Dictation (on a Mac)

OS X comes with built-in features for dictation (speech recognition):

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202584

You can navigate in your editor using "Dictation commands":

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203085

You can also add extra shortcuts/features via automation:

http://www.macworld.com/article/2834532/ok-mac-using-automators-dictation-commands-new-in-yosemite.html

So the question is: how well does this all combine with CafeTran, being a Java app?

See also:

http://www.macworld.com/article/2066026/mavericks-dictation-vs-dragon-dictate-how-good-is-os-xs-built-in-tool-.html

Note that this article is 2 years old and was written before the release of Yosemite. The size of the downloadable files was 785MB by then. Now it is 1.2GB.

For a discussion, see: http://www.proz.com/forum/speech_recognition/285620-dictation_on_a_mac.html

Advanced commands

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You could add the command Next segment which emulates the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+down to … go to the next segment when you dictate 'Next segment'.

You could also add some commands like 'Insert tag', 'Wrap with tags' etc.


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When you say "Click Project menu", this menu is opened. Then say "Click Statistic menu" to open this submenu etc. This list is constantly updated, depending on where you are.


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Demonstration

Here is David Cameron kindly demonstrating the Dictation feature. He doesn't use any advanced CafeTran commands, probably because he doesn't know them yet:

http://youtu.be/3AkJkALyGdQ

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Further reading

Dictation Commands in OS X Yosemite | The Website of Luis Perez:
http://luisperezonline.com/2014/10/20/dictation-commands-in-os-x-yosemite/

MacMost Creating Custom Dictation Commands With Automator:
http://macmost.com/creating-custom-dictation-commands-with-automator.html

Dragon Dictate

Bakari created a very informative video about Dragon Dictate for Mac and Keyboard Maestro that you can see here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9CZPrB9zVA

OS X Yosemite: Commands for dictating text:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18735?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US

Inserting tags with Dictation

Using advanced commands with Dictation in CafeTran:

http://youtu.be/O72SbkdqkA0

In order to be able to navigate to the next segment and to insert tags via speech recognition, open System Preferences > Accessibility > Dictation. You will have to add two extra commands:

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(Actually you don't need to add the command above, since you can just say ‘Click Next’ to click the Next icon in the icon bar.)

And

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