Comments on: MacSpeech Dictate Version 1.5 — Some Initial Impressions

By: ztrawhcs

ztrawhcs — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:13:14 +0000

One more thing — make sure in Line In that “Pass Thru” is selected.

By: ztrawhcs

ztrawhcs — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:11:21 +0000

I have MacSpeech Dictate 1.3 and I can confirm that the Soundflower trick works with this one too. Just run Line In, make sure the Input From is set to Built-in Microphone, and the Output To is set to Soundflower (2 ch).

Then in MacSpeech you will have to create a new profile and set the input to Soundflower (2 ch).

Voila!

By: Volester

Volester — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:23:16 +0000

HI,
Thanks much for the info on mic issues. It’s not working for me, though — does this work with Dictate 1.3? That’s what I’m staying with for now because I would also need to upgrade my OS …
If the mike-less input works for 1.3, can you clarify how? I downloaded LineIn and Soundflower. But I don’t know what to set my preferences to — internal audio? Dictate can’t hear me when I talk without the mike, please help …

By: MacSpeech

MacSpeech — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:11:32 +0000

MacSpeech Dictate Version 1.5 — Some Initial Impressions http://tinyurl.com/pbvjyt (via @GearDiarySite)

By: Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:06:13 +0000

BillyJ-
Thanks for the catch… corrected! (voice-recognition does wonders for spelling but not for punctuation or stupidity)

I’ve tried it at a variety of distances and have not seen a big difference. I had it on my desk in front of me this afternoon and it worked fine and was just using it on my lap without an issue either.
What I did find I needed to do was to go into my settings and make sure that the input volume for the built-in mic wasn’t too high. Initially it was and I was getting a lot of distortion and lack of accuracy once a lower everything worked much better.

I’m going to do a bit of a test –

I’m writing this with it arms length away and it works just fine.

I’ve now brought right up to my face and I don’t see any difference in the recognition and all.

I’m now standing 5 feet away from the computer and speaking much louder than I was before. No problem.

I have to say, I’m super impressed with the so far and could not be happier.

By: BillyJ

BillyJ — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:23:46 +0000

So we do have a choice now.

I found Soundflower (not Sunflower just for clarification), but I didn’t know about LineIn, so Thanks! I am trying it out right now.

How close do you sit from the microphone? According to the Dictate documentation, consistent microphone position is supposed to be really important, which is why you need a headset. Maybe MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 has such improved accuracy that this doesn’t matter any more? It seems faster too on my new Mac Book.

By: lebloggadget

lebloggadget — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:03:35 +0000

MacSpeech Dictate Version 1.5 — Some Initial Impressions:
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