Comments on: How to Enable & Use Dictation in OS X Mountain Lion

By: bt

bt — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:17:52 +0000

“Enunciation.”

Was this written with Dictation?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:47:14 +0000

How do you use it with a new Mac Mini? as there’s no mic in it.

By: suzanne

suzanne — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:45:44 +0000

I can’t seem to get it to work in a google doc – is there a way? Thanks!

By: Draco

Draco — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:59:28 +0000

If the purple dots shake than it couldn’t understand you. It takes about 3 seconds for it to understand. Keep trying or just listen to what you are saying, like ‘hello’ select it and Edit >Speech >Start Speaking. Try to say it the same way! I dictated it.

By: GarthGarcia

GarthGarcia — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:33:21 +0000

I cannot enable Dictation. Try severel times but nothing happens.
I install Mountain Lion on my Mac and every works perfect
but Dictation no. I use Tutorial but again nothing…..

By: Dave W. USA

Dave W. USA — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:44:48 +0000

@Eak Thailand: I had that problem until I noticed that my Internet connection was not active. You might want to check your connection and try again.

Cheers!

By: RC

RC — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:59:03 +0000

A new features that really works fantastic! I’m amazed! Just don’t like the fact that everything we said is sent to Apple though.. Otherwise, its great! Now a Mac really gets into its way to become just like an iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch…

By: Eak Thailand

Eak Thailand — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 13:01:11 +0000

Nothing, I don’t know why. I turned it on. Press Fn twice, mic shows and listens (from the level moving up and down) to me. But nothing comes out. The little purple dots running and shaking, and then nothing again and again. I don’t know what’s wrong with it.

Upgrading and clean installing the OS X 10.8. Both method gives me no improvement.

Please help. Thank you very much.

By: Peter Danckwerts

Peter Danckwerts — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:59:26 +0000

Really impressed with Dictation. It seems to work just about perfectly. I even dictated this!

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:13:32 +0000

Double clicking brought up the mic, then “doesn’t work with Canadian English.”

I chose American English in preferences, and now can’t get the mic to come back to give it a go.

Weird.

By: rahul

rahul — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:28:33 +0000

what will happen after downloading the voice….i am from india…i tried dictation but its not working with my accent…now i am downloading the voice india-sangeeta…m not preety sure wht’s gonna happen after downloading the voice..pls tell me.

By: fak chek

fak chek — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:18:00 +0000

Sad, you meant to write “enunciation.”
#deathofenglishlanguage

By: Glen

Glen — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:24:33 +0000

Sounds a little loonymoony to me! Dictation is great give it a try.

By: Glen

Glen — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:24:04 +0000

You probably have your microphone muted, I did and it wasn’t an option for me too. Get your mic working and Dictation works great!

By: steeve

steeve — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:25:49 +0000

Yep, this app is the best free spyware in the world, clic on the “About Dictation and Privacy” & take 2mn to read it ! you finaly be aware all what you are going to say be sending to Apple servers..& More, like the paper inside say”, even when you talk about your father, sister etc…” the app going immediatly to make any corresping value in your Adress Book & send all the packet to apple !!

Apple = FaceBook 2 ???