Help, I lost the speech bubble!

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Help, I lost the speech bubble!

Lost Speakable Items Bubble
Hi. I am running mac OS 10.4 on my macbook pro. It is connected to two external monitors. I usually leave it connected to the two monitors, but tonight, I disconnected it. I use speech constantly as part of my home network control system. After using my laptop and plugging it back into the external monitors, the speech bubble has disappeared. I can't find it, and speech recognition isn't working as well as it normally does. I tried turning speakable items off and restarting, killing the processes, and disconecting my laptop again, but I can't find the window. Can anyone help me figure out how to get the "bubble" back?

Thanks,

kivuli

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10), Dual external monitors through a matrox dualhead2go

Posted on Sep 9, 2007 11:39 AM

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velv3

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Sep 11, 2007 5:04 PM in response to kivuli

I've got the same problem, but i've got only one monitor.. :O
tried in any way.. the speech bubble doesn't appear even if i turn off and re-on the speakable items.. and of course even if the speechs are ON, my imac doesn't recognize my voice..

any suggestion?
Of course everything is up.to.date..

Thankya

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Sep 11, 2007 11:42 PM in response to kivuli

Man, I hope there is a way to solve this. I'd be annoyed If I had to reload the entire OS because of this. Especially since I would need a new external hard drive to back up all my stuff onto, as well as fix the damaged one I have now,

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velv3

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Sep 12, 2007 2:06 AM in response to kivuli

hey man, i've found this solution, but cannot try now cos am not @ home on my mac r8 now.. (:

try and let me know..

1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences and click Speech.
2. Click Speech Recognition, then click Off next to " Speakable Items" and then click On again.
3. If the window still doesn’t appear, restart your computer.
4. If the window doesn't appear after restarting your computer, open the Preferences folder in your home Library folder. Drag the file named "com.apple.speech.recognition.feedback.prefs.plist" to the Trash. Then empty the Trash and try turning Speakable Items off and on again.

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velv3

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Sep 12, 2007 9:26 AM in response to velv3

Ok, i just came home and i tried this hack.. it works, but i had to delete all com.apple.speech.xxxxxxx files.. (:

well, i've just moved 'em in a backup folder on the desktop, and then turned ON speakable items again..

the lovely bubble reappeared.. ^_^

hope it will work even with you

cya cya

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kivuli Author

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Sep 23, 2007 10:55 AM in response to kivuli

Thanks for all the replies. The problem is solved. It's been so long since OS9, where I would have to trash preferences often to make things work. First time for OS X. Sign of the times? Thanks to all who helped and replied to the topic. However, the apple site won't let me assign points to people (internal error), sorry if that's a big deal for people. However, know that I am extremely grateful. The speech is my control for my dorm automation system (lights, music). It's much easier to use this way. For an example, go to youtube and search for MIDAS Dorm. That's not mine, but it's where I got the inspiration from. He also has voice activation, but doesn't use it in the vid. More info on his project at:
http://web.mit.edu/zacka/www/midas.html

Thanks Again,

Kivuli

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