TITLE
    Performa 62xx/63xx: Speech Recognition and Internet Access
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		30159
9/8/97
3/11/99
TOPIC

    I'm using the internal Global Village modem bundled with my Performa 6300 and speech recognition included with PlainTalk 1.5. Both the modem and Speech Recognition work fine separately.

    When I am connected to my Internet Service Provider with my modem and I turn on Speakable Items in the Speech control panel, I receive timeout or No DNS Entry errors when using an internet application like Netscape, Claris Emailer or Anarchie.

    For example, I receive a No DNS Entry error when using any web browser. If Speakable Items is Off, all works well.

DISCUSSION

    Both TCP/IP and Speech Recognition compete for the attention of the computer's sound and I/O circuitry (PrimeTime3).

    The Power Macintosh/Performa 5200/6200/5300/6300 computers rely on sound chip called PrimeTime3 for sound and I/O processing. When Speech Recognition is turned on, this requires much of PrimeTime3's bandwidth. When the modem is being used to connect to the internet, PrimeTime3 cannot process both Speech Recognition and TCP/IP at the same time.

    All TCP/IP requests are preempted while Speech Recognition is active. While these IP requests are preempted they time out and return a No DNS Entry error to the application requesting the IP services (ie. Netscape-HTTP, Claris Emailer-SMTP, Anarchie-FTP, etc.). By turning off Speech Recognition, PrimeTime3 is freed up to handle the TCP/IP services before they time out. Users should turn off Speakable Items in the Speech control panel before trying to access internet services.

    Note: PlainTalk and Speech to Text updates can be downloaded from Apple Software Updates at:
    http://www.info.apple.com/swupdates .

Document Information
Product Area: Computers
Category: Power Macintosh
Sub Category: Macintosh Performa 6200; Macintosh Performa 6300

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