Q: Using Dictation to create transcripts
I'm trying to use the Dictation feature of MacOSX to create transcripts of videos we record for faculty. At the moment I am using Mavericks on a MBPro, I've installed JackOSX and can get VLC to send a signal to the Dictation engine. I can see the purple level indicator moving up and down in relation to the audio coming from the video in VLC. However the sound is muted and no dictation occurs. I had set the input device in the Dictation preferences panel to Jack Router which seems key in getting the audio signal into the Dictation engine. And when I switch back to internal microphone, the dictation appears to work fine.
I tried QTPlayerX as well, but Jack doesn't list it.
I'd like to find a way to get this to work. I'm not afraid of digging around with a Terminal or even creating my own application using the Dictation API if one exists, I just need some pointers. This is so close to working, can anyone help me with the last mile?
thanks
Michael
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9), VLC, JackOSX
Posted on Nov 20, 2013 11:39 AM