Tip. Trick. Mod. » Mac OSX http://www.tiptrickmod.com Because life's about the customization... Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:32:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Mac OSX Leopard: How to switch between languages http://www.tiptrickmod.com/mac/how-to-switch-between-languages/ http://www.tiptrickmod.com/mac/how-to-switch-between-languages/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:19:45 +0000 rick http://www.tiptrickmod.com/?p=115 Using hotkeys, that is. By default the hotkeys for toggling the language input is set as Command+Space. But since Spotlight’s default hotkey is also set as Command+Space, that leaves the language-togglin’ hotkey essentialyl disabled.  We need to go into system preferences and change that.

]]> http://www.tiptrickmod.com/mac/how-to-switch-between-languages/feed/ 10 Speech Recognition Chess in Mac OSX: A Deaf Leopard http://www.tiptrickmod.com/mac/speech-recognition-chess-osx/ http://www.tiptrickmod.com/mac/speech-recognition-chess-osx/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:06:22 +0000 rick http://www.tiptrickmod.com/2008/03/13/speech-recognition-chess-osx/ While I really like speech capabilities in Mac OSX, I have to say I’m a little disappointed with the speech recognition.

I got very excited when I thought about the prospects of eating macaroni and chess on the sofa and yelling chess notation at my Macbook. I know, I know… Who wouldn’t? But after testing out the speech recognition just now, it looks that’s not going to happen. Here’s a clip of one game that I just couldn’t finish:

Click here to view the embedded video.

No self-respecting chess player is going to sit through an entire game of that. It’s just agonizing… But that said, Leopard’s speech recognition is as good as any I’ve seen, and I expect good things from Apple in the future.

My tip here: Don’t even bother. At least, not yet.

Further info on Mac OSX Speech Recognition:
Make your Mac’s Speech Recognition Work for you

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