Problems with Dictation and 10.9

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What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.6b

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I used be able to transcribe audio files using Mountain Lion dictation feature: 
 set Soundflower as the default output device; set Soundflower as the input 
device in the Dictation preference pane, play a file in Quicktime in the 
background and see the words appearing in a TextEdit window. Not anymore with 
10.9. It looks like Apple tweaked something and Soundflower no longer works as 
a valid sound source for the dictation. Soundflower still appears in the 
Dictation preference panel as an input device. The microphone level indicates 
that the sound is playing. However, once I enable recognition by pushing the 
shortcut key, the sound level stops and it appears like the dictation daemon 
receives no sound from Soundflower.

I know this is probably a fringe use case, but I thought I'll let you guys know.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by leu...@gmail.com on 7 Nov 2013 at 5:00

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I find the same problem. Using Soundflower v1.6.2 with OS X 10.9.4, exactly the 
same as above. Trying to capture a spoken soundtrack mp3 played in iTunes. 
System 'sound' output and input, and 'dictation & speech' input are all set to 
Soundflower (2 track). Playing track with dictation and speech dialogue open 
shows microphone reacting to sound. Then when I activate dictation in Word (Fn 
Fn) the sound level stops.

Original comment by s_hall...@icloud.com on 1 Jul 2014 at 8:13

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I have the exact same issue with OS X 10.9.4 and Soundflower 1.6.6b

Original comment by chris.de...@gmail.com on 22 Aug 2014 at 12:56