Speech Toggle is a simple software that allows you to turn on and off Apple's speech recognition feature, also known as Speakable Items, with just a click.
Installation for Speech Toggle is a breeze - all you need to do is copy the software to your Applications folder and launch it. If you want it to automatically launch when you start up your computer, simply add it to the Login Items in the Accounts pane of your System Preferences.
In addition to its core functionality of toggling speech recognition, Speech Toggle offers a few other useful features. For example, its icon grays out to let you know when speech recognition is off, and you can easily open the speech preferences from within the software.
Speech Toggle was written using Cocoa, which is native to Mac OS X. If you're running a newer Mac with an Intel processor, you'll be happy to know that Speech Toggle is also a universal binary and supports both Intel and PPC natively.
If you're interested in learning more about speech recognition on your Mac, be sure to check out Speech Toggle's webpage for tips and information. Overall, if you're looking for an easy and lightweight way to toggle speech recognition on and off, Speech Toggle is definitely worth a try.
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