I did it!1445 (10/26/2008 10:13:04 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I did it! I forced MacSpeech Dictate version 1.2 to do something that was radically against its nature. I've forced it to recognize the medical affliction "Pneumonoltramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis". Pne... Mark
Steve Jobs announces speech recognition for Macs4537 (8/24/2008 5:57:15 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Steve Jobs announces speech recognition for Macs *********************************************** By the way, here are two easy reads about the history of speech recognition on personal computers: ... Mark
Creativity on a Mac?4235 (8/17/2008 6:34:56 PM) comp.sys.mac.system - - - Creativity, a Mini-Blog - - - ************************************* Creativity is important to Mac computer users, most of us sense that, so exactly what is creativity? (hypothetical question) Let's ... Mark
Boot Camp tales from the crypt ;)336 (8/14/2008 2:30:34 PM) comp.sys.mac.system For some time now I needed to have a quicker way of recovering from "Vista Catastrophes" on my Mac. (using a Boot Camp created Vista partition) I _finally_ cobbled together a half-vast recovery system whi... Mark
Macs are easy to use051 (8/12/2008 7:40:58 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I _really_ appreciate most Mac software "just working". Presently I am getting my feet wet using Vista on my Mac, and that experience is *VERY* frustrating. I am trying to do a simple chore, namely eras... Mark
Help! - Vista taking over my MacBook Pro1630 (8/9/2008 5:29:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.system This might happen to you! I am just an ordinary Mac user who does not like the Windows OS, however curiosity got the better of me, so I placed a 40GB Vista partition on my MacBook Pro. Everything went just... Mark
Terminal command "periodic" of any value?342 (5/12/2008 9:32:22 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Namely, if I _never_ use periodic, will anything bad happen, such as my belly-button falling out? I read the man page for periodic, but as usual that does not go into any detail as to what 'good' gets acc... Mark
Mac users no longer have to be mute!6839 (4/22/2008 4:04:50 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Hallelujah - Mac users no longer have to be mute! We no longer have to use our fingers, toes, elbows, to poke those infernal keyboard buttons. We no longer have to memorize scores of confusing key combinat... Mark
MacSpeech medical pros, possibly useful trinkets431 (4/20/2008 6:02:56 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Newest Olympus digital recorder for possible use with MacSpeech Dictate **************************************** For medical professionals who are fans of the Olympus DS-4000 digital recorder, you might be... Mark
Michelle, "Preferred" results you wanted043 (4/20/2008 8:03:07 AM) comp.sys.mac.system Dragon "Preferred" speed/accuracy results **************************************** - running MacBook Pro, Mac OS 10.5.0 with a XP partition - 336wpm on simple words, same as MacSpeech, no mistakes, no corre... Mark
Ping: Mark Conrad622 (5/14/2008 6:17:12 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Thought you might be interested in this article in my local fishwrap... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5777796.html ... ghost_topper(1987)
Hey, Graham Miln525 (6/10/2008 7:56:49 AM) comp.sys.mac.system > Could you get in touch and let me know about the quirks > you want smoothed in the future versions? Glad to, Graham, but all I could think of was two very minor quirks (Had to resort to a separate post h... this.is(177)
Visious ON TOPIC rant about Pay Pal4930 (6/10/2008 4:28:43 PM) comp.sys.mac.system I Hate Pay Pal! ....and yes, you miserable NG nit-pickers, this is "on topic" for this NG, because without donations to struggling utility programmers, we would not have much os an operating "system". Whi... this.is(177)
How to enable root on OS 10.5.4 ?14767 (7/15/2008 7:00:38 AM) comp.sys.mac.system How to enable root - ....on a MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel core 2 duo Help sends a user to "Directory" in utilities folder, dead end there, instructions do not work. Wha hoppen? stuff does not work like with 10... this.is(177)
Help! - Vista taking over my MacBook Pro1630 (8/9/2008 5:29:29 PM) comp.sys.mac.system This might happen to you! I am just an ordinary Mac user who does not like the Windows OS, however curiosity got the better of me, so I placed a 40GB Vista partition on my MacBook Pro. Everything went just... noneof(1008)
Boot Camp tales from the crypt ;)336 (8/14/2008 2:30:34 PM) comp.sys.mac.system For some time now I needed to have a quicker way of recovering from "Vista Catastrophes" on my Mac. (using a Boot Camp created Vista partition) I _finally_ cobbled together a half-vast recovery system whi... noneof(1008)
Creativity on a Mac?4235 (8/17/2008 6:34:56 PM) comp.sys.mac.system - - - Creativity, a Mini-Blog - - - ************************************* Creativity is important to Mac computer users, most of us sense that, so exactly what is creativity? (hypothetical question) Let's ... noneof(1008)
Steve Jobs announces speech recognition for Macs4537 (8/24/2008 5:57:15 PM) comp.sys.mac.system Steve Jobs announces speech recognition for Macs *********************************************** By the way, here are two easy reads about the history of speech recognition on personal computers: ... noneof(1008)
One great reason to learn speech recognition3136 (10/29/2008 10:09:08 AM) comp.sys.mac.system As you all know, it is difficult to find productive uses for speech recognition app's. A guy asked a question, concerning whether productivity would indeed be inhanced enough to justify all the hassle invo... no-email(137)