Apple voice control my perspective
Thank you Colin Hughes for your article and perspective. I like you have a severe physical disability. I do not have muscular dystrophy. I am a high-level quadriplegic. I do not require a ventilator. I can shrug my shoulders but I cannot move anything below my shoulders. I operate my computer completely by voice.
I agree Colin Apple needs to keep improving Voice Control. I disagree that Apple has not done anything to improve Voice Control since it's release with Catalina. I started using Voice Control with Big Sur. Today I'm using Voice Control on macOS Ventura. From Big Sur until Ventura there has been more than 100 commands added. I believe Monterey added the ability to import/export vocabulary/commands. In Ventura dictation accuracy greatly approved. Ventura also brought us spelling mode functionality. If iOS/iPadOS 17 are any indicator of things to come with macOS Sonoma I'm very excited to upgrade.
I know many were fond of Dragon from Mac. I used Dragon for Mac from the first version until it's last. Dragon from Mac had great dictation accuracy but it's command-and-control was pretty lousy. Voice Control's command-and-control has been pretty incredible from the start and it continues to get better.
How can the disabled community get Apple to improve Voice Control? Writing articles about its shortcomings is one way. Another way is to provide feedback. This can be done multiple ways. One way is through the feedback webpage (https://www.apple.com/feedback). Another way is to participate in beta testing. During beta testing you get to report bugs but you can also provide guidance on how the product can be improved. Probably the least effective is bitching about Apple in general.
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