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
>
> ----------
> >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?