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MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 and Dictate Medical Available

By Ricky Buchanan on June 20, 2009

MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 and Dictate Medical Available

MacSpeech have released a major paid upgrade for Dictate users to MacSpeech Dictate 1.5, as well as a new product Dictate Medical for those using MacSpeech Dictate in medical and health-related fields.

Posted in Information, New Software, OS X, Speech to Text, Upgraded software, Users | Tagged dragon for mac, features, ilisten, mac speech, speech recognition, voice recognition, voice to text | 5 Responses

Dictating Well: Principles From A Master

By Guest Post on April 21, 2009

Dictating Well: Principles From A Master

For most people, dictation results in better structured and more creative writing of letters, essays etc. than either handwriting or typing out your own thoughts. Learn the principles of excellent dictation from somebody who’s dictated documents professionally for nearly fifty years.

Posted in Information, OS X, Primary Mouse Users, Speech to Text, Users, VoiceOver | Tagged dictation, dictation to text, features, how to dictate, speak text, Speech to Text | 11 Responses

Creating Keyboard Shortcuts With Spark

By Ricky Buchanan on April 14, 2009

Creating Keyboard Shortcuts With Spark

Spark is a powerful, and easy to use shortcuts manager. You can use it to set “hot keys” to open applications and documents, execute AppleScripts, control iTunes, trigger menu items, and more.

Posted in Information, OS X, Primary Keyboard Users, Users | Tagged features, hot keys, hotkeys, keyboard enhancement, keyboard shortcuts | 11 Responses

Safari Commands Cheat Sheet for MacSpeech Dictate 1.3

By Ricky Buchanan on March 23, 2009

Safari Commands Cheat Sheet for MacSpeech Dictate 1.3

MacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands at once can be intimidating. Here’s a quick document to help you learn and remember the important commands for controlling Safari with MacSpeech Dictate version 1.2.1.

Posted in Information, OS X, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, control mouse with your voice, dictation to text, features, free download, minimize typing, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, open source, overuse, overuse injury, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, strain, talk to your mac, tendonitis, tension, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | Leave a response

Mail.app Commands Cheat Sheet for MacSpeech Dictate 1.2.1

By Ricky Buchanan on February 20, 2009

Mail.app Commands Cheat Sheet for MacSpeech Dictate 1.2.1

MacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands at once can be intimidating. Here’s a quick document to help you learn and remember the important commands for controlling Mail.app with MacSpeech Dictate version 1.2.1.

Posted in Information, OS X, Supporters, Text to Speech, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, control mouse with your voice, dictation to text, features, free download, minimize typing, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, overuse, overuse injury, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, strain, talk to your mac, tendonitis, tension, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 5 Responses

You Must Have Backups

By Ricky Buchanan on February 9, 2009

You Must Have Backups

How much stuff is there on your computer that you would be heartbroken to loose? How long would it take you to get your computer going again if the hard drive stopped working? Can you afford to loose that stuff and spend that long with no functioning computer?

Posted in Information, OS X, Supporters, Users | Tagged backups, disasters, features | 6 Responses

7 Ways To Stop Your Arms Hurting

By Ricky Buchanan on January 16, 2009

7 Ways To Stop Your Arms Hurting

Are you like many people in this keyboarding age whose arms, wrists, or hands hurt from typing or mousing too much? Even if you don’t have full blown RSI or carpal tunnel, pain after using the computer too much can be disabling, and a signal that you may be in store for worse if you don’t change things. So what can you do?

Posted in Information, OS X, Overuse Injuries, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, dvorak, eyestrain, features, headache, keyboard enhancement, keyboard layout, keyboard mapping, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse cursor, mouse enhancement, mouse replacement, overuse, overuse injury, qwerty, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speed up typing, strain, tendonitis, tension, touchpad, trackball, trackpad, type faster, typing quicker | 17 Responses

MacSpeech Dictate Global Commands List & Cheat Sheet for 1.2.1

By Ricky Buchanan on December 19, 2008

MacSpeech Dictate Global Commands List & Cheat Sheet for 1.2.1

MacSpeech Dictate is a great program but learning so many commands at once can be intimidating. I’ve put together two documents to help you learn and remember all the global commands found in Dictate version 1.2.1.

Posted in Information, OS X, Speech to Text, Supporters, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, control mouse with your voice, dictation to text, features, free download, minimize typing, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, overuse, overuse injury, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speech commands, speech recognition, Speech to Text, strain, talk to your mac, tendonitis, tension, voice commands, voice recognition, voice to text | 11 Responses

All I Want For Christmas Is Power!

By Ricky Buchanan on December 13, 2008

All I Want For Christmas Is Power!

Power’s what assistive technology gives us, really. The power to communicate, to read, to type, to plan, to play, to control things. The power to achieve things that we couldn’t otherwise achieve. Here are some ideas for gifts to empower assistive technology users.

Posted in Deaf, Environmental control, Information, Mobility Impaired, OS X, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Primary Switch Users, Supporters, Users | Tagged assistive technology gift ideas, features, gift ideas | Leave a response

Simple Keyboard Shortcuts To Save You Time

By Ricky Buchanan on December 10, 2008

Simple Keyboard Shortcuts To Save You Time
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Mac Accessibility 101

Keyboard shortcuts are a quick way of getting many things done without needing to access the menus or the mouse. If you know to press command-s to save your work, you’ve used a keyboard shortcut. For people who primarily use a keyboard or a switch interface, using keyboard shortcuts can save a lot of time and effort.

Posted in Educators, Information, OS X, Overuse Injuries, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Switch Users, Simple, Supporters, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, efficiency, features, free download, keyboard shortcut, keyboard shortcuts, memory aid, overuse, overuse injury, productivity, repeditive strain injury, rsi, save time, shortcut keys, strain, tendonitis, tension, time saving, use the computer better, use the computer faster | 9 Responses

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