Dictation not working on Mountain Lion?

Your employer has opened the port that iTunes uses but the are blocking the port that dictation uses. Apple cannot write anything that would override their block.

My employer could care less about Apple and iTunes. Maybe you could share the port being used by Dictation. That acutally might be helpful to those using the forum trying to solve similar problems.

Chris

I have no idea, but if you get with your IT people and try sending some Dictation they should have no trouble spotting the port in question and opening it.

It's still not working for me either. Works on laptop not desktop both connected to same router and network. Must be an apple bug somewhere.

Thank you. Changing the DNS info worked for me. Finally. Ugh.

I know your frustration. I had it working at work and then it quit working when I went home to a different network. I tried everything suggested here, on YouTube and other blogs. Adding DNS IPs, turning Dictation On and Off, tossing .plists, resetting SMC, booting in single user mode, and zapping PRAM did not work. I tried a clean account I created when I installed ML and it didn't work either. I let it go for awhile and created a new account for using Apple Configurator for other purposes. For kicks I tried Dictation with this new account and it worked. Assuming the issue was account specific, I then logged into my other account and Dictation worked. Strange. Maybe future OS updates will resolve the Dictation issues.

This one solved my problem. Just installed M-Audio USB Fast Track and it changed my input source. Thanks.

I took mine to the Apple store. They found my microphone was unplugged. If you've tried everything, that could be your problem.

My trouble was that I could dictate text, but expressions like 'new paragraph' and 'new line' didn't work. I went into system preferences > dictation and speech, and changed "internal microphone" to "automatic." All the commands started working perfectly. What makes it really strange is that when I went back into system preferences I found that automatic had changed back to internal microphone. Go figure. I guess I'm suggesting that you try switching those commands back and forth.

Mine is working fine but I'm finding that it cuts me off before I'm done speaking. I can go maybe 20 seconds before it stops. Does anyone know if there is a time or line limit for dictation?

(This post was written using dictation, one sentence at a time.)

To all experiencing dictation working and then not working, double check that after you Open System preferences> Dictation&Speech, that the microphone input source you want to use is selected. If you have more than one source, the source may have changed even though you didn't change it.

Here's another possible problem & cure. I have to type one-handed, so I keep Sticky Keys turned on. (System Preferences > Accessibility > Keyboard > Enable Sticky Keys). But Dictation won't work with Sticky Keys on. I have to turn it off to use Dictation. To save time,. while I have the Sticky Keys preference box open, I select Options… > "Press the Shift Key five times to toggle Sticky Keys."

Well, you are onto something.I am dictating this with voice.Can you believe that you need to go into preferences and enable dictation?Who would not want their children to be able to Voice dictate? Who in the world would think thatThe answer to voice recognition not working would be under this category? Unbelievable!

I should clarify: I only need to go into System Preferences once, to set "Press the Shift Key Five Times to Toggle Sticky Keys." Then, when I want to use dictation, I just tap the shift key five times and then tap the FN key twice to start dictation. Afterward, I tap the shift key five times again to turn on Sticky Keys. It's actually not much trouble.

Still, you have a point. Why not leave dictation on all the time (If you're not using Sticky Keys)?

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This is what it says when you go to the little 4 besides Power Nap (http://www.apple.com/osx/whats-new/features.html#powernap):Power Nap requires a Mac notebook with built-in flash storage. May require a firmware update.