I used XLR mikes that were first converted to bits before being used by my Mac.
On Nov 29, 2010, at 1:45 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Were these wired Microphones? Unlike PC's Macintoshs have line-in and
> not mic-in jacks. What this means is that most microphones need a
> pre-amp if t
Mark,
Were these wired Microphones? Unlike PC's Macintoshs have line-in and
not mic-in jacks. What this means is that most microphones need a
pre-amp if they are to be used with the Macintosh.
Jon
On 29/11/2010, M. Taylor wrote:
> All I can say is that I have, indeed, used high quality mikes
All I can say is that I have, indeed, used high quality mikes with my Mac and
the results were dismal.
Mark
On Nov 29, 2010, at 4:10 AM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi Donna!
> I think if you have access to a headset with mic [ and I'm only guessing]
> you'll be able to here vo responses to your voice com
Hi Donna,
Well, I can use "Speakable Items" on my MacBook, but it doesn't work
as well as it does on my PowerBook, where my statements are just
recognized when I speak. I have to repeat some phrases multiple times
for them to register. This would make it quite painful to play a
chess ga
Thanks, Esther. You've given me motivation to try and play with this a bit
more. I'm surprised by the situation with the internal mike, I use it on skype
all the time without difficulty.
thanks for letting us know this works, and the links to the archive. this'll
give me something to enterta
Hi Donna and Others,
Speech commands on the Mac work. The issue is that all the newer
Intel Macbooks have been built to optimize smaller size and weight,
reduced power consumption, etc. The result is that trying the speech
commands without using a microphone and headset, and attempting to
Ah, makes sense. thanks.
Best,
Donna
On Nov 29, 2010, at 7:15 AM, Chris Moore wrote:
> The microphone built into the Mac pics up a lot of background room noise and
> can be a a bit echoey, you should see vast improvements if you use a external
> microphone.
>
> THe built in mic also pics up th
Hi Colin,
Maybe I'll give that a try, though I'm not sure VO is the problem. I've tried
several times to get the Mac to recognize a command when VO wasn't speaking,
and the results did not improve. thanks for the suggestion, though.
Best,
Donna
On Nov 29, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi
Hi,
wouldn't just using any old pair of headphones a long with the internal mic
spawn the same results a headset with microphone combo would?
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On Nov 29, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Colin M wrote:
> Hi
The microphone built into the Mac pics up a lot of background room noise and
can be a a bit echoey, you should see vast improvements if you use a external
microphone.
THe built in mic also pics up the internal fan and the sound of the hard drive
spinning.
Chris
On 29 Nov 2010, at 11:31, Donna
Hi Donna!
I think if you have access to a headset with mic [ and I'm only guessing]
you'll be able to here vo responses to your voice commands and the Mac will not
so no con flicked!
So the Mac will not here you and vo at the same time, it might make speech work
better! :]
Colin
On 29 Nov 2010,
Hi Kevin,
Just curious, why would that make a difference?
Best,
Donna
On Nov 29, 2010, at 6:29 AM, Kevin Shaw wrote:
> Perhaps results would be different when using an external mic. Just a thought.
>
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> the mac cant do simple voice recognition. But I have to give credit, it is a
> heck of a lot better than most! Heather
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Thank you, donna.
Yeah! I tried for over 4 days, about 4 months ago to get the speech to
work
and it was a total bust.
As a major Star Trek fan, I would lo
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Hi Mark,
the guy at the Apple store made it sound l
Speech commands have been available on the Mac for years, long before
VoiceOver, so I doubt they'll be improved much in the future. I've never found
them useful.
Cheers,
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I was messing around with this a week or so ago and I didn't have too
much difficulty with it when I used the key activated speech commands.
Obviously I could only do that when VoiceOver wasn't rattling on about
which element I was on at the time or when I didn't have music on. For
those of you
;what time is it?" and that's about it. :)
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>
> Carolyn
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nk Melissa may have gotten an answer to
"what time is it?" and that's about it. :)
Take care
Carolyn
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Subject: Re: using speech commands on th
Hi Mark,
the guy at the Apple store made it sound like a breeze, but so far I'm getting
nothing. I may go back in and see if he can help me further. In either case,
I'll keep you posted. Seems like a really handy feature, I could get into
being Jean-Luc Picarde! lol
Donna
On Nov 28, 2010, at
Hello Donna.
I tried working with the speech activation feature on my Mac but never had that
much luck with it, surprisingly.
I hope you have better luck with it than I.
Mark
On Nov 28, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was in the Apple store this afternoon and learned t
Hi all,
I was in the Apple store this afternoon and learned that you could give spoken
commands to the Mac. so, I've gone into system preferences and turned it on,
and I did some work trying to calbirate the microphone, but I'm having no luck
getting the spoken commands to work. Does any one
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