Hi all,

It’s me again.

I have another niggling little problem.

When using WSR, if I say “go right two” or  “go left two” in order to move the cursor that amount of spaces right or left, the cursor invariably will only move one space left or right.

I have noticed if I speak directly into the microphone, it will move the full two spaces but if I do not, it will only move one space.

Is this the problem or is there something I can do to rectify this problem and make the cursor move the correct number of spaces?

Andy,

Why would you not speak directly into the microphone at all times? If you change your distance, try running the Set up my microphone wizard.

Hi Marty,

I did not explain myself properly regarded speaking directly into the microphone.

Let me explain:

Because I am disabled, if you can imagine my laptop directly in front of me sitting on a desk much like the ones used in hospitals that wheel under the bed thus positioning the top of the desk across the bed (positioned across my abdomen).

Now imagine the microphone (Buddy DesktopMic) sitting to the right of me and the computer (so when I look at the laptop, the microphone is at the right hand side of me but positioned at an angle towards my mouth and not right in front of me).

So with the laptop right in front of me and my head straight looking at the laptop screen, I dictate, just like I am doing here and the microphone is to my right and as you can see my dictation comes out perfect.

This niggling little problem comes when I say the command “go right two”.  The cursor will only go right one space instead of the two that I commanded.  There is no problem at all when I say go “right twenty” or “go left twenty” or “go right three” or “go left three” or any of the other equations, it is only that one command that when I say “go right two” or “go left two”, invariably, the cursor will only move one.

Now if I move my head to the right so that my mouth is about 6 inches away from the microphone and I am looking straight at it instead of the laptop screen and shout a little louder “go right two” or “go left two”, sometimes (not always) it will obey the command.

I have not tried the wizard as you mentioned yet but will try it if you think this will make any difference.

I hope I have made sense and you understand what I am trying to say above.

Cheers

Hi Marty,

I tried saying “move right two” instead of “go right two” and the same thing is happening, it is only moving one space no matter which one I say.

By trying the “Set up Microphone Wizard”, do you mean the one that is in: Control panel > speech recognition options > Set up Microphone?

And it prompts you to say: “Peter dictates to his computer, he prefers it to typing and particularly prefers it to pen and paper”?

Is that the wizard you are talking about?  If not, could you tell me how to get this up?  If it is, then I have completed these lots of times and it does not make any difference to the “go right two” or “move right two” scenario.

If this is the case, then I guess I am just stuck with it.

That’s it!  I tried that Russ and it worked perfectly!  So now I say “go right two times” or “go left two times”.

It’s funny, something as simple as that can resolve a problem such as this!

Cheers Russ

Okay Marty and Russ, here’s another one for you.

I do not know if anyone else experiences this problem but when I use the mouse grid, when the point I want lands on the “3”, sometimes, not always, no matter how I try to say that number, it will not go to it and it jumps off the point so I say “undo” and try again and it jumps off the point again.

So then...  I try saying “3” in a very soft voice and sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn’t and it can take ages sometimes and is very frustrating .  Is there anything else I can say to correct this?

The same thing happens sometimes when the alternatives panel comes up and I choose the option “3”, it will go to any other number except that one unless I say it in a very softly spoken voice.  Sometimes that does not even work so I say another number first then say the number “3” in a softly spoken voice and then it will work sometimes.  It does not do that with any other number except that one so any ideas?

The next venture I want to do is make my first macro.  I know there are instructions and I should study them but could you just demonstrate a really simple macro for me please?

The other question I want to ask you is how do you bring up the quotation box Marty showing someone else’s speech and quotation like you have in here to show what you are answering from a previous post?

So many questions I know, I guess I have to learn somehow!

Cheers

Yep, sorry for all the questions at once Marty, I guess I am trying to run before I can walk!

As for looking at your last macro regarding a “new Paragraph”, I do not want to use that one because I am already quite happy with saying “new Paragraph” instead of “Paragraph new” so if I make a macro, I want it to be one that is useful to me and will use.

Plus I still do not understand the codes you have to write such as > listen for < command > listen for etc.  For instance, if you want to capitalise all the letters in a word and you want the trigger words to be “Cap All” how would you do that?  I know there is such a command already but I just want an idea of how you go about it?  Plus, whereabouts do you do these macros?  In the WSR tool kit or in the little blue bubble which is named “Macros”?  What’s the difference between these two?

Russ, I have a Buddy Desktop Mic with full duplex USB built in to the microphone itself although I only use my laptop speakers.

The reason I have this is, because I am disabled, it fits nicely onto a tray that straddles across my bed.  With its base and easy to move adjustable neck which can be put in any position towards my mouth very easily, I found it to be the most practical microphone for my purpose although I know it is not one of the best at the top range, probably more middling, Marty will probably confirm that to you.

I tried what you said Russ, as for when I say “click 5” or “click 3”, it automatically clicks that number no matter where the mouse grid is situated and so if I say “3” and it won’t go there and jumps off then I say undo and it goes back to its original position but not where I eventually want it, then if I were to say “click 3”, it would automatically click that point which is where I do not want it to pick because I wanted it on the “3” point, do you understand what I am trying to say?

You say I need to speak right in front of the microphone Marty instead of “off axis” but it works perfectly with any of the other numbers, it is only that one.