Lol. I'll have to try that. I'd honestly rather have to say "Amadeus" or whatever than to hold the key down. Don't know why, but I think the idea of it being completely hands-free would be very cool. Cheers, Donna On Nov 16, 2011, at 8:15 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote:
> I believe some obscure latin word can do the trick, or try something in a > foreign language. I mean, our computers are all assembled elsewhere, right? ;) > > > > > > > On 17/11/2011, at 12:58 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: > >> Hi Yuma, >> >> thanks. I don't think I'm quite their yet, but have been tweaking the >> calibration and it seems to be helping. Also good to have my experience >> confirmed that the key press is the better way to go. >> >> Funny that the name you came up with was Amadeus. It also occurred to me >> that having Siri be the key word probably wasn't a good plan, because the >> word Siri has shown up in a lot of email discussions lately, which would >> mean VO would be saying it a lot. Unfortunately, when I tried to think of a >> word/name that I would never use in another context, what kept popping into >> my head was "Petunia". And I just couldn't quite get my head around calling >> my MBA Petunia. lol I can see where Amadeus might get annoying, but I like >> it. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> On Nov 16, 2011, at 1:06 AM, Yuma Decaux wrote: >> >>> Hi Donna, >>> >>> Greg is right about the calibration. And just as you have tried it, the >>> constant listening method is a bit quirky as it seems as though the >>> constant chatter of voice over while we use the computer can probably >>> overwhelm the listening algorithms. So the best approach is really to keep >>> a certain key as the command key. I've tried several times with the listen >>> keyword method with different original names but it's a bit annoying to >>> keep calling "amadeus" to "check the time" for example or other tasks. And >>> some tasks could also be enhanced such as some form of automation coupled >>> with applescript or automator workflows. >>> >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Yuma >>> >>> >>> On 16/11/2011, at 4:23 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Greg, >>>> >>>> Thanks! That seems to have done the trick. I hadn't messed with the >>>> calibration because I had no way to tell when it was set right, but the >>>> adjustment I made seems to have improved recognition significantly. >>>> Cheers, >>>> donna >>>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Greg Aikens wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Donna, >>>>> I haven't looked at this in a while, but there is a button labelled >>>>> calibrate in the speech recognition dialog. It should bring up a slider >>>>> that you can move around until it is more accurate. I can't tell you >>>>> what the slider does, just that that I moved it around until it was more >>>>> accurate. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> -Greg >>>>> On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Goodin, Donna wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've been playing around again with speech recognition following Yuma's >>>>>> posts yesterday. My experience is that it seems to work about 3 out of >>>>>> ten times. Is this others experience? Yuma, you seem to be having a >>>>>> lot of success, did you tweak anything in the settings to improve >>>>>> recognition? 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