On 08/18/2014 12:19 PM, brian wrote:
Thanks for the pointers, folks. I'll be working my way through them in the next few days, and will report back. Brian. > Hi all, > > I posted this question to the XFCE users list a couple of days ago but > no takers, so I'll try it here. I also got a timeout on the first > attempt, so due apologies if this message is a duplicate. > > Has anyone out there managed to set up Dragon Naturally Speaking to > run under WINE? I'm using Debian 7.6 multihome, with XFCE from the > Wheezy repos, which means v4.8. > > My wife has developed a problem with her hands, and can't type more > than a few sentences without severe pain. I've got Dragon (V10, which > was supposed to be the most compatible) installed, but configuring it > is a problem because you have to almost yell down the microphone to > get the sound to register when training it. I can get it to work but > my wife is (much!) quieter-spoken than I am, and it just will not work > for her. > > I've checked the mixer settings, I have the microphone gain boosted to > maximum. We're using a USB microphone, but I could go back to an old > 4mil one connected into the sound jack if USB could be the problem. > Her PC is a bog-standard eMachines/Wal-Mart job, so nothing fancy, > sound is off the motherboard, no added cards. There should be enough > CPU power there, though, 2.3 GHz dual core with 3GB of RAM. > > Any ideas very gratefully received, I just don't know what else to > try. The software obviously works, but it just tells me that the > volume is too low when Pat tries to train it. > > Thanks, > > Brian. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53f33dc9.3010...@meadows.pair.com
