A patch for ViaVoice in 10.3
May 28, '04 10:40:00AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
I tried to install and run ViaVoice for Mac OS X, and learned the hard way on how to make sure my mic was selected, and the sound input was pointing to the USB mic. Eventually I got it working, and let me just say that VV sucks compared to DragonNaturallySpeaking. You can only input text in their program called "SpeakPad," and then you have to transfer the inputs by copying and pasting.
Anyhow, I was consistently getting an error that said "RC = 0 in steps 16" and something about not being able to update my voice model based on what I have dictated most recently. Eventually I called customer support and explained the problem. The guy there gave me instructions to fix the problem -- read the rest of the hint to see them.
Here's what I received from tech support:
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Dear XX,
Thank you for contacting Scansoft Technical Support. I just would like inform you that Viavoice is not yet fully tested with the Mac OS X 10.3 system but here are the steps that we could follow to try setting up Viavoice with your mac OS 10.3.
- Uninstall ViaVoice using the Remover tool (uninstaller) located at the disk of Viavoice.
- Remove all the users file on your computer. Here is the location of the users file for Viavoice: Click HardDrive > Users > Username > ViaVoice > users. And delete the folder that has you username on it.
- Reboot your system.
- Install Viavoice again and download the Patch using the link below.
ftp://ftp.scansoft.com/pub/updates/viavoice/VVmac10_2.pk.zip
- After downloading the patch install it by double clicking on it.
- Reboot your system.
- Make sure that the USB microphone is directly connected at the USB Port on you computer.
- Click on your Apple Icon > System Preferences > Speech > Speech Recognition Tab > Listening Tab and under the microphone label make sure that your microphone model is selected.
- Click on the On / Off tab and on the Apple Speakable Items is: click on On.
- A small circle will appear at your screen, on your keyboard press the Esc button and hold it while you speak through your headset. A fluctuation should appear, this means that the microphone is working on the Apple Speaking Items.
- On the Apple Speaking Items is: Click the off.
- Click on the Apple Icon > System Preferences > Sound > Input
- Select the correct microphone level in on the list box.
- Adjust the volume meter to the maximum, the right side most.
- If you speak you will see that the meter is fluctuating.
- Close out of the Sound Window and open up Viavoice Setup
- Continue the setup and read the entire story of your choice.
- This tests would let Viavoice analyze how you dictate and adapt to your voice.
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I must admit, his instructions worked, and so I thought I would pass these along.
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