Apple has recently released their new OS 10.6 - Snow Leopard. Whilst this is great news for mac users in that the system is faster and more reliable, they have substantially changed the way it interacts with third party programs. As such MacSpeech Dictate has run into a couple of compatibility issues.
For users of:
MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.2
MacSpeech Dictate Medical
MacSpeech Dictate Legal
Snow Leopard-compatible updates for MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, MacSpeech Dictate Medical and MacSpeech Dictate Legal are coming soon.
Please read the information about the compatibility of Snow Leopard
with MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, MacSpeech Dictate Medical and MacSpeech
Dictate Legal in this announcement.
For users of:
MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.x
There are significant changes in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard that break
basic functions inside MacSpeech Dictate 1.3. MacSpeech Dictate version
1.3.x is not supported to run on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later.
For those who still want to launch version 1.3 -- unsupported, and functionality limited -- on Snow Leopard, a
MacSpeech Dictate version 1.3.1 installer
will unlock the combination of MacSpeech Dictate on Snow Leopard. For a
version that will be tested and developed for compatibility with Snow
Leopard, we encourage you to upgrade to MacSpeech Dictate 1.5.
Known Issues: (MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.1 with Snow Leopard)
We have done some basic testing with MacSpeech Dictate version 1.3.x on
Snow Leopard so that we could provide you with a little bit of guidance
regarding what works and what does not work. Please note that this is a
partial list as there may be additional issues.
- Phrase Training: In the Recognition window, you are not safely able
to edit any of the choices either by voice or keyboard. If you attempt
to edit one of the choices in the list, MacSpeech Dictate will lose
track of the application window where you are dictating. To reset
dictation, you will need to close the recognition window, and then use
the mouse to click into another application (sometimes you can switch
applications by voice) and then click back into the application window
where you were dictating.
- Commands: Some application-specific commands do not work. For
example: in TextEdit, "Make Selection Bigger" does not work, even
though "Make Selection Smaller" does function.
- Additional Issues: There may be additional issues. Limited testing
has been done to determine what level of compatibility Snow Leopard has
with MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.x.
Tested Compatibilities: (MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.x with Snow Leopard)
- In a few programs tested, dictation appears to work fine. Basic
dictation was tested in: Microsoft Word 2008, TextEdit, Mail and
MacSpeech Dictate's Note Pad.
- Existing Profiles can be used in Snow Leopard.
- New Profiles can be created in Snow Leopard.
- Some of the common Commands work just fine.
- A "Jump To" command for displaying a web page was created and successfully run.
Installing MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.1 on Snow Leopard
To install the MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.1 update manually on Snow Leopard:
- Download the MacSpeech Dictate 1.3.1 Update.
- Move the downloaded application MacSpeech Dictate to your Applications folder.
- Double click MacSpeech Dictate to launch
