No, I have to press the "start dictation" button Indiana menu to make it work. Right now, though, I am using dictation quite satisfactorily. I do not know why my FNT does not act as a shirt, but it might be because I am using and it journal keyboard, one of the old IBM model M keyboards. The function key may not be recognized, I don't know. Anyway, dictation is pretty cool, even if it's a little hard to get you and I probably won't use it much, because I type so darn fast. Good night. • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: BurningHawk1969@xxxxxxxxxxx • My home page: • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >