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	<title>NotTooBad Software &#187; tips &amp; tricks</title>
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		<title>How to import voice memos into Things</title>
		<link>http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/2010/12/how-to-import-voice-memos-into-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kare</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually write new ideas into the Things app on my iPhone straight away, but sometimes it’s better to just dictate into the Voice Memo app instead of typing. Here’s how you automatically add those voice memos to the Things inbox: Add the folder /Users/&#60;your username&#62;/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Voice Memos to Hazel. Enter these settings: Here is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I usually write new ideas into the <a href="http://culturedcode.com/things/">Things</a> app on my iPhone straight away, but sometimes it’s better to just dictate into the Voice Memo app instead of typing. Here’s how you automatically add those voice memos to the Things inbox:</p>
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<li>Add the folder /Users/&lt;your username&gt;/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Voice Memos to <a href="http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php">Hazel</a>.</li>
<li>Enter these settings:<br />
<a href="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/System-Preferences.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-266" title="System Preferences" src="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/System-Preferences.png" alt="" width="546" height="421" /></a></p>
<p>Here is the script:</p>
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<div class="de1"><span class="kw3">tell</span> <span class="kw1">application</span> <span class="st0">&quot;Things&quot;</span></div>
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<div class="de1">&nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="kw3">set</span> props <span class="kw3">to</span> <span class="br0">&#123;</span><span class="kw1">name</span>:<span class="st0">&quot;Voice memo&quot;</span><span class="br0">&#125;</span></div>
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<div class="de1">&nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="kw3">set</span> newToDo <span class="kw3">to</span> <span class="kw1">make</span> <span class="kw1">new</span> <span class="kw3">to</span> do <span class="kw3">with</span> <span class="kw1">properties</span> props</div>
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<div class="de1">&nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="kw3">set</span> notes <span class="kw3">of</span> newToDo <span class="kw3">to</span> <span class="st0">&quot;[filepath=&quot;</span> <span class="sy0">&amp;</span> <span class="kw1">POSIX path</span> <span class="kw3">of</span> theFile <span class="sy0">&amp;</span> <span class="st0">&quot;]TITLE[/filepath]&quot;</span></div>
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<p>Now, every time you make a voice memo on the iPhone and connect it to your computer a note titled “voice memo” with a link to the sound file will be added to the inbox in Things.</p>
<p>If you don’t have Hazel you can achieve the same thing by setting up a folder action on the voice memos folder. But you will have to modify the script.</p>
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		<title>Dictating on a Mac with Dragon NaturallySpeaking</title>
		<link>http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/2010/03/dictating-on-a-mac-with-dragon-naturallyspeaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dictation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragon NaturallySpeaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips & tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I have mentioned before I&#8217;m not a big fan of MacSpeech Dictate. So I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking in Windows XP running under Parallels Desktop 4 when I need to dictate something. It&#8217;s working very well, but it is of course very tedious to have to copy and paste everything I dictate from Windows back [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I have <a href="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/2009/05/what-is-wrong-with-macspeech/">mentioned before</a> I&#8217;m not a big fan of MacSpeech Dictate. So I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking in Windows XP running under Parallels Desktop 4 when I need to dictate something. It&#8217;s working very well, but it is of course very tedious to have to copy and paste everything I dictate from Windows back into my Mac applications. Luckily Tim Harper has made <a href="http://github.com/timcharper/tightvnc-dns">tightvnc-dns</a>, a Windows application that reroutes the generated keystrokes from Dragon NaturallySpeaking back to the Mac side. You can&#8217;t use Dragon to edit the text you dictate this way, but for shorter pieces of text it is very practical.<span id="more-143"></span></p>
<p>It is very easy to setup, just follow these simple steps:</p>
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<li>In the configuration for your Windows virtual machine in Parallels Desktop, under Network Adapter 1, select &#8220;Shared Networking&#8221; (or the equivalent for VMware Fusion).</li>
<li>In System Preferences, under Sharing, enable screen sharing:<br />
<img class="size-full wp-image-153 alignnone" title="Screen Sharing" src="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Sharing.png" alt="" width="598" height="502" /><br />
Note your IP address (circled in red).</li>
<li>Click &#8220;Computer Settings&#8221;:<br />
<img class="size-full wp-image-151 alignnone" title="Snap" src="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Snap.png" alt="" width="390" height="110" /><br />
Enter a password, otherwise tightvnc-dns may not be able to connect.</li>
<li>In your Windows virtual machine, download and unzip tightvnc-dns from <a href="http://github.com/downloads/timcharper/tightvnc-dns/vncviewer.zip">here</a>.</li>
<li>Double-click vncviewer.exe :<br />
<img class="size-full wp-image-147 alignnone" title="Parallels Desktop" src="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Parallels-Desktop.jpg" alt="" width="387" height="161" /><br />
Enter the IP address from step 2 (not necessarily 192.168.4.4 <img src='http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> ).</li>
<li>Click &#8220;Options&#8221;:<br />
<img class="size-full wp-image-146 alignnone" title="Parallels Desktop 2" src="http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Parallels-Desktop-21.jpg" alt="" width="432" height="353" /><br />
Click &#8220;Disable clipboard transfer&#8221;.  And reduce the scale if you want a smaller window.</li>
<li>Click &#8220;OK&#8221; and then &#8220;Connect&#8221;. Enter the password from step 3 and click &#8220;OK&#8221;.</li>
<li>Switch to a Mac application, making sure that vncviewer is still selected in the Windows virtual machine and Dragon NaturallySpeaking is running and active.</li>
<li>Start dictating and the text should appear in the active Mac application!</li>
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		<title>Measuring pixels in OS X</title>
		<link>http://blog.nottoobadsoftware.com/2009/04/measuring-pixels-in-os-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kare</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPhone development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[os x]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips & tricks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know there are standalone applications for this, but when I need to measure something in one of my applications I find it easiest to just use the screenshot functionality built into OS X. Just press Command-Control-Shift-4 and drag to measure.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know there are standalone applications for this, but when I need to measure something in one of my applications I find it easiest to just use the screenshot functionality built into OS X. Just press Command-Control-Shift-4 and drag to measure.</p>
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