Actually, it does make a kind of sense to claim that iListen only works with a certain type of microphone. I use a cheap microphone, and it works pretty well with Dragon Naturally Speaking, but the program makes some errors that are clearly due to microphone problems. In this case, I don't blame the program, because it's my fault for not buying a more expensive microphone. But I can see that a company wouldn't want its product to get a bad reputation for something (microphone problems) that wasn't their fault. The new voice recognition programs are, in general, so much better than the early models that I'm inclined to give the manufacturers the benefit of the doubt, and I would certainly buy a new microphone if that's what the program required. But I'm still not buying iListen until I find out a lot more about it.
I can't comment on the FileVault issue--I don't know nearly enough about it to say anything. I don't keep any critical information on the computer I use for writing. --Constance Warner -----Original Message----- From: Computer Guys Announcements and Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Taylor Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:07 PM To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM Subject: Re: [CGUYS] iListen: OK or not OK? Constance; You can get it for $99.00 from MacSpeach directly. The product seems fishy to me though. They claim that you can not get a demo because it only works with certified microphones and they would have to sterilize returned mikes. Yet they clearly will sell you a no mike version, and will even sell you a download version. They *COULD* provide a demo, they just don't want to and then are not truthful about it. To add to this I found this note on their site: "Attention FileVault Users There is a bug in Apple's Xcode compiler that makes it FileVault incompatible with version 1.7. But whether you use iListen or not, we strongly suggest you do not use FileVault for your sensitive or confidential data due to known issues. For more information and a possible workaround, please see this article in our online KnowledgeBase." Don't use FileVault for sensitive or confidential data? That is what it is for! Has anyone else heard about this bug that seems to particularly effect iListen version 1.7? Matthew On Oct 17, 2007, at 3:13 PM, Constance Warner wrote: > Has anybody out there tried iListen, or have any of your friends used > it? What did you/they think? > > > > iListen is voice-recognition software for the Mac. You talk, it > types, > with 90-some percent accuracy. It's supposed to be a great advance in > voice-recognition technology for the Mac. > ***************************************************************** ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
