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Hi Peter A couple of questions more! - What Mac have you got exactly Peter? - Have you bought Dragon Dictate already for the Mac (or MacSpeech as it was)? Did you have any success with the built-in speech recognition engine? - When you mean the telephone/speakerphone adapters do you mean a USB to 6P6C (RJ11) that you can now use with softphones or do you mean doing it the old terminal way - sticking in a modem cable and dialling using something like hyperterminal? In short though I would look at Phone Amego: http://www.sustworks.com/pa_guide/index.html You may struggle to get this to work with Dragon though. I'm not sure what API's it opens up. If so you can look at rolling something yourself: - Get a modem - (NB: The Apple USB modem, although just about available won't work on 64 bit OS's (e.g. Lion) - so stay clear) look at this list for an idea http://www.sustworks.com/pa_guide/compatibleModems.html - Now to do the calling - you just need to create an address book plug-in: http://hintsforums.macworld.com/showpost.php?p=317719&postcount=10 w On 24 Oct 2011, at 14:41, Peter Hamlin wrote: > While hands-free telephones/speakerphone adapters that connect to Microsoft Windows computers are available which enable a PC, with voice recognition software installed, to control an analogue telephone line - I seem to be unable to locate an equivalent adapter for an Apple Mac computer. > > Has anyone on ASSISTECH managed to get Dragon Dictate (2) for an Apple Mac computer (Mac OS 10.6) to control a hands-free telephone or speaker’phone connected to a analogue (POTS or PSTN) telephone line? > > If so then what devices were used? > > The configuration should allow a user to initiate a telephone call, hold a conversation and then end a telephone call – using voice recognition only (on a Mac computer). > > If a suitable POTS or PSTN adapter is not available for the Apple Mac computers then I presume the alternative is to explore the VoIP/IP telephony (IPT) “soft’phone” route? Will Wade Lead Occupational Therapist Kent Communication & Assistive Technology Service The Old Railway School Wainwright Place Newtown Ashford Kent TN24 0PF Tel: 01233 629859 Mob: 07968 050808 Fax: 01233 639516 If your email is a request for information made under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please forward to: FOI Lead, Kent Community Healthcare Trust, Trinity House, 110-120 Upper Pemberton, Eureka Business Park, Kennington, Ashford, Kent. TN25 4AZ. Telephone: 01233 667940. Email: [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************************************************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email and directory service available for all NHS staff in England and Scotland NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and GSi recipients NHSmail provides an email address for your career in the NHS and can be accessed anywhere For more information and to find out how you can switch, visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail ********************************************************************************************************************