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Q: Is anyone having problems with Dictation in Yosemite?

I downloaded Yosemite, and have downloaded the Dictation update, but now it seems that dictation is not working and is continually capitalizing words as I dictate, causing more issues.

Posted on Oct 20, 2014 11:27 AM

by daleharris541,Apple recommended
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A:

PROBLEM: Dictation not working at all. Microphone pops up, shows that it receives input, but no words get produced.

 

SUMMARY OF INVESTIGATION:

I have been having this problem for about a week after a fresh install of Yosemite (Clean). It has been mildly annoying since I've been dictating for my college papers for the last 1.5 years! So it has caused me enough pain to keep going on troubleshooting and I think I found a good solution. I've tried the unchecking and re-checking the box, no dice. I tried downloading the files myself and putting them in the folder, no dice. Finally, I found that you could add languages, and so I added Australia, it downloaded the content, and I was dictating again! So to go further, I had both US and Australia checked, and unchecked Australia. When I hit OK, it asked me if it wanted to delete content. That gave me an idea. So I checked Canada and unchecked US after making Canada my default. It says "Will be downloaded" next to the files. So when I hit OK, it asked me if it was OK to delete the dictation files for English (US). I said OK and then went straight back in and selected English (US). A little icon appeared next to the selection like a gear icon, so I clicked on that and selected "Full Download" instead of Standard, which brought the download to 2.2GB. After downloading everything, it installed very quickly. The last sentence and this sentence has now been dictated with my voice just like it used to work.

 

SOLUTION:

To summarize:

1. Switch to a different language and unselect English US.

2. Let it download the new files, and then switch back to English US.

3. Ensure you select the gear icon and change to "full" under the selection.

4. After it downloads and installs, you should be up and running in your favorite word processing application.

No restart needed!

 

Enjoy!

Posted on Dec 20, 2014 2:29 PM

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  • by Ahulani,

    Ahulani Ahulani Dec 31, 2014 9:34 PM in response to daleharris541
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    Dec 31, 2014 9:34 PM in response to daleharris541

    I did try Australian as well as Canadian. It is for Microsoft Word. Rats! You would think that Apple would have worked this kind of stuff out with major programs like Office before releasing a new OS.  Grr. It has been going on for months with no response from Apple.

    Someone suggested I write in Text and then paste into Word. It is a good work around because it seems that Dictate works in Text.

    BTW where did the gear icon show up? I never saw an opportunity to:

    3. Ensure you select the gear icon and change to "full" under the selection.

  • by Cathysclown,

    Cathysclown Cathysclown Jan 5, 2015 4:47 PM in response to Joel O.
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    Jan 5, 2015 4:47 PM in response to Joel O.

    I found that I cannot dictate into LibreOffice either.

  • by Chapman60,

    Chapman60 Chapman60 Jan 25, 2015 12:40 PM in response to daleharris541
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    Jan 25, 2015 12:40 PM in response to daleharris541

    Hi,

     

    I have just bought a new Macbook Pro and put Office for Mac 2011 on it - problem in Word solved. Having written to Apple as suggested in an earlier post but getting no reply it would be nice if Apple could fix the bug that means my copy of Office 2008 on my home Imac and Office 2010 on my work Imac have enhanced dictation without any issues. But I am a realist.

  • by Erojohn,

    Erojohn Erojohn Feb 1, 2015 9:25 AM in response to Gaddiscorp
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    Feb 1, 2015 9:25 AM in response to Gaddiscorp

    Just got off line with Apple support. My problem was similar as i could not use the dictation feature. Come to find out my problem was with the Webroot antivirus not allowing it. I had to go to the Webroot logo enter then Pause secure keyboard entry. Dictation back up and running well. Third party AV software causes lots of problems with Apples.

  • by Chapman60,

    Chapman60 Chapman60 Feb 1, 2015 1:26 PM in response to Erojohn
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    Feb 1, 2015 1:26 PM in response to Erojohn

    Hi Everyone,

     

    The latest Yosemite update has solved my all my problems in Office for Mac problems.

     

    Thanks to all the suggestions.

  • by Marja E,

    Marja E Marja E Feb 11, 2015 1:29 PM in response to Gaddiscorp
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    Feb 11, 2015 1:29 PM in response to Gaddiscorp

    I have been having the same problem in LibreOffice. I have to say [spacebar] to get it to insert a space between two phrases, or a space before corrections. I have tried saying [no caps] to get it to stop capitalizing everything, but the [effect] is for it to insert "no" before capitalizing the next word.

     

    I bought a new microphone, to try to improve word recognition, but sometimes it insists on putting in the wrong word again and again and again. Like with either capital A or hey for [a], affect for [effect], Matt for [map], etc.

     

    I think it would help if dictation supported a wider variety of languages, and a wider variety of dialects of English.

  • by Marja E,

    Marja E Marja E Feb 16, 2015 7:21 AM in response to Marja E
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    Feb 16, 2015 7:21 AM in response to Marja E

    Reply system malfunctioned again.

  • by Marja E,

    Marja E Marja E Feb 16, 2015 7:34 AM in response to daleharris541
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    Feb 16, 2015 7:34 AM in response to daleharris541

    Wasn't able to delete or add languages, but am able to now. I don't know what if anything changed. I still think it's silly to group dialects this way.

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Feb 16, 2015 8:58 AM in response to Marja E
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    Feb 16, 2015 8:58 AM in response to Marja E

    Marja E wrote:

     

     

    I think it would help if dictation supported a wider variety of languages, and a wider variety of dialects of English.

     

    To tell Apple this, go to this page (and be specific about what languages/dialects you want):

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback

  • by McBeek,

    McBeek McBeek Feb 16, 2015 1:42 PM in response to Erojohn
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    Feb 16, 2015 1:42 PM in response to Erojohn

    Thanks!  Webroot was also causing my problems. Dictation works perfectly now, and I'm happy to be dictating instead of typing this. 

  • by Jan Brownell,

    Jan Brownell Jan Brownell Apr 7, 2015 6:00 PM in response to Gaddiscorp
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    Apr 7, 2015 6:00 PM in response to Gaddiscorp

    Hi all

     

    I've tried all your suggestions and I still haven't gotten dictation to work, ever.  I see the mic registering sound in prefs, I hear the 'ding' when I choose 'start dictation'.  I've switched languages, turned Dictation on and off, restarted, changed languages... Nada.  I'm using TextEdit.   Any other tricks out there?

  • by Leesee46,

    Leesee46 Leesee46 Apr 8, 2015 9:42 AM in response to Chapman60
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    Apr 8, 2015 9:42 AM in response to Chapman60

    I too am having that prob with yosemite and have a sr. advisor trying to find out why.   Still no solution as of a few days ago reporting it last Friday

  • by Leesee46,

    Leesee46 Leesee46 Apr 8, 2015 9:44 AM in response to McBeek
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    Apr 8, 2015 9:44 AM in response to McBeek

    can someone tell me what web root is on yosemite and what to do to fix this dictation problem

  • by Tom Gewecke,

    Tom Gewecke Tom Gewecke Apr 8, 2015 9:47 AM in response to Leesee46
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    Apr 8, 2015 9:47 AM in response to Leesee46

    Leesee46 wrote:

     

    can someone tell me what web root is on yosemite and what to do to fix this dictation problem

     

    Webroot is just another antivirus app which some people install on their machines.  This stuff tends to cause problems, best not bother with it.

     

    http://www.webroot.com

  • by Leesee46,

    Leesee46 Leesee46 Apr 8, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Ahulani
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    Apr 8, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Ahulani

    i tried doing with she or he said about d/l ng other languages but saw no gear icon either, but even in the word program which I don't use, it still made no difference.  Still not working at all.  Jeez you would think apple or someone would have a fix for this.

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