http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ Dragon for Mac Forums and Discussion: Recent Posts en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:08:03 +0000 http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1602#post-8227 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:49:48 +0000 halacious 8227@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I cant answer all the questions but I can report that DD 2.5 has a very extensive medical vocabulary . I've dictated all my notes and I've only added 1 word. To give you an idea of how impressive the vocabulary is my last note contained "GnRH agonist "and "Levonorgestrel IUD". DD transcribed thes without correction and the capitalization was correct.</p> <p>However it crashes all the time and there is some strange "missing letter" bug that is driving me crazy. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1637#post-8226 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:26:35 +0000 halacious 8226@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Sorry to say I've disabled Lion autocorrect and text expander and still have this problem. I'm pretty impressed when it works, but buggy software is ultimately unusable software. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1814#post-8225 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:10:47 +0000 PipSqueak 8225@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>It's a MacBook Pro. I already tried that several times. Now, I am getting an "2.5.2 internal error" message. So frustrating, as this program has worked beautifully until today. </p> <p>Any other suggestions? FTR, other obvious things I tried was shutting down and restarting and changing the profile user, to no avail. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803&page=2#post-8224 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:59:55 +0000 cactustweeter 8224@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Lunis, is right with respect to the NaturallySpeaking forum. Prior to Nuance there was Scansoft. Scansoft had a decent NaturallySpeaking forum. When Scansoft acquired Nuance and then later changed its name to Nuance, the NaturallySpeaking forum lived on for a short period of time, but was given no attention and eventually went away.</p> <p>I don't know what Nuance's intentions are for for the Dragon Dictate forum, but they don't seem too interested in people's thoughts. It's been repeatedly requested that a search feature be added to this forum so that people could look up previous question/answers. People get tired of answering the same old question and eventually shy away. No search feature has been provided. Since the acquisition of MacSpeech the moderator interaction has been less and less. So we will see if this forum dies the same death as other Nuance forums.</p> <p>Lunis, I welcome your Dragon Dictate forum. One thing I suggest though, politely rein in the NaturallySpeaking know it all's. A Dragon Dictate user who has a problem and needs some help does not want to hear over and over and over and over how much better NaturallySpeaking is. We all know NaturallySpeaking is better. It's been around since 1997. It has had way more money poured into it then MacSpeech Dictate. But we have chosen to use Dragon Dictate because we love the Mac. So I think your forum will work and succeed if it truly presents help to the Dragon Dictate user and not talks down to them.</p> <p>Mid-2011 Mac mini, 2.0 GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB Crucial M4 SSD, Buddy 6G USB Pod, Sennheiser MD431 II, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Dragon Dictate 2.5.2, Parallels 6 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate, DNS Pro 11.5 </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1815#post-8223 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:37:20 +0000 B 8223@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I sent a request for help to Nuance Support on December 6th. I still haven't received any substantive response after two months and several reminders. </p> <p>Anyone have a way to motivate Nuance Support to do their jobs? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1814#post-8222 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:19:30 +0000 KnowBrainer 8222@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Is this a desktop or notebook computer? If this is a notebook computer, try switching from 1 dedicated USB port to another. If this is a desktop computer, ALWAYS use a rear USB port but try switching to another dedicated rear USB port. Don't use a USB splitter or front USB port. It also doesn't hurt to blow on the end of the USB plug before inserting it into the next USB port. Sometimes dust is the culprit.</p> <p>Lunis Orcutt – <a href="http://www.KnowBrainer.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.KnowBrainer.com</a> (615) 884-4558<br /> Chat Live w/a Nuance Gold Certified Speech Recognition Specialist ~ <a href="http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html" rel="nofollow">http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html</a> </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1814#post-8221 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:51:04 +0000 PipSqueak 8221@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I am getting this error after using the product for 6 weeks. Today, I used the headset for 2 hours. Took a lunch break, and then got this error. I have restarted the computer several times, and still I get this error. How can I fix this, quickly? Do I need a new USB port? Where can I get one in a brick and morter building if I do? I need this for my transcription for my dissertation, and cannot wait for the mail. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8220 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:29:31 +0000 KnowBrainer 8220@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>&gt;&gt;&gt; If you are trying to get members of this community to leave for your new Dragon Dictate Forum, it seems disrespectful to me. &lt;&lt;&lt;</p> <p>That is not our intent. All we're recommending is expanding your horizons. To put it another way, we just purchased a messenger bag. Before making our final decision, we checked a dozen or so websites. When asking DragonDictate related questions, you should undoubtedly consider posting here but if you don't get a satisfactory answer, don't leave the table hungry. We're just saying that you should consider the new forum as another option; not necessarily your stomping ground. This is, after all, the official MacSpeech forum. </p> <p>On a side note, you might be interested to know that ALL previous Nuance forums have been gradually decommissioned; including 1 of the most popular NaturallySpeaking forums. If nothing else, it never hurts to have a Plan B. We take speech recognition forums very seriously. That's why we contributed around $20,000 to establishing this new forum. </p> <p>Lunis Orcutt – <a href="http://www.KnowBrainer.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.KnowBrainer.com</a> (615) 884-4558<br /> Chat Live w/a Nuance Gold Certified Speech Recognition Specialist ~ <a href="http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html" rel="nofollow">http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html</a> </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8219 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:20:55 +0000 cactustweeter 8219@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Fanman,</p> <p>See my post <a href="http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1813">here</a>. Join me and make your voice be heard. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1813#post-8218 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:09:01 +0000 cactustweeter 8218@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Have you ever heard the expression the sticky wheel gets the grease (US expression and I am probably dating myself by using it)? Well, on a daily basis we see this is true. If there are enough requests or complaints about something, eventually something gets done.</p> <p>I feel this is the same way with Dragon Dictate. People complain on this forum about missing features all the time. But other than complaining, most do not do anything else. I want to challenge everyone to make their voice heard. That is, go to the following URL and enter your feature request:</p> <p><a href="http://www.nuance.com/dragon/feature-request/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.nuance.com/dragon/feature-request/index.htm</a></p> <p>One feature request I would like to see is a preference setting to turn off the copy/cut/delete &lt;text&gt; dictation command. This dictation command misfires for me on a regular basis and screws up my dictation. Nuance should have included a preference to turn this dictation command off when they added this new feature to DD. I'm going to go to the before mentioned URL and make that request. If anyone else on this forum is frustrated with the inability to turn off this dictation command, please make your voice heard and enter the request. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8217 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:43:41 +0000 Calistoga 8217@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>KnowBrainer, you probably have the number one community forum for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Do you also want to be the number one forum for Dragon Dictate? If you are trying to get members of this community to leave for your new Dragon Dictate Forum, it seems disrespectful to me. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1779#post-8216 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:46:48 +0000 climbhigh4life 8216@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I need to know the same thing! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8215 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:19:14 +0000 KnowBrainer 8215@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>1. The fact that we rarely use DragonDictate, because of efficiency issues, doesn't mean that our entire forum is DragonDictate free. Many of the forum membership use both DragonDictate and NaturallySpeaking. The most frequent request we receive is for a dedicated DragonDictate forum and that's why we're doing it. In other words we are just 1 voice in thousands of participants. That is also why we principally only participate in the microphone section of this forum. </p> <p>2. The feature you are referring to is also included in NaturallySpeaking under the Options/Commands tab. However, DNS has the option of removing the checkmark from &lt;Enable Cut Shortcut Commands&gt;, &lt;Enable Delete Shortcut Command&gt; and &lt;Enable Copy Shortcut Commands&gt;. Unfortunately, that option does not yet exist in DragonDictate. We have occasionally run into issues with these commands but in NaturallySpeaking the problem can be avoided by pre-facing our dictation with Dictation Commands (instant no pause required) such as “no-caps” or “Cap” Example: “no-caps cut etc…” or “Cap Delete etc…” However, Nuance does listen to end-user recommendations and they are already familiar with this issue. We suspect that the next release of DragonDictate will include an option to toggle this feature but considering how Nuance works, we doubt you will see an option to turn this feature off until DragonDictate 3 which may be a long way off because Nuance is considering scrapping the entire algorithm-based speech engine they have used since 1996 for an entirely different approach. It may take them a while to make this work and they will likely introduce it in NaturallySpeaking 12 before releasing DragonDictate 3 but this is just a guess on our part :-)</p> <p>3. What DragonDictate could really use is a few repeater commands such as the KnowBrainer 2011 “Undo 1-20”, “Redo 1-20”, “Tab 1-20”, “Space 1-20” etc… but unfortunately Nuance only chose to include the “backspace 1-20” command and at this point, we haven't been able to port KnowBrainer into DragonDictate. Development cost would be enormous for this project but it is something we would like to do. </p> <p>You mentioned up to 10 misfires per page. Yikes! Part of this problem could be due to accuracy issues rather than coding problems. No doubt, eliminating these commands would help but the fact that they occur so often could mean that you're suffering from accuracy issues which can range from interference to a substandard sound system. Unfortunately this forum doesn't include a user profile section or signature tag but would you mind letting us know what you are using for a speech recognition microphone and sound card? The manufacturer OEM microphone should only be considered as a starter microphone at most.</p> <p>Lunis Orcutt – <a href="http://www.KnowBrainer.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.KnowBrainer.com</a> (615) 884-4558<br /> Chat Live w/a Nuance Gold Certified Speech Recognition Specialist ~ <a href="http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html" rel="nofollow">http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html</a> </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1807#post-8214 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:32:18 +0000 Fanman 8214@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>B -</p> <p>Browse through the forums and I think you'll find an answer to your question.</p> <p>Welcome to Nuance. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8213 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:28:36 +0000 Fanman 8213@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>@KnowBrainer -</p> <p>I understand that you like to advertise for your own forums, but I see good reason for your forums to be unpopular with DD users. Presumably due to the fact that you do not use DD on a regular basis, your comments on DD are often flat out wrong. Here's an example:</p> <p>You say that relatively long phrases are always safe. What a bunch of bologna! Just yesterday I dictated a roughly 15 word phrase with the result that DD interpreted the word "the" at the beginning of the phrase as the command "CUT" and then proceeded to delete an identical phrase earlier in the letter. Sure, my work may be unusual in that most people don't repeat long phrases like that in the same letter. Nonetheless, the "CUT" command is too easy to trigger in the current version of DD, whence a mechanism for turning it off would be greatly appreciated. Nuance has known about this for months (or at least should have, if they occasionally peruse the forums) and still hasn't dealt with this crippling bug.</p> <p>As I've said before in other threads, this is a particularly nasty bug because each uncorrected "recognition" of "CUT" reinforces DD's belief that it has understood you correctly. On the other hand, saying "UNDO DICTATION" or "SCRATCH THAT" isn't a particularly appealing option, since that only results in having your text get screwed up even more. As a result, DD's tendency to misfire (i.e. to think you've said "CUT") increases steadily over time. I now experience on the order of 2 to 10 misfires per page of dictation!! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1782#post-8212 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:36:27 +0000 whatsinaname 8212@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Just tried DD again after several weeks, downloaded the update, can't get past "continue" in the first window before the whole things crashes! On several occasions. </p> <p>Would like to add my plea to joet54 - any help would be good. Thanks </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1729#post-8211 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:12:31 +0000 eMicrophones 8211@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Merx,</p> <p>Did you see the article at:<br /> <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Bluetooth/1.0/en/blu26.html" rel="nofollow">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Bluetooth/1.0/en/blu26.html</a></p> <p>Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1685#post-8210 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:35:12 +0000 eMicrophones 8210@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>upuetz,</p> <p>&gt; It is paired with the built-in Bluetooth...</p> <p>I believe the Calisto must be used with the USB dongle and will not work with the built in Bluetooth.</p> <p>Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc.<br /> See our extensive list of microphones tested for Dragon on the Mac at:<br /> <a href="http://www.emicrophones.com/c-18-microphones-for-the-mac.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.emicrophones.com/c-18-microphones-for-the-mac.aspx</a> </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1729#post-8209 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:53:05 +0000 merx 8209@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>The Calisto Bluetooth-Headset doesn't work on MAC OS-X Lion !<br /> The problem is the USB-Adapter (works with Snow-Leopard).<br /> What should i do? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1805#post-8208 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:27:37 +0000 Yakker 8208@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hi;</p> <p>I'm curious about this too.<br /> Could one just double-click the profile on the flash drive and expect it to open the DD app on another computer?</p> <p>Ray </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1806#post-8207 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:04:37 +0000 eMicrophones 8207@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Lunis Orcutt wrote:<br /> "1st wired headset microphone to produce 100% accuracy in a controlled environment"</p> <p>eMicrophones introduced the ME3 headset found at:<br /> <a href="http://www.emicrophones.com/p-1085-sennheiser-me3-headset-microphone.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.emicrophones.com/p-1085-sennheiser-me3-headset-microphone.aspx</a><br /> in 2004, not 2002. At the time you were one of our dealer testers for this product and after using it for a week wrote an E-mail saying, "This is the BEST microphone we have ever tested bar none! Dictating with Dragon 7 Professional yields 100% accuracy." Having used it with a version of Dragon going back 4 generations and receiving 100% accuracy we cannot understand how you can claim the Audio Technica is the first with 100% accuracy???</p> <p>Lunis then writes:<br /> "From 2002 through 2004, the gold standard wired headset microphone was the Sennheiser ME3 which is still popular. Although the ME3 is a great microphone, it hasn't been improved since its inception. While Sennheiser basked in its success, other hungrier microphone manufacturers worked feverishly to topple the ME3 from its #1 rating."</p> <p>When you say the ME3 has not been improved, we note the Audio Technica microphone has been around since 1992 and only the cable with a 3.5 mm connector was added for use with video cameras. Unfortunately because you are not allowed access to the ME3-VR manufactured by Sennheiser exclusively for eMicrophones you would not be aware of any improvements. These include the addition of an 8' cable instead of a short cable and the installation of a new microphone element in 2009. This new element retains the highest accuracy and extends the noise canceling to that well beyond the bounds most users require and in preliminary testing beyond the Audio Technica.</p> <p>We have been testing the Audio Technica Pro 8HEmW and find it to be equal in some respects to the Sennheiser ME3. However, preliminary testing shows some slight shortfalls in terms of overall comfort, non flexible boom and one year warranty as opposed to ME3-VR 2 year warranty. We sell 2000 ME3 in an average year. There are less than 5 returns or repairs and the 2 year warranty says it all. At this point we are seriously looking at stocking the Audio Technica. Anyone thinking of purchasing this now should do a Google price comparison search. Don't forget you will need to add in the price of a 6' extension cable ($5 or $6).</p> <p>As for Lunis claiming better accuracy, see the Knowbrainer forum at:<br /> <a href="http://knowbrainer.com/pubforum/index.cfm?page=viewForumTopic&#38;topicId=13758&#38;pageNo=2#259818F3-D325-4ED6-E0ED50C98B4DD11Fthread74060" rel="nofollow">http://knowbrainer.com/pubforum/index.cfm?page=viewForumTopic&#38;topicId=13758&#38;pageNo=2#259818F3-D325-4ED6-E0ED50C98B4DD11Fthread74060</a><br /> The customer who introduced the Audio Technica is a heavy speech recognition user and has a Sennheiser ME3. He writes:<br /> "I never did A/B testing against the ME-3 and probably never will because the performance is close enough between the two that the difference is irrelevant to me"</p> <p>As to our final comment as re 100% accuracy, we note your "BATTLE OF THE WIRED HEADSET MICROPHONES," referenced in your post above. In the section of the PDF file, "Audio-Technica Pro 8HEmW Pros:" see:<br /> &#61623; Rated #1 in Accura is cy<br /> May we assume you were using one of your 100% accuracy microphones when dictating this? :-)</p> <p>Sincerely,<br /> Marty Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8206 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:51:51 +0000 KnowBrainer 8206@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>&gt;&gt;&gt; This is why I jumped on KnowBrainer's comment about dictating while away from the screen. &lt;&lt;&lt;</p> <p>About all you can to, at the moment, is to try to dictate in relatively long phrases (which is always safe) and utilize a good sound system. We should've clarified that we do not regularly use DragonDictate because from a functional point of view, it is a bit too limited. We use NaturallySpeaking on a Windows-based PC and although we have the option of switching into pure command free Dictation Mode, Numbers Mode, Command Mode and Spell Mode we find accidental command deployment to be rare enough that we don't find it necessary to switch to Dictation Mode; until the phone rings :-( .</p> <p>We should probably mention that Nuance only recently acquired the MacSpeech company, which was running in the red when they sold out to Nuance. As of yet, Nuance hasn't put a lot of effort into DragonDictate but Mac sales are escalating and we believe it would be in Nuance's best interest to throw a little more R&#38;D in this direction but we can only make that suggestion to Nuance. We know that Nuance frequently monitors the KnowBrainer Speech Recognition Forum and it seems likely that they at least spot check this forum so they are aware of the current limitations.</p> <p>In the upcoming weeks, we will be unveiling a new DragonDictate forum based on the latest forum technologies from FuseTalk which will allow attachments, profiles (like Facebook) embedded hyperlinks, color, specialized formatting (handy for coding), pictures inside a post, expressive icons, signature taglines, blogging and just about every other modern forum amenity you can imagine. The KnowBrainer speech recognition forums have been the world's most popular speech recognition forums for many years but we have neglected the needs of the DragonDictate users for far too long and we hope to remedy that mistake soon. When we get everything ready to go, we will make an official announcement here.</p> <p>Lunis Orcutt – <a href="http://www.KnowBrainer.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.KnowBrainer.com</a> (615) 884-4558<br /> Chat Live w/a Nuance Gold Certified Speech Recognition Specialist ~ <a href="http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html" rel="nofollow">http://messenger.providesupport.com/messenger/knowbrainer.html</a> </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1742#post-8205 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:50:31 +0000 fugue 8205@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I found the answer to the problem in the DD Knowledgebase:</p> <blockquote><p> Click the "Export" button and save the exported commands file ("name.commandstext").<br /> Note: When exporting dynamic commands (Dragon Dictate only), the user is prompted to save the Command Set and then also to save the Trigger terms. These files will be saved as "name.commandstext" and "name.dynamictext".</p></blockquote> <p>So could you reexport your commands and provide the .dynamictext file along with the .commandstext file?</p> <p>Thank you! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1811#post-8204 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:06:13 +0000 fugue 8204@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Great googly moogly! IT WORKS!</p> <p>I spend most of my life in Spelling Mode, so this is great! I may get my shoulder back yet!</p> <p>Thank you so very much! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1805#post-8203 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:15:29 +0000 in2comp 8203@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Anyone? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8202 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:38:44 +0000 Fanman 8202@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>cactustweeter -</p> <p>We're getting far off topic here, but yes, in my eyes the "CUT" command is the most prominent shortcoming in the current version of DD. As you said, it misfires constantly. If you don't keep your eyes carefully focussed on the cursor, an inadvertent "CUT" command can irreparably ruin whole passages of text. (OK, maybe "irreparable" is not 100% correct since Word and TextEdit luckily have undo commands. Nonetheless, repair of the text can be quite tedious depending on how long you have been dictating without noticing that DD has gone off on its own.) In this respect, it is important to note that, while the CUT command is the most prominent "bug," other commands in DD also misfire and likewise wreak havoc in a variety of ways. This is why I jumped on KnowBrainer's comment about dictating while away from the screen. While your remark about being able to lock up the computer, etc. are quite sensible, I couldn't imagine dictating text or otherwise operating the computer using DD without being able to see what DD is doing. DD is simply too unreliable. For those of us in businesses with a statutory requirement for profession liability insurance, working with software that often goes off on its own is not pleasant.</p> <p>ViaVoice allowed users to choose whether they wanted just dictation or command and dictation. For those of us just interested in dictation, this was wonderful. There was zero risk that you would screw something up that you had already proofread. Sure, they don't need to be separate products, but I sometimes have the feeling that Nuance doesn't fully grasp the differing requirements between the two user groups we talked about. They seem to be primarily interesting in expanding the list of features (presumably because such things are easier to advertise as "improvements.") I don't care about more and more features. DD is already very good for dictation - except that the various command options screw up the dictation. If I could turn off those commands, I would be a much happier customer.</p> <p>People have been complaining on the forums about the inability to turn off commands for months. Is it so difficult to add such a toggle switch to the user interface? I can't imagine it would be. Yet Nuance still hasn't addressed this major problem. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1599&page=2#post-8201 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:05:37 +0000 scoop1 8201@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Nekton1 one slight change. I used Spring Cleaning (yes it works fine on Lion even though its maker says it doesn't) and trashed everything Dictate. </p> <p>Then I installed off my 2.0 disc. It works perfectly with Lion and Word 2011. As it did before. I have down this reversion before, successfully. </p> <p>I tried to insert my latest Profile, but 2.0 could not see it. So I did all the training files. And it is running perfectly in harmony in Word. </p> <p>Now all I have to do is remember NOT to allow it to update me! Not until I have seen contributors here say that all the problems with 2.5 have been fixed. </p> <p>As far as I can tell 2.5.2 works in Lion 10.7, but it fails if you take it anywhere near Word!</p> <p>For a while recently I tried to work with 2.5.2 in the Dictate dictation box, but as soon as I copied to text form that into Word, Dictate failed.</p> <p>You have got to spend the hour to get back to 2.0 (or 2.03 if you have got it) and create a new profile. then train it </p> <p>But it's worth it! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8200 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:45:06 +0000 cactustweeter 8200@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Fanman,</p> <p>Are you having trouble with the cut/delete &lt;text&gt; commands? I hate the fact they put these stupid commands in DD, and DNS (Dragon NaturallySpeaking) without a way to disable them through preferences. They misfire constantly and screw up my dictation.</p> <p>As far as having a separate product for command-and-control and dictation, I don't think this is necessary. It's possible to have powerful dictation and command-and-control in the same product. DNS has this. And just because I leverage command-and-control slightly more, I still need dictation. I still need to dictate my e-mail. Dictate my code. Dictate my responses on forums. The way I look at it is, just because I don't happen to use functionality at this time, it sure nice to have it available if I decide to use it later. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1811#post-8199 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 cactustweeter 8199@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>The way I use mouseless browsing with DD 2.5.2, is I switch to Spelling Mode and I spell the numbered links. This works great. All links are accessible. I can reach any numbered link from 1-n. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1599&page=2#post-8198 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:50:35 +0000 scoop1 8198@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Nekton1 My problem is identical to yours. Same hardware. Same software. I had been using 2.0.3 and I made the DREADFUL MISTAKE of believing an email and updating to 2.5.2. That was months ago (posting Feb 2 2012).</p> <p>In November last year I made that mistake before. </p> <p>So I rode the Time Machine back to when 2.03 was running and restored that.</p> <p>It works ( it can crash when starting like 2.5 does) but when I open carefully 2.03 comes up perfectly and I am back there working in Word and cannot believe my luck.</p> <p>My productivity with 2.03 is back to the efficiency I enjoyed before the disastrous "upgrade" to 2.5.</p> <p>If you want to work in Word I 100% recommend going back to 2.03 and still running Lion. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1812#post-8197 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:53:14 +0000 pcryan 8197@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Sorry for the newbie post.</p> <p>Are there scripts available in order to use Microsoft outlook with a richer command set such as open e-mail, send e-mail, reply and so on?</p> <p>Thank you</p> <p>Peter </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1742#post-8196 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:42:22 +0000 fugue 8196@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Please forgive my incredible ignorance, but I can't seem to get your commands to install.</p> <p>I select "Command Import..." and select your .commandtext file, but it then asks me to "Select Trigger Terms" via another browsing window. I thought that that might mean selecting the Firefox application, but that (and all other apps) was grayed out.</p> <p>The only choice I found was to select "Cancel". It then told me that the import was successful, but the commands don't appear in the Command window.</p> <p>Can some kind soul tell me what I'm doing wrong?</p> <p>Thank you! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1811#post-8195 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:08:03 +0000 fugue 8195@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hi, all!</p> <p>I'm trying to use Mouseless Browsing for Firefox via DD. I can't seem to do any double-digit numbers because there seems to be no way to tell DD to hold down the Control key and type "11". I've tried "Control-Eleven" (gives me Control-F11) and "Control-One-One" (gives me Control-1 and 1).</p> <p>Is there any way to hold down the Control key through both digits? I don't want to turn off having a modifier key in MLB because when I get to the fields I'm trying to get to, I am often dictating numbers.</p> <p>Does all this make sense? Can anyone help?</p> <p>Thank you very much! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1803#post-8194 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:02:09 +0000 Fanman 8194@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>@cactustweeter -</p> <p>Thanks for your interesting perspective, which also goes to prove another point. The requirements of people who use speech recognition for dictation (typically of large volumes of text) are often significantly different from the requirements of people who use speech recognition as a substitute for manual operation. It often makes me wonder whether companies like Nuance should actually offer two products / two components for a single product package, namely a pure dictation oriented product/component and a computer command oriented product/component. For me, all of the editing functions built into DD are currently my greatest foe. As opposed to earlier versions, they now constantly activate without being summoned and ruin my texts. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=1802#post-8193 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:45:43 +0000 Mark Carter 8193@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I've been having this problem for many months. No evidence of excessive processor use but Dragon freezes and progressively slows the rest of the computer to a standstill. As soon as I start to notice my computer becoming unresponsive, I immediately force quit Dragon, avoiding loss of work in other applications. As far as I can see, there is no pattern to how long Dragon is running before the problem arises -sometimes a day and sometimes minutes. Have tried reinstalling, trashing prefs, etc. but no luck. I really like Dragon when it works but find it extremely buggy. </p>