Hi Orin and Others, You may have been thinking about the Dragon Remote Microphone application that allows you to use an iPhone/iPod/iPad or an Android device as a remote mic for the Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognitions software. This feature was written into both the desktop application and the iOS (or Android) app, which is why it works, and is specific to that application.
I don't think this will work for the iPhone 3GS -- only later model devices. Here's the link to the Nuance web page that describes the requirements: • Using the Dragon Remote Microphone application with Dragon NaturallySpeaking (Answer ID 6294) http://nuance.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6294/ Matthew, there's a way to connect your iOS device so that it shares the internet connection from your computer by turning your Mac into a Software base station (described in appendix C of the "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network" eBook), but it requires that your Mac have an ethernet, firewire, or some other non-Wi-Fi network connection working to access the internet. Then you create a local "ad hoc" network using your Airport wireless device (by navigating to "Airport" on your status menu bar) and arrow down to select "Create network…" in place of selecting your local Wi-Fi network. There are some more sharing configuration details you have to set up in System Preferences to allow this, but basically you have your Mac connected to the internet through the wired ethernet connection, and you use the Airport Wi-Fi in your Mac to create a small, ad hoc wireless network that your iOS device or another computer with wi-fi in your immediate vicinity can connect to. I did this when I first got my iPod Touch, and wanted to use it in a location where I had my laptop with only ethernet connections to locate nearby points of interest via Wi-Fi. However, if you're having difficulty using your router, this doesn't sound like a solution for you. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Sep 30, 2012, at 07:04, Orin wrote: > I could've swore I saw an app reviewed on Main Menu that aloud you to do > this. Can't find it now though. > > Orin > orin8...@gmail.com > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks > Skype: orin1112 > > > > On Sep 30, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No it is not. as far as I know anyways. it has never been possible. A shame >> but there you go. If I can be corrected that would be nice as I live the mic >> on the iPhone for conversations only. lol! >> On Sep 30, 2012, at 9:08 AM, matthew Dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I was thinking about this yesterday, but thought I would aask about it >>> here. Is it possible to use my iphone 3gs using ios 6 as an external mick >>> for my mac mini? I have been using skype for ios but have had some >>> problems ansering calls while the screan is locked. If anyone knows if >>> this can be done let me know how to do this please as I would like to go >>> back to using skype on my mac. my headset mike got chued up by my dog so >>> have had to use skype for ios which is ok, but I am eating up data by doing >>> that and my wify router has not been working correctly even though it is >>> all connected it will not let any of my devices go out the internet. >>> >>> Thanks again for the help. >>> >>> >>> >>> matthew Dyer >>> >>> Sent from my mac mini. >>> e-mail/msn: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com >>> Skype: graduater 2004 >>> Follow me on twitter at mdyer1. >>> Facebook: ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com >>> Find me on zello at graduater2004. >>> >>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
