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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 Miss_Lissa,

    Miss_Lissa Miss_Lissa Mar 27, 2016 12:19 PM in response to VikingOSX
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    Mar 27, 2016 12:19 PM in response to VikingOSX

    Viking and Shanen0: You can set up "Scratch that" as a custom command. I did, because I was used to having that option available on Dragon. Just add a custom dictation command, using "Command + Z" as the key combo.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Mar 27, 2016 12:38 PM in response to Miss_Lissa
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    Mar 27, 2016 12:38 PM in response to Miss_Lissa

    Dictation on OS X 10.11.4 automatically recognizes “scratch that,” without any custom shortcut configuration necessary. Setting up command+Z as a shortcut for Dictation use disables the standard Edit menu : Undo shortcut that is used by nearly every application on OS X.

  • by Miss_Lissa,

    Miss_Lissa Miss_Lissa Mar 27, 2016 1:02 PM in response to VikingOSX
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    Mar 27, 2016 1:02 PM in response to VikingOSX

    Okay, bear with me—I'm a new Mac user. First, where is "Scratch that" on the Show Commands menu? Second, "Undo that" still works for me in Office apps and email. What is it that's disabled? I rarely use dictation outside of Word and email, so I haven't noticed a problem elsewhere.

  • by VikingOSX,

    VikingOSX VikingOSX Mar 27, 2016 3:54 PM in response to Miss_Lissa
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    Mar 27, 2016 3:54 PM in response to Miss_Lissa

    The Show Commands menu isn't exhaustive, and as I mentioned, the list of available commands will morph to others simply by changing the selected application that you are using with Dictation. I believe that Nuance was behind the Apple Dictation technology, so “scratch that” may not be in the commands list, but is recognized just the same. Like ET phoning home.

     

    As I mentioned, it is standard practice that every Mac application uses command+Z keyboard shortcut on the application edit menu for the Undo command. If you never need to press command+Z to undo content entered in an application, then you certainly can set your keyboard shortcut to that command sequence.

     

    Here is a list of available OS X keyboard shortcuts. Individual applications will have their own list.

  • by Miss_Lissa,

    Miss_Lissa Miss_Lissa Mar 27, 2016 4:21 PM in response to VikingOSX
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    Mar 27, 2016 4:21 PM in response to VikingOSX

    I do use Cmd+Z on a daily, if not hourly, basis. My assigning that keystroke sequence to a custom dictation command doesn't seem to have affected the function of Cmd+Z in other apps. I get what you're saying now, though. Adding a "Scratch this" command was a belt-and-suspenders move. Thanks for your helpful reply!

  • by shanen0,

    shanen0 shanen0 Mar 27, 2016 8:57 PM in response to Miss_Lissa
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    Mar 27, 2016 8:57 PM in response to Miss_Lissa

    Sounds potentially quite helpful, and I look forward to experimenting with the variations on this command. However there seems to be a problem in determining the reference. How much text will be affected at any particular time?

     

    My suggestion was supposed to be a kind of temporary mode switch. The next words and phrases would be compared to the recently dictated words and phrases seeking a minimal-change alignment and biased by the understanding that some of the recent words are probably incorrect, unless the correction indicates that new words are being inserted. Perhaps a bell-and-whistle, but I think it should be possible to recommend words that are being spoken with extra stress as the locus of the correction. (Maybe there should be a "Major correction" command and mode, too, though I think that can probably be handled with the select sentence and paragraph commands.

  • by RUFingkiddingme,

    RUFingkiddingme RUFingkiddingme Apr 12, 2016 3:22 PM in response to daleharris541
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    Apr 12, 2016 3:22 PM in response to daleharris541

    This worked for me just fine. Now the microphone has a label underneath it saying the United States. Why? I do not know ,but it works now.

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