[Mac+]

This made me want to check out Speech again.

Can somebody tell me where they have their Spoken Commands?

I used to be able to get my TiPB to tell me the time and jokes, etc. with Panther - but it seems that my ~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items folder is empty now. I don't recall having erased anything from it.

[Brad]

My ~/Library/Speech/Speakable Items folder contains:

Cancel last command Close Speech Commands window Close this window Copy this to the clipboard Define a keyboard command Get my mail Hide this application Listen continuously Log me out Make new item Make this into a sticky note Make this speakable Minimize Speech Commands window Minimize Speech Feedback window Minimize this window Move page down Move page to bottom Move page to top Move page up Open Sherlock Open Speech Commands window Open Speech Feedback window Open a document Open my browser Open the Speakable Items folder Open the Speech Preferences Paste the clipboard here Quit Speakable Items Quit this application Save this document Show Mouse.scpt Show me what to say Start screen saver Stop Showing Mouse.scpt Tell me a joke Turn on push to talk What Day Is It? What Time Is It?

[Mac+]

Thanks Brad. I'm not sure where my items are.

Odd. (please check your PM)

[Brad]

Thread split!

PM reply sent!

Also, if you create a new account, do the files exist?

[Mac+]

Only just noticed the thread split.

I haven't created a new account - I wanted to try and get to the bottom of it on my own account somehow.

What I discovered was that even after unzipping and installling the new files, Speech Commands would still not show up. Not even after a restart.

So, I searched on the Apple discussions boards. Get this: apparently this stems from Address Book. You may not realise it until you want to hear your computer tell you a Knock Knock joke, but it could happen. Maybe your Speakable Commands are not there.

So, here's the advice I followed from http://discussions.apple.com/thread....55538&#2555538

Originally Posted by VrijVlinder hi , I had the same problem but I fixed it and i think i know how . go to home then library find the folder speech , if it is not there , you log out and create anew test user , from there go to the home folder , then library , speech folder , make a copy then put it in the shared file folder . Log out and log into your normal user and go to the shared folder get the speech folder out and drop it into the Home library folder . Now you have the commands . It still may not work , next open speech in system preferences click on the mic , speech window opens , click commands ,open speakable items to make sure they are there , then uncheck all of the command sets . Specially the address book one which I believe it to be the cause of this bug . start by only checking the app switching command . Turn on the speakable items and presto the commands should appear . It is possible that if your address book is messed up , somehow it affects these commands . But as long as i do not have them all checked it worked again for me . The tech guy gave me another option which did not seem prudent , like reinstall the os . Luckily , thanks to the user friendly design of these machines and the OS which helps make it easier to fix problems , after a week of trying to figure it out , I think I did at least for me . Please let me know if this helps anyone and pass it along if it does.

Consider it passed along Mr Vlinder.

For the record, I could not get the Address Book, nor Application Specific Items to appear in my Speech Commands window. However, this is OK. At least I was able to regain some of the other "party tricks" items.