Re: Dictation questions

2015-04-07 Thread Alex Hall
Yes, and they work well. The problem is that this expanded dictation feature doesn't play nice with VoiceOver, and you will not have speech feedback while you use dictation. In theory, you can hit the function key twice, wait for the beep, then say "Open TextEdit" and start dictating your messag

Re: Dictation questions

2015-04-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, In System Preferences/Accessibility, select Dictation then click the Dictation Commands… button and check the Enable advanced commands checkbox. You’ll find a long list of spoken commands you can use. Cheers, Anne > On 7 Apr 2015, at 16:44, Phil Halton wrote: > > I have a hand

RE: Dictation questions

2015-04-07 Thread george b
Siri will do some of that for you like loanch apps, compose and send email for you -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2015 07:44 To: Macvisionaries Subject: Dictation

Dictation questions

2015-04-07 Thread Phil Halton
I have a hand injury that prevents me from using the keyboard. Is there some way I can use dictation to launch apps, close windows, etc. question Sent from my IPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this gr