No I said that I did press the fn key twice to start dictation and to stop dictation.
I also said that even when you press it twice to start it speak you’re text and press it twice to stop it. For me earlier this year it was working fine but later in the year it didn’t work. That is why I was saying it was a dictation bug. Now since the reinstall of mavericks I haven’t tried it yet. On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:27 AM, Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah but you have to hit the Fn key twice to start it and you do not say that > below. > > I think from a later message response you are saying to me that the vo saying > misspelt continuously is a bug, have I understood that correctly? > > Haven't you been trying the new operating system, is the same happening there? > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- From: <isaac.heb...@gmail.com> > To: "OS X & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 11:22 AM > Subject: Re: More E-mail Questions > > > The last time I have tried to use dictation on this mac book pro in the early > months when I got this mac it was working fine. Now when I have tried > dictation I start it with the fn key and stop it with the fn key. > Now this was happening before my recent clean install of mavericks so I > haven’t tested it out since then. > On Jul 23, 2014, at 5:16 AM, Eleanor Martha Burke > <eleanormarthabu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry for all questions, it is just I am trying to wean myself off Windows >> and using Mac more rather than concentrating on training lessons. It is >> only with more use that the issues are arising. >> >> Now in Mail, I thought if I want to reply to a message and to use dictation, >> I could press the Fn key twice and once again to stop the dictation. I am >> doing this but nothing happens. I can hear a sort of beep when the >> dictation supposedly starts but then there is nothing when I stop the >> dictation. I thought I had set this up in text edit with someone but maybe >> it has to be set up in Mail also. >> >> Secondly when I am reading a mail from someone, vo keeps saying words are >> misspelt and I guess they are because of the way people write in slang etc. >> Now on my Windows PC I don't have this happening. 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