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Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
 Posted - 22 Dec 2001 : 19:24:33
In which system were the voice recognition functions introduced into the MacOS? The ones that let you accomplish tasks by speaking them ("open folder, quit application," etc.)? They are some of the coolest features in any OS! |
candyPunk
Full Member
USA
856 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2001 : 22:52:20
I know 7.0 had that stuff...very cool, I thought back in 1993. I don't belive 6.x did?{ candyPunk }
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2001 : 00:10:02
Voice recognition was intoduced around the same time as the first Power Macs and Quadra AV's. At that time, it was System 7.1.2, but I think it wasn't seen in the OS until Mac OS 7.5 or later.System 7.0 couldn't handle voice recognition, but I do remember it is able to do voice output of text. (I.E. Voices in the Speech Control Panel) ------------------
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candyPunk
Full Member
USA
856 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2001 : 10:33:57
Ah! You're right - that's what I was thinking of. In that case, 7.1 had it bundled. It came w/ my quadra. I thought it was usable on my grandmother's SE(She ran 7.0), but I was thinking of the text-to-speech.{ candyPunk }
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2001 : 11:59:36
It came bundled on the Quadra running 7.1 because it has a DSP chip onboard which allows Speech Processing.The Power Mac's on the othr hand didn't have it come bundled until 7.5 was released, due the lack of a seperate DSP chip and the original code had to be modified to handle the PPC DSP. ------------------
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LeeMac
Trading Post Commander
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2001 : 14:32:29
My 660av had it set up and working under OS 7.5.3. It 's a lot of fun to play with but you have to be with in about 3 inches of the mic to get it to recognise the commands correctly. With the mic built right into the AV monitor this makes it a little uncomfortableto try to use it practicaly.Another thing is that on the 68k machines you have to have the RAM maxed out other wise you can't use the other audio features like the CD player or memory intensive programs while voice recognition is active. Mac OS 9.0 has really address many of the issues with the voice recognition and it works much better then it use to, but still I find it a little slow to use with any regularity.General LeeMac M.A.C ( Mac Action Commando)
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Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2001 : 18:30:27
Where is the control panel located? It doesn't seem to be in the speech control panel in my 660 A/V running 7.5.3, and I can't find it!
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FireWire is fast
General, 4 star
USA
1559 Posts |
Posted - 23 Dec 2001 : 20:43:52
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Where is the control panel located? It doesn't seem to be in the speech control panel in my 660 A/V running 7.5.3, and I can't find it!
It's probably a custom-install option FireWire is fast
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 25 Dec 2001 : 05:17:39
Damn voice recognition isn't even on the 7.6 installer CD!~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
Posted - 25 Dec 2001 : 20:18:49
Maybe if I upgraded to 8 or 8.1, I would get them, but my Quadra only has 16 megs of RAM and I don't want the system to drain all my resources. 7.5.3 only takes 2-2.5 megs
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LeeMac
Trading Post Commander
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2002 : 11:43:04
It's not on OS 8.x at all so don't upgrade if voice recognition is the only reason you would be upgrading. I found this out the hard way when I upgraded to 8.1 and the control panel was removed by the 8.0 installer.General LeeMac M.A.C ( Mac Action Commando)
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Captain Z
Mobile Ops Commander
USA
637 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2002 : 13:52:32
Being that you are attempting to install it on a Quadra, keep in mind that Gestalt ID's play a role. Speech Recognition is only installed on the Quadra 660AV and 840AV, as well as Power Mac's.------------------
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Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2002 : 16:58:13
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Being that you are attempting to install it on a Quadra, keep in mind that Gestalt ID's play a role. Speech Recognition is only installed on the Quadra 660AV and 840AV, as well as Power Mac's.
I have a 660 A/V and it still isn't there.Wonko The Sane
Engineer-in-training
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Marchie
Chaplain
USA
911 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2002 : 12:52:41
well that teaches me something. I thought you HAD to have a PPC to do speech recognition.Myself, I've used it a LITTLE bit, and I'm planning on doing more with my PPC9500, as it's going to be a server for my other systems, and also a serail terminal of my OS X box. ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie
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