I just checked out the apple software update site.  It didn't really have a
fix for speech recognition and os 8, but there was a note on one article
that said that 8.5 has Plaintalk 1.5.3, which fully fixes some stuff (maybe
including speech recognition).  the article is below.

http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11288

Jeff

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>From: "Ryan C. Christiansen" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Newsgroups: mu.comp.os.macintosh
>Subject: Re: sound fix
>Date: Thu, Apr 29, 1999, 11:33 PM
>

> I just slapped my head (duh!)  I downloaded the speech recognition software
> about the time I upgraded to OS 8 and now I remember the compatibility list
> for speech recognition ended somewhere around OS 7.6
>
> Thanks for the reminder.
>
>
>
>> I don't know what Starmax is (is it a clone?) or why Motorola would have a
>> fix, but I've had the same problem.  I used speech recognition before I
>> had 8.0, but then the microphone bugged out and I gave up trying to use
>> it.  And I have a Mac Performa 6400.  I think that when os8 is installed,
>> the driver for the plaintalk microphone was changed, or the way the sound
>> in port is used was just changed, and the speech recognition software just
>> isn't compatible anymore.  I don't know if there's a newer version.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
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>> >From: "Ryan C. Christiansen" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Newsgroups: mu.comp.os.macintosh
>> >Subject: sound fix
>> >Date: Thu, Apr 29, 1999, 4:32 AM
>> >
>>
>> > I recently found a web site (starmax.net) with information dated 7/22/97
>> > stating that the Motorola Computer Group technical support unit once
>> > offered a Starmax sound fix for the following symptom...
>> >
>> > The microphone functioning intermittently.
>> >
>> > I recently installed the speech recognition software on to my Starmax
>> > (recently upgraded to Mac OS 8) and use an Apple PlainTalk pre-amped
>> > microphone (I have trouble-shot the mic using a mini tape recorder and
>> > it works fine) but I have not been able to get the computer to "listen"
>> > to me (my girlfriend thinks I'm crazy talking to my computer, especially
>> > since it
>> doesn't
>> > do anything when I talk to it.)  Prior to this time, I have never had
>> > any sort
>> of
>> > microphone plugged into the mic port on this CPU.
>> >
>> > Apparently, a small quantity of Starmax systems were shipped without a
>> > sound fix extension included on a floppy diskette or in the accessory
>> > kit. The web site said customers who discover they have one of the
>> > systems shipped without the sound fix can obtain it at no cost from
>> > Motorola Computer Group.  But when I called the 800 number, the voice
>> > recording specifically referred all Starmax customers away from the
>> > Motorola help desk, telling them to instead call a regional authorized
>> > hardware service provider.
>> >
>> > Does anyone out there have this "sound fix" extension?  If so, could you
>> > e- mail it to me at my other e-mail address at...
>> >
>> > [log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > Otherwise, any advice you may have please respond to this e-mail through
>> > the listserv.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ryan Christiansen
>> > Apple disciple since 1981
>> > Have you hugged your Macintosh today?
>
>
> Ryan Christiansen
> Apple disciple since 1981
> Have you hugged your Macintosh today?