How do I enable dictation so I can speak and pages will type?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4137318?answerId=19029679022#19029679022

Peter

BW,

Enable the feature in System Preferences, System, Dictation and Speech...

Double-tap the fn key to begin, single tap fn when you are finished speaking.

Jerry

Did you also upgrade to Mountain Lion? Both are required for dictation.

Here is what I found by searching Help in Finder:

Use Dictation to create messages and documents

Once you turn on dictation in Dictation preferences, you can dictate text anywhere you can type it by choosing Edit > Start Dictation.

Note: When you dictate text, what you say is sent to Apple to convert it to text. Other information, such as your contacts, may also be sent to help your Mac understand what you’re saying.

Turn on dictation

1. Choose Apple > System Preferences, click Dictation & Speech, and then click Dictation.
   Open the Dictation pane of Dictation & Speech preferences
2. Select On.
3. Choose your language and dialect from the Language pop-up menu.

Dictate text

1. Place the insertion point where you want the dictated text to appear.
2. Press the Fn (Function) key twice, or choose Edit > Start Dictation.
3. When you see the microphone icon, speak your text.
   To insert a punctuation mark, such as a period or comma, say the name of the punctuation mark.
   You can also perform simple formatting tasks. For example, say “new line” or “new paragraph” to insert space between lines.
4. When you’re done, press the Fn key or click the Done button.
   Your spoken text appears.

Unclear text is underlined in blue. If the text is wrong, click it and select an alternate, or type or dictate the correct text.

Good morning Peggy,

Glad to see that you are still offering your great words of wisdom.

My question is that Having recently upgraded to Mountain Lion, to enable dictation in Pages, do I need Pages09. At the moment I have pages 08 and only way to get it to functionis to dictate into NOTES then copy and paste into Pages 08.

Silverfoxx

Like several other features new to Mountain Lion, dictation requires the latest version of Pages, 4.2. The good news is that the iWork apps are available individually on the Mac App Store for a very reasonable price that allows you to install & use them on any of your Macs using the same Apple ID.