made of this feature in the keynote, and this is really exciting for me as I basically live in word processing apps stop anyone here care to show how they are getting on with it on the GM? I'm really interested to get a new review if I can
To me, it feels unnatural because in order to make dictation understand what I'm saying I need to speak in a way that I'm not used to. I guess my pronunciation is really awful
Me, he feels natural because in order to make dictations down what I'm saying and speaking away that I'm not used to point I guess my pronunciation is really awful
I have a few problems with it, I'm in spain and sometimes it doesn't return anything.
It would also be much more useful if it returned text as you went along and not in chunks
It would also be much more useful if it returned text as you went along and not in chunks
I'm typing this post right now using dictation {should be a period} I guess we'll see how it works I didn't estimate {test} ago and didn't seem to have a problem so hopefully this will come out okay {should be a period} I'm not sure how much I'll use this feature but it can be 80 {useful?} when I'm taking more things and I'll include {can't remember what I said here, but not this} a lot of detail but the problem is when you're eligible for {unsure what} you want to say it can cost {cause} problems with dictation text {types} of programs when you pause a lot or I'll {I'll should't be here at all} have to back up and say something different than what you had originally said.
See corrections above.
See corrections above.
Dictation is great I just wrote this message with dictation. Wasn't expecting it to be this accurate.
To me it seems like a feature that's nearly there, but not quite. There's enough inaccuracies to make it frustrating. I can type faster than I can speak in a way that it's accurate enough to use.
Also I don't like how you have to tell it when you are finished. If there's a gap in the speech, it could be uploading and processing in the background and fill in the text as you go, rather than do it all in one go.
Click (double click?) with two fingers on the word, and there should be optional words to choose from in the pop up menu.
All all my my macs here with ML, click, double click, right click etc works about 1 in every 10 attempts.
Ehm. I tried it right now, and I can not for the life of me get it to work on this forum, but if I use dictation in Notes or in Facebook, one 'two finger click' gives the alternatives in the top of the pop up menu.
I wonder why.
Inconsistent Results on Blue Dotted Line
This depends upon the application you're in. In Safari just click immediately to the right of the blue dotted underline and you'll see alternatives. In mail you will see that blue dotted underline but no matter what you try to do you won't be able to pick up alternatives. This is a gross oversight by Apple that I expect to be corrected soon.
This depends upon the application you're in. In Safari just click immediately to the right of the blue dotted underline and you'll see alternatives. In mail you will see that blue dotted underline but no matter what you try to do you won't be able to pick up alternatives. This is a gross oversight by Apple that I expect to be corrected soon.
It's not even app specific. I can't get alternatives to work in this text box right now, but when dictating a message on Facebook there is no problem. I wonder why that is.
This is just a quick word of praise for the new dictation feature. As a southerner, I appreciate that it automatically understands the words y'all and y'all's. Laugh if you want, but it is an important word in many emails I send each day, and I was worried the recognition service would not pick it up. The way, I dictated this short message, and everything came out fine.
Laugh if you want, but it is an important word in many emails I send each day, and I was worried the recognition service would not pick it up. The way, I dictated this short message, and everything came out fine.