http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ MacSpeech Forums and Discussion: Recent Posts en Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:00:13 +0000 http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=846#post-3959 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:33:43 +0000 ems 3959@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I have been using a couple of Olympus recorders--a DS-2 that I got in the days of iListen and a VN 6200 PC they gave me at work. While the DS-2 used to download DSS files, now both download WMA files (needed if my secretary is going to transcribe; also easy to email to people, since anyone can open WMA but DSS is proprietary). The point is Olympus's software has a setting to convert the download automatically to aiff. That's been part of their software for Mac all along. So I get 2 files. If I want to transcribe it using Scribe, I run the aiff. If I want to send it to my secretary, I use the WMA. Scribe has been doing a very good job of transcribing my dictation; in some ways, it's easier and more accurate than using MSD. Now I dictate everything, and I have a recorder with me at all times. I'm a busy lawyer, and now I don't miss anything. I even use it for keeping track of billing, and I capture things that used to slip away from me before. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=901#post-3958 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:25:08 +0000 Donkeyoatay 3958@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hi Derek. Yes you do, as MSD have made it so, they want you to buy their Calisto b/t which does not need SoundFlower &#38; LineIn!</p> <p>Michael. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=901#post-3957 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:06:57 +0000 dcs68 3957@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Thanks Michael...that's good to know. So I guess this would apply to most BT headsets, that they would be better connected via a BT adapter than to the MacBook's internal BT...</p> <p>Do you still need to use SoundFlower and Line in when using the BUA-100 B/T?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Derek </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=902#post-3956 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:35:12 +0000 Camie 3956@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Actually, I have... but that's the problem. There's nothing there in the selection window and when I click on it, nothing happens. However, when I click down I can select US or UK and below that. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=607#post-3955 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:50:49 +0000 fernst 3955@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hello Les57,</p> <p>this is odd. "Syntax error" means you have somehow violated the AppleScript language. However, when I copy the scripts from my web browser into AppleScriptEditor, they compile with no problem.</p> <p>Please try the simple versions first (without Growl notifications). Make sure the line breaks are as shown; each script has 7 lines. The first line of each script should be exactly like this (including the quotes!):</p> <p>property procName : "QuicKeysUserEventHelper"</p> <p>All this does is to assign the string "QuicKeysUserEventHelper" to the (global) variable procName. Such statements are very common in Applescript. If the compiler stops at this line, the problem must be some sort of typo -- particularly check the end of the line; perhaps delete and re-type it. But the red underline may actually not indicate where the problem really is (by typing in all sorts of errors I cannot reproduce a red underline in AppleScriptEditor!). </p> <p>Please do this: Subsequently de-activate each one of the 7 lines of the faulty script (or scripts) by putting two hyphens at the beginning of the line and click the "hammer" (compile) button. Tell me which line or lines you have to de-activate to make the scripts compile and check what you have in those lines that cause the problem. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=864#post-3954 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:04:56 +0000 Popster 3954@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I know, I know, the product is designed for one voice.</p> <p>I need to record interviews with (at least) two voices. I have fully trained two profiles, one male, one female.</p> <p>As long as the speakers are of the same gender, the results are rather good. Some deeper female voices are better handled by the male profile. It is faster than using my voice, repeating the speakers using Dictate, more accurate than using Dictate with a microphone next to the speakers of my iMac and certainly better than typing the material manually.</p> <p>I am impressed by Scribe and hope for advances in the technology over time. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=897#post-3953 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:24:00 +0000 LeslieC 3953@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>i seem to have resolved the worst of this by trashing the plist files and relaunching macspeech.<br /> i still get a lot more pinwheels when i'm running macspeech than when i'm not. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=904#post-3952 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:22:12 +0000 LeslieC 3952@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>In both command and dictation mode, I can see that MacSpeech heard me perfectly, but nothing happens in my document. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=901#post-3951 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:20:23 +0000 Donkeyoatay 3951@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Derek. I tried the Voyager Pro with the BUA-100 b/t adapter and without, and have to say that voice recognition was better with the adapter.</p> <p>Michael. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=902#post-3950 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:57:25 +0000 Yakker 3950@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hi Camie;</p> <p>You have probably thought of this, but are you sure that when you open MacSpeech the profile selection window is selecting the right microphone option? (Look at the right hand side of the profile window.) I know it's an obvious item, but sometimes the simplest stuff can get past us.</p> <p>Just in case. . . .</p> <p>Ray </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=895#post-3949 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:40:57 +0000 SpiralOcean 3949@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>You would think all of this would be automatic. Shouldn't the software always be training and adding words to the vocabulary?</p> <p>One improvement would be to have only one window, with a big switch for training on.</p> <p>If the switch is on, any corrections that I make train the software and add to the dictionary. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=903#post-3948 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:39:22 +0000 SpiralOcean 3948@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>If you have quickkeys you can create some keyboard shortucts to help speed up the transcription accuracy. Here is what I remapped for MacScribe.</p> <p>[command + option + left arrow] remapped to [command + option + J]<br /> [command + option + right arrow] remapped to [command + option + L]<br /> [command + option + return] remapped to [command + option + K] </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=895#post-3947 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:33:18 +0000 SpiralOcean 3947@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>This helps me. Thank you JinVA.</p> <p>So if I understand correctly... correcting the transcriptions in the transcription area should train the software? I don't have to train every audio file in the transcription training area? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=902#post-3946 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:19:18 +0000 Camie 3946@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I've been having problems with MacSpeech Dictate's microphone. It keeps saying microphone's profile is missing. I had to remove the program and install it twice now. However, the mic seems to be working fine when I go to system preferences and speech tools and it works and is correctly hooked up to the USB ports. I do have G-Pen 610, but it hasn't been conflicting with the program. It all started yesterday when I had to save a document on a USB port, but the mic was off and I unplugged it. The program was still open, which is my mistake. </p> <p>But now that I try to put back the mic it does not recognize it whatsoever. I'm sure it's a software program, but what's happening here? Can someone please help me? I'll probably go to the Mac store, but I'd rather email and see if I can fix this problem here instead. Any advice?</p> <p>In addition, I cannot create a new profile, so I can't even adjust the mic levels, etc. I have to always quit the program. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=901#post-3945 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:13:18 +0000 dcs68 3945@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I am presently using the Plantronics Voyager Pro and connecting to my MacBook via the built-in bluetooth and using Soundflower and LineIn. It seems to work pretty good....is there any advantage to adding the BUA-100 B/T adapter into the mix...it is better results than my present config?</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Derek </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=883#post-3944 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:06:30 +0000 povlhp 3944@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I never receive an upgrade coupon either. I have just e-mailed sales in hope they will send me one, as it is long ago I registered Macspeech 1.5 on the webpage.</p> <p>If I don't get any coupon, I will keep using Soundflower and MacSpeech dictate, and they lose a sale. It is 99% my own voice I transcribe anyway. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=901#post-3943 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:35:35 +0000 Donkeyoatay 3943@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I am using the Plantronics Voyager Pro in conjunction with the Plantronics BUA-100 B/T adapter. Besides having to install Soundflower and LineIn everything works 100%. I have never had a problem.</p> <p>There is another thread here on how to install the two small applications with the Voyager Pro. Before buying this b/t mic I had a long conversation with a Plantronics tecnico in Europe, who could not understand why MacSpeech Dictate insist that the Calisto is the only b/t mic recommended. He recommended the Voyager Pro + the BUA-100 B/T adapter. I purchased the mic via Amazon UK at a very attractive price. As for the BUA-100 B/T adapter. A quick search on Google led me to a German eBay outlet where I bought two for $us 30:00. Both work perfectly. </p> <p>AMeit. You have asked a question and I can only confirm my success with the Voyager Pro. If you use the setup I have, you will be 100% OK. I personally believe that MSD only push the Calisto mic because of the profit they must be making every time a MSD user buys one. I live in Spain, and if I had purchased the Calisto from MSD direct, I could have bought three Plantronics Voyager Pro kits from Amazon UK for the same price as MSD would have charged me for one Calisto mic. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=98#post-3942 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:28:33 +0000 AMeit 3942@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Look here MacSpeech, full mouse control is long, long over due. Its command/control basics. Just do it. Now that your part of Nuance, the grid mouse should be part of MSD 1.6, now. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=787#post-3941 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:02:05 +0000 AMeit 3941@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Thank you very much. Please contact me off list at: meitnik at gmail dot com. I want to work with you to do more. Thanks </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=901#post-3940 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:54:02 +0000 AMeit 3940@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Look some of you took the chance of getting a bluetooth mic and found it working well. Anyone??? I am willing to stick with USB for a few more months but this is really weird. Come on, There cant be just one bluetooth mic that works with Dictate. And anyone try using VXI blue parrot Xpress with a bluetooth usb adaptor for quality?? For pete's sake, I cant believe only a small handful of mics work with Dictate/iListen after Ten years!!!. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=899#post-3939 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:19:09 +0000 ScottinMA 3939@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Regretfully my issue is worse than expected. My back-up also had multiple profiles of my user profile and automatically sent a bug report to MacSpeech with the crash log. Found that deleting any of the multiple user files resulted in the need to start from scratch and create a new user file. This is QUITE THE BUG I really must say! Have yet to get a response from MacSpeech support about the crash log and follow up email of the issue. So now I've lost everything. What a disappointment and there was nothing to account for this (absolutely no modifications to this computer were made prior to this bug). I've got a lot of work to do to retrain a new user profile and I fear that, since this happened for apparently no reason, it will happen again! </p> <p>Scott </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=899#post-3938 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:46:44 +0000 Yakker 3938@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hi ScottinMA;</p> <p>I think all Dictate profiles end with the extension: </p> <p>.dictateprofile</p> <p>Seems to me you could do a search on the external drive for files ending with this extension and then copy/paste it to your internal drive. Put it wherever the currently corrupted files were put when you created them (that's where MSD looks for them first) and see if that works OK for you.</p> <p>Oh, and if I were in your place, I would make another copy of that good file and put it away someplace else as well. Just in case.<br /> But then I'm paranoid. . . </p> <p>HTH<br /> Ray </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=900#post-3937 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:59:05 +0000 JinVA 3937@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Twice, I have transcribed audio files longer than one hour. Both times, the transcription has ended before the end of the audio file. I then have to go back, locate the place where it stopped, cut out the "missing" end of the file, and transcribe again. Any idea why this is happening?</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=895#post-3936 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:54:16 +0000 JinVA 3936@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>You do not have to use transcription training, but you do have to edit the transcription within Scribe. To be clearer, once you select the audio file to transcribe, you need to "clean up" the transcription within Scribe. I've seen it improve tremendously over my time using it, so that now, lots of it is transcribing accurately, and when it isn't just right, the correct transcription is one of the choices in the Recognition section (to the right of the transcription).</p> <p>So, at the risk of stating the obvious, if you copy and paste the rtf into another application and then make corrections, Scribe is not learning from that (don't be offended -- this actually didn't occur to me immediately in the haze of getting used to it initially).</p> <p>Also, after I have done the final cleaning up of a transcription, I always have scribe do the vocabulary training of the file. (Note that it will not open .docx files, so save as .doc (funny since it requires the very latest version of Mac OS, but . . . )) I think this has helped improve accuracy too, since it is picking up jargon and acronyms correctly more often. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=899#post-3935 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:58:52 +0000 ScottinMA 3935@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I'm using the latest version of Dictate and when opening the application this morning multiple user profiles appeared all of which were corrupted and it wants me to create a new user file. I have an external HD with a mirror image of the internal HD that I would like to access in order to retrieve my old user profile and get everything back to the way it was before the corruption. Could anyone tell me how to do this and where the files are stored? I'm using OSX 10.6.2 </p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Scott </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=898#post-3934 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:18:09 +0000 twiggins 3934@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>When I use Command import to import a set of commands I created to another computer, they are imported, but when I quit MacSpeech and come back, they are not saved. How can he be imported remain with my file? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=607#post-3933 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:45:05 +0000 DoctorB 3933@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I do not have quickkeys (I do have text expandre) and as you can see by my dictation of this note that I am also having similar issues with MacSpeech Dictate. There are multiple reversals of the last letters causing the spelling within the text. I truly hope that Apple and MacSpeech Dictate find a quick solution to this problem.<br /> Thank you! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=881#post-3932 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:57:52 +0000 Brat 3932@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>After a month, I've given up. Calling tech support helped<br /> I installed snow leopard etc, finally got it trained<br /> it crashes commas or , so often that it's not<br /> worth th additional hours. I've been transcribing off<br /> my IPhone. Tech said this was fine but he didn't<br /> know much more than I did. Hard to believe I<br /> paid to be tortured so! </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=897#post-3931 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:27:58 +0000 LeslieC 3931@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Not sure where to start. Within a few minutes of using Dictate, the program gets slow. It rapidly becomes super slow to use and then slows down all of my other programs. This happens even with the Dictate microphone off. At that point Dictate won't even respond to force quit.<br /> This last time, I had to force quit 4 programs that were "not responding," before I could reboot. Dictate is basically unusable and makes my whole computer run like my PC used to.<br /> I'd love some wise words. Seems like it would be great, if i could really use it.<br /> :( </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=896#post-3930 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:13:57 +0000 Yakker 3930@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Hi jmrecht;</p> <p>I'm not sure I understand quite what you want. Saying "tab key" does create a tab press for me, and saying "new line" creates a return. I can use the "tab key" command to move from addressee field to subject field to the main text field, and "new line" (or "new paragraph") serves as a return (or a double return) consistently for me.</p> <p>I don't know a way to send the e-mail without pressing the Send button. But there very well may be one; my approach to Dictate is very vanilla and overall works very well for me without having to work out my own special commands.</p> <p>Hope this helps.</p> <p>Ray </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=896#post-3929 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:36:26 +0000 jimrecht 3929@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>This is maddening. All I want to do is use the Gmail keystroke shortcuts to send email!<br /> For the life of me, I can't figure out how to create a command that will do the following:</p> <p> send the keystrokes &lt;tab&gt; then &lt;return&gt;</p> <p>Can anyone help me with this? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=846#post-3928 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:07:24 +0000 tvjay 3928@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>I use a Sony ICD-SX700 with excellent results. When recording in PCM mode (.wav) you get about 3hours recording time on the internal-only memory. You get full access of the voice file when connected via USB.</p> <p>I have also used MP3 recordings on this device and at that mode you get about 13 hours of recording time but the files have to be converted before using them for transcription. In my case, using Apple Soundtrack is very easy and straight-forward to do the conversion and sometimes a little editing.</p> <p>I use the same profile to transcribe voice files with no apparent difference in accuracy between what started as an mp3 and was converted and what started as a .wav and is transcribed directly from the SX700. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=895#post-3927 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:20:18 +0000 howecc 3927@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Do I need to use "Transcription Training" to improve accuracy or when I do a normal transcribe of a document, fix the changes in the transcribe window, does it also improve accuracy? </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=837#post-3926 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:22:06 +0000 LennyNY 3926@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>Unfortunately, unlike Dragon, Dictate as yet has no facility for selecting a control (ie, links, buttons, text fields) by name. As a workaround I use commands to press multiple Tab or Shift-Tab (Backtab) presses. Also, unlike Dragon, Dictate doesn't allow command names w/variables (ie, "Tab Key &lt;some #&gt; Times"), so you have to have a separate command for each multiple you want to use, &#38; most of the time it'll take some combination of Tab &#38; Backtab commands (eg, for 8 tabs: "Tab Key 10 Times," "Backtab," "Backtab").</p> <p>Depending on the individual web page, it doesn't always work: for some strange reason known only within the secret cabals of webmasters, on some web pages, some controls aren't accessible by tabbing &#38; only respond to clicks; on other pages, even though controls can be activated by tab presses, the active control is not highlighted, so it's anyone's guess where you are at any point; on still other pages, tabbing takes you through the controls in some nonsensical or apparently random order. Fortunately, multiple Tab/Backtab commands work for most pages.</p> <p>I've created commands to do 5, 10, 36 &#38; 54 presses (the 36 &#38; 54 are numbers that work on some pages I use a lot, you can make your own number selections).</p> <p>First, make sure your System &#38; Safari Preferences are set to let the pages respond properly to the multiple tab commands:</p> <p>- Apple menu/System Preferences/Keyboard &#38; Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts: bottom of pane, "Full keyboard access": make sure radio button "All controls" is selected<br /> - Safari menu/Preferences/Advanced: make sure "Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage" is checked.</p> <p>Then, in Dictate, display the Commands window (Cmd + K) &#38; create a new command by pressing the + sign (I put it in the Global set as I find it useful in other applications than Safari); select Applescript from the dropdown menu. Paste one of the following scripts into the code window that appears. The lines in the code that start with "--" are comments to tell you how to alter the code to suit your needs; they don't execute when the script is run. Each script ends w/the line that reads, "end try". I've named my commands, "Tab Key," "Backtab," or "Tab Key &lt;#&gt; Times," "Backtab &lt;#&gt; Times." Whatever works for you.</p> <p>Here are the scripts:</p> <p>-------------</p> <p>--Tab Key 10 Times</p> <p>set _currentAppName to short name of (info for (path to application id bundleID as alias))</p> <p>try<br /> tell application "System Events"<br /> tell process _currentAppName<br /> -- REPLACE THE NUMBER 10 w/WHATEVER OTHER NUMBER YOU WANT<br /> -- FOR A SINGLE TAB, DELETE THE "repeat xx times" &#38; "end repeat" LINES<br /> repeat 10 times<br /> key code tab<br /> end repeat<br /> end tell<br /> end tell<br /> end try</p> <p>--------------<br /> --------------</p> <p>--Backtab 10 Times</p> <p>set _currentAppName to short name of (info for (path to application id bundleID as alias))</p> <p>try<br /> tell application "System Events"<br /> tell process _currentAppName<br /> -- REPLACE THE NUMBER 10 w/WHATEVER OTHER NUMBER YOU WANT<br /> -- FOR A SINGLE TAB, DELETE THE "repeat xx times" &#38; "end repeat" LINES<br /> repeat 10 times<br /> key code tab using {shift down}<br /> end tell<br /> end tell<br /> end try</p> <p>--END OF SCRIPTS</p> <p>One little weirdness I've encountered that may or may not happen for you: with the larger numbers like 36 &#38; 54, the commands didn't respond when the code said the number, like, "repeat 36 times." I had to make nested repeat loops using smaller numbers, like:</p> <p>---------<br /> repeat 6 times<br /> repeat 6 times<br /> key code tab<br /> end repeat<br /> end repeat<br /> ---------</p> <p>Hope this helps. </p> http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/topic.php?id=807#post-3925 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:39 +0000 Bamadoc 3925@http://www.macspeech.com/extensions/forums/ <p>TommyT,<br /> The problem that I have started with my new iMac 27 inch computer. The Calisto headset and dongle work fine with my MacBook Pro. I am using MacSpeech Dictate version 1.5.8 on both computers. I think the problem is with the iMac 27 inch recognizing the dongle. Sometimes it recognizes the dongle when I plug it in and sometimes it does not. I am actually using it currently with the 27 inch iMac to dictate this note. I'm going to run some more tests when I have time to make sure that it is not one of the extensions that are also running on the computer. I will post any news to this forum. </p>