1. Forum
  2. FidoNet
  3. comp.sys.apple2

  • voice recognition and control

    From Wendelin Uez@3:633/10 to All on Monday, July 27, 2026 10:25:57
    I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for my question but I found no better one on my NG server.

    I'm familiar with Windows and Android only but not with Apple systems and would like to know if there is a robust and easy to handle voice recognition and control software available for an older person with no technical background who wants to write down her experiences being unable for proper
    use of keyboards and having problems to direct a mouse or pen (and enter commands by keyboard). So she needs not only voice recognition for speech to text but also voice control for software.

    We have in Android perfect voice recognition to convert speech to text but AFAIK no good voice control to manage editing text, storing and reopening
    data to continue working with it, and Windows, you know, is an ugly system
    for things like that.

    How is the situation in the Apple environment?

    Do they have a solution where I not only can get text from speech but also move the cursor to a new position, select a word and delete or replace it,
    and most important easily save the text and reload it, in total where I can edit and manage my documents completely by voice commands?

    Yes, I heard about Dragon Windows software which perhaps might be available also in the Apple environment, but it seems too expensive for the desired
    non business use, and I don't know how much technical skills are nescessary for it.

    So, what would we need in soft- and hardware for such a working Apple
    system? Can anyone recommend based on personal experience, that would be
    very fine.

    wuez


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Colin Leroy-Mira@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 16:50:21
    Hi,

    I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for my question but I
    found no better one on my NG server.

    It's not the right newsgroup, this is about the Apple II line of
    computers from the 1980s :-)

    --
    Colin
    https://www.colino.net/


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Wendelin Uez@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 10:17:22
    I'm not sure if this is the right newsgroup for my question but I
    found no better one on my NG server.

    It's not the right newsgroup, this is about the Apple II line of
    computers from the 1980s :-)



    Oh, sorry for my call back, I cannot find another Apple NG group on my newsserver. Are todays Apple users so happy that they don't need one?


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 19:43:40
    Wendelin Uez <wuez@online.de> wrote:
    Oh, sorry for my call back, I cannot find another Apple NG group on my newsserver. Are todays Apple users so happy that they don't need one?

    Apart from some technical groups, Usenet has been pretty much dead
    for several years. My university's newsserver was taken down over
    a decade ago because nobody used it anymore.

    In 2026, your best bet is find some technical websites and ask your
    questions there.

    br,
    KK

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Scott Alfter@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, July 30, 2026 17:17:13
    In article <114ccva$jfh5$1@solani.org>, Wendelin Uez <wuez@online.de> wrote: >Oh, sorry for my call back, I cannot find another Apple NG group on my >newsserver. Are todays Apple users so happy that they don't need one?

    There are several comp.sys.mac.* newsgroups that are more likely to have
    what you seek. I can't speak to traffic levels in most of them, as the only one to which I'm subscribed is comp.sys.mac.vintage, which gets roughly as
    much traffic as comp.sys.apple2 nowadays.

    --
    _/_
    / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail)
    (IIGS( https://alfter.us/ Top-posting!
    \_^_/ >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Librarian2025@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, August 20, 2026 04:14:31

    kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) writes:

    Wendelin Uez <wuez@online.de> wrote:
    Oh, sorry for my call back, I cannot find another Apple NG group on my
    newsserver. Are todays Apple users so happy that they don't need one?

    Apart from some technical groups, Usenet has been pretty much dead
    for several years. My university's newsserver was taken down over
    a decade ago because nobody used it anymore.

    In 2026, your best bet is find some technical websites and ask your questions there.

    comp.sys.mac.advocacy is still quite popular.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@3:633/10 to All on Friday, August 21, 2026 18:11:46
    Librarian2025 <librarian2025@cock.li> wrote:

    kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) writes:

    Wendelin Uez <wuez@online.de> wrote:
    Oh, sorry for my call back, I cannot find another Apple NG group on my
    newsserver. Are todays Apple users so happy that they don't need one?

    Apart from some technical groups, Usenet has been pretty much dead
    for several years. My university's newsserver was taken down over
    a decade ago because nobody used it anymore.

    In 2026, your best bet is find some technical websites and ask your
    questions there.

    comp.sys.mac.advocacy is still quite popular.

    Okay. I am not that surprised because many Mac users are
    so fanatic about Apple. There is only one group even
    more fanatical than them and it is Commodore Amiga users. :-)

    br,
    KK

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)