Some are male (Alex, Junior, Ralph) and some are female (Agnes, Kathy, Victoria), while others are deranged (Deranged) or incomprehensible (Bubbles). Click Text to Speech at the top of the Speech window and select a name from the pull-down menu next to System Voice. Step 3: Click the Calibrate button and adjust the slider as you speak the phrases listed to get the volume level just right. Step 2: Click Speech Recognition at the top (next to Text to Speech) and next to Speakable Items, click On. Step 1: Go into System Preferences and choose Speech.
If you'd like to begin conversing with your Mac, it is a simple process to enable speech recognition. If you nodded in agreement to either of the above questions, and you own a Mac, did you know it has a built-in speech recognition tool? One that will speak back to you? Even tell you a terrible knock-knock joke?
Has Siri gotten you accustomed to barking commands at electronics devices? Or has the absence of Siri in your life left you pining for a machine to command?
