10.6.3 update failed to fix speech recognition?

Question

Unless its just not working for me, anyone else not able to get speech recognition to work? It was broken in 10.6.2 and apparently not fixed with this weeks update... hmmm

Answer 1

HI,
Open System Preferences/Speech then select the Speech Recognition tab.
Make sure: Speakable items is turned On.
If it's already turned on, if you didn't repair disk permissions, do that now.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and *restart your Mac.*
FYI ... before you install any Apple software update, in the update window click; Show Details.
The "fixes" are listed there. For the v10.6.3 update included:
• improve the reliability and compatibility of QuickTime X
• address compatibility issues with OpenGL-based applications
• address an issue that causes background message colors to display incorrectly in Mail
• resolve an issue that prevented files with the # or & characters in their names from opening in Rosetta applications
• resolve an issue that prevented files from copying to Windows file servers
• improve performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode
• improve sleep and wake reliability when using Bonjour wake on demand
• address a color issue in iMovie with HD content
• improve printing reliability
• resolve issues with recurring events in iCal when connected to an Exchange server
• improve the reliability of 3rd party USB input devices
• fix glowing, stuck, or dark pixels when viewing video from the iMac (Late 2009) built-in iSight camera
Carolyn