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MacSpeech Dictate International™

License Agreement

IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY: Before installing this software, carefully read the following terms and conditions. This Software End-User License Agreement (“License Agreement”) is a binding agreement between you (either an individual or an entity), the end-user, and MacSpeech, Inc. (“MacSpeech”) regarding use of the software accompanying this Agreement, which includes computer software (“SOFTWARE”) and accompanying documentation, and may include “online” or electronic documentation and a license key (collectively “SOFTWARE PRODUCT”). By installing, copying or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, or by clicking on “yes”, or by directing any third party to do so, you agree to be bound by the terms of this License Agreement. If you do not agree with the terms of this License Agreement, click on “no”, and the installation process will not continue.

1. Grant of License

If you are an individual, this License Agreement grants you (“Recipient”) a non-exclusive and non-transferable right to use one copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT in the manner described in this License Agreement. If you are an entity, this License Agreement grants you (“Recipient”) the right to designate one individual within Recipient’s organization to have the sole right on a non-exclusive and non-transferable basis to use one copy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT in the manner described in this License Agreement. For purposes of this License Agreement, an “entity” is defined as a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, association, trust, business, or anyone other than a natural person using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT for their own personal use.

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(a) Single Machine

Recipient may use the licensed copy of the SOFTWARE on a single computer. The SOFTWARE is in “use” on a computer when it is loaded into temporary memory (i.e. RAM) or installed into permanent memory (e.g. hard disk, CD-ROM, or other storage device) of that computer. Use on a “single computer” permits you to transfer the SOFTWARE from one computer to another computer, provided the SOFTWARE is in use on only one computer at a time.

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Recipient may make one copy of the SOFTWARE solely for backup or archival purposes provided that Recipient reproduces all copyright, confidentiality, and other proprietary notices that are contained on the original copy of the SOFTWARE. Recipient shall not copy the printed materials accompanying the SOFTWARE.

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Recipient shall not rent, lease, sell, or otherwise transfer the SOFTWARE, whether on the media, if any, or otherwise, nor any copies of the SOFTWARE, or any of the accompanying documentation. Recipient shall not disclose, make available, or otherwise redistribute all or any part of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or any copies thereof to third parties. In addition, Recipient shall not use the SOFTWARE or any part thereof, in any form, in software or other product that is or will be distributed to a third party.

(d) Limitations on Reverse Engineering/ Modifications

Unless applicable law prohibits enforcement of this provision, Recipient shall not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or create derivative works of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or of any part of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. Recipient shall not alter or modify the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or any part thereof.

(e) Compatibility

The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is designed to execute properly on Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers running versions of Mac OS X 10.5.6 (“Leopard”) through Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”).

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The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed, not sold to Recipient, for use only under the terms of this License Agreement, and MacSpeech reserves all rights not ex-pressly granted to Recipient. Recipient owns the media, if any, on which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is recorded. MacSpeech or its suppliers own the SOFTWARE and all copyright, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights in the SOFTWARE PRODUCT (including but not limited to images, “applets”, photographs, animations, video, audio, music and text incorporated into the SOFTWARE PRODUCT), the accompanying printed materials, and any copies of the SOFTWARE.

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Under the terms of this License Agreement, Recipient receives only a limited right to use the SOFTWARE PRODUCT under all terms set forth by MacSpeech, Inc., which are subject to change. The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is protected by United States copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as by other intellectual property laws and treaties. Therefore, Recipient must treat the SOFTWARE PRODUCT like any other copyrighted material and not unlawfully transfer or distribute the SOFTWARE PRODUCT to others.

(b) No Copies

Except as expressly permitted under “Use Limitations” above, Recipient shall not copy the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or accompanying written materials.

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This License Agreement is effective until terminated. Recipient may terminate this License Agreement at any time by destroying the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and all copies thereof, including any documentation. This License Agreement will terminate immediately without notice from MacSpeech if Recipient fails to comply with any provision of this Agreement. In such event, Recipient must destroy the SOFTWARE PRODUCT and all of its component parts, and delete, remove, or other-wise destroy all copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT that are in Recipient’s possession or control, including installed SOFTWARE. All provisions of this License Agreement relating to disclaimers of warranties, limitation of liability, remedies or damages, and all of MacSpeech’s proprietary rights shall survive termination.

5. U.S. Government Restricted Rights

The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication, or disclosure by or to the United States Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 or subparagraphs (c)(1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is MacSpeech, Inc. in Salem, New Hampshire, USA.

6. Export Restrictions

The SOFTWARE PRODUCT, including technical data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regula-tions, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries. Recipient agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations, and acknowledges that Recipient has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-export, or import the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. In addition, if the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is identi-fied as an export controlled item under applicable export laws. Recipient represents and warrants that that they are not a citizen of or otherwise located in an embargoed nation, and that Recipient is not otherwise prohibited from receiving the SOFTWARE PRODUCT.

7. Limited Warranty

The Recipient assumes the responsibility of selection of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT to achieve Recipient’s intended result and for the installation and use of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT. MacSpeech does not warrant that the functions contained in the SOFTWARE PRODUCT will meet your requirements, or that its operation will be uninterrupted or error-free. Recipient accepts and understands that speech recognition is a statistical process, and that recognition errors are inherent in the speech recognition process.

MacSpeech warrants, for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of delivery to the Recipient (the “Warranty Period”), that any media on which the Software is delivered to Recipient will be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use. Recipient’s sole remedy shall, at MacSpeech’s option, be repair or replacement of the media. Any claims for warranty must be made to MacSpeech, or its designee, within thirty (30) days of the date of first defect, or the close of the Warranty Period, whichever shall occur first. MacSpeech may require the return of any defective media in connection with any claim under the Warranty. Any media replaced by MacSpeech shall be warranted for a period of thirty (30) days, or the remainder of the original Warranty Period, whichever is longer. This warranty does not apply to defects arising out of accidents, abuse, incorrect application, overuse, modification, or tampering.

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8. Disclaimer

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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL MACSPEECH, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR THE OWNERS OF THE RIGHTS IN THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT, AND/OR ANY OF THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, OR EMPLOYEES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER LOSSES OR DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF PROFIT OR SAVINSG, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, EXPENDITURES FOR SUBSTITUTE SERVICES OR SOFTWARE, AND ANY LOSS OF DATA) WHATSOEVER, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT, OR ANY LITIGATION UNDER THIS AGREEMENT HOWEVER IT ARISES, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT OR IN TORT, EVEN IF MACSPEECH HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY A THIRD PARTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL MACSPEECH OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EXCEED THE PRICE ACTUALLY PAID BY RECIPIENT FOR THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY EVEN IF THE ABOVE-STATED WARRANTY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT SUCH AN EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OR SPECIAL DAMAGES. THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH CASE, THE LIABILITY OF MACSPEECH SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

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This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of New Hampshire, United States of America, without regard to conflicts of law provisions. By accepting this License Agreement, Recipient agrees to be subject to personal jurisdiction in New Hampshire, and to commence any action arising under or relating to this License Agreement in the appropriate State or Federal Court in New Hampshire.

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AGREEMENT.

Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Nuance Communications, Inc. and its licensors. All Rights Reserved. MacSpeech Dictate International is a trademark of Nuance Communications, Inc.

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MacSpeech Engineering:

Jeff Ganyard

Chris Hardy

Jacob Hazelgrove

Paul Herzog

Eric Hon-Anderson

Jim Kelley

Jeff Leiman

Robert Stuller

Andrew Taylor

Colin Taylor

…and the rest of MacSpeech:

Stephane Gauthier

Jay Gonzales

Carla Hernandez

Sara Jennings

Donald MacCormick

David Popovitch

Anne Schwing

Michael Schwing

Special Thanks To: Apple Inc. for the wonderful Mac OS X. Nuance Communications, Inc. for their phenomenal speech engine. Matt Neuburg for his documentation expertise. Naomi Pearce and Ed Prasek for all their hard work introducing MacSpeech Dictate to the world.

And of course, THANKS to everyone who has ever been involved with MacSpeech. MacSpeech Dictate certainly wouldn’t be here without your support!

Credit Given Where Credit Is Due:

Brenda Shiepe

Jack Simonton

Carly Taylor

Credits

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

InstallationandMakingaVoiceProfile 3

InitialInstallation 4

CreatingaVoiceProfile 10

MicrophoneSetup 13

VoiceTraining 16

Interface 24

TheProfilesWindow 24

TheStatusWindow 25

TheAvailableCommandsWindow 25

TheDockMenu 26

TheStatusMenuItem 27

KeyboardShortcuts 27

ModesandtheMicrophone 28

MicrophoneOff andOn 29

SleepMode 31

LearningandSwitchingModes 32

DictationMode 34

WhatYouCanSayinDictationMode 34

NavigationandEditingCommands 36

Capitalization,Spacing,andNumbers 38

TitleCase 38

Uppercase 39

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Lowercase 39

Spaces 40

Numbers 41

LetterNamesinDictationMode 45

Letters 45

DiacriticalLetters 47

LigaturesandNon-LatinLetters 48

SpellingMode 49

WhatYouCanSayinSpellingMode 50

LetterNamesinSpellingMode 50

Letters 50

DiacriticalLetters 52

LigaturesandNon-LatinLetters 53

Numerals 53

Punctuation 54

Commands 64

GlobalCommands 65

TheWeb100Commands 72

KeyCommands 72

HowtoSayaKeyCommand 73

GeneratedCommands 75

LaunchingApplications 75

EmailMessages 75

Application-BasedCommands 77

FinderCommands 78

TextEditCommands 83

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SafariCommands 88

MailCommands 95

iChatCommands 105

iCalCommands 105

Windows 110

NotePadWindow 110

ProfilesWindow 112

CommandsWindow 114

CommandTypes 116

CreatingaCommand 118

VocabularyEditorWindow 120

MicrophoneSetupWindow 123

VoiceTrainingWindow 125

VocabularyTrainingWindow 126

StatusWindow 128

AvailableCommandsWindow 130

RecognitionWindow 132

HowtoTrain 134

PreferencesWindow 136

GeneralPreferencespane 136

AppearancePreferencespane 137

RecognitionPreferencespane 138

CommandPreferencespane 139

ShortcutsPreferencespane 140

Menus 141

DictateMenu 141

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FileMenu 141

EditMenu 142

SpeechMenu 143

ToolsMenu 144

FormatMenu 144

WindowMenu 145

HelpMenu 146

TipsonSpeaking 147

TheCacheandtheGoldenRule 149

TwoWaysof Working 149

TextandtheCache 150

TheGoldenRuleof MacSpeechDictateInternational 151

WhyNotePadWindowsAreSpecial 151

ExtraforExperts 152

CacheCommands 152

Cache 153

Purge 154

NotePadWindowsandtheCache 155

SoundInputTroubleshooting 157

What’sInstalledWhere 159

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Introduction

MacSpeechDictateInternationalisaspeechrecognitionapplication.Thismeansthatyou,theuser,speakintoamicrophoneandMacSpeechDictateInternationalinterpretsyourspeechasactualwords.Itcanthenrespondtothosewords.Itcanrespondinoneof twoways:

• Itcaninterpretyourwordsasacommand,inwhichcaseitwillobeythecom-mand.Forexample,youcantellSafaritoselectalinkinthetextof apageyou’reviewing,bysayingMovetoNextLink;thenyoucantellSafaritogotothelinkedpage,asif youhadclickedthatlinkwiththemouse,bysayingJumptoThisLink.

• Itcaninterpretyourwordsasdictation,inwhichcaseitwilltypewhatyousaid,attheinsertionpointorselectioninthefrontmostapplication.Forexam-ple,youcanplacetheinsertionpointatthestartof anewemptywordpro-cessingdocumentandsayGoodmorning,period,andMacSpeechDictateInternationalwilltype:Good morning.

HowdoesMacSpeechDictateInternationalwork?Itisn’tmagicormysterious.Behindthescenes,MacSpeechDictateInternationalinterpretsthewordsyouspeakusingapowerfulandhighlyaccuratespeechrecognitionenginewithanex-tensive,flexiblevocabulary.Toobeyyourcommandsortypeyourdictation,Mac-SpeechDictateInternationalusesacombinationof technologiesbuiltintoMacOSX,suchasAccessibilityandAppleScript.

YoucangetupandrunningwithMacSpeechDictateInternationalveryquickly,butyouwillhavesomepreparationtodobeforehand,andyouwillhavesomelearningtodoasyougoalong.Here’swhy:

PreParation.BeforeMacSpeechDictateInternationalcaninterpretyourspeech,youmustprovideasampleof yourspeech,sothatMacSpeechDictate

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Internationalknowswhatyourvoicesoundslikeandhowyoupronounceyourwords.

Learning.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcan’tobeyjustanyoldcom-mands.Whenyoustartout,youwon’tknowMacSpeechDictateInternation-al’sbuilt-incommands;you’lllearnthemasyougoalong(especiallytheonesyouusemostfrequently).Whendictating,youwon’talwaysknowMacSpeechDictateInternational’stermsforpunctuationthatyouwanttouse;these,too,you’lllearnasyougoalong.(Of courseyou’llhaveplentyof assistancealongtheway;MacSpeechDictateInternationalhasawindowlistingitscommandsandpunctuation,plusyoucanconsultthismanualandtheonlinehelp.)You’llalsolearntospeakmoreclearlyandsmoothly;speakingtoacomputerpro-gramtakespractice.

Withtime,you’llbecomemoreexperienced,andmostof thethingsyoudowithMacSpeechDictateInternationalwillbecomesecondnature.Youmayevencus-tomizeMacSpeechDictateInternational’sabilitiestosuityourneeds.Forexample,youmightaddtoitsrepertoryof commands.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcomeswithbuilt-inspecializedcommandsforcontrollingitself plussixcommonlyusedapplications,alongwithasetof generalcommandsforusewithanyapplica-tion.Youcanwrite your own commandsforinsertingtext,runningascript,choosingamenu,andsoforth.Andyou’llalmostcertainlycustomizeMacSpeechDictateInternational’sunderstandingof yourspeech.Youcanadd to Mac-Speech Dictate International’s vocabulary,incaseyouusewordsthatitdoesn’talreadyknow.AndwhenMacSpeechDictateInternationaltypeswhatyoudictateandgetsitwrong,youcantrain MacSpeech Dictate International to understand you better,tellingittherightinterpretationof whatyousaidandimprovingitsabilitytointerpretyourspeechcorrectlyinthefuture.

You’reprobablyeagertoinstallMacSpeechDictateInternationalandprovideitwithaninitialsampleof yourspeechsothatyoucanstartcontrollingyourcom-puterbyspeaking.Thenextchapterwillguideyouthroughthestepsfordoingso.

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Installation and Making a Voice Profile

BeforeyoucanuseMacSpeechDictateInternational,youmusthavetwokindsof hardwarethatconformtoitsrequirements:yourcomputer,andamicrophone.

ComPuter requirements

• YoumustbeusinganIntel-basedMacintoshcomputer.

• YoursystemmustbeMacOSX“Leopard”version10.5.6orlater.

• Thecomputershouldhaveatleast1GBof RAM(preferably2GBormore).

• Yourharddriveshouldhaveatleast2GBof freespacetoinstallMacSpeechDictateInternationalanditsassociatedfiles,andthisinstallationshouldleaveplentyof additionalemptyfreespace.

• Aswithanysoftwareapplication,afasterprocessorimprovesperformance.

• AccessibilitymustbeturnedonyourUniversalAccesssystempreferences.

miCroPhone requirements

• YoumusthaveaUSBmicrophone.Thismicrophoneshouldbeof highqual-ity,withnoise-cancellingabilities.Ideally,itshouldbeonthelistof USBmi-crophonescertifiedandsupportedbyMacSpeech.YoucanfindalistattheMacSpeechwebsite.

PlugtheUSBmicrophoneintooneof yourcomputer’sUSBports.If you’rerun-ningshortof openUSBports,itmightbeworthinvestinginapoweredUSBhub.Youcanthenplugsomeof yourUSBdevicesintothehub,andplugthehubintothecomputer.SomeUSBmicrophones,however,mustbepluggeddirectlyintothecomputer.

InSystemPreferences>Sound>Input,makecertainthattheUSBmicrophoneisselectedasthesoundinputdevice.This is crucial.AUSBmicrophonecanbe

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pluggedintothecomputerwithoutbeingtheinputdevice;insuchacase,yourvoicewillbeinputinsomeotherway,suchasyourcomputer’sbuilt-inmicro-phone,andMacSpeechDictateInternationalwillbeunabletointerpretyourspeechaccurately.

UseSystemPreferences>SoundtomakesureyourUSBmicrophoneisthesoundinputdevice.

note.YoushouldalwaysmakecertainthatyourUSBmicrophoneisthesoundinputdevicebeforestartingtouseMacSpeechDictateInternational.MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillascertain,asitlaunches,thattheUSBmicrophoneispluggedin;butitcannotascertainthattheUSBmicrophoneisthesoundinputdevice.If itisnot,speechrecognitionwillnotworkcorrectly.

Initial InstallationUsethefollowingchecklisttomakecertainyouarereadytoinstallMacSpeechDictateInternational.

� YourUSBmicrophoneisconnectedtoyourcomputer.

� YourUSBmicrophoneisyourcomputer’ssoundinputdevice,asshowninSystemPreferences>Sound>Input.

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� YourcomputerisconnectedtotheInternet.YouwillneedanInternetcon-nectioninordertoenteryourregistrationnumberandlicenseyourcopyof MacSpeechDictateInternational.

� AccessibilityisturnedoninSystemPreferences>UniversalAccess.Checknowthatthistrue.ChooseSystemPreferences>UniversalAccess,andmakecertainthatEnable access for assistive devices(nearthebottomof thewin-dow)ischecked.

InSystemPreferences>UniversalAccess,“Enableaccessforassistivedevices”mustbechecked.

Whenyou’vecompletedtheabovechecklist,you’rereadytobegininstallingMac-SpeechDictateInternational.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalcomesintwoparts:theapplication(onaCD),andthespeechrecognitionenginedata(onaDVD).

InserttheCDintothecomputerandcopytheMacSpeechDictateInternationalapplicationontoyourharddisk.TheApplicationsfolderisagoodplace,andtheCDincludesanaliasforyourApplicationsfoldersoyoucandragtheMacSpeechDictateInternationalapplicationiconontotheApplicationsfoldericonasawayof installingtheapplicationintoyourApplicationsfolder.ButyoucanputMac-SpeechDictateInternationalanywhereyoulike.

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EjecttheCD.

LaunchMacSpeechDictateInternationalfromyourharddrive.MacSpeechDic-tateInternationalrequeststheDVDcontainingthespeechrecognitionenginedata(“MacSpeechEnglishData”).Leavethedialogup.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalasksfortheDVDcontainingthespeechrecognitiondata.

InserttheDVDintothecomputer.Whenithasmounted,returntoMacSpeechDictateInternationalandclickOKinthedialog.(TheDVDmayappeartoyoutocontainnodata,butit’sthereanyway.)MacSpeechDictateInternationalcopiesthedatafromtheDVDtoyourharddrive,reportingitsprogressasitdoesso.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalcopiesthedatafromtheDVDtoyourharddrive.

WhenMacSpeechDictateInternationalhasfinishedcopyingthedatatoyourharddrive,itaskswhetheryou’dliketoejecttheDVD.ClickEject.

ClickEjecttoremovetheDVDcontainingthespeechrecognitionenginedata.

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Installationisnowcomplete,andMacSpeechDictateInternationaldisplaysthelicenseagreement.ClickAcceptafterreviewingit.

ClickAcceptafterreviewingthelicenseagreement.

MacSpeechDictateInternationaldisplaystheReadMewindow.ClickContinueafterreviewingthisinformation.

ClickContinueafterreviewingtheReadMewindow.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalnowasksforyourlicense.Alicenseisalicensefile.Youpresumablydon’thavesuchafileyet,soyouneedtoenteryourregistra-

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tionnumberinordertogetit.ClickRegisterThisSoftwaretosummonadialogwhereyoucanenteryourregistrationnumberandobtainalicensefile.

ClickRegisterThisSoftwaretosummontheregistrationdialog.

If youdohavealicensefile,MacSpeechDictateInternationalshouldfinditauto-maticallyatthispoint,andtheentireRegisterThisSoftwarestepwillbeskipped.Inthatcase,youwillseeadialoginformingyouthatyourlicensehasbeenfoundandisvalid.

Thedialogthatyouseeatthispointif youalreadyhavealicensefile.

Sinceyoudon’thavealicensefileyet,youhaveclickedRegisterThisSoftware,andtheregistrationdialogappears.Fillintherequiredinformation.(MacSpeechneedsthisinformationtosetupanaccountforyouattheMacSpeechwebsite;yourinformationwillremainprivate.)Typeorcopyyourregistrationcodeintotheappropriatefieldof thedialog.Theregistrationcode,whichyoucanfindontheregistrationcodesticker,isroughlyof thisform:AB11-ABCD-EFGH-I123.

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FillouttheregistrationdialogandclickRegisterNow.Yourcomputermustbeconnected to the Internet.

Whenyou’vefilledoutthedialog,makesureyourcomputerisconnected to the InternetandclickRegisterNow.MacSpeechDictateInternationalgoesoutovertheInter-net,connectstoMacSpeech’sserver,anddownloadsandinstallsyourlicensefile.If thisoperationissuccessful,MacSpeechDictateInternationalinformsyouof thefact.ClickOK.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalhasdownloadedandinstalledyourlicense.ClickOK.

MacSpeechDictateInternational’sinstallationisnowcomplete.

InordertouseMacSpeechDictateInternational,youneedavoiceprofile.SinceyouhaveonlyjustinstalledMacSpeechDictateInternational,youhavenovoiceprofile.Therefore,MacSpeechDictateInternationalimmediatelyofferstocreateone.

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Creating a Voice ProfileAvoice profileisacompletesetof dataonhowyouspeak:whatyourvoicesoundslike,andwhatvocabularyyouuse.InordertospeakintoMacSpeechDictateIn-ternational,youmusthaveatleastoneprofile.

Inmanycases,oneprofileisallyou’llneed.Butyou’llneedmultipleprofilesincertainsituations:

• If differentpeopleareusingMacSpeechDictateInternational,eachwillneedtheirownprofile.

• If youuseMacSpeechDictateInternationalwithdifferentmicrophones,you’llneedaprofileforeachmicrophone.

Everyprofilehasaname,whichuniquelyidentifiesit.Whenyoucreateaprofile,youstartbygivingitaname.

note.Thedataforaprofilelivesonyourharddiskasapackagewhosefileextensionis.dictateprofile.Youareofferedthechancetosetaprofile’slocationatthetimeyoucreateit.Youmayplaceitanywhereyoulike,butagoodideaistoputallprofilestogetherinaknownlocation;forexample,youmightcre-ateafolder~/Documents/MacSpeech Profiles.Thisallowstheprofiledatatobebackedupeasily.Asymboliclinktoeachprofilewillbefoundin~/Library/Application Support/MacSpeech/MacSpeech Profiles.

ThefirsttimeyouuseMacSpeechDictateInternational,youwillbepromptedtocreateanewprofile.

WhenMacSpeechDictateInternationalsetsouttocreateaprofile,itstartswithaFileSavedialog(“NameaNewProfile”).Givethenewprofileaname.Specifyafolderinwhichtokeepthisprofile.ClickChoose.

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TheNameaNewProfiledialog.Givetheprofileaname,specifyafolderinwhichtosaveit,andclickChoose.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalnextpresentsadialogdescribingtheproperpositioningof yourmicrophone.Positionthemicrophoneasshown.Acheckboxletsyouskipthisdialoginfuture,butdon’tignoretheadviceinthisdialog!Themicrophoneshouldbenearyourmouthbutnottooclose,anditshouldbeslightlyoff toonesidesothatpuffsof breath,eitherfrombreathingorfromarticulation,arenotinterpretedasspeech.Youshouldpositionthemicrophonecorrectly,andyoushouldattempttorecreateitspositioneachtimeyouuseMacSpeechDictateInternational.ClickOKwhenyou’rereadytoproceed.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalshowsyouthecorrectmicrophoneposition.Readit,dowhatitsays,andclickOK.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalnowdisplaystheProfileswindow,whereyouwillsetthecharacteristicsof thisprofile.Youhavethreecharacteristicstosetup:Mi-crophone,Spelling,andAccent.

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miCroPhone.MacSpeechDictateInternationalhasalreadydetectedyourUSBmicrophone,andunlessyouhavemorethanoneUSBmicrophonepluggedintothecomputer,thiswillbetheonlychoiceoffered.Yourchosenmicrophonewillbetheonlymicrophonethatthisprofilewillworkwith.If youstartupMacSpeechDictateInternationalandamicrophoneisnotde-tected,theProfileswindowwillreportthisfactandyouronlychoicewillbetoquit.

Language.ChoicesareEnglish,Deutsch,Deutsch(Schweiz),FrancaisandItaliano

sPeLLing.ForEnglishLanguageonly,choicesareUSandUK.

aCCent.ForEnglishLanguageonly,choicesdependuponyourchoiceof spelling.

TheProfileswindowiswhereyoumanageyourprofiles.Here,you’reabouttofinishcreatinganewprofile.ChoosethecorrectsettingsandclickCreate.

Whenyou’vesettheMicrophone,Spelling,andAccentpop-ups,clickCreate.Whileyourprofileiscreated,MacSpeechDictateInternationalputsupaprogressdialog.

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Whilecreatingaprofile,MacSpeechDialogputsupaprogressdialog.

Afteryoucreateaprofile,MacSpeechDictateInternationalautomaticallypro-ceedstomicrophonesetup.

tiP.YouareabouttobeginspeakingtoMacSpeechDictateInternational.Itmightbeagoodideatoreadthe“TipsonSpeaking”sectionnow.If yourmicrophoneisaheadset,putiton!Positionthemicrophonecorrectly.

Microphone SetupMicrophonesetuptakesplaceintheMicrophoneSetupwindow,andinvolvesad-justingthesound input level.

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TheMicrophoneSetupwindowiswhereyouadjustyoursoundinputlevel.Tobegin,clickthemicrophoneiconwiththered“stopsign.”

TobeginadjustingyoursoundinputlevelintheMicrophoneSetupwindow,clickthemicrophoneiconwiththered“stopsign.”Thewindowchangestodisplayaparagraphof textforyoutoreadaloud.

ReadaloudtheparagraphdisplayedintheboxintheMicrophoneSetupwindow.Asyouread,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwilladjustyourmicrophonesoundinputlevel.

Readtheparagraphof textaloud.Speakslowly,naturally,clearly,andcontinu-ously,butdonotworryaboutenunciation,becauseMacSpeechDictateInterna-

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tionalisnotlisteningtoyourwords;what’simportantishow loudlyyouspeak.Trytospeakatanatural,consistentloudness,representativeof howyouwillnormallyspeaktoMacSpeechDictateInternationalinyourcurrentenvironment.Asyouspeak,thelevelindicatortotherightof themicrophoneiconshowsyoursoundinputlevel,acombinationof howloudlyyouspeakandhowMacSpeechDictateInternationalhasadjustedthemicrophonesoundinputlevel;andthehorizon-talgainindicatorslidermovesleftandrightasMacSpeechDictateInternationalexperimentswithdifferentsoundinputlevels.WhenMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalhasheardenough,andhassetyourmicrophonesoundinputleveloptimally,itwillturnoff themicrophoneandswitchawayfromthiswindowautomatically.If youreachtheendof theparagraphbeforethathappens,startreadingaloudfromthebeginningagain.

note.YoucancheckManualGainSettingif youwanttooperatetheslideryourself,butMacSpeechDictateInternationalshouldbeabletodoabetterjobof adjustingyourmicrophonesoundinputlevelthanyouwould.

Inthenextwindow,MacSpeechDictateInternationalpauses,andplaysbackarecordingof thelastlittlebitof yourspeech.Listentomakesurethatyourspeechlevelisclearandundistorted.PressPlaytoheartherecordingagain.Makesurethereisnostatic,excessnoise,orhum.Suchproblemsareprobablyasignof faultymicrophonehardwareorabadconnection.If youthinkthere’saproblemwiththerecording,andyou’dliketoperformthemicrophonesoundleveladjust-mentagain,clicktheleft-arrowbuttonatthelowerrighttoreturntothepreviouswindow.(See“SoundInputTroubleshooting”fortipsondiagnosingsoundinputproblems.)

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MacSpeechDictateInternationalhasadjustedyourmicrophonesoundinputlevel.If you’recreatingaprofile,clickVoiceTrainingtoproceed.

Thenextstepincreatingaprofileistodoasessionof voicetraining.Thisiswhereyoureadaloudalittlestory,sothatMacSpeechDictateInternationalcanlearnhowyourvoicesoundsandhowyoupronounceyourwords.ClickVoiceTrainingtoproceed.You’llbetakentotheVoiceTrainingwindow.

Voice TrainingVoicetrainingisaprocesswhereyouread aloud a little story.IttakesplaceintheVoiceTrainingwindow.

tiP.Thiswouldbeareallygoodtimetoreadthe“TipsonSpeaking”sectionif youhaven’tdonesoalready.Ormaybereaditagain.If yourmicrophoneisaheadset,putiton!Positionthemicrophonecorrectly.

Duringvoicetraining,MacSpeechDictateInternationallistenstoyourspeech,matchingitupwiththewordsof thestory.Inthisway,MacSpeechDictateInter-nationallearnshowyourvoicesoundsandhowyoupronounceyourwords.Voicetrainingisthemostimportantstepincreatingaprofile.Thisiswhyyouneeda

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differentprofileforeachdifferentpersonandmicrophone.Youmightevenneedtocreateanewprofileif yourvoicechangestemporarily—becauseyoucatchacold,forinstance.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalpresentstheVoiceTrainingwindow,containingadescriptionof what’sabouttohappen.Clicktheright-arrowbutton,atthelowerright,toproceed.

Whenyoudovoicetraininginanexistingprofile,youareshownawindowwhereyoucanselectfromamongthreestoriestoreadfrom;storiesyou’vepreviouslyreadaremarkedwitha“greencircle”icon.Butwhenyoufirstcreateaprofile,thefirststoryisautomaticallyselectedforyou.

TheVoiceTrainingwindow,beforereadingastory.Toproceed,clicktheright-arrowbuttonatlowerrightof thewindow.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalpresentsthewindowinwhichitwillshowyouthestory.Themicrophoneisoff,signifiedbyared“stopsign”icon,andtrainingwillnotbeginuntilyouclicktheicon.

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TheVoiceTrainingwindow,readyforyoutostartreadingastory.Clickthemicrophoneicon(withthered“stopsign”)tobegin.

Here’swhat’sgoingtohappenwhenyouclickthemicrophoneicon.MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillturnonthemicrophone(theiconwillchangetoagreencircle)andwillpresentyouwithashortpageof texttoreadaloud—usuallyjustasentenceortwo.Youmustreadallthetext,includingpunctuation(becausethat’swhatyoudowhenyoudictate).Tohelpyouwiththis,punctuationisprintedincapitalletters,butyoudon’treaditanyspecialvoice.Youshouldreadinfairlybrief utterances,pausingaftereachutterance.MacSpeechDictateInternationalsignifiesitsunderstandingbyturningeachutterancegreen.Whenyoureachtheendof thepage(alltexthasturnedgreen),MacSpeechDictateInternationalauto-matically“turnsthepage”foryou.

If MacSpeechDictateInternationalhastroublewithwhatyousaid,itturnsthecurrentutterancered.If thishappens,youneedtoreadtheredtextagain.If Mac-SpeechDictateInternationalstilldoesn’tunderstand(thesametextremainsred),youcanclickSkipWordtoproceedpastthattext.If youfeelthatthingsarereallygoingbadlyandthatyou’dliketobeginreadingthisstoryalloveragain,clicktheleft-arrowbutton.

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Asyouread,keepaneyeonthesoundinputlevelindicator(theverticalbartotherightof themicrophoneicon).Speakatalevelthatkeepsthisataboutthemiddleof thegreensection.

Warning.Thespeechrecognitionenginehasnoexperiencewithyourvoicetobuildonduringthefirstfewpagesof anewprofile’sVoiceTrainingstory,soyourutterancesmustbequiteshortandcareful,andthepausesbetweenthemmustbelong,togivetheengineachancetocatchupandturnthetextgreen.Youwillprobablyneedtoreadlikethis:“We.Wouldlike.You.Toreadaloud.Forafewminutes.”Afterthefirstcoupleof pages,youwillfindthatyoucanstartspeakingmuchmorenaturally.

Thefirstpageof theVoiceTrainingstoryforanewprofile.Thefirstfewwordshavebeenread,andhaveturnedgreen.

Asyourreadingof thestoryproceeds,MacSpeechDictateInternational“turnsthepage”foryou.Progressfrompagetopageisshownbythehorizontalprogressindicatorbelowthetext.If youneedtopauseatanytime(toclearyourthroat,getadrinkof water,sneeze,stretch,whatever),clickthemicrophoneicontoturnit

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toared“stopsign”;whenyou’rereadytoproceed,clickitagaintoturnitintoagreencircleonceagain,andcarryonreading.

ApagelateinthefirstVoiceTrainingstory.Youcantellthestoryisnearlyfinished,becausethebluehorizontalprogressindicatorisnearlyfull.Noticethelevelof thesoundgainindicatorattherightof themicrophoneicon;thisisaboutthelevelwhereyouwanttokeepit,byspeakinglouderorsofter.

Whenyoufinishreadingthelastpageof thestory,MacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalwillanalyzethedataithasgatheredaboutyourvoiceandfeedthatanalysisintoyourprofile.(Actually,thismighthappeninthemiddleof thelastpage,oranearlierpage,if MacSpeechDictateInternationalfeelsithassufficientdata.)

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MacSpeechDictateInternationalanalyzesyourreadingof thestoryandfeedstheanalysisintoyourprofile.Bepatientwhileprocessingproceeds.

DuringMacSpeechDictateInternational’sanalysisof yourreadingof thestory,be patient.Analysisisextremelycalculation-intensiveandcantakealongtime(pos-siblyaslongasittookyoutoreadthestoryinthefirstplace).Donotinterrupt.Donotdoanythingelsewithyourcomputer.DonotforcequitMacSpeechDictateInternational(doingsomayruinyourprofile).

Asthisdialoginformsyou,youcanreadthisstoryagainlater,orchoosefromtwootherstories,bychoosingTools>VoiceTraining.It’sbesttouseMacSpeechDic-tateInternationalforawhile,though,speakinganddictating,refiningthewayyouspeak,andimprovingrecognitionthroughRecognitionTraining.MostusersdonotfinditnecessarytodoanyVoiceTrainingbeyondthefirststory.

Whenanalysisof yourreadingiscomplete,theVoiceTrainingwindowpresentsafinaldialog.ClickDonetoproceed.

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Analysisof yourreadingiscomplete.ClickDonetoproceed.

If youhavejustcompletedthefirstVoiceTrainingof yourfirstprofile,MacSpeechDictateInternationalpresentstheWelcomewindow.Youmayglanceoveritscon-tents.(If youwanttoreadthiswindowagainlater,youcansummonitfromtheHelpmenu.)Whenyou’reready,closethewindow.

TheWelcomewindow.ClosethewindowtostartusingMacSpeechDictateInternational.

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Younowhaveaworkingprofile,andtheprofileisactive.YouarereadytospeaktoMacSpeechDictateInternationalandhaveittypewhatyousayandobeyyourcommands.

If youhavejustinstalledMacSpeechDictateInternationalforthefirsttimeandarecuriousaboutwhereitspartswereinstalled,read“What’sInstalledWhere.”

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Interface

MacSpeechDictateInternational’sbasicinterfaceisextremelysimple.Thischap-terwilltouritskeyfeatures;detailsonsomeof thesefeaturesappearinlaterchap-ters.

YoucanuseMacSpeechDictateInternationalwhileworkinginanyapplication,sothepurposeof MacSpeechDictateInternational’sinterfaceistobepresent(sothatyoucancontrolMacSpeechDictateInternational’sbehavior)withoutbeinginyourway.

The Profiles WindowWhenyoustartupMacSpeechDictateInternational,youmightseetheProfileswindow.ChooseyourprofileandclickMakeActive.If you’dliketoavoidsee-ingtheProfileswindowatstartup,uncheckShowProfilesWindowintheGeneralPreferencespane.MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillthenautomaticallyuse,whenitstartsup,theprofileyouwereusingwhenyoupreviouslyquittheapplica-tion.

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TheProfileswindow.If youseethiswindowatstartup,chooseyourprofileandclickMakeActive.

The Status WindowTheStatuswindowisyourcontrolcenterforMacSpeechDictateInternational.Itfloatsoverthewindowsof allotherapplications.Hereyoucanturnthemicro-phoneonandoff,changemodes,andmore.Fordetails,see“StatusWindow.”

TheStatuswindowfloatsoverallapplications.

The Available Commands WindowTheAvailableCommandswindowliststhecommandsyoucansaytoMacSpeechatthemoment.Itfloatsoverthewindowsof allotherapplications.Fordetails,see“AvailableCommandsWindow.”

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TheAvailableCommandswindowtellsyouwhatyoucansayatthemoment.Torevealtheactualcommands,clickatriangle.

The Dock MenuTheMacSpeechDictateInternationalDockmenuprovidescommandsforshow-ingandhidingMacSpeechDictateInternational’swindows,andforcontrollingmodesandmicrophonestate.TheDockmenuisavailablenomatterwhatapplica-tionisfrontmost.

TheDockMenuletsyoucontrolMacSpeechDictateInternationalnomatterwhatapplicationisfrontmost.

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The Status Menu ItemTheMacSpeechDictateInternationalstatusmenuitemindicateswhetherthemicrophoneisonoroff,andclickingittogglesthemicrophonestate.Itprovidesasimpleandconvenientwaytoturnthemicrophoneonoroff,nomatterwhatap-plicationisfrontmost,andevenif theStatuswindowisnotpresent.If you’dprefernottoseethestatusmenuitem,uncheckInTheMenuBarintheAppearancePreferencespane.

Thestatusmenuitemcontrolsthemicrophone.

Keyboard ShortcutsInadditiontoitsvisibleinterface,MacSpeechDictateInternationalhasoneim-portantbitof invisibleinterface:itskeyboardshortcuts.MacSpeechDictateInter-nationalletsyoudefineglobalkeyboardshortcuts(“hotkeys”)toperformeachof thefollowingtasks:

• Turnthemicrophoneonoroff.

• SwitchbetweenDictationmode,Spellingmode,andCommandmode.

• ShoworhidetheRecognitionwindow.

Tosetthesekeyboardshortcuts,usetheShortcutsPreferencespane.

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Modes and the Microphone

Themostimportantthingthatyouneedtobeincontrolof andawareof whenusingMacSpeechDictateInternationalisitsstate.Atalltimes,themicrophoneiseitheron or off;andif themicrophoneison,MacSpeechDictateInternationalisinoneof four modes.ThesesettingsdeterminewhetherandhowMacSpeechDictateInternationalwillrespondtoyourspeech.

the miCroPhone

miCroPhone off.MacSpeechDictateInternationalisnotlisteningatall.Nosoundcanaffectit.Theonlychangeyoucanmakeistoturnthemicrophoneon,andtheonlywaytodothatisusingthemouseorkeyboard.

miCroPhone on.MacSpeechDictateInternationalislistening,andhowitrespondstoyourspeechdependsonwhatmodeitisin.

the four modes

diCtation mode.If MacSpeechDictateInternationalcaninterpretyourwordsasacommand,itobeysthecommand.Otherwise,MacSpeechDictateInternationalinterpretsyourwordsasdictation,andtypesthosewordsattheinsertionpointinthefrontmostapplication.

sPeLLing mode.If MacSpeechDictateInternationalcaninterpretyourwordsasacommand,itobeysthecommand.Otherwise,MacSpeechDictateInternationaltriestointerpretyourwordsasalimitedsetof lettersandpunc-tuation,andtypesthoselettersandpunctuationattheinsertionpointinthefrontmostdocument.If MacSpeechDictateInternationalcan’tinterpretyourwordsasacommandoraslettersandpunctuation,nothinghappens.

Command mode.If MacSpeechDictateInternationalcaninterpretyourwordsasacommand,itobeysthecommand.Otherwise,nothinghappens.

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YoucangivecommandsinDictationmodeandSpellingmodeaswell,butCommandmodecanbeanadvantagebecauseMacSpeechDictateInter-nationaldoesn’thavetodecidewhetherwhatyou’resayingissomethingtobetypedoracommandtobeobeyed.YoumightswitchtoCommandmodewhenyouareabouttoissueacommandoraseriesof commandsandyouwanttomakecertainthatnothingyousayisinterpretedasdictationandtypedaccidentallyintoyourdocument.

sLeeP mode.If MacSpeechDictateInternationalcaninterpretyourwordsasoneof thecommandsWakeUporTurn[the]MicrophoneOn,itre-turnstooneof thethreeprecedingmodes.Otherwise,nothinghappens.

Microphone Off and OnTopause your work completely,turnthemicrophoneoff entirely.Theimpli-cationsof turningoff themicrophonearebestunderstoodbycontrastwiththoseof Sleepmode.

Theadvantageof turningthemicrophoneoff,asopposedtoSleepmode,isthatnovoiceinputcanbeinterpreted,evenaccidentally,asacommandtoturnthemicro-phoneon.Allvoiceinputisignored.

Thedisadvantageof turningthemicrophoneoff isthatyoucan’tturnitonagainusingyourvoice;youmustuseyourhands.Sleepmode,ontheotherhand,letsyouspeaktoresumework.

Toturn the microphone off:

• SayMicrophoneOff.

• ChooseSpeech>MicrophoneOff.

• ChooseMicrophoneOff fromtheDockmenu.

• ClickthemicrophoneiconintheStatuswindowsothatitappearswithared“stopsign”.

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• Clicktheoptionalstatusmenuiteminthemenubarsothatitappearswithared“stopsign”.

• Pressthekeyboardshortcutfortogglingthemicrophone.

Toturn the microphone on,whenthemicrophoneisoff:

• ChooseSpeech>MicrophoneOn.

• ChooseMicrophoneOnfromtheDockmenu.

• ClickthemicrophoneiconintheStatuswindowsothatitappearswithagreen“gobutton”.

• Clicktheoptionalstatusmenuiteminthemenubarsothatitappearswithagreen“gobutton”.

• Pressthekeyboardshortcutfortogglingthemicrophone.

Tolearn whether the microphone is on or off:

• LookattheStatuswindow.Themicrophoneicondisplaysthemicrophone’sstatus.

• Lookattheoptionalstatusmenuiteminthemenubar.Itisaminiaturever-sionof theStatuswindowmicrophoneicon,anddisplaysthemicrophone’sstatus.

• LookattheDockiconforMacSpeechDictateInternational.Itappears(op-tionally)withamicrophoneicondisplayingthemicrophone’sstatus.

• LookintheSpeechmenu.If themicrophoneison,thefirstmenuitemwillreadMicrophoneOff;if themicrophoneisoff,thefirstmenuitemwillreadMicrophoneOn.

• LookintheDockmenu.ItcontainsmenuitemsthatworkjustliketheSpeechmenu.

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Sleep ModeTopause your work temporarily,switchtoSleepmode.InSleepmode,MacSpeechDictateInternationalislistening,butitisinaspecialstatewhereitrespondsonlytoaverylimitedsetof commands.Theyare:

• WakeUp

• Turn[the]MicrophoneOn

Anythingelseyousaywillbeignored.ThisallowsyoutopauseyourworkandhaveMacSpeechDictateInternationalignoremicrophoneinputuntilyouarereadytoresumework.

Toenter Sleep mode:

• SaySleepMode,orGotoSleep.

• ChoosefromtheStatuswindowmodemenu.ThemodemenuappearswhenyouclickthemodebuttonintheStatuswindow.

• ChoosefromtheSpeechmenu.

• ChoosefromtheDockmenu.

Tolearn whether you are in Sleep mode:

• LookattheStatuswindow.ItsmodebuttonshowstheSleepicon,andthemi-crophoneappearswithablue“sleepballoon”withacrescentmoon.

• LookattheDockiconforMacSpeechDictateInternational.(Alternatively,useCommand-Tabtodisplaytheapplicationswitcher.)If youhavechosentheoptiontobadgetheDockicontodisplaythemicrophonestatus,itappearswithacrescentmoon.

• Lookattheoptionalstatusmenuitem.Itappearswithacrescentmoon.

• LookintheSpeechmenu.Thefourthmodemenuitemsays“WakeUp”.

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• LookintheDockmenu.ItcontainsmenuitemsthatworkjustliketheSpeechmenu.

WheninSleepmode,youcanresume workbydoinganyof thefollowing:

• SayWakeUporTurn[the]MicrophoneOn.

• ChooseSpeech>MicrophoneOnorSpeech>WakeUp.

• ChooseMicrophoneOnorWakeUpfromtheDockmenu.

• ClickthemicrophoneiconintheStatuswindowsothatitappearswithagreen“gobutton”.

• Clicktheoptionalstatusmenuitemsoitappearswithagreen“gobutton”.

• Pressthekeyboardshortcutfortogglingthemicrophone.

Learning and Switching ModesThethreenon-sleepmodes—Dictationmode,Spellingmode,andCommandmode—formagroup.Youcanswitchfromonetoanother,andlearnwhichmodeMacSpeechDictateInternationalisin,inaconsistentmanner.

Toswitch between modes:

• Sayoneof thefollowing:◦ DictationMode◦ SpellingMode◦ CommandMode

• ChoosefromtheStatuswindowmodemenu.ThemodemenuappearswhenyouclickthemodebuttonintheStatuswindow.

• ChoosefromtheSpeechmenu.

• ChoosefromtheDockmenu.

• Pressthekeyboardshortcutforcyclingbetweenmodes.

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Tolearn what mode you are in:

• LookattheStatuswindow.Themodebutton’siconrepresentsthecurrentmode;andinthemodemenu,whichappearswhenyouclickthemodebut-ton,thecurrentmodeischecked.

• LookintheSpeechmenu.Thecurrentmodeischecked.

• LookintheDockmenu.ItcontainsmenuitemsthatworkjustliketheSpeechmenu.

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Dictation Mode

InDictationmode,youcanbothdictatetexttobetypedandissuecommandstobeobeyed.MacSpeechDictateInternationalwilltypewhatyousay,interpretingyourwordsasdictation,unlessitrecognizeswhatyousayasacommand.

Ingeneral,if youspeaksmoothlyandcontinuously,MacSpeechDictateInter-nationalwillinterpretyourwordsasdictation,evenif theyincludewordsthatmightbeacommand.If youpausebeforeandafteraphrase,ontheotherhand,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillconsiderthatphraseasapossiblecom-mand.

Forexample,GoToSleepisacommand(itswitchestoSleepmode).So:

If yousayGo.Tosleep,MacSpeechDictateInternationaltypesGo to sleep.

If yousayDon’tgotosleepinthemiddleof thelecture,MacSpeechDic-tateInternationaltypesthosewords.

Butif yousayDon’t.Gotosleep,MacSpeechDictateInternationaltypesDon’tandthenswitchestoSleepmode.

So,toensurethataphraseisrecognizedasacommand,pausebeforeandafterthecommand,butspeakthecommanditself smoothlyandcontinuously.

Thismightbeagoodtimetoreviewthe“TipsonSpeaking”section.

What You Can Say in Dictation ModeWords and Phrases to be tyPed.YoucanusetheVocabularyEditorwin-dowtoviewandeditthelistof wordsthatMacSpeechDictateInternationalknowsabout.Youshouldtrynottomakeanyextraneousnoises,butMac-SpeechDictateInternationalwilldoitsbesttoignorethewell-knownhesita-

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tionnoises“ah”,“er”,“uh”,and“um”.(Infact,youmayhavetouseSpellingmodetotypesuchitems.)

instruCtions for sPaCing and CaPitaLization.Ingeneralthereshouldbenoneedforthese;MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillperformintelligentautomaticspacingandcapitalization.Butif youdoneedfinercontrolovercapitalizationandspacing,youhaveit.See“Capitalization,Spacing,andNumbers.”Toinsert a space,saySpaceBar.

InmanycasesitwillbesimplertoletMacSpeechDictateInternationalper-formitsautomaticcapitalization,rightorwrong,andthencorrectitafterthefactwiththecapitalizationeditingcommandsdiscussedbelow.

PunCtuation.Unlikespacingandcapitalization,youmustexplicitlydictateanydesiredpunctuation;MacSpeechDictateInternationaldoesn’ttrytoinsertpunctuationintelligentlybasedongrammar,toneof voice,oranythinglikethat.UnlikeSpellingmode,Dictationmodedoesincorporatepunctuationintoitsintelligentautomaticspacing.Fornamesof punctuationmarks,see“Punctuation.”

names of Letters.Letternamesmaybeusedtotypeawordconsistingof aletter,orfordictatinganacronym;butyoushouldnotuseletternamesinDic-tationmodeasasubstituteforSpellingmode.Forexample,totypeAn a-z of animals,sayAnalphahyphenzuluof animals.Eventhisapproachisnotentirelyreliable,asMacSpeechDictateInternationalmustallowforthepos-sibilitythatalphameansalpha.Spellingmodegetsbetterresults.See“LetterNamesinDictationMode.”

Commands.Allglobal,key,generated,andapplication-basedcommandsareavailable.

reCognition training Commands.Youcantrainthevoicemodelandcor-rect recognition errorswiththeseDictationmodecommands:

◦ TraintheWord“Someword”

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◦ TraintheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”◦ TraintheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

Thewords(ortheutterancecontainingthem)areselectedandtheRecogni-tionwindowopens.See“RecognitionWindow.”WhentheRecognitionwin-dowisopen,additionalRecognitionwindowcommandsareavailable.

navigation and editing Commands.TheseareDictationmodecommands,listedinthenextsection,designedforbasictextnavigationandediting,tocorrectyourownerrors,tomodifywhatyoudictated,ortofixcapitalization.Theseare“proper”waystoworkonyourdocument;theydonotviolatetheGoldenRule(see“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule”).

If whatyoudictatedwasnotcorrectlyrecognizedbyMacSpeechDictateIn-ternational,itisbettertousetheRecognitionwindow.See“RecognitionWin-dow.”

Navigation and Editing CommandsYoucanmove the insertion pointwiththesecommands:

• MoveBackward(s)NNWord(s),MoveForward(s)NNWord(s)(where“NN”isanumberupto99)

Youcanplace the insertion pointwiththesecommands:

• InsertBeforetheWord“Someword”

• InsertBeforetheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• InsertBeforetheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

• InsertAftertheWord“Someword”

• InsertAftertheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• InsertAftertheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

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Youcancontrol the selectionwiththesecommands:

• SelecttheWord“Someword”

• SelecttheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• SelecttheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

Youcanselect and delete a phrasewiththesecommands:

• DeletetheWord“Someword”

• DeletetheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• DeletetheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

Youcanselect and change the caseof aphrasewiththesecommands:

• CapitalizetheWord“Someword”

• CapitalizetheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• CapitalizetheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

• LowercasetheWord“Someword”

• LowercasetheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• LowercasetheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

• UppercasetheWord“Someword”

• UppercasetheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”

• UppercasetheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

Intheabovecommandswhereyouspecifythewordstoselect,if thosewordsap-pearmorethanonceinthedocument,MacSpeechDictateInternationalselectsthenearest instance.Positiontheinsertionpointnearthedesiredwordsbeforehand,toensurethattheywillbeselected.

If youspeaktodeleteoraltertextandthenchangeyourmind(perhapsbecauseMacSpeechDictateInternationalselectedthewrongstretchof text),sayUndoDictation.

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Toremove the wordlastdictatedortotheleftof thecursor:

• SayScratchWord(orForgetWord).

Toremove the phraselastdictatedortotheleftof thecursor:

• SayScratchThat(orForgetThat).MacSpeechDictateInternational’sno-tionof a“phrase”dependsuponhowitdetectspausesinyourspeech.

If you“scratch”or“forget”andthenchangeyourmind(perhapsbecauseMacSpeechDictateInternationalremovedmorethanyouwanted),sayUndoDictation.

Capitalization, Spacing, and NumbersInDictationmode,youcansaycommandsthatapplyspecialrulesforcapitaliza-tion, spacing and interpretation of numbers.ThisgivesyoufinercontrolwhenDictationmode’sintelligentautomaticbehaviorneedsassistance.(Forfinestpossiblecontrol,though,useSpellingmode.)

tiP.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcomeswithalargerepertoryof built-inwordswithcorrectcapitalizationandspacing.So,beforeusingthesecom-mands,trysayingyourword(orlookitupintheVocabularyEditorwindow)toseewhatMacSpeechDictateInternationaldoes.Forexample,MacSpeechDictateInternationalhandlescorrectlysuchtermsas“CD-ROM”and“Free-BSD”withoutyourhavingtoworryaboutspacing,hyphenation,orcapitaliza-tion.

Title Case

Tocapitalize (title case) the next word:

• SayCap.(Totypetheword“cap”youmayneedtoswitchtoSpellingmodeandspellitout!)

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IntheStatuswindow,thefirstindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread“Abc”.Whenyousaythenextword,itwillbetypedcapitalized,andtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomatically.

Tocapitalize (title case) a series of words,youmayprefertoturnontitlecasing,saytheseriesof words,andturnoff titlecasing.Todoso:

• SayCapsOn.

IntheStatuswindow,thefirstindicatorlightwillglowgreenandwillread“Abc”.Saytheseriesof words,whichwillbetypedcapitalized.Finally,sayCapsOff.Theindicatorlightwillgoout.

Uppercase

Touppercase (all caps) the next word:

• SayAllCaps.

IntheStatuswindow,thefirstindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread“ABC”.Whenyousaythenextword,itwillbetypeduppercased,andtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomatically.

Touppercase (all caps) a series of words,youmayprefertoturnonupper-casing,saytheseriesof words,andturnoff uppercasing.Todoso:

• SayAllCapsOn.

IntheStatuswindow,thefirstindicatorlightwillglowgreenandwillread“ABC”.Saytheseriesof words,whichwillbetypeduppercased.Finally,sayAllCapsOff.Theindicatorlightwillgoout.

Lowercase

Tolowercase (no caps) the next word:

• SayNoCaps.

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IntheStatuswindow,thefirstindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread“abc”.Whenyousaythenextword,itwillbetypedlowercased,andtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomatically.

Tolowercase (no caps) a series of words,youmayprefertoturnonlower-casing,saytheseriesof words,andturnoff lowercasing.Todoso:

• SayNoCapsOn.

IntheStatuswindow,thefirstindicatorlightwillglowgreenandwillread“abc”.Saytheseriesof words,whichwillbetypedlowercased.Finally,sayNoCapsOff.Theindicatorlightwillgoout.

Spaces

Toprevent automatic insertion of a spacebeforethenextword:

• SayNoSpace.

IntheStatuswindow,thesecondindicatorlightwillglowyellow.Whenyousaythenextword,itwillbetypedwithoutaprecedingspaceandtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomatically.

Toprevent automatic insertion of spaceswhilesayingaseriesof words:

• SayNoSpaceOn.

IntheStatuswindow,thesecondindicatorlightwillglowgreen.Saytheseriesof words,whichwillbetypedwithoutinterveningspaces.Finally,sayNoSpaceOff.Theindicatorlightwillgoout.

Toinsert a space:

• SaySpaceBar.

Ingeneralyoushouldnotneedtosuppressorcontrolspacingmerelybecauseof punctuation.Forexample,tohyphenatetwowords,saythefirstword,thenHyphen,thenthesecondword.Therewillbenospaceoneithersideof thehy-

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phen,becausethereisabuilt-inrulegoverninghowautomaticspacingworksnexttoahyphen.

Numbers

ToforcethenextwordtobeinterpretedasanArabic digit(“1”,“2”,etc.):

• SayNumeral.

IntheStatuswindow,thethirdindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread“123”.Saythedigit.Thedigitwillbetyped,andtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomati-cally.

tiP.Totype0,sayOhorZero.

ToforcethenextwordtobeinterpretedasaRoman numeral(“I”,“II”,etc.):

• SayRomanNumeral.

IntheStatuswindow,thethirdindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread“XIV”.Saythenumber.Thenumberwillbetyped,andtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomatically.ThisworksevenforlargeRomannumerals;forexample,totypeMCMXCVII,sayRomanNumeralOneThousandNineHundredandNinetySeven(inonesmoothutterance).

MacSpeechDictateInternationalperformsalotof automaticintelligentformat-tingof numbersanddates.Herearesomedetails.

Whenyousayanumber,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwilleithertypeoutthewordsorthenumber,dependingonthecontextinwhichthenumberwasused.If youwanttoforcetheprogramtotypeanumberinsteadof typingthewordsforthenumber,sayNumeralbeforesayingthenumber.

Herearesomeexamplesof MacSpeechDictateInternational’sautomaticformat-tingandpunctuationof numericexpressions.

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Numbers(numerals)maybespokenusingdigitsorfullnumbernames.Insertpunctuationasneeded.

What You Say ResultNumeralOne 1

NumeralFive 5

Seventeen 17

FortyTwo 42

OneHundredSeventyNine 179

FiveThousandFourHundredandTwentyThree 5423

NumeralFiveCommaNoSpaceFourHundredandTwenty

Three5,423

TwelveThousandFiveHundredandThirtySeven 12,537

OneHundredandFortyTwoThousandandFifteen 142,015

ThirtyFivePointTwoThree 35.23

ZeroPointZeroThree 0.03

Forty-ThreePointTwentyEightPercentSign 43.28%

Fractionsmaybespokennormally,oryoucanclarifybysayingSlashorOverbetweenthenumeratorandthedenominator.

What You Say ResultNumeralOneHalf 1/2

NumeralOneOverFour;

NumeralOneQuarter1/4

FifteenSixteenths;

FifteenOverSixteen15/16

TwoandThreeFourths 2 3/4

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What You Say ResultElevenOverThirtyTwo 11/32

ElevenThirtySeconds 11/32

ThreeandSevenEights;

NumeralThreeSevenOverEight3 7/8

NineSlashTwelve

NineOverTwelve9/12

NumeralFiveSpaceBarThreeSlashFiftySix 5 3/56

OneThirtyOverSeventy 130/70

Currencymaybespokennormally;thenumberwillbeparsedandpunctuatedinresponsetoyouruseof thecurrencyname.

What You Say ResultNinetyNineDollarsandFiftyFiveCents $99.55

FortyFiveEurosandThirtyFiveCents €45.35

PoundSterlingSignOneHundredandTwentyPointThirtyFive £120.35

Zip codes(US)maybespokennormally,digitbydigit.Forotherpostalcodefor-mats,thebestapproachisprobablytoswitchtoSpellingmode.

What You Say ResultOhTwoFourSixZero 02460

OhTwoFourSixZeroHyphenOneFourFiveEight 02460-1458

UStelephone numbersmaybespokennormally,digitbydigit,andpunctua-tionwillbeautomatic;forothertelephonenumberformats,saythepunctuation(youmightliketoexperimentabit).

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What You Say ResultThreeFiveZeroZeroNineZeroThree 350-0903

SixOhThreeThreeFiveOhOhNineOhThree 603-350-0903

OneEightHundredFiveFiveFiveOneTwoOneTwo 1-800-555-1212

OpenParenthesisSixZeroThreeCloseParenthesisThree

FiveZeroZeroNineZeroThree(603) 350-0903

OneTwoOneTwoFiveFiveFiveTwelveTwelve 1-212-555-1212

OpenParenthesisOhOneSixTwoEightClose

ParenthesisEightNineFourOneFiveOh(01628) 894150

OhTwoSevenSpaceBarSixTwoNineSpaceBarEight

NineFourFour027 629 8944

SixOneHyphenSevenHyphenFourSixNineFive

HyphenTwoZeroFiveFive61-7-4695-2055

Dates and timesmaymostlybespokennormally.Fortimes,theseparatorisacolon,andthisisenteredautomaticallyif yousayAMorPM.Alternatively,saypunctuationexplicitly.

What You Say ResultTwentyTwoJanuaryNineteenNinetyNine 22 January 1999

AprilNineCommaTwoThousandAndOne April 9, 2001

FourteenSlashOhSevenSlashEightyFive 14/07/85

ThreeSlashElevenSlashZeroTwo 3/11/02

ThreeSlashElevenSlashTwoThousandAndTwo 3/11/2002

AprilFirst April 1

MarchTwentySecond March 22

TheNineteenEighties the 1980s

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What You Say ResultTheNineteenEightyApostopheEss the 1980's

SevenFortyFiveAM 7:45 AM

ThreeColonZeroZero 3:00

Letter Names in Dictation ModeThesearethenamesof lettersthatyoucansayinDictationmode.(Considerus-ingSpellingmodeinstead,though,asitismorereliable—becauseSpellingmodeknowsthatyouareprobablysayingthenameof aletter—andhasawiderrangeof thingsyoucansay.)

Letters

InDictationmode,anindividual letter(asopposedtoknownacronymsandabbreviations)mustbeenteredusingtheInternationalRadioAlphabet.Thisisintendedprimarilyforwhentheletternameisitself aword.

Aninitial(acapitalletterfollowedbyaperiod)maybeenteredbysayingCapitalorUppercasefollowedbythenameof theletter.Youcanpronouncetheletter’snamenormallyorusetheInternationalRadioAlphabet.Thus,forexample,todictateL. M. Montgomery,youcansayCapitalL,SpaceBar,UppercaseMike,Montgomery.(TheSpaceBarisneededsoastogettwoseparateinitialsratherthantheacronymLM,asdescribedinthenextparagraph.)

Anacronym(aseriesof capitalletterswithoutanyspacesorperiodsinbetween)maybeenteredusingsuccessiveinitials.Aperiodwillappearafteryoudictatethefirstinitial,butitwillberemovedwhenyoudictatethesecondinitial.Thus,forex-ample,todictateHAL 9000,youcansayCapitalH,CapitalA,CapitalL,NineThousand.

HerearetheInternational Radio Alphabetletternames:

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What You SayAlpha

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliet

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

Victor

Whiskey

Xray

Yankee

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What You SayZulu

Diacritical Letters

Adiacriticalletterisaletterwithamarkingaboveorbelowit.(Spellingmodehasawiderrepertoryof diacriticallettersandisrecommended.)

Thefollowingphrases,allinvolvingtheInternationalRadioAlphabet,enterdia-criticallettersinDictationmode:

What You Say ResultAlpha-Accent-Acute á

Alpha-Accent-Circumflex â

Alpha-Accent-Grave à

Alpha-Accent-Tilde;Alpha-Tilde ã

Alpha-Accent-Umlaut ä

Alpha-Ring-Above å

Charlie-Accent-Cedilla ç

Echo-Accent-Acute é

Echo-Accent-Circumflex ê

Echo-Accent-Grave è

Echo-Accent-Umlaut ë

India-Accent-Acute í

India-Accent-Circumflex î

India-Accent-Grave ì

India-Accent-Umlaut ï

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What You Say ResultNovember-Accent-Tilde ñ

Oscar-Accent-Acute ó

Oscar-Accent-Circumflex ô

Oscar-Accent-Grave ò

Oscar-Accent-Tilde;Oscar-Accent-

Tildeõ

Oscar-Accent-Umlaut ö

Oscar-Oblique-Stroke ø

Uniform-Accent-Acute ú

Uniform-Accent-Circumflex û

Uniform-Accent-Grave ù

Uniform-Accent-Umlaut ü

Yankee-Accent-Acute ý

Yankee-Accent-Umlaut ÿ

Ligatures and Non-Latin Letters

Youcansaythefollowingligaturesandnon-LatinlettersinDictationmode:

What You Say ResultAEDiphthong;AELigature æ

OEDiphthong;OELigature œ

Eszet;GermanSharpS ß

SWithCaron š

IcelandicEth ð

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What You Say ResultIcelandicThorn þ

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Spelling Mode

InSpellingmode,youcanbothspellandgivecommands.MacSpeechDictateIn-ternationalwilltypeindividualletters,numbers,andpunctuationthatyousay,un-lessitrecognizeswhatyousayasacommand.If MacSpeechDictateInternationaldoesn’trecognizewhatyousayasaletter,number,punctuation,orcommand,nothinghappens.

tiP.Spellingmodeenablesaslightlydifferentsetof punctuationmarksfromDictationmode,whichcanbeuseful.SpellingmodeisalsogoodfortypingwordsthatDictationmodewillmisinterpret(suchas“cap”or“uh”).Itishelp-ful,too,whenyouwanttotypeawordthatMacSpeechDictateInternationaldoesn’tknow,orwhenyouwanttoenteranabbreviationoracronymorURL;butDictationmodealsohaswaysof enteringacronyms,andif youfrequentlyuseaword,youshouldconsideraddingittoyourprofile’svocabularysothatyoucansayitinDictationmode(see“VocabularyEditorWindow”).

InSpellingmode,no automatic spacesareinserted.ContrastDictationmode,whereautomaticspacesareinsertedbeforeorafterpunctuation,asappropriate,andbetweenwords.InSpellingmode,youmustinsertanydesiredspacesyourself.

Toinsert a space:

• SaySpaceBar.

Toremove the letterlasttypedortotheleftof thecursor:

• SayScratchWord(orForgetWord)orScratchThat(orForgetThat).

If you“scratch”or“forget”andthenchangeyourmind,sayUndoDictation.

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What You Can Say in Spelling Modethe names of Letters and numeraLs.(Forletternames,seethenextsection,“LetterNamesinSpellingMode.”)Tocapitalize a letter:

◦ SayCapfollowedbythenameof theletter.

PunCtuation.See“Punctuation.”

Commands.Allglobal,key,generated,andapplication-basedcommandsareavailable.

navigation Commands.Youcancontrol the insertion pointwiththeseSpellingmodecommands:

◦ MoveBackward(s)NNLetter(s)andMoveForward(s)NNLetter(s)(where“NN”isanumberupto99)

Letter Names in Spelling ModeThesearethenamesof lettersandnumeralsthatyoucansayinSpellingmode.

Letters

Lettersarelowercasebydefault.Tocapitalize a letter:

• SayCapfollowedbythenameof theletter.

Totype a letterinSpellingmode:

• Saythenameof theletter,e.g.A,B,etc.

• Or,saytheInternationalRadioAlphabetnameof theletter(listedbelow).

Whensayingaplainlettername(asopposedtoadiacriticalletter,discussedbe-low),youmayprecedethenameof theletterbyLetter,e.g.LetterA,LetterB,LetterAlpha,LetterBravo.Thiscanhelpdisambiguate.

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Torepeat a letter(thatis,tosayaletterthatappearstwiceinsuccession):

• YoumaysaytheletternameprecededbyDouble,e.g.DoubleA,DoubleAlpha.(Incaseof “u”,sayDoubleLetterUtodisambiguatefrom“w”.)

HerearetheInternational Radio Alphabetletternames:

What You SayAlpha

Bravo

Charlie

Delta

Echo

Foxtrot

Golf

Hotel

India

Juliet

Kilo

Lima

Mike

November

Oscar

Papa

Quebec

Romeo

Sierra

Tango

Uniform

What You SayVictor

Whiskey

Xray

Yankee

Zulu

Diacritical Letters

Adiacriticalletterisaletterwithamarkingaboveorbelowit.Totype a diacrit-ical letterinSpellingmode:

• Saythenameof theletter(normalorInternationalRadioAlphabet)followedbythenameof thediacritical:A-Acute,Alpha-Acute.

• Optionally,inmostcasesyoumaysayAccentbetweenthenameof theletterandthediacritical(evenwhen,strictlyspeaking,thediacriticalisnotanac-cent):forexample,AAccent-Acute,AlphaAccent-Acute.Butyoucannotdothisfor“Dieresis”or“Ring”.

Noteverydiacriticalispossible,evenforeveryEuropeanlanguage.Youcannot,forexample,saythefourthletterof “Dvořák”.(ThebestwaytotypeDvořák’snamewithMacSpeechDictateInternationalwouldbethroughaTextMacrocommand;see“CommandsWindow.”)

Letter DiacriticalsA Acute,Circumflex,Grave,Tilde,Umlaut;Dieresis,Ring

C Cedilla

E Acute,Circumflex,Grave,Umlaut;Dieresis

I Acute,Circumflex,Grave,Umlaut;Dieresis

N Tilde

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Letter DiacriticalsO Acute,Circumflex,Grave,Tilde,Umlaut;Dieresis,Ring

U Acute,Circumflex,Grave,Umlaut;Dieresis

Y Acute,Umlaut;Dieresis

Ligatures and Non-Latin Letters

Youcansaythefollowingligaturesandnon-LatinlettersinSpellingmode:

What You Say ResultAEDiphthong;AELigature;LigatureAE æ

OSlash ø

OEDiphthong;OELigature;LigatureOE œ

Eszet;SharpS;GermanSharp;GermanSharpS ß

SWedge š

IcelandicEth ð

IcelandicThorn þ

NumeralsNumeralsareindividualdigits.Totype a digitinSpellingmode:

• Saythenameof thedigit,e.g.Zero,One,etc.

• Or,sayNumeralfollowedbythenameof thedigit,e.g.NumeralZero,NumeralOne,etc.(DonotsayNumber,whichsignifiesthehashsign,“#”.)

Somenumericsymbolsarediscussedaspunctuation;see“Punctuation.”

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Punctuation

InbothDictationmodeandSpellingmode,youcansaythenamesof punctuationmarksthatMacSpeechDictateInternationalshouldtype.Thischapterliststhenamesof thesesymbols.ThesenamesarelistedalsointheAvailableCommandswindow(and,forDictationmode,intheVocabularyEditorwindow).

TherearesomebroaddifferencesbetweensayingapunctuationmarkinDictationmodeandsayingitinSpellingmode.

InDictationmode,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillattempttoinsertintelli-gent automatic spacing.(Forexample,itwillprobablyputaspacebefore“openquote”andafter“closequote”.)YoumaybeabletopreventthisbyswitchingNoSpaceon.Butforfinestcontrol,useSpellingmode.

InSpellingmode,ontheotherhand,MacSpeechDictateInternationaltypesthesymbolandthat’sall.Also,Spellingmodehasalargerrepertoryof punctuationmarks(andof thingsyoucansaytotypethem).

sPaCes

What You Say Result Mode CommentsSpaceBar Both Spacecharacter

No-BreakSpace;Non-BreakableSpace;

UnbreakableSpaceSpelling

NewLine;NextLine Dictation Singlereturncharacter

NewParagraph;NextParagraph Dictation Doublereturncharacter

TabKey Dictation Tabcharacter

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stoPs

What You Say Result Mode CommentsPeriod . Both USdialectonly

FullStop;Dot . Both

PeriodParagraph . DictationFullstopfollowedbydoublereturn

character

ExclamationMark ! Both

ExclamationPoint ! Both USdialectonly

InvertedExclamationPoint ¡ Both

InvertedExclamationMark ¡ Spelling

QuestionMark ? Both

InvertedQuestionMark ¿ Both

Pauses and Joins

What You Say Result Mode Comments

Hyphen - BothNospacebeforeorafterinDicta-

tionmode

SoftHyphen Spelling

Unicode173,optionalhyphen(not

everyapplicationinterpretsthis

correctly)

Comma , Both

Semicolon ; Both

Colon;ColonMark(Dictation

modeonly): Both

CenterDot;MiddleDot(Spelling

modeonly)· Both

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsDash -- Both Twohyphens

Em-Dash --- Dictation Threehyphens

En-Dash -- Dictation Twohyphens

Em-Dash — Spelling Unicode8212,atrueem-dash

En-Dash – Spelling Unicode8211,atrueen-dash

aPostroPhe and quotes

What You Say Result Mode Comments

Apostrophe ' BothStraightapostrophe(nopre-

cedingspace)

Apostrophe-Ess 's Both Straightapostrophe

OpenSingleQuote;BeginSingleQuote ‘ Spelling Leftcurlysinglequote

CloseSingleQuote;EndSingleQuote ’ Spelling Rightcurlysinglequote

SingleQuote ' Spelling Straightsinglequote

OpenSingleQuote;BeginSingleQuote ' DictationStraightsinglequote(preced-

ingspace)

CloseSingleQuote;EndSingleQuote ' DictationStraightsinglequote(nopre-

cedingspace,likeapostrophe)

OpenQuote;BeginQuote “ Spelling Leftcurlydoublequote

CloseQuote;EndQuote ” Spelling Rightcurlydoublequote

Quote;QuotationMarks " Spelling Straightdoublequote

OpenQuote;OpenQuotes;Begin

Quote;BeginQuotes;OpenDouble

Quote;OpenDoubleQuotes;Begin

DoubleQuote;BeginDoubleQuotes

" DictationStraightdoublequote(preced-

ingspace)

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsCloseQuote;CloseQuotes;EndQuote;

EndQuotes;CloseDoubleQuote;Close

DoubleQuotes;EndDoubleQuote;

EndDoubleQuotes

" DictationStraightdoublequote(nopre-

cedingspace)

OpenEuroQuote;OpenEuroQuotes « Both

CloseEuroQuote;CloseEuroQuotes » Both

BeginAngleQuote;BeginAngle

Quotes;OpenAngleQuote;Open

AngleQuotes« Spelling

EndAngleQuote;EndAngleQuotes;

CloseAngleQuote;CloseAngleQuotes» Spelling

enCLosures

What You Say Result Mode CommentsOpenParen;LeftParen;Open

Parenthesis;LeftParenthesis( Both

CloseParen;RightParen;Close

Parenthesis;Rightparenthesis) Both

OpenBracket;LeftBracket ( Both Non-USdialects,likeparenthesis

CloseBracket;RightBracket ) Both Non-USdialects,likeparenthesis

OpenBracket;LeftBracket [ Both USdialect,likesquarebracket

CloseBracket;RightBracket ] Both USdialect,likesquarebracket

OpenSquareBracket;LeftSquare

Bracket[ Both

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsCloseSquareBracket;RightSquare

Bracket] Both

OpenBrace;LeftBrace;OpenCurly

Brace;LeftCurlyBrace;OpenCurly

Bracket;LeftCurlyBracket{ Both

CloseBrace;RightBrace;Close

CurlyBrace;RightCurlyBrace;

CloseCurlyBracket;RightCurly

Bracket

} Both

OpenAngleBracket;LeftAngle

Bracket< Dictation

CloseAngleBracket;RightAngle

Bracket> Dictation

OpenAngleBracket;LeftAngle

Bracket‹ Spelling Unicode8249,leftanglequote

CloseAngleBracket;RightAngle

Bracket› Spelling Unicode8250,rightanglequote

money

What You Say Result Mode CommentsCentsSign;Cent(Spellingmodeonly) ¢ Both

DollarSign;Dollar(Spellingmodeonly) $ Both

SterlingSign;Sterling £ Spelling

PoundSterlingSign £ Dictation USdialect

PoundSign £ Both Non-USdialects

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsYenSign;Yen(Spellingmodeonly) ¥ Both

EuroSign;Euro(Spellingmodeonly) € Both

GuilderSign;Guilder(Spellingmodeonly) ƒ Both

arithmetiC

What You Say Result Mode CommentsEqualsSign;Equal(Spellingmodeonly) = Both

PlusSign;Plus(Spellingmodeonly) + Both

MinusSign - Both

PlusorMinusSign;PlusorMinus(Spellingmode

only)± Both

PlusMinusSign;PlusMinus ± Spelling

MultiplicationSign × Dictation

MultiplySign;Multiply;Timessign;Times × Spelling

DivisionSign ÷ Both

DivideSign;Divide ÷ Spelling

LessThanSign;LessThan(Spellingmodeonly) < Both

GreaterThanSign;GreaterThan(Spellingmode

only)> Both

PercentSign;Percent(Spellingmodeonly) % Both

Point . Both

LogicalNotSign;LogicalNot(Spellingmodeonly) ¬ Both

NotSign;Not ¬ Spelling

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsSuperscriptOne ¹ Both

SuperscriptTwo ² Both

Squared;Square ² Spelling

SuperscriptThree ³ Both

Cubed;Cube ³ Spelling

One-Half Sign ½ Both

Half Sign;Half;OneHalf ½ Spelling

One-QuarterSign ¼ Both

QuarterSign;Quarter;OneQuarter ¼ Spelling

ThreeQuartersSign ¾ Both

ThreeQuarters ¾ Spelling

oCtothorPe

What You Say Result Mode CommentsPoundSign;Pound(Spellingmodeonly) # Both USdialectonly

NumberSign;Number(Spellingmode

only)# Both USdialectonly

HashSign;Hash(Spellingmodeonly);

HashMark(Spellingmodeonly)# Both

InDictationmode,works

onlyinnon-USdialects

SharpSign;Sharp(Spellingmodeonly) # BothInDictationmode,works

onlyinnon-USdialects

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other Common symboLs

What You Say Result Mode CommentsAmpersand;And-Sign;AmpersandSign(Spelling

modeonly)& Both

Asterisk;Star(Spellingmodeonly) * Both

AtSign;At(Spellingmodeonly) @ Both

Backslash \ Both

Backquote;Backtick(Dictationmodeonly) ` Both

Caret;Hat(Spellingmodeonly) ^ Both

CopyrightSign;Copyright(Spellingmodeonly) © Both

DegreeSign;Degree(Spellingmodeonly) ° Both

Ellipsis;Dot-Dot-Dot ... Dictation Threedots

Ellipsis … SpellingUnicode8230,true

ellipsismark

ForwardSlash;Slash / Both

LargeCenterDot • DictationUnicode8226,bul-

let

LogicalAnd && Dictation

LogicalOr || Dictation

OptionalEss (s) Dictation

ParagraphSign;Paragraph(Spellingmodeonly) ¶ Both

RegisteredSign;Registered(Spellingmodeonly) ® Both

RegisteredTrademarkSign;RegisteredTrademark ® Spelling

SectionSign;Section(Spellingmodeonly) § Both

Tilde ~ Both

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsTrademarkSign;Trademark(Spellingmodeonly) ™ Both

Underscore _ Both

VerticalBar;Bar(Spellingmodeonly) | Both

rarities

What You Say Result Mode CommentsAlternateComma ‚ Spelling Unicode8218,loweredsinglequote

Angstrom å Spelling

BrokenVerticalBar ¦ Spelling

Dagger † Spelling

SingleDaggerSign † Dictation

DoubleComma „ Both Unicode8222,lowereddoublequote

DoubleDagger ‡ Spelling

DoubleDaggerSign ‡ Dictation

FeminineOrdinal ª Spelling

FeminineOrdinalSign ª Dictation

MacronSign;Macron

(Spellingmodeonly)¯ Both

MasculineOrdinal º Spelling

GreekMu µ Both

Micro µ Spelling

Micron;MicroSign µ Dictation

PerThousand;Permille ‰ Spelling

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What You Say Result Mode CommentsPermilleSign ‰ Dictation

smiLies

What You Say Result Mode CommentsSmileyFace;Smiley :-) Dictation

FrownyFace;Frowny :-( Dictation

WinkyFace;Winky ;-) Dictation

LaughingFace :oD Dictation

WinkyLaughingFace ;oD Dictation

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Commands

Tolearn what commands are availableatanymoment,usetheAvailableCommandswindow.See“AvailableCommandsWindow.”

Commandsmaybeedited—modified,created,activatedanddeactivated,anddeleted—intheCommandswindow.See“CommandsWindow.”

Commandscomeinsix categories:

mode-based Commands.Individualmodesmayhavecommandsbuiltintothem.Forexample,CapitalizetheWord“Valley”issomethingyoucansayinDictationmodeonly.Formoreinformation,seethediscussionof eachmode.

WindoW-based Commands.Somecommandsbecomeavailableonlywhenacertainwindowisopen.Forexample,Pick2,toinsertthesecondalternativefromtheRecognitionwindowintoyourdocument,isavailableonlywhentheRecognitionwindowisopen.See“RecognitionWindow.”

gLobaL Commands.Somecommandsareglobal,meaningthattheyareal-waysavailable(exceptinSleepmode).See“GlobalCommands.”

Key Commands.Keycommandsareglobalcommandsthatletyousaythenamesof keyboardkeysormodifier-keycombinationsforMacSpeechDictateInternationaltotype.See“KeyCommands.”

generated Commands.MacSpeechDictateInternational,asitstartsup,willoptionallygenerateadditionalglobalcommandsthatletyoulaunchapplica-tionsorcreateanemailmessageaddressedtosomeoneinyourAddressBook.See“GeneratedCommands.”

aPPLiCation-based Commands.Somecommandsbecomeavailableonlywhenacertainapplicationisfrontmost.Forexample,youcansaySend

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MessagewheniChatorMailisfrontmost.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcomeswithcommandsetsforFinder,TextEdit,Safari,Mail,iChat,andiCal.See“Application-BasedCommands.”

If thecommandyouwanttosayisnotamode-basedcommand,thenthewaytobecertainthatMacSpeechDictateInternationalunderstandsyourwordsasacommandtobeobeyed,andnotdictationtobetyped,istoswitch to Command mode.

Global CommandsThesecommandsareavailableineverymode(exceptSleepmode).Someof themcontrolMacSpeechDictateInternational;otherscontrolthecomputerasawhole,orwhateverapplicationisfrontmost.

maCsPeeCh diCtate internationaL modes and miCroPhone

What You Say Comment

DictationModeSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoDictation

Mode.

SwitchToDictationModeSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoDictation

Mode.

SpellingMode SetsDictate’smicrophonetoSpellingMode.

SwitchToSpellingModeSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoSpelling

Mode.

CommandModeSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoCom-

mandMode.

SwitchToCommandModeSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoCom-

mandMode.

GoToSleepSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoSleep

Mode.

SleepMode SetsDictate’smicrophonetoSleepMode.

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What You Say Comment

SwitchToSleepModeSetsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smicrophonetoSleep

Mode.

MicrophoneOffTurnsthemicrophoneoff.Nofurthervoiceinputispossibleuntil

microphoneisturnedonbykeyboardormenuitem.

maCsPeeCh diCtate internationaL diCtation and training

What You Say Comment

ScratchThat

Deletestheutteranceorportionof utteranceimmediatelytotheleftof

thecursororselection.Anutteranceisaphrasethatyouspoke.“Forget

That”isanalternativenameforthiscommand.

ForgetThat

Deletestheutteranceorportionof utteranceimmediatelytotheleftof

thecursororselection.Anutteranceisaphrasethatyouspoke.“Scratch

That”isanalternativenameforthiscommand.

ScratchWordDeletesthewordjustpriortothecursororleftedgeof theselection.

“ForgetWord”isanalternativenameforthiscommand.

ForgetWordDeletesthewordjustpriortothecursororleftedgeof theselection.

“ScratchWord”isanalternativenameforthiscommand.

UndoDictation

Reversestheeffectof thelastdictationordeletedictationcommand

(Delete,Scratch,Forget).Useof thiscommandremovesthecorrection

informationfromthetextinvolved,soif you“RedoDictation”youwill

notbeabletocorrectthereplacedtext.If yourlastdictationreplaced

text,thattextisrestored,butnocorrectioninformationisrestored.

RedoDictation RedoDictationreversestheeffectof theUndoDictationcommand.

PlaytheSelection PlaytheSelection

TrainVocabularyfrom

Selection

CopiesthecurrentselectionandopenstheVocabularyTrainingwindow

andusesthecopiedtextasinput.

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What You Say Comment

CacheDocument

TellsMacSpeechDictateInternationaltorecordthecontentsof the

currentwindowas“usertypedtext”.Allpriorknowledgeof thewindow

contentsisreplaced(dictationinformation,spelledletters).See“The

CacheandtheGoldenRule.”

CacheSelection

TellsMacSpeechDictateInternationaltorecordtheselectionof the

currentwindowas“usertypedtext”.Allpriorknowledgeof thewindow

contentsisreplaced(dictationinformation,spelledletters).See“The

CacheandtheGoldenRule.”

PurgeCache

Removesallcachedinformationregardingtheactivewindow’scontents.

Thisdoesnotdeletethetextappearingintheactivewindow,butMac-

SpeechDictateInternationalnowassumesthatthewindowisblank,

exceptforNotePadwindows.When“PurgeCache”isappliedtoaNote

Padwindow,a“CacheDocument”commandisautomaticallygenerated

aswellbecauseMacSpeechDictateInternationalalwaysknowsabout

thecontentsof itsownwindows.See“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”

maCsPeeCh diCtate internationaL WindoWs

What You Say Comment

ShowStatusWindowShowstheStatuswindowforMacSpeechDictateInterna-

tional.

HideStatusWindowHidestheStatuswindowforMacSpeechDictateInterna-

tional.

ShowAvailableCommandsWindowShowstheAvailableCommandswindowforMacSpeech

DictateInternational.

HideAvailableCommandsWindowHidestheAvailableCommandswindowforMacSpeech

DictateInternational.

ShowRecognitionWindow

DisplaystheRecognitionwindowcontainingalternatives

forthecurrentselectionortheutterancetotheleftof the

cursor.

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What You Say CommentBringDictatetotheFront MakesDictatethefrontmostapplication.

navigation

What You Say CommentGoToBeginning Movesthecursortothefirstpositioninthedocument.

MoveToBeginningOf Document Positionstothebeginningof thedocument.

GoToEnd Movesthecursortothelastpositioninthedocument.

MoveToEndOf Document Positionstotheendof thedocument.

NextFieldMovesthecursortothenextfieldbysendingataband

purgesthecache.

PreviousFieldMovesthecursortothepreviousfieldbysendingashifttab

andpurgesthecache.

CoPy and Paste

Outsideof aNotePadwindow(thatis,inanapplicationotherthanMacSpeechDictateInternational),thesecommandsarethesameasif youhadusedyourhands,andthereforetheyareviolationsof theGoldenRuleof MacSpeechDictateInternational.Dictationmodenavigationcommandswon’tworkproperlyafter-wards;if thiscausesaproblem,issuea“cache”command.See“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”

What You Say Comment

CopySelectionMimicstheCommand-Ckeypress,whichcopieswhateverisselectedtothe

clipboardinmostapplications.

CutSelectionMimicstheCommand-Xkeypress,whichcutswhateverisselectedtothe

clipboardinmostapplications.

PastefromClipboard Pastesthecontentsof theclipboardattheinsertionpoint.

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What You Say Comment

SelectAll

MimicsaCommand-Akeypress.Specifically,thiscommandisintendedto

selectalltextwithinatextdocumentorobject,orallobjectsinthefront-

mostdocument.

NoLeadingSpace

Allspacesareremovedbeforethewordimmediatelyafterthecursororleft

edgeof theselection.Doesnotapplytowordsthathavenotbeendictated

yet.Use“NoSpace”forthose.

button and Keyboard Pressing

What You Say CommentPressCancel PresstheCancelButton.

PressDon’tSave PresstheDon’tSaveButton.

PressOK PresstheOKButton.

CancelThisOperation Cancelsthecurrentoperation.

SaveThisDocumentMimicsaCommand-Skeypress.Thiscommandwillsavethefrontmost

documentinmostapplications.

menus

What You Say CommentFileNew SelectstheNewmenuitemontheFileMenu.

FileOpen SelectstheOpenmenuitemontheFileMenu.

FileClose SelectstheClosemenuitemontheFileMenu.

UndoLastAction

Undoesthelastaction.ThiscommandviolatestheGoldenRuleof

MacSpeechDictateInternational,sodon’tuseitinthemiddleof

dictation(orif youdo,issuea“cache”commandafterwards).See

“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”Toundoadictationerrorwithout

violatingtheGoldenRule,useScratchThatorUndoDictation.

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What You Say Comment

RedoLastActionRedolastactionreversestheeffectof the“UndoLastAction”com-

mand.

AboutthisApplication Displaysinformationaboutthefrontmostapplication.

AccessFindWindowOpenstheFindwindow.Thiswindowwilllookdifferentdepending

onwhatversionof MacOSXyouareusing.

AccessForceQuitWindow OpenstheForceQuitwindow.

ShowDateandTimeDisplaysadialogboxwiththedateandtimestamp.Alsoallowsyou

toputthedatestampontheclipboard.

sPaCes, exPosé, and sCreen CaPture

What You Say CommentSwitchToSpaceOne SwitchesdirectlytotheSpace1.

SwitchToSpaceTwo SwitchesdirectlytotheSpace2.

SwitchToSpaceThree SwitchesdirectlytotheSpace3.

SwitchToSpaceFour SwitchesdirectlytotheSpace4.

ExposeAllWindows UsesExposétoexposeallwindows.

ExposeApplicationWindows UsesExposétoexposewindowsfortheactiveapplication.

ExposeDesktop UsesExposétoexposetheDesktop.

CaptureScreen Takesasnapshotof theentirescreenandsavesitonthedesktop.

CaptureSelection Allowsyoutocaptureasnapshotof aselection.

aPPLiCation and WindoW navigation

What You Say CommentHideThisApplication Hidesthefrontmostapplication.

HideOtherApplications Hidesallapplicationsexceptthefrontmostapplication.

HideAllApplications HidesallapplicationsexcepttheFinder.

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What You Say CommentShowAllApplications Showsallapplications.

SwitchToNextApplication Switchestothenextapplicationthatisrunning.

SwitchToPreviousApplication Switchestothepreviousapplicationthatisrunning.

NextApplicationWindow Activatesthenextwindowintheactiveapplication.

PreviousApplicationWindow Activatesthepreviouswindowintheactiveapplication.

QuitThisApplication

Quitsthefrontmostapplication,exceptif itisMacSpeechDic-

tateInternational.MacSpeechDictateInternationalmustbe

quitusingmenuorkeyboard.

Activate[Nameof Application]

Bringsthenamedapplicationtothefront.“Activate”com-

mandsareautomaticallygeneratedforallrunningapplica-

tionsandappearintheApplicationssubgroupof theAvailable

Commandswindow.

Quit[Nameof Application]

Quitsthenamedapplication.“Quit”commandsareautomati-

callygeneratedforallrunningapplicationsexcepttheFinder

andMacSpeechDictateInternational,andappearintheAp-

plicationssubgroupintheAvailableCommandswindow.

ComPuter as a WhoLe

What You Say CommentTurnDockHidingOn TurnsonDockhiding.

TurnDockHidingOff Turnsoff Dockhiding.

PutComputertoSleep Putsthecomputertosleep.

SpecialSleep Forcesthecomputertogotosleep.

RestarttheComputer Restartsthecomputer.

SpecialRestart Restartsthecomputerwithoutwaitingforothertaskstocomplete.

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The Web 100 CommandsTheWeb100commandsareglobalcommandsthattakeyouinyourbrowsertoanyof ahundredcommonlyusedwebsites.Forexample,youcansayJumptoBartlebytogotothebartleby.comGreatBooksOnlinesite.

Thesecommandsareenabledasagroupif youhavecheckedEnableWebSiteCommandsintheCommandPreferencespane.If enabled,theywillappearintheAvailableCommandswindowintheWeb 100subgroupof theGlobalgroup.

Key CommandsKeycommandsareglobalcommandsthatletyoutellMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionaltoenter a keystroke,asif youhadtypedthatkeystrokemanually.

Keycommandscanhelpyouinsituationswhereyoumightotherwisehavetousethekeyboard,whenthereisnobuilt-incommandthatletsyousaywhatyouwantdone.Andevenwhenthereisabuilt-incommand,keycommandsmaybeeasiertoremember;forexample,evenif youforgettheglobalcommandforcreatinganewdocumentinanyapplication(FileNew),youprobablyknowthatitskeycom-binationisCommand-N,soyoucansayPresstheKeyComboCommandN.

WhenMacSpeechDictateInternationaltypesinresponsetoakeycommand,thetypingisdirectedjustasrealkeyboardtypingwouldbe.So,forexample,PresstheKeyComboCommandNisdirectedtothefrontmostapplication(typicallytocreateanewdocument),butPresstheKeyComboCommandTabisdirectedtothesystem(andbringsthesecondapplicationtothefront),becausethat’showCommand-Tabistreatedwhenyoutypeitmanually.

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Warning.Donotusekeycommandstotypetextwhiledictating!ThatwouldbegoingbehindMacSpeechDictateInternational’sback,andwillcreatenavi-gationproblemslateron.It’swrong,justlikemixingdictationwithmanualtyping.It’saviolationof theGoldenRule.See“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”

How to Say a Key Command

Whatyousaydependsonwhetheryouwanttopressasingle keyorakey com-binationinvolvingmodifierkeys:

singLe Key.SayPresstheKeyKEYNAME,whereKEYNAMEisthenameof thekey.

Key Combination.SayPresstheKeyComboMODIFIERKEYNAMEorPresstheKeysMODIFIERKEYNAME,whereKEYNAMEisthenameof thekey,andMODIFIERisanycombinationof modifierkeynames.

(Keynamesandmodifierkeynamesareshownlaterinthissection.)

So,forexample:

• TopressthePageDownkey(inmanyapplications,thisscrollsadocumentdownonescreenful),sayPresstheKeyPageDown.

• TopressthekeycombinationCommand-Shift-4(bydefault,thisisthesystemcommandforlettingyouselectanareaof thescreenandtakeascreenshotof it),sayPresstheKeyComboCommandShiftFour.

modifier Key names

What You SayCommand

Shift

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What You SayOption

Control

CapsLock

Key names:

normaL Letter and digit names.So,forexample,A,B,C,andsoforth,aswellasOne,Two,Three,andsoforth.

internationaL radio aLPhabet Letter names.Thesenamesarelistedinthediscussionof Spellingmodecommands.

f-Key names.Theseconsistof theletter“F”followedbyanumberfrom1to20.So,forexample,FOne,FTwo,andsoonthroughFTwenty.

named Keys.Theseareasfollows:

What You SayLeftArrow

RightArrow

UpArrow

DownArrow

Home

End

PageUp

PageDown

Return

Enter

Tab

Space

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What You SayEscape

ForwardDelete

Help

Generated CommandsMacSpeechDictateInternational,asitstartsup,willoptionallygenerateglobalcommandsthatletyoulaunch an applicationorcreate an email messageaddressedtosomeoneinyourAddressBook.

Launching Applications

Togeneratecommands for launching applications:

• CheckGenerate Application Launch CommandsintheCommandPreferencespane.

Nothingwillhappenimmediately;youneedtoquitMacSpeechDictateInter-nationalandstartitupagain.Whenyoudo,asitstartsup,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwilllookthroughalltheapplicationsonyourcomputerandgener-atecommandsof theformActivateXXX,where“XXX”isthenameof theapplication.So,forexample,if youhaveAutomatoronyourcomputer,acom-mandActivateAutomatorwillbegenerated,andyou’llbeabletosayActivateAutomatortolaunchit.

ThecommandsforlaunchingapplicationswillappearintheAvailableCommandswindowintheApplicationssubgroupof theGlobalgroup.

Email Messages

Togeneratecommands for creating pre-addressed email messages:

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• CheckGenerate Email CommandsintheCommandPreferencespane.

TheEmailCommandssubgroupwillappearintheGlobalgroupintheAvailableCommandswindow.TheEmailcommandsaregloballyavailable(youdonothavetobeinMailtouseone).TolearnwhatEmailcommandsareavailable,consultyourAddressBook;MacSpeechDictateInternationalletsyousaythenameof anypersonorgrouphavinganemailaddressinyourAddressBook.

Tocreate an email message:

• SaySendanEmailToXXXorCreateaNoteForXXX,where“XXX”istheprimaryaddressee.

HybridssuchasSendaNoteToandCreateanEmailForarealsolegal.

Tospecifymultiple addressees:

• Appendandasyougiveyourcommand.

Forexample:SendanEmailToXXXandYYYorCreateanoteforXXXandYYY.Youcanhavemorethantwoaddressees:SendanEmailToXXXandYYYandZZZandsoforth.

Tospecifyanaddressee to be CC’ed:

• AppendCopyingaftertheprimaryaddressee(s).

Forexample:SendanEmailToXXXCopyingYYYorCreateaNoteForXXXCopyingYYY.

YoucanhaveadditionalCC’edaddresseesbyappendingand:SendanEmailToXXXCopyingYYYandZZZandsoforth.

Tospecifyanaddressee to be BCC’ed:

• AppendBlindCopyingaftertheprimaryaddressee(s).

Forexample:SendanEmailToXXXBlindCopyingYYYorCreateaNoteForXXXCopyingYYYBlindCopyingZZZ.

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YoucanhaveadditionalBCC’edaddresseesbyappendingand:SendanEmailToXXXBlindCopyingYYYandZZZ.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalrespondsbycreatinganewemailwindowad-dressedasspecified,withtheinsertionpointintheSubjectlinereadyforyoutodictateasubject.

Application-Based CommandsMacSpeechDictateInternationalhassetsof commandsthatitmakesavailableonlywhenaparticularapplicationisfrontmost.Thesearetheapplication-based commands.

note.Thismechanismallowscommandstobetailoredtoaparticularappli-cation.Italsokeepsthelistof availablecommandsfrombecomingtoolong,sinceapplication-basedcommandseffectivelygooutof existencetemporar-ilywhenthatapplicationisnotfrontmost.(YoucanaccessthemintheCom-mandswindow,toeditthem;butyoucan’tusethem.)Thisisgoodforyou,becausetheAvailableCommandswindowremainsmanageable.It’salsogoodforMacSpeechDictateInternational,becauseitlimitsthenumberof possiblecommandsagainstwhichMacSpeechDictateInternationalmusttrytomatchwhatyousay.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalcomeswithcommandsetsforthefollowingap-plications:

• Finder

• TextEdit

• Safari

• Mail

• iChat

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• iCal

Youcancreateyourownapplication-basedcommandsintheCommandswindow.Therestof thissectionliststheapplication-basedcommandsthatshipwithMac-SpeechDictateInternational.YoucanfindthissameinformationintheAvailableCommandswindow.

Finder Commands

ThesecommandsareavailablewhentheFinderisfrontmost.

finder aPPLiCation menu aCtions

What You Say CommentAboutTheFinder DisplaysinformationabouttheFinder.

AccessPreferencesWindow OpensthePreferencesdialogbox.

EmptyTrash Emptiesthetrash.

SecureEmptyTrash Securelyemptiesthetrash.

HideThisApplication HidestheFinder.

HideOtherApplications Hidesotherapplications.

ShowAllApplications Showsallapplications.

finder fiLe menu aCtions

What You Say CommentNewFinderWindow MakesanewFinderwindow.

MakeNewFolder Makesanewfolder.

MakeNewSmartFolder MakeNewSmartFolder

MakeNewBurnFolder MakesanewBurnfolder.

OpenSelection Openstheselecteditem(s).

PrintThisDocument Printstheselecteddocument.

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What You Say CommentCloseThisWindow ClosestheactiveFinderwindow.

CloseAllWindows ClosesallFinderwindows.

GetInfo Displaysinformationontheselecteditem(s).

ShowInspector ShowstheInspectorwindow.

HideInspector HidestheInspectorwindow.

CompressSelection Compressestheselection.

DuplicateSelection Duplicatestheselection.

MakeAlias Makesanaliasof theselecteditem(s).

QuickLookSelection OpenstheQuickLookheadsupdisplayfortheselection.

SlideshowSelection Showsaslideshowof theselecteditems.

ShowOriginal Showstheoriginalof theselectedalias(es).

AddToSidebar AddstheselectiontotheSidebar.

MoveToTrash Movestheselecteditem(s)tothetrash.

EjectSelection Ejectstheselecteditem.

AccessBurnDiscWindow AllowsyoutoaccesstheBurnDiscwindow.

AccessFindWindow OpenstheFinddialogbox.

finder edit menu aCtions

What You Say CommentUndoLastAction Undoesthelastaction.

CutSelection Cutstheselectiontotheclipboard.

CopySelection Copiestheselectiontotheclipboard.

PasteFromClipboard Pastesthecontentsof theclipboardattheinsertionpoint.

SelectAll Selectseverything.

DeselectAll Deselectseverything.

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What You Say CommentShowClipboard Showstheclipboard.

DisplaySpecialCharacters

WindowDisplaystheSpecialCharacterswindow.

finder vieW menu aCtions

What You Say CommentViewAsIcons Switchestheviewof thecurrentwindowtoIconview.

ViewAsList Switchestheviewof theactivewindowtoListview.

ViewAsColumns SwitchestheviewfortheactivewindowtoColumnview.

ViewasCoverFlow Switchestheviewof thecurrentwindowtoCoverFlowview.

CleanUpThisWindowCleansuptheactivewindow.If nowindowisactive,thenit

cleansupthedesktop.

CleanUpSelection Cleansuptheselecteditem(s).

ArrangeByName Arrangestheviewof theactivewindowordesktopbyname.

ArrangeByDateModifiedArrangestheviewof theactivewindowordesktopbydate

modified.

ArrangeByDateCreatedArrangestheviewof theactivewindowordesktopbydate

created.

ArrangeBySize Arrangestheviewof theactivewindowordesktopbysize.

ArrangeByKind Arrangestheviewof theactivewindowordesktopbykind.

ArrangeByLabel Arrangestheviewof theactivewindowordesktopbylabel.

KeepArrangedByName Setstheviewof thewindowordesktoptoarrangebyName.

KeepArrangedByDateModifiedSetstheviewof thewindowordesktoptoarrangebyDate

Modified.

KeepArrangedByDateCreatedSetstheviewof thewindowordesktoptoarrangebyDate

Created.

KeepArrangedBySize Setstheviewof thewindowordesktoptoarrangebySize.

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What You Say CommentKeepArrangedByKind Setstheviewof thewindowordesktoptoarrangebyKind.

KeepArrangedByLabel Setstheviewof thewindowordesktoptoarrangebyLabel.

ShowPathBar ShowsthePathBar.

HidePathBar HidesthepathBar.

ShowStatusBar ShowstheStatusBar.

HideStatusBar Hidesthestatusbar.

ShowToolbar ShowstheToolbar.

HideToolbar HidestheToolbar.

AccessCustomizeToolbar

WindowOpenstheCustomizeToolbardialogbox.

ShowViewOptions ShowstheViewOptionswindow.

HideViewOptions HidestheViewOptionswindow.

finder go menu aCtions

What You Say CommentGoBack Goesbacktothepreviousviewintheactivewindow.

GoForward Goestothenextviewintheactivewindow.

GoToEnclosingFolder OpenstheEnclosingfolderfortheselecteditem.

GoToComputer SwitchestothemainComputerview.

GoHome Switchestheviewintheactivewindowtoyourhomefolder.

GoToDesktop GoestotheDesktop.

GoToNetwork SwitchestheviewintheactivewindowtotheNetworkview.

GoToMyiDisk SwitchestheviewinthecurrentwindowtoyouriDisk.

AccessOtherUsersPublicFolder Allowsyoutoaccessanotheruser’siDiskpublicfolder.

GoToApplicationsFolder GoestotheApplicationsfolder.

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What You Say CommentGoToUtilities GoestotheUtilitiesfolder.

ClearRecentFoldersMenu ClearstheRecentFoldersmenu

AccessGoToFolderWindow OpenstheGoToFolderdialogbox.

AccessConnecttoServer

WindowOpenstheConnecttoServerwindow.

finder WindoW menu aCtions

What You Say CommentMinimizeThisWindow Minimizestheactivewindow.

MinimizeAllWindows MinimizesallopenFinderwindows.

ZoomThisWindow ZoomstheactiveFinderwindow.

CycleThroughWindows Cyclesthroughopenwindows.

BringAllToFront BringsallFinderwindowstothefront.

finder heLP menu aCtions

What You Say CommentDisplayMacHelp DisplaysMacHelpintheAppleHelpViewer.

finder aCtion menu aCtions

What You Say CommentShowPackageContentsOf

SelectionShowsthecontentsof theselectedpackage.

finder button Pressing

What You Say CommentPressCancel PresstheCancelButton

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What You Say CommentPressConnect PresstheConnectButton

PressDone PresstheDoneButton

finder seLeCtion

What You Say CommentSelectNameOf Selection Selectsthenameof theselectedicon.

SelectNextName Selectsthenextitemalphabetically.

SelectPreviousName Selectsthepreviousnameditemalphabetically.

TextEdit Commands

ThesecommandsareavailablewhenTextEditisfrontmost.

What You Say CommentAboutThisCommandSet Displaysinformationaboutthiscommandset.

textedit aPPLiCation menu aCtions

What You Say CommentAboutThisApplication DisplaysinformationaboutTextEdit.

AccessPreferencesWindow OpensthePreferenceswindow.

HideThisApplication HidesTextEdit.

HideOtherApplications Hidesotherapplications.

ShowAllApplications Showsallapplications.

QuitThisApplication QuitsTextEdit.

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textedit fiLe menu aCtions

What You Say CommentMakeANewDocument Makesanewdocument.

OpenADocument Allowsyoutoopenanexistingdocument.

ClearRecentMenu Clearstherecentmenu.

CloseAllWindows ClosesallTextEditwindows.

CloseThisWindow Closestheactivewindow.

SaveThisDocument Savestheactivedocument.

SaveAllDocuments Savesallthedocuments.

AccessSaveAsWindow OpenstheSaveAsdialogbox.

RevertToLastSavedVersion Revertstothelastsavedversionof thecurrentdocument.

ShowPropertiesWindow ShowsthePropertieswindow.

HidePropertiesWindow HidesthePropertieswindow.

AccessPageSetupWindow OpensthePageSetupwindow.

PrintThisDocument Printstheactivedocument.

textedit edit menu aCtions

What You Say CommentUndoLastAction Undoesthelastaction.

RedoLastAction Redoesthelastaction.

CopySelection Copiestheselectiontotheclipboard.

CutSelection Cutstheselectiontotheclipboard.

PasteFromClipboard Pastesthecontentsof theclipboardattheinsertionpoint.

PasteAndMatchStyleMatchesthestyleattheinsertionpointwhenpastingthe

contentsof theclipboard.

DeleteSelection Deletestheselection.

CompleteSelection Auto-completestheselection.

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What You Say CommentSelectAll Selectseverything.

InsertLineBreak Insertsalinebreakattheinsertionpoint.

InsertPageBreak InsertsaPageBreakattheinsertionpoint.

InsertParagraphBreak InsertsaParagraphBreakattheinsertionpoint.

AccessFindWindow OpenstheFinddialogbox.

FindNext Findsthenextoccurrenceof thefindstring.

FindPrevious Findsthepreviousoccurrenceof thefindstring.

UseSelectionforFind Usestheselectionforthefindstring.

JumptoSelection Jumpstotheselection.

AccessSelectLineWindow OpenstheSelectLinewindow.

ShowSpellingAndGrammar

WindowShowstheSpellingandGrammarwindow.

HideSpellingAndGrammar

WindowHidestheSpellingandGrammarwindow.

CheckSpellingAndGrammarOf

ThisDocument

Allowsyoutocheckthespellingandgrammarof theactive

document.

TurnCheckSpellingWhileTyping

OffTurnsoff theCheckSpellingWhileTypingfeature.

TurnCheckSpellingWhileTyping

OnTurnsontheCheckSpellingWhileTypingfeature.

TurnCheckGrammarWith

SpellingOffTurnsoff theCheckGrammarwithSpellingfeature.

TurnCheckGrammarWith

SpellingOnTurnsontheCheckGrammarwithSpellingfeature.

TurnSubstitutionsSmartCopyAnd

PasteOffTurnsoff theSmartCopyandPastefeature.

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What You Say CommentTurnSmartCopyAndPasteOn TurnsontheSmartCopyandPastefeature.

TurnSmartLinksOff Turnsoff theSmartLinksfeature.

TurnSmartLinksOn TurnsontheSmartLinksfeature.

TurnSmartQuotesOff Turnsoff theSmartQuotesfeature.

TurnSmartQuotesOn TurnsontheSmartQuotesfeature.

StartSpeakingStartsspeakingtheselectionusingthebuilt-intext-to-speech

capabilitiesof MacOSX.

StopSpeaking Stopsspeaking.

DisplaySpecialCharactersWindow DisplaystheSpecialCharacterspalette.

textedit format menu aCtions

What You Say CommentShowFontsPalette ShowstheFontsPalette.

HideFontsPalette HidestheFontsPalette.

MakeSelectionBold Makestheselectionbold.

MakeSelectionItalic Makestheselectionitalic.

MakeSelectionOutline Makestheselectionoutlined.

MakeSelectionUnderlined Makestheselectionunderlined.

MakeSelectionPlainText Makestheselectionplaintext.

MakeSelectionBigger Makestheselectionbigger.

MakeSelectionSmaller Makestheselectionsmaller.

ShowColorsPalette ShowstheColorsPalette.

HideColorsPalette HidestheColorsPalette.

AlignTextCenter Alignsthetexttothecenter.

AlignTextLeft Alignsthetexttotheleft.

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What You Say CommentAlignTextRight Alignsthetexttotheright.

JustifySelection Justifiestheselectedtext.

ChangeTextWritingDirection Changesthewritingdirection.

ShowTextRuler ShowstheTextRuler.

HideTextRuler HidestheTextRuler.

CopyTextRuler CopiestheTextRulerfortheselection.

PasteTextRulerAppliestheformattingsettingscopiedwiththe“CopyText

Ruler”commandtotheselection.

AccessTextSpacingWindow OpenstheTextSpacingwindow.

AccessLinkWindow AllowsyoutoassignaURLtoaselectionof text.

AccessListWindow Allowsyoutoformattheselectedtextasalist.

AccessTableWindow Allowsyoutoformattheselectionasatable.

ConvertDocumentToPlainText Convertstheactivedocumenttoplaintext.

ConvertDocumentToRichText Convertstheactivedocumenttorichtext.

TurnPreventEditingOff TurnsPreventEditingoff.

TurnPreventEditingOn TurnsPreventEditingon.

WrapTextToPage Toggleswhetherthetextiswrappedtothepageornot.

TurnHyphenationOff TurnsHyphenationoff.

TurnHyphenationOn TurnsHyphenationon.

textedit WindoW menu aCtions

What You Say CommentBringAllWindowsToFront BringsallTextEditwindowstothefront.

MinimizeThisWindow Minimizestheactivewindow.

MinimizeAllWindows MinimizesallTextEditwindows.

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What You Say CommentZoomThisWindow Zoomsthefront-mostwindow.

textedit heLP menu aCtions

What You Say CommentDisplayHelp DisplaysHelpaboutTextEdit.

Safari Commands

ThesecommandsareavailablewhenSafariisfrontmost.

What You Say CommentAboutThisCommandSet Opensadialogboxdescribingthiscommandset.

safari aPPLiCation menu aCtions

What You Say CommentAboutThisApplication DisplaysinformationaboutSafari.

AccessReportBugstoApple

WindowOpensthewindowforreportingbugsinSafaritoApple.

AccessPreferencesWindow AccessPreferenceswindow

TurnBlockPopUpWindowsOff Turnsoff theBlockPop-upWindowsfeature.

TurnBlockPopUpWindowsOn TurnsontheBlockPop-upWindoowsfeature.

TurnPrivateBrowsingOff Turnsoff thePrivateBrowsingfeatureinSafari.

TurnPrivateBrowsingOn TurnsonthePrivateBrowsingfeatureinSafari.

ResetSafari AllowsyoutocompletelyresetSafari.

EmptyTheCache EmptiesSafari’sCache.

HideThisApplication HidesSafari.

HideOtherApplications HideOtherApplications

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What You Say CommentShowAllApplications Showsallapplications.

QuitThisApplication QuitsSafari.

safari fiLe menu aCtions

What You Say CommentMakeNewBrowserWindow Opensanewbrowserwindow.

MakeANewTab Makesanewuntitledtabinthecurrentwindow.

AccessOpenFileWindowAllowsyoutoopenafile,typicallyawebpagestoredlocally,

onanyattachedstoragedevice.

AccessOpenLocationWindowSelectscontentsof URLfieldinthecurrentwindow.(TIP:

usespellingmodetoentercomplexURLs.)

CloseThisWindow ClosesthefrontwindowinSafari.

CloseAllWindows ClosesallopenSafariwindows.

CloseThisTab Closesthecurrenttab.

CloseOtherTabs Closesalltabsexceptthecurrentone.

AccessSaveAsWindow OpenstheSaveAsdialogbox.

MailContentsOf ThisPageMailsthecontentsof thecurrentwebpageusingyourpre-

ferredemailclient.

MailLinkToThisPageMailsalinktothecurrentwebpageusingyourpreferred

emailclient.

AccessOpenInDashboard

Window

Allowsyoutoopenaportionof thecurrentwebpagein

Dashboard.

AccessImportBookmarksWindow Allowsyoutoimportbookmarksfromafile.

AccessExportBookmarksWindow AllowsyoutoexportyourbookmarkstoanXMLfile.

AccessPageSetupWindow OpensthePageSetupdialogbox.

PrintThisDocument Printsthecurrentwebpage.

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safari edit menu aCtions

What You Say CommentUndoLastAction Undoesthelastaction.

RedoLastAction Redoesthelastaction.

CutSelection CutSelection

CopySelection CopySelection

PasteFromClipboardPastethecontentsof theclipboardattheinsertion

point.

DeleteSelection Deletestheselection.

SelectAll Selectseverything.

AutoFillThisForm AutoFillstheCurrentForm.

DoGoogleSearch PutsthecursorintheGoogleSearchfield.

ShowFindToolbar OpenstheFindwindow.

FindNext Findsthenextinstanceof theFindstring.

FindPrevious Findsthepreviousoccurrenceof theFindstring.

HideFindBanner HidestheFindBanner.

UseSelectionforFind UsesthecurrentselectionastheFindstring.

JumptoSelection Jumpstotheselectioninthecurrentwindow.

AccessSpellingAndGrammarWindow OpenstheSpellingandGrammarwindow.

ShowSpellingAndGrammarWindow ShowstheSpellingandGrammarwindow.

HideSpellingAndGrammarWindow HidestheSpellingandGrammarwindow.

CheckSpellingAndGrammarOf This

Document

Allowsyoutocheckthespellingandgrammarof the

activedocument.

TurnCheckSpellingWhileTypingOff Turnsoff theCheckSpellingWhileTypingfeature.

TurnCheckSpellingWhileTypingOn TurnsontheCheckSpellingWhileTypingfeature.

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What You Say CommentTurnCheckGrammarWithSpelling

OffTurnsoff theCheckGrammarwithSpellingfeature.

TurnCheckGrammarWithSpellingOn TurnsontheCheckGrammarwithSpellingfeature.

DisplaySpecialCharactersWindow DisplaystheSpecialCharacterspalette.

safari vieW menu aCtions

What You Say CommentShowBookmarksBar ShowstheBookmarksBar.

HideBookmarksBar HidestheBookmarksBar.

ShowStatusBar ShowstheStatusBar.

HideStatusBar HidestheStatusBar.

ShowTabBar ShowstheTabBar.

HideTabBar Hidesthetabbar.

ShowToolbar ShowstheToolbar.

HideToolbar HidestheToolbar.

AccessCustomizeToolbarWindow OpenstheCustomizeToolbarwindow.

StopLoadingThisPage Stopsloadingthecurrentpage.

ReloadThisPage Reloadsthecurrentwebpage.

MakeTextBigger Makesthetextbigger.

MakeTextNormalSize Makesthetextnormalsize.

MakeTextSmaller Makesthetextsmaller.

ViewSourceForThisPage Displaysthesourcecodeforthecurrentwebpage.

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safari history menu aCtions

What You Say CommentJumpBack Goesbacktothelastlocationvisited.

JumpForward

Jumpsforwardtothenextlocationvisited(typicallyused

afteryouhavealreadyusedthe“JumpBack”command

toviewapreviouspageagain).

JumpHome Takesyoutoyourhomepage.

MarkThisPageForSnapBack MarksthecurrentwebpageforSnapBack.

JumpToSnapBackPageTakesyoutothepageyoupreviouslymarkedasthe

SnapBackpage.

JumpToSearchSnapBack TakesyoutotheSearchResultsSnapBackpage.

ReopenLastClosedWindow Reopensthelastclosedwindow.

ReopenAllWindowsFromLastSessionReopensalltheSafariwindowsthatwereopenduring

thelastsession.

JumpToBookmarkOne JumpstothefirstbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkTwo JumpstothesecondbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkThree JumpstothethirdbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkFour JumpstothefourthbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkFive JumpstothefifthbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkSix JumpstothesixthbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkSeven JumpstotheseventhbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkEight JumpstotheEighthbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

JumpToBookmarkNine JumpstotheninthbookmarkintheBookmarkBar.

ShowAllHistory ShowAllHistory

ClearHistory Clearsthehistoryof locationsvisited.

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safari booKmarKs menu aCtions

What You Say CommentShowAllBookmarks ShowstheBookmarkManager.

HideAllBookmarks HidestheBookmarkmanager.

AccessAddBookmarkWindowAddsabookmarktothecurrentpage,allowingyoutorename

it.

AddBookmarkForTheseTabs AddBookmarkForTheseTabs

AddBookmarkFolder AddsaBookmarkFoldertotheBookmarkcollection.

BookmarkThisPageAddsthecurrentpagetotheBookmarkmenuwithoutasking

torenameit.

AccessSaveAsWindow OpenstheSaveAsdialogbox.

MoveToNextCell MovestothenexteditablecellwhileinBookmarksview.

OpenSelectedBookmark OpenstheselectedbookmarkwheninBookmarkview.

DeleteSelectedBookmarks DeletestheselectedBookmarkswheninBookmarksview.

safari WindoW menu aCtions

What You Say CommentMinimizeThisWindow Minimizesthecurrentwindow.

MinimizeAllWindows Minimizesallwindows.

ZoomThisWindow Zoomsthecurrentwindow.

SelectNextTab Selectsthenexttabinthecurrentwindow.

SelectPreviousTab SelectsthePreviousTabinthecurrentwindow.

MergeAllWindows Mergesallwindows.

MoveTabToNewWindow Movesthecurrenttabtoanewwindow.

OpenDownloadsWindow OpenstheDownloadswindow.

ShowActivityWindow ShowstheActivitywindow

BringAllWindowsToFront BringsallSafariwindowstothefront.

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safari heLP menu aCtions

What You Say CommentDisplaySafariHelp DisplaysSafari’sHelpfileinanewwindow.

DisplayAcknowledgments DisplaystheAcknowledgmentsdocumentinanewwindow.

DisplayInstalledPlugins Displaystheinstalledplug-insinanewwindow.

DisplayLicense Displaysthelicenseagreementinanewwindow.

safari LinKs and navigation

What You Say CommentCreateacommandforthispage Createsacommandforthispage

JumpToThisLink Takesyoutothewebpagefortheselectedlink.

MoveToNextLink Movestothenextlinkwhileinnormalview.

MoveToPreviousLink Movestothepreviouslinkwhileinnormalview.

MoveToNextTextField Movestothenexteditabletextfieldwhileinnormalview.

MoveToPreviousTextField Movestothepreviouseditabletextfieldwhileinnormalview.

ScrollUpScrollsthepageupbyasmallamount,butmorethanclicking

onthescrollbaruparrow.

ScrollDownScrollsthepagedownbyalittle,butmorethanbyclickingthe

scrolldownarrow.

ScrollToTop Scrollstothetopof thecurrentpage.

ScrollToBottom Scrollstothebottomof thecurrentpage.

ScrollLeftScrollsthepageleftbyalittle,butmorethanbyclickingthe

scrollleftarrow.

ScrollRightScrollsthepagerightbyalitte,butmorethanbyclickingthe

scrollrightarrow.

ScrollOneScreenDown Scrollsdownonescreenfull.

ScrollOneScreenLeft Scrollsleftonescreen.

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What You Say CommentScrollOneScreenRight Scrollsrightonescreen.

ScrollOneScreenUp Scrollsuponescreenfull.

Mail Commands

ThesecommandsareavailablewhenMailisfrontmost.

What You SayAboutThisCommandSet

maiL aPPLiCation menu aCtions

What You SayAboutThisApplication

AccessPreferencesWindow

HideThisApplication

HideOtherApplications

ShowAllApplications

QuitThisApplication

maiL fiLe menu aCtions

What You SayNewMessage

NewViewerWindow

CloseThisWindow

SaveAsDraft

AccessSaveAsWindow

AccessAttachFileWindow

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What You SayAccessSaveAttachmentsWindow

AccessAddAccountWindow

AccessImportMailboxesWindow

AccessPageSetupWindow

PrintThisDocument

maiL edit menu aCtions

What You SayUndoLastAction

RedoLastAction

CutSelection

CopySelection

PasteFromClipboard

DeleteSelection

SelectAll

CompleteEntry

PasteAsQuotation

PasteAsHTML

PasteandMatchStyle

AppendSelectedMessages

AccessAddHyperlinkWindow

IncludeOriginalAttachmentsinReply

ExcludeOriginalAttachmentsinReply

AccessFindWindow

FindInSelectedMailboxes

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What You SayUseSelectionforFind

FindNext

FindPrevious

JumptoSelection

AccessSpellingWindow

CheckSpelling

TurnCheckSpellingAsYouTypeOff

TurnCheckSpellingAsYouTypeOn

TurnCheckSpellingWhenYouClickSendOn

SpeakSelection

StopSpeaking

AccessSpecialCharactersWindow

maiL vieW menu aCtions

What You SayShowAttachmentsColumn

ShowBuddyAvailabilityColumn

ShowDateReceivedColumn

ShowDateSentColumn

ShowFlagsColumn

ShowFromColumn

ShowMailboxColumn

ShowNumberColumn

ShowSizeColumn

ShowToColumn

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What You SayHideAttachmentsColumn

HideBuddyAvailabilityColumn

HideDateReceivedColumn

HideDateSentColumn

HideFlagsColumn

HideFromColumn

HideMailboxColumn

HideNumberColumn

HideSizeColumn

HideToColumn

SortByAttachments

SortByBuddyAvailability

SortByColor

SortByDateReceived

SortByDateSent

SortByFlags

SortByFrom

SortByMailbox

SortByMessageStatus

SortByNumber

SortBySize

SortBySubject

SortByTo

TurnOrganizebyThreadOff

TurnOrganizebyThreadOn

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What You SayCollapseAllThreads

CollapseThisThread

ExpandAllThreads

ExpandThisThread

HideBCCAddressField

ShowBCCAddressField

HideReplyToAddressField

ShowReplyToAddressField

SelectAllMessagesInThisThread

SelectNextMessageinthisThread

SelectPreviousMessageinthisThread

GoToNextMessageInThread

GoToPreviousMessageInThread

ShowLongHeaders

ShowDefaultHeaders

ViewPlainTextAlternative

ViewNextAlternative

ViewPreviousAlternative

ViewBestAlternativeForSelectedMessage

ViewRawSourceForSelection

ViewOriginalContentForSelection

DisplaySelectedMessagesOnly

DisplayAllMessages

HideMailboxes

ShowMailboxes

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What You SayHideDeletedMessages

ShowDeletedMessages

HideToolbar

ShowToolbar

AccessCustomizeToolbarWindow

UseLargeMailboxIcons

UseSmallMailboxIcons

maiL maiLbox menu aCtions

What You SayGoOffline

GoOnline

GetAllNewMail

SynchronizeAllAccounts

EraseDeletedMessagesInAllAccounts

EraseDeletedMessagesOnMyMac

EraseJunkMail

MakeNewMailbox

MakeNewSmartMailbox

EditSelectedSmartMailbox

NewSmartMailboxFolder

RenameSelectedMailbox

DeleteThisMailbox

GoToInBox

GoToOutBox

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What You SayGoToDrafts

GoToSentBox

GoToJunk

GoToTrash

UseThisMailboxForDrafts

UseThisMailboxForJunk

UseThisMailboxForSent

UseThisMailboxForTrash

RebuildSelectedMailbox

maiL message menu aCtions

What You SaySendMessage

SendThisMessageAgain

ReplyToThisMessage

ReplyAllToThisMessage

ReplyWithIChat

ForwardSelection

ForwardThisMessage

RedirectThisMessage

BounceSelection

MarkAsFlagged

MarkAsUnflagged

MarkAsHighPriority

MarkAsLowPriority

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What You SayMarkAsNormalPriority

MarkAsJunkMail

MarkAsRead

MarkAsUnread

MoveToLastUsedMailbox

ApplyRules

AddSendertoAddressBook

RemoveAttachments

maiL format menu aCtions

What You SayShowFontPalette

HideFontPalette

ShowColorPalette

HideColorPalette

MakeSelectionBigger

MakeSelectionSmaller

MakeSelectionBold

MakeSelectionItalic

MakeSelectionOutline

MakeSelectionUnderline

MakeSelectionPlainText

MakeSelectionRichText

CopyStyleOf Selection

PasteStyle

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What You SayAccessStylesWindow

AlignSelectionCenter

AlignSelectionLeft

AlignSelectionRight

JustifySelection

ChangeWritingDirectionFromLeftToRight

ChangeWritingDirectionFromRightToLeft

IncreaseQuoteLevel

DecreaseQuoteLevel

maiL WindoW menu aCtions

What You SayMinimizeThisWindow

ZoomThisWindow

ShowMessageViewer

ShowAddressPanel

ShowPreviousRecipients

ShowActivityViewer

ShowConnectionDoctor

BringAlltoFront

ArrangeInFront

maiL heLP menu aCtions

What You SayDisplayMailHelp

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What You SayDisplayWhat’sNewinMail

maiL navigation and seLeCtion

What You SayMoveToBeginningOf Message

MoveToEndOf Message

MoveDownOnePage

MoveUpOnePage

MoveDownOneParagraph

MoveUpOneParagraph

MoveLeftOneWord

MoveRightOneWord

MoveToBeginningOf ThisLine

MoveToEndOf ThisLine

MoveLeftOneCharacter

MoveRightOneCharacter

ExtendSelectiontoBeginningOf Message

ExtendSelectionToEndOf Message

ExtendSelectionToEndOf ThisWindow

ExtendSelectionDownOnePage

ExtendSelectionUpOnePage

ExtendSelectionToEndOf Paragraph

ExtendSelectionUpOneParagraph

ExtendSelectionToBeginningOf Word

ExtendSelectionToEndOf Word

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What You SayExtendSelectionUpOneLine

ExtendSelectionDownOneLine

ExtendSelectionToBeginningOf Line

ExtendSelectionToEndof Line

ExtendSelectionLeftOneCharacter

ExtendSelectionRightOneCharacter

OpenDraftsMailbox

OpenInBox

OpenOutBox

OpenSentMailbox

OpenTrashMailbox

iChat Commands

ThiscommandisavailablewheniChatisfrontmost.

What You Say CommentSendMessage Sendsthemessagecurrentlybeingdictated.

iCal Commands

ThesecommandsareavailablewheniCalisfrontmost.

What You SayAboutThisCommandSet

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iCaL aPPLiCation menu aCtions

What You SayAboutThisApplication

AccessPreferencesWindow

HideThisApplication

HideOtherApplications

ShowAllApplications

QuitThisApplication

iCaL fiLe menu aCtions

What You SayMakeNewEvent

MakeNewToDo

MakeNewCalendar

MakeNewCalendarGroup

ShowInfo

HideInfo

AccessImportWindow

AccessExportWindow

CloseThisWindow

AccessBackUpWindow

AccessRestoreWindow

PrintThisDocument

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iCaL edit menu aCtions

What You SayUndoLastAction

RedoLastAction

CutSelection

CopySelection

PasteSelection

DeleteSelection

SelectAll

DuplicateSelection

PutFocusInFindField

DisplaySpecialCharactersPalette

iCaL CaLendar menu aCtions

What You SayAccessSubscribeWindow

PublishThisCalendar

UnpublishThisCalendar

AccessSendPublishEmailWindow

RefreshThisCalendar

RefreshAllCalendars

AccessChangeLocationWindow

FindSharedCalendars

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iCaL vieW menu aCtions

What You SaySwitchToDayView

SwitchToWeekView

SwitchToMonthView

GoToNextDay

GoToNextMonth

GoToNextWeek

GoToPreviousDay

GoToPreviousMonth

GoToPreviousWeek

GotoToday

GotoDate

ShowMiniMonths

HideMiniMonths

ShowNotifications

HideNotifications

ShowSearchResults

HideSearchResults

ShowToDos

HideToDos

ShowAllDayEvents

HideAllDayEvents

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iCaL WindoW menu aCtions

What You SayMinimizeThisWindow

ZoomThisWindow

ShowAddressPanel

HideAddressPanel

BringAllWindowsToFront

iCaL heLP menu aCtions

What You SayDisplayHelp

DisplayKeyboardShortcuts

iCaL navigation and disPLay

What You SayDisplayCalendar

ShowEventsOnThisCalendar

HideEventsOnThisCalendar

HideOtherCalendarEvents

ScrollUp

ScrollDown

SelectNext

SelectPrevious

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Windows

MacSpeechDictateInternational’swindowsare:

note Pad WindoW.Likeawordprocessorthattakesdictation.

ProfiLes WindoW.Differentusers,differentmicrophones,differentprofiles.

Commands WindoW.Managewhatcommandsareavailable,andcreatenewones.

voCabuLary editor WindoW.ManagewhatindividualwordsMacSpeechDictateInternationalcanrecognize,alongwiththeirautomaticpunctuationbehavior.

miCroPhone setuP WindoW.Setyoursoundinputlevel.

voiCe training WindoW.PerformadditionaltrainingtohelpMacSpeechDictateInternationalbetterrecognizeyourspeech.

voCabuLary training WindoW.AddwordsthatyouwantMacSpeechDic-tateInternationaltoknow.

status WindoW.Yourcompactfloatingcommandcenter.

avaiLabLe Commands WindoW.Alistof allcommandsyoucansayrightnow.

reCognition WindoW.ImproveMacSpeechDictateInternational’saccuracywhenitmisrecognizesyourspeech.

PreferenCes WindoW.Someusefuloptionslivehere.

Note Pad WindowMacSpeechDictateInternationalcomeswithitsownbuilt-in word processor—NotePad.ANotePadwindowisawordprocessingwindow.Butit’saspecialkindof wordprocessor:itisspecificallyaimedatdictationthroughMacSpeech

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DictateInternational.Infact,youshouldcontrolthecontentsof thewindowen-tirelythroughdictationandcommands;youshouldnevertypeinaNotePadwin-dow(andif youdo,yourtypingcomesoutbackwards).

ANotePadwindowisthefastestandmostreliableplacetodictate.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalletsyoudictateintoanyapplication,butaNotePadwindowistheeasiestplacetodictate,becauseitisdesignedforthispurpose.AcommontechniqueistodictateintoaNotePadwindowandthencopyandpasteintoanotherapplication.

Anotherbigadvantageof aNotePadwindowisthatMacSpeechDictateInter-nationalcanactually“see”what’sinit;MacSpeechDictateInternationalalwaysknowswhatthecontentsof aNotePadwindoware.MacSpeechDictateInter-nationalisthusnotasdependentuponitsownmemoryof howitenteredtextthroughdictation(thecache)asinotherapplications.Therefore,actionsthatwouldotherwisebeconsideredviolationsof theGoldenRuleof MacSpeechDic-tateInternationalarelessdisruptiveinaNotePadwindow.See“TheCacheandtheGoldenRule.”

Tosummonanew Note Pad window:

• SayFileNewwhenMacSpeechDictateInternationalisfrontmost.

• ChooseFile>NewNotePad.

Toset the default font and sizeforanewemptyNotePadwindow:

• OpenanewNotePadwindow,chooseFormat>Font>ShowFonts,specifythedesiredfontandsize,andclosetheFontpaletteandtheNotePadwindow.

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NotePadwindowcontentsaresavedas.rtffileswhichcanbeopenedforeditinglaterwithanotherwordprocessor(TextEdit,MicrosoftWord,etc.).Youcanalsoopenanexisting.rtffileintoaNotePadwindow(chooseFile>Open).

Profiles WindowTheProfileswindowisformanagingyourvoiceprofiles.

Avoice profileisacompletesetof dataonhowyouspeak.InordertospeakintoMacSpeechDictateInternational,youmusthaveatleastoneprofile;andateverymomentyouareusingexactlyoneprofile(theactive profileorcurrent profile,markedintheProfileswindowwitha icon).

TheProfileswindow.Fourprofilesaredisplayed:theactiveprofile,asecondprofile,andtwoolderprofilesthatwouldneedtobeupdatedtobeusedwiththisversionof MacSpeechDictateInternational.

TosummontheProfileswindow,chooseTools>Profiles.If youhavecheckedShowProfilesWindowintheGeneralPreferencespane,theProfileswindowwillappearautomaticallywhenyoustartupMacSpeechDictateInternational,offer-ingyouachancetoactivateaprofile;otherwise,MacSpeechDictateInternationalactivatestheprofileyouwerepreviouslyusing.

Inmanycases,oneprofileisallyou’llneed.Butyou’llneedmultiple profilesincertainsituations:

• If differentpeopleareusingMacSpeechDictateInternational,eachwillneedtheirownprofile.

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• If youuseMacSpeechDictateInternationalwithdifferentmicrophones,you’llneedaprofileforeachmicrophone.

• If youuseMacSpeechDictateInternationalindifferentenvironments(homeandoffice,forexample),youshouldhaveaprofileforeachenvironment,astheambientsoundcharacteristicsmaydiffer.

Everyprofilehasaname,whichuniquelyidentifiesit.Thenameof theactivepro-fileisvisibleintheStatuswindow(asitstitlebar).

Thedataforaprofilelivesonyourharddiskasapackagewhosefileextensionis.dictateprofile.Youareofferedthechancetosetaprofile’slocationatthetimeyoucreateit.Youmayplaceitanywhereyoulike,suchas~/Documents/MacSpeech Pro-files(youmaywishtocreatethisfolder).Thisallowstheprofiledatatobebackedupeasily.Asymboliclinktotheprofilewillbefoundin~/Library/Application Sup-port/MacSpeech/MacSpeech Profiles.

ThefirsttimeyouuseMacSpeechDictateInternational,orthefirsttimeyouuseadifferentmicrophone,therewillbenoprofile,andyouwillbepromptedtocreateone.

Tocreate a profile:

• IntheProfileswindow,clickthe button.AFileSavedialogappears(“NameaNewProfile”);specifyanameandplacetosavethisprofile,andclickChoose.BackintheProfileswindow,chooseamicrophone,spellingsystem,andaccentfromthepop-upmenusattheright.ClickCreate.YouwillthenbetakentotheMicrophoneSetupwindowandtheVoiceTrainingwindowforfurtherpreparationof themicrophoneandvoicemodel.Forafulldiscussionof theprofilecreationprocess,see“InstallationandMakingaVoiceProfile.”

Todelete a profile:

• Selecttheprofile’slistingintheProfileswindowandclickthe button.Youcan’tdothisif thereisonlyoneprofile.Youcan’tdeletetheactiveprofile.

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Tosetwhichprofileshouldbetheactive profile:

• Selecttheprofile’slistingintheProfileswindowandclickMakeActive.

• Double-clicktheprofile’slistingintheProfileswindow.

Profilesforthisversionof MacSpeechDictateInternationalareincompatiblewithearlierversionsof MacSpeechDictateInternational.Profilesfromanearlierver-sionof MacSpeechDictateInternationalaremarkedintheProfileswindowwithaspecialicon( ).Youcanmakesuchaprofileactive;whenyoudo,itisupdatedforusewiththisversionof MacSpeechDictateInternationalandwillnolongerworkwithearlierversions.

Todismiss the Profiles window:

• Createoractivateaprofile,aspreviouslydescribed.

• ClickClose(atthelowerright).

TheProfileswindowcontainsacheckboxlettingyoudeterminewhetherMac-SpeechDictateInternational,asitstartsup,shouldautomaticallycheck,overtheInternet,toseeif yourversionof theapplicationisthenewestavailable.ThischeckboxisalsopresentintheGeneralPreferencespane.YoucanalsocheckforupdatesmanuallybychoosingDictate>CheckforUpdates.

Commands WindowTheCommandswindowisyourinterfaceformanagementof globalandappli-cation-basedcommands.Thisiswherecommandsmaybeedited—modified,created,activatedanddeactivated,anddeleted.

Toopen the Commands window:

• ChooseTools>Commands.

• ChooseFile>NewCommand.ThisisthesameaschoosingTools>Com-mandsandthenpressingthe buttontocreateanewcommand.

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TheCommandswindow.Anactivebuilt-incommandfromtheGlobalsetisselected,displayingitsAppleScriptunderpinnings.

Toswitch among command lists:

• Intheleftcolumn,selectacommandset—Global,oranapplicationcontext.

• Atthetopof thewindow,clickAll,Built-in,orUserDefined.

Itisthecombinationof boththesesettingsthatdetermineswhichcommandsaredisplayed.

Toactivate or deactivate a command:

• Clickthecheckboxtotheleftof thecommand’sname.

Adeactivatedcommandstillexists,butitisnotlistedintheAvailableCommandswindow,youcannotissuethecommand,andMacSpeechDictateInternationaldoesn’thavetoconsiderthatphraseasapossiblecommandwhenyousayit.So,deactivatingunusedcommandscanbeuseful;butyouprobablyshouldwait,be-foredoingso,toseewhichcommandsyoureallydon’tneed.

Tocreate a new command:

• Clickthe button.

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Todelete a command:

• Selectthecommand,andpressDelete,orchooseDeletefromthetool(gear)menu.

Youcan’tdeleteanunmodifiedbuilt-incommand.Deletingabuilt-incommandthatyou’vemodifiedrestorestheoriginalunmodifiedbuilt-incommand.

Toduplicate a command:

• ChooseDuplicatefromthetool(gear)menu.

Toedit a command:

• Selectthecommandnameandworkintheregionbelowthesplitterbar.

ChangesthatyoumakeintheCommandswindowmightnotberegistereduntilyouclosetheCommandswindow.

note.Youdon’tneedtoreadanymoreabouttheCommandswindowunlessyouarethinkingof creatingormodifyingacommand.

Command Types

Everycommandisof oneof thefollowingtypes(aslistedintheTypepop-upmenuintheCommandswindow):

aPPLesCriPt.ThecommandexecutesascriptwritteninAppleScript.TheSourcefieldintheCommandswindowisanAppleScriptscripteditingenvi-ronment;youcancompileandrunascript,andviewitsresult(togglebetweentheSourceandResultbuttonsatthelowerright).Manybuilt-inMacSpeechDictateInternationalcommandsareAppleScriptcommands.Evencom-mandsdirectedatMacSpeechDictateInternationalitself,suchasDictationMode,areAppleScriptcommands;MacSpeechDictateInternationalisitself scriptablewithAppleScript.

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aPPLiCation.Thecommandlaunchesaspecifiedapplication.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcangeneratelaunchcommandsforallyourapplications(see“GeneratedCommands”),butif youdidn’twanttoactivatethatoption,anApplicationcommandwouldbeusefulforlaunchingaparticularfrequent-lyusedapplication.

booKmarK.ThecommandjumpstoaURLinyourdefaultbrowser.The“Web100”commandsareBookmarkcommands(see“TheWeb100Com-mands”).ListedinthecommandlistasaURLtype.

fiLe or foLder.ThecommandopensaspecifiedfileorfolderintheFinder(andactivatestheFinder).ListedinthecommandlistasanAliastype.

menu item.Thecommandchoosesamenuitem,specifiedbymenuandmenuitemname.AMenuItemcommandmustbecreatedandeditedinaspecificapplicationcontext,thoughitmaylaterbechangedtoGlobalcontextif desired.

sheLL sCriPt.Thecommandexecutesashellscript.TheShellScripttextfieldintheCommandswindowisascripteditingenvironment.Thescriptshouldbeginwitha“shebang”line(e.g.#!/bin/sh).RunningashellscriptdoesnotopentheTerminal,andthereisnomeansof viewingoutput;ashellscripttoberunfromwithinMacSpeechDictateInternationalshouldgenerallybecreatedandtestedelsewhere.

text maCro.Thecommandinsertsspecifiedtextattheinsertionpointof thefrontmostdocument.Thisisagoodwaytostoreandenterboilerplatetext(hunksof namedtext)oranyfrequentlyusedtextthatisawkwardtodictateorthatneedstobeformattedwithoutregardtoMacSpeechDictateInterna-tional’sautomaticcapitalizationandpunctuationrules.

automator WorKfLoW.ThecommandexecutesanAutomatorworkflow,specifiedbythepathnameof theworkflowfile.

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Creating a Command

Increatingacommand,considerthefollowing:

Context.Shouldthiscommandbeavailableeverywhere(Global),oronlyinthecontextof somespecificapplication?

name.Thenameof thecommandisthephrasethatyouwillspeaktotriggerthecommand.Whatshouldthisphrasebe?

imPLementation.Howwillyouimplementthiscommand?Whichof theabovecommandtypesshoulditbe?

Tocreatethecommand,clickthe button.AcommandcalledCommandNameiscreated.Editeachsetting:

Command.Thisisthenameof thecommand,thephraseyouwillspeaktotriggerthecommand.

desCriPtion.Thisisoptional;if present,itwillappearasatooltipwhenyouhoverthemouseoverthecommandnameintheAvailableCommandswin-dow.

Context.Thisistheapplicationinwhichyouwantthecommandtobeavailable.Forallapplications,chooseGlobal.ContextsforwhichMacSpeechDictateInternationalalreadyhasapplication-basedcommandsarelistedinthepop-upmenu(see“Application-BasedCommands”).Tocreateanewcon-text,clickChooseandselectanapplicationintheOpendialog.

tyPe.Pickatypefromthepop-upmenu(see“CommandTypes”).Alter-natively,if theimplementationinvolvesspecifyingafileorisitself afile,youmaybeablesimplytoleavethepop-upmenuon“Automatic”anddragthefileontothedragarea.Forexample,if youdraganAutomatorWorkflowfile,MacSpeechDictateInternationalchoosestheAutomatorWorkflowtypeandpointstothatfile;if youdraganAppleScriptcompiledscriptfile,MacSpeechDictateInternationalchoosestheAppleScripttypeandcopiesthescriptinto

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theSourcefield;if youdragtext,MacSpeechDictateInternationalchoosestheTextMacrotypeandcopiesthetextintotheTextfield;if youdragamis-cellaneousfileorfolder,MacSpeechDictateInternationalswitchestotheFileorFoldertypeandpointstothedraggeditem;andsoforth.

imPLementation.If animplementationwasnotautomaticallyprovidedbythepreviousstep,provideanimplementationforyourcommand.

Providingacommandimplementationisgenerallystraightforward,becausetheuseof acommandtypeimpliesthatyoualreadyunderstandthatcommandtype.Forexample,aShellScriptimplementationrequiresaknowledgeof shellscripts.

TheAppleScriptcommandtypeisthemostflexible,andthereforethemostin-volved.TeachingyouAppleScriptisbeyondtherangeof thismanual(youcanlearnthelanguagefromanyof anumberof books,suchasAppleScript: The Defini-tive Guide,publishedbyO’ReillyMedia).Youcanstudythebuilt-inAppleScriptcommandstogetanideaof howtheyareimplemented.ExceptforGlobalcom-mandsdirectedatMacSpeechDictateInternationalitself,thebuilt-incommandstendnottotalkAppleScriptatanapplication,evenwhenitisscriptable;rather,theyuseGUIscripting,bywayof SystemEvents,tomanipulatethetargetapplica-tion’sinterface.Wheneverpossible,theMenuItemtypeisthepreferredapproach.This,however,shouldnotdiscourageyoufromwritingyourowncommandsthatdotakeadvantageof thetargetapplication’sscriptability.

Asaconvenience,MacSpeechDictateInternationalletsyoueasilycreateanAp-pleScriptcommandthatissuesmodifier-keystrokecombination.(Forexample,youmightcreateaLogOutThisUsercommandthattypesShift-Command-Q.)SettheTypetoAppleScript,click“Clicktorecordshortcut”,andtypethemodifier-keystrokecombination.ThescriptwillbeautomaticallycreatedintheSourcefield.

Ingeneral,themoreyouarmMacSpeechDictateInternationalwitharepertoryof user-definedcommandscorrespondingtoyourfrequentlyexecutedtasks,themoreusefulMacSpeechDictateInternationalwillbeasaspeech-drivenassistant.

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Vocabulary Editor WindowTheVocabularyEditorwindowisyourinterfaceforviewingandeditingthelistof words,phrases,andsymbolsthatMacSpeechDictateInternationalcantypeforyouinDictationmode.

TosummontheVocabularyEditorwindow,chooseTools>VocabularyEditor.

TheveryfirsttimeyouopentheVocabularyEditorwindowwhenagivenprofileisactive,therewillbeabrief delaywhileMacSpeechDictateInternationalgeneratesaninitiallistof thebuilt-indictationvocabularyforthatprofile.Oncethisinitiallistisgenerated,subsequentaccesstotheVocabularyEditorwindowisrapid.(Thelistislong,though—over150,000words—sotherecanstillbeabrief delaywhenyouperformcertainactionsinthewindow.)

Toswitch among vocabulary lists:

• ClickAll,Built-In,orUser.Uservocabularycancomefromvocabularytrain-ing(analysisof writtentext,see“VocabularyTrainingWindow”)orfromdirecteditinginthiswindow.Anicondistinguishesbuilt-invocabularyfromuservocabulary.

Tofilter the displayed list:

• TypeinthesearchfieldandpressReturn.Thepop-upmenuinthesearchfieldletsyoudeterminewhetherthefilteroperationisContains,BeginsWith,orEndsWith.Boththewrittenandspokenformsaresearched.Forexample,aContainssearchon“dash”lists“balderdash”,becauseitswrittenformcon-tains“dash”,butalso“---”,becauseitsspokenformis“em-dash.”Toemptythesearchfieldandstop filtering the list(displayingtheentirelist),clickthe“x”inthesearchfieldorpressEscwhenthesearchfieldhasfocus.

If youdoasearchandnomatchisfound,andif you’reintheAllcategory,Mac-SpeechDictateInternationalwilloffertoaddthetermtoyouruservocabulary.Toaddit,clickYes.(Youcaneditthisnewvocabularyitemlater.)Todecline,clickNo.

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Toedit a vocabulary item:

• Selecttheitem,andusetheinfoareaatthebottomof thewindow.If theinfoareaisnotpresent,clicktheinfobuttontosummonit.

Youcan’teditthewritten formof avocabularyitem.Youcaneditthespoken formof auservocabularyitem,butnotof abuilt-invocabularyitem;youshoulddothisif theitem’swrittenformdiffersfromitspronunciation.(Forbestresults,traintheitem’spronunciation,asdescribedbelow.)Toedit the spoken formof auservocabularyitem:

• Typethespokenform(anEnglishspellingequivalenttohowthewordispro-nounced)andpress Return.Youshouldseeadialogwarningthatanyrecordedtrainingforthiswordwillbeerased.

TheVocabularyEditorwindow,showingauservocabularyitemwhosespokenformdiffersfromitswrittenform.(Behind,aNotePadwindowdemonstratesthatthisvocabularyitemisindeedworking;theuserhassaidthespokenformandMacSpeechDictateInternationalhastypedthewrittenform.)

TheVocabularyEditorwindowinfoareaalsodisplaysfeaturesof theselectedvocabularyitemhavingtodowithMacSpeechDictateInternational’sintelligentautomaticcapitalizationandspacing.Youcaneditthesefeaturesforuservocabu-

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laryitems,andformostbuilt-invocabularyitems(althoughsomebuilt-invocabu-laryitemshavecomplexautomaticcapitalizationandspacingrules,whichcan’tbefullydisplayedoredited):

sPaCes before and after.Normalwordswillhaveonespacebeforeandonespaceafter.Butapunctuationmarkmightfollowadifferentrule.

next Word.Howshouldthewordfollowingthisitembecapitalized?Inmostcases,“Naturalcapitalization”(thedefault)willbetherightchoice.

LoWer Case in titLes.A“title”isaphrasedictatedwhiletitlecasingisturnedon(CapsOn).Youmightpreferthat“small”wordssuchas“of ”or“in”notbecapitalizedinsuchphrases.

If avocabularyitemisnotbeingrecognizedcorrectly,youmightwishtotrainthepronunciationof theitem.Thismeansthatyoupronouncetheitemseveraltimes,sothatMacSpeechDictateInternationalcanrecordyourvoicesayingitandin-corporatetherecordingintoyourvoicemodel.Totrain a vocabulary item:

• Selecttheitem,andchooseTrainfromthetool(gear)menuatthebottomof thewindow.

• Inthedialogforaddinganewvocabularyitem,clickTrain.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalpresentsasequenceof trainingdialogs:

1.Adialogexplainingthatyouareabouttopronouncetheitemthreetimes(clickTraintoproceed).

2.Adialogwhereyoupronouncetheitemthreetimes,watchingforfeedbackinthedialogsoyouknowMacSpeechDictateInternationalhasheardyou.

3.Adialogwhereyouareinformedthatthetrainingprocessisover.

Tocreate a new user vocabulary item:

• Clickthe button.Typetheword,aswritten,inthedialog.Toaddadescrip-tionof howthewordisspoken,ortotraintheword’spronunciationbyspeak-ing,clickAdvancedtorevealtherestof thedialog.

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Todelete a user vocabulary item:

• SelectthewordandpressDelete(orchooseDeletefromthegearmenu).Adialogappearsgivingyouanopportunitytochangeyourmind.

Toexport and import vocabulary items:

• Toexport,selecttheitem(s)andchooseExportfromthegearmenu.AnXMLfileiscreated.Toimport,chooseImportfromthegearmenuandspecifyanexportedXMLfile.Uservocabulary,whencreated,belongstothecurrentprofile,sothisisawaytocopyuservocabularyfromoneprofiletoanother.

Microphone Setup WindowTheMicrophoneSetupwindowiswhereyouadjustthesound input level.

tiP.Optimalsoundinputleveliscrucialtospeechrecognition.It’sagoodideatosummontheMicrophoneSetupwindowandadjustthesoundinputleveleach time you begin a sessionusingMacSpeechDictateInternational,andeveneachtimeyou’vetakenoff yourmicrophoneheadsetandputitbackon,becausethemicrophonepositionorthebackgroundnoiseconditionsmayhavechanged.

Toshow the Microphone Setup window:

• ChooseTools>MicrophoneSetup.

TheMicrophoneSetupwindowwillalsoappearautomaticallywhenyoucreateaprofile.

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TheMicrophoneSetupwindowiswhereyouadjustyoursoundinputlevel.Tobegin,clickthemicrophoneiconwiththered“stopsign.”

Toadjust the sound input level automatically:

• Clickthemicrophonebuttonatthelowerleftof thewindow,andreadaloudthetextthatappearsinthemiddleof thewindow,untilthewindowinformsyouthatthelevelisadjusted.Youmighthavetoreadtheentiretexttwoorthreetimesbeforetheadjustmentiscompleted.Whenadjustmentiscom-pleted,thewindowwillsay“Finished”andthelastfewsecondsof yourspeechwillbeplayedback.

Toadjust the sound input level manually:

• Check“ManualGainSetting”andslidethesliderwhilespeakinguntilthetypicalgaindisplayedinthethermometernexttothemicrophonebuttonmaxesoutatthetopof thegreenarea.

Foracompletedescriptionof themicrophonesetupprocess,see“MicrophoneSetup.”

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Voice Training WindowTheVoiceTrainingwindowiswhereyoureadaloudalittlestorysothatMac-SpeechDictateInternationalcantrain the active profile’s voice modeltorecognizeyourspeech.

Tosummon the Voice Training window:

• ChooseTools>VoiceTraining.

TheVoiceTrainingwindowwillalsoappearautomaticallyaspartof thesequenceof eventswhenyoucreateanewprofile.

TheVoiceTrainingwindow,beforereadingastory.Toproceed,clicktheright-arrowbuttonatlowerrightof thewindow.

Totrain with a story:

1.Clicktheright-arrowatthelowerright.Thestoriesarelisted;storiesthatyouhavenottrainedforthisprofileareunmarked.

2.Selectastoryandclicktheright-arrowagain.

3.Whenyou’rereadytobegin,clickthemicrophonebuttonatthelowerleft.Readthestoryaloud.

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Asyoureadaloud,passagesthathavebeenrecognizedwillturngreen.If passagesturnred,tryagainorclick“SkipWord”.Whenyoufirststarttotrainaprofile,youwillneedtoreadquiteslowly,inveryshortdistinctphrases(butsmoothlyandnaturally),waitingeachtimeforthedisplayof greentexttocatchupwithyou.Af-terthreeorfourpagesof text,however,youwillbeabletoreadataconsiderablymorenormalspeedandinlargerphrases.

Whenyou’vereachedtheendof thestory,orwhenMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalhasheardenough,thewindowwillchangetoindicatethatyourtrainingisbeingprocessedintothevoicemodel.

Youmusttrainthevoicemodelwithatleastonestorypriortousinganewprofile.Afterthat,furthertrainingisoptional.Readingadditionalstories(therearethreeof them)mightimproveMacSpeechDictateInternational’saccuracyinrecogniz-ingwhatyousay,butinmanycasestherecognitionenginewillprovetoberemark-ablyaccurateafteryouhavereadjustonestory.

Foracompletedescriptionof thevoicetrainingprocess,see“VoiceTraining.”

Vocabulary Training WindowTheVocabularyTrainingwindowiswhereyouprovideMacSpeechDictateInter-nationalwithwrittentextsothatitcanlearn unknown words.LearnedwordsareaddedtoMacSpeechDictateInternational’srecognitionvocabularyforyourprofile,soyoucanusethemwhiledictating.

Toopen the Vocabulary Training window:

• ChooseTools>VocabularyTraining.

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TheVocabularyTrainingwindow,readytoaddfilesforanalysis.

Tofeed text filestotheVocabularyTrainingwindow:

1.Clicktheright-arrowatthelowerright.

2.ClickAddtoselectfilestoaddtothelistof filestobeanalyzed.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcanreadthesamestandardformatsasTextEdit,suchastextfiles,.rtf,.doc,and.odtfiles.

3.Clicktheright-arrowatthelowerrightonceagain.

Alternatively,tofeed selected textfromanalreadyopendocumenttotheVo-cabularyTrainingwindow:

• SelectthetextandissuethecommandTrainVocabularyfromSelection.

• Or,inaNotePadwindow,selectthetextandchooseTools>TrainVocabu-laryFromSelection.

If thetextcontainsunknownwords,theVocabularyTrainingwindowwillnowpresenttwocolumnsof words:IncludedandExcluded.Manipulatethecontentsof thesecolumns(byselectingwordsandthenclickingExcludeorInclude)sothattheIncludedcolumncontainsonlywordsthatyouactuallyuse,andwhichyouwantMacSpeechDictateInternationaltoincorporateintoitsvocabulary.

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Toincorporate words in the Include columnintoMacSpeechDictateInter-national’svocabulary:

• Clicktheright-arrowatthelowerright.

TheVocabularyTrainingwindow,afteranalyzingatextfile(shownbehind),readytoaddapreviouslyunknownwordtothisprofile’svocabulary.

Status WindowTheStatuswindowisMacSpeechDictateInternational’scompact control cen-ter.WhentheStatuswindowisshowing,itfloatsoverallapplications.

UsetheStatuswindowtotogglethemicrophoneonoroff,tobringMacSpeechDictateInternationaltothefront,andtosummontheRecognitionwindow,usingthemouseinsteadof yourvoice.

LookattheStatuswindowtolearnwhatyoursoundinputlevelis,whatmodeMacSpeechDictateInternationalisin,whetheryou’reusingacapitalization,spac-ing,ornumeralcommand,whatprofileiscurrentlyactive,whatthecurrentdicta-tioncontextis(thatis,whereMacSpeechDictateInternationalwouldtypeyourdictationatthismoment),and(optionally)toseehowMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalinterpretswhathavesaid.

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TheStatuswindow.Top:Currentprofile.Middle,lefttoright:microphonebutton;soundinputlevel;modebutton;bringtofrontbutton;Recognitionwindowbutton.(UnderthelastthreebuttonsareindicatorsforCaps,NoSpace,andNumeral.)Bottom:Currentdictationcontext.Underneath:Lastutterance(optional).

Toshow or hide the Status window:

• SayShowStatusWindoworHideStatusWindow.

• ChooseWindow>Show/HideStatusWindow.

• ChooseShow/HideStatusWindowfromtheDockmenu.

TosetwhethertheStatuswindowisvisible when MacSpeech starts up:

• IntheGeneralPreferencespane,checkoruncheck“ShowStatusWindowatStartup”.

Tochange the Status window’s transparency:

• UsethesliderintheAppearancePreferencespane.

TosetwhethertheStatuswindowdisplays your speech as it is recognized:

• IntheGeneralPreferencespane,checkoruncheck“ShowRecognizedText”.

Totoggle the microphoneonoroff:

• Clickthemicrophonebutton.

Themicrophonebutton’siconindicatesthemicrophone’s status:

• Greencircle:Themicrophoneison.

• Redstopsign:Themicrophoneisoff.

• Blueballoonwithcrescentmoon:Themicrophoneisasleep.

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Themodebutton’siconindicatesthecurrent mode.Clickittosummonthemodesmenu,whereyoucanswitch between modes.

Tobring MacSpeech Dictate International frontmost:

• Clickthebringtofrontbutton.

Tosummon the Recognition window:

• ClicktheRecognitionwindowbutton.

Available Commands WindowTheAvailableCommandswindowliststhe commands you can sayatanymo-ment.WhentheAvailableCommandswindowisshowing,itfloatsoverallapplica-tions.

Thelistof commandsdisplayedintheAvailableCommandswindowchangesau-tomaticallydependingonwhatmodeyou’rein,whatapplicationisfrontmost,andwhethertheRecognitionwindowisopen.Theavailabilityof someglobalcom-mandsandtheorderinwhichcommandsaredisplayeddependsonyoursettingsintheCommandPreferencespane.

TheAvailableCommandswindow,whiletheFinderisfrontmost.

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Toshow the Available Commands window:

• SayShowAvailableCommandsWindow.

• ChooseWindow>ShowAvailableCommands.

• ChooseShowAvailableCommandsfromtheDockmenu.

TheAvailableCommandswindowwillautomaticallyappearwhenyoustartupMacSpeechDictateInternationalif itwasshowingwhenMacSpeechDictateIn-ternationallastquit.

Scrollthroughthewindow,orusethesearchfield,todiscover commands.

tiP.If thereistextinthesearchfield,thelistof commandsisfilteredtodis-playonlycommandscontainingthattext.Tobecertainthatallcommandsaredisplayed,emptythesearchfield;aquickwayistoclickinthesearchfieldandpressEsc.

Toissue a command:

• Saythecommand.

• Foraglobalorapplication-basedcommand,double-clickthecommand’snameintheAvailableCommandswindow.

Hoverthemouseoveracommand’snameintheAvailableCommandswindowtoseeatooltip displaying its description.

Tohide the Available Commands window:

• SayHideAvailableCommandsWindow.

• ChooseWindow>HideAvailableCommands.

• ChooseHideAvailableCommandsfromtheDockmenu.

• Clicktheclosebuttonatthetopleftof theAvailableCommandswindow.

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Recognition WindowTheRecognitionwindowisyourinterfaceforrefiningMacSpeechDictateInter-national’svoicemodelbytelling it about recognition errors it has made.Thisiscalledtraining the voice model.WhentheRecognitionwindowisshowing,itfloatsoverallapplications.

WhenMacSpeechDictateInternationalhastypedwhatyousaidinDictationmode,andhasmadeamistake,usetheRecognitionwindowtocorrect MacSpeech Dictate International’s interpretationof whatyousaid,aswellastocorrect what MacSpeech Dictate International typed.

Therearethustwowaystomodifytheexistingdictatedcontentof adocument:youcanuseDictationmodecommands,oryoucanusetheRecognitionwindowtotrainthevoicemodel.However,thereisabigdifferencebetweenthem:

modifying the doCument.WhenyouuseaDictationmodecommandtoselectanddeleteaphrase,ortoselectanddictatetoreplaceaphrase,andsoforth,youareimplyingthatyoumadeamistake.

training the voiCe modeL.WhenyouusetheRecognitionwindowtotrainthevoicemodel,youareimplyingthatMacSpeech Dictate Internationalmadeamistake;itmisrecognizedyourspeech,ordidn’tknowawordyouused.Usetraining,inotherwords,toteachMacSpeechDictateInternationalandtoim-proveitsaccuracyinrecognizingyourspeechandthekindsof thingsyousay.

TheRecognitionwindow,afterdictatingWitheverythingbonedryCOMMA.Thesecondalternativeiscorrect,sothenextstepwouldbetosayPick2(orclickthe2button).

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Tosummon the Recognition window:

• SayShowRecognitionWindow.

• InDictationmode,sayoneof thefollowing:◦ TraintheWord“Someword”◦ TraintheWords“Someword”Through“Otherword”◦ TraintheWords“Someword”to“Otherword”

• ClicktheRecognitionwindowbuttonintheStatuswindow.

• PresstheRecognitionwindowkeyboardshortcut.

• If “ShowRecognitionWindowwhendictating”ischeckedintheRecogni-tionPreferencespane,theRecognitionwindowwillopenautomaticallywhenyouaredictatinginDictationmodeorSpellingmodeassoonastheinsertionpointiswithinorafteraphrasecapableof beingtrained.Usuallythiswillbeassoonasyoudictateanything.

note.TheRecognitionwindow(andvoicemodeltrainingingeneral)oper-atesondictatedutterances.MacSpeechDictateInternationalhasitsownideasaboutwhatconstitutesanutterance,basedpartlyonwhereyoupausedwhiledictating.Therefore,thephrasethatisselectedwhenyousayTraintheWord(s)…,orthephrasethatappearsintheRecognitionwindow(andisselectedwhenyousummontheRecognitionwindow),mightbelongerorshorterthanwhatyouinitiallyspecified.

Toclose the Recognition window:

• SayHideRecognitionWindow.

• SayCancelTraining.

• SayCancelRecognition.

• Clicktheclosebuttonatthetopleftof theRecognitionwindow.

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• PresstheRecognitionwindowkeyboardshortcut.

• If “CloseRecognitionWindowaftereachchoice”ischeckedintheRecogni-tionPreferencespane,theRecognitionwindowwillcloseautomaticallyassoonasyouuseittoreplaceadictatedphrasewithitscorrectversion.

TrydifferentRecognitionPreferencespanesettingsanddifferentwaysof sum-moningandclosingtheRecognitionwindowasyoutrainyourdictation.You’llsoonsettleonafavoritewayof working(whichmightdependonexternalfactors,suchasthesizeof yourscreen).

Youcanadjust the transparencyof theRecognitionwindow.SayIncreaseTransparencyorDecreaseTransparency,ormovethesliderattheupperrightof thewindow.

How to Train

TheRecognitionwindowpresentsalternative interpretationsof thephrasecontainingthecurrentselectionorinsertionpointinthedictationdocument.ThefirstalternativeistheinterpretationthatMacSpeechDictateInternationalenteredinthedocument.Thenumberof additionalalternativesislimitedbyyoursettingfor“Maximumnumberof alternatives”intheRecognitionPreferencespane.

YoucanusetheRecognitionwindowtotrainwhat you just dictated,becausetheinsertionpointisstillattheendof thatphrase,sothatisthephraseshownintheRecognitionwindow.Youcanalsoselect a dictated phrase(usingDictationmodenavi-gationcommands);if MacSpeechDictateInternationalstillhascacheddictationinformationforthispartof thedocument,theRecognitionwindowwillchangetoshowalternativesforthatphrase.

Thus,onewayof workingwiththeRecognitionwindowistotrainphrasesas soon as you dictate them;anotheristodictatealargeramount,suchasaparagraphortwo,andthengo back and train.

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Inmostcases,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillhavepreservedtherecordingof yourspeechfromwhenyoudictatedthephrase.Toplay the recordingof thephraseselectedinyourtext:

• SayPressPlay.

• ClickthePlaybuttonatthetopleftof thewindow.

Thiscanbeausefulprecaution,becauseyoumaynothavesaidwhatyouthinkyousaid.YoudonotwanttomistrainMacSpeechDictateInternationalbyusingtheRecognitionwindowtoenteratrainedphrasethatisnotacorrectinterpreta-tionof whatyouactuallysaid!If youmadeamistake,don’tusetheRecognitionwindow!

If oneof theRecognitionwindow’salternativesiscorrect,enter it in the docu-mentinplaceof thealternativethat’salreadythere.Todoso:

• SayPick2orChoose2(orwhatevertheactualnumberattheleftof thecor-rectalternativeis—butmostof thetime,itprobablywillbe2!).

• Clickthenumberedbuttonattheleftof thecorrectalternative.

Youhavenowperformedphrase training.Internally,MacSpeechDictateIn-ternationalwillmodifyitsspeechmodel,andwillsavethisinformationintoyourprofilethenexttimeyourprofileissaved.

If noneof theRecognitionwindow’salternativesiscorrect,youcaneditoneof thealternativessothatitiscorrect,andthenentertheedited,correctalternativeasinthepreviousstep.Itdoesn’tmatterwhichof thealternativesyouedit;editwhich-everismostconvenient.Toedit an alternative:

• SayEdit1(orwhatevertheactualnumberattheleftof thedesiredalterna-tiveis).

• Clickoncetoselectthealternative,pause,andthenclickonceinsidethetextof thealternative.

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Thealternativeyouareeditingisnowthe“target”fordictationandcommands.YoucaneditusingDictationmodeorSpellingmode(anditisalsofinetouseyourfingerstotypeintheRecognitionwindow).Theonlystandardcommandthatdoesn’tworkis“Scratchthat”;instead,useScratchWordorForgetWord.

Toexit editing modewithoutenteringthecorrectedphraseintoyourdocu-ment:

• SayCancelEditorclickelsewhere.

Preferences WindowThePreferenceswindowletsyousetcertainoptionsforMacSpeechDictateIn-ternational.Toshow the Preferences window:

• ChooseDictate>Preferences.

Toclose the Preferences window:

• Clicktheclosebuttonatthetopleftof thewindow.

General Preferences pane

TheGeneralPreferencespaneassemblessomemiscellaneousoptions,havingmostlytodowiththestateof thingswhenMacSpeechDictateInternationalislaunched.

startuP mode

Usetheradio buttontodeterminewhatmodeMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalshouldbeinwhenitstartsup,orwhetherthemicrophoneshouldsim-plybeoff.

startuP aCtions

CheckCheck for Updatesif youwantMacSpeechDictateInternationaltogoonlineatlaunchtimeandautomaticallycommunicateovertheInternet

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withMacSpeechtoseewhetheryourversionof MacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalisthemostrecent.If anewerversionisavailable,youwillbeofferedachancetodownloadandinstallit.YoucanalsocheckforupdatesmanuallybychoosingDictate>CheckforUpdates.

(ThischeckboxdoesthesamethingasthecheckboxintheProfileswindow.If oneischecked,theotherisautomaticallychecked.)

CheckShow Profiles Windowif youwantMacSpeechDictateInternation-altopauseanddisplaytheProfileswindowatlaunchtime;themainreasonfordoingthiswouldbesothatyoucanselectaprofileastheactiveprofile.If unchecked,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillautomaticallyactivatetheprofileyouwereusingpreviously.

CheckShow Status Windowif youwanttheStatuswindowtobevisibleatlaunchtime.

When aCtivating a ProfiLe

CheckOpen a New Note Pad Windowif youwantanewemptyNotePadwindowtoopenwhenaprofileisactivated.ThisincludesopeningaNotePadwindowatlaunchtime,becauseaprofileisalwaysactivatedatlaunchtime.

feedbaCK

CheckShow Recognized Textif youwanttheStatuswindowtodisplaythetextof eachphrasethatMacSpeechDictateInternationalunderstandsyoutohaveuttered(asshownintheillustrationonpage129).

Appearance Preferences pane

TheAppearancePreferencespaneassemblessomemiscellaneousoptionshavingtodowithmicrophoneiconsandtheStatuswindow.

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shoW miCroPhone status

CheckIn the menu barif youwanttheMacSpeechDictateInternationalstatusmenuitemtoappearinthemenubar.Thisstatusmenuitemisaniconthatdisplayswhetherthemicrophoneisonoroff,orasleep;plus,youcanclickittotogglethemicrophoneonoroff.

CheckIn the Dockif youwantMacSpeechDictateInternational’sDockicon(anditsCommand-Tabapplicationswitchericon)tobebadgedwithamicrophoneiconshowingwhetherthethemicrophoneisonoroff,orasleep.

status transParenCy

UsetheslidertogovernhowopaqueortransparenttheStatuswindowshouldbe.

Recognition Preferences pane

TheRecognitionPreferencespanegovernssomebehaviorsof theRecognitionwindow,andof therecognitionengine.

reCognition WindoW oPtions

If Show Recognition Window When Dictatingischecked,theRec-ognitionwindowwillopenautomaticallywhenyouaredictatinginDicta-tionmodeorSpellingmodeassoonastheinsertionpointiswithinorafteraphrasecapableof beingtrained.Usuallythiswillbeassoonasyoudictateanything.

If Close Recognition Window After Each Choiceischecked,theRec-ognitionwindowwillcloseautomaticallyassoonasyouuseittoreplaceadictatedphrasewithitscorrectalternative.

UseMaximum Number of Alternativestosetthenumberof alterna-tivesshownintheRecognitionwindow.Feweralternativesmightbeshown(as

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fewasone,infact),dependingonhowcertainMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalfeelsaboutitsinterpretationof whatyousaid.

reCognition behavior

Usetheslidertotradeoff betweenspeedandaccuracyof speechrecogni-tion.Themiddle(50)isagoodinitialsetting,butgiventhespeedof today’sIntel-basedmachinesyoucanprobablyoptformoreaccuracywithnoap-preciableincreaseinresponsetime.Feelfreetoexperiment.Afteryou’vedoneagooddealof dictationandhonedyourvoicemodelusingtheRecognitionwindow,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillprobablybebothfasterandmoreaccurate,soyoucanthenaffordtomovetheslidertotherightabit.

Command Preferences pane

TheCommandPreferencespaneaffectsthebehaviorandcontentsof theAvail-ableCommandswindow,aswellaswhatcommandsareactuallyavailable.

avaiLabLe Commands WindoW

CheckShow Global Commands at Toptomaketheglobalcommandsappearabovetheapplication-basedcommandsintheAvailableCommandswindow.

CheckEnable Web Site CommandstocausetheWeb100globalcom-mandstobeenabled(andtobepresentintheAvailableCommandswindow).

Command generation

CheckGenerate Application Launch Commandstocauseglobalcom-mandsforlaunchingapplicationstobegeneratedthenexttimeyoustartupMacSpeechDictateInternational.

CheckGenerate Email Commandstocauseglobalcommandsforcreat-ingandaddressinganemailmessagetobegeneratedthenexttimeyoustartupMacSpeechDictateInternational.

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Shortcuts Preferences pane

TheShortcutsPreferencespaneletsyousetglobal keyboard shortcuts(hotkeys)forthreeMacSpeechDictateInternationalactions.Theyare:

• Toggle Microphone.Turnsthemicrophoneonoroff.

• Select Speech Mode.Cyclesthroughthemodes:Dictationmode,Spellingmode,andCommandmode.

• Show Recognition Window.ShowsandhidestheRecognitionwindow.

Toset a shortcut:

• Clickintheovalshortcutregionandtypethedesiredshortcut.

Todelete a shortcut:

• Clickthe“X”attherightendof theovalshortcutregion.

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Menus

ThissectionlistsMacSpeechDictateInternational’smenusandmenuitems.

Dictate MenuAbout MacSpeech Dictate International.SummontheAboutwindow.

Preferences.SummonthePreferenceswindow.

Visit MacSpeech’s Web Site.Go,inyourdefaultbrowser,tohttp://www.mac-speech.com.

Check for Updates.CommunicateovertheInternetwithMacSpeechtoseewhetheryourversionof MacSpeechDictateInternationalisthemostrecent.If anewerversionisavailable,youwillbeofferedachancetodownloadandinstallit.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcanalsooptionallycheckforupdatesautomati-callyasitstartsup;tocontrolwhetheritdoesthis,usethecheckboxintheProfileswindowortheGeneralPreferencespane.

File MenuNew Note Pad.OpenanewemptyNotePadwindow.

New Command.OpentheCommandswindowinthesamestateasif youhadpressedthe buttontostartcreatinganewcommand.

Open.SummonastandardFileOpendialogwhereyoucanopenanexisting.rtffileasaNotePadwindow.

Open Recent.OpenadocumentrecentlyeditedasaNotePadwindow.

Close.Closetheactivewindow(offeringachancetosaveif necessary).

Save.SavethecurrentNotePadwindow(asan.rtffile).

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Save As.SummonastandardFileSavedialogwhereyoucansavethecurrentNotePadwindowasan.rtffile,specifyingthefile’snameandlocation.

Save Profile.Savethecurrentlyactiveprofile’sdata.Enabledonlyif youhavedonesomething(suchastrainingthevoicemodel)toaffecttheactiveprofile.TheactiveprofileissavedautomaticallywhenyouactivateadifferentprofileorquitMacSpeechDictateInternational;thismenuitemisjusta“safetyvalve”forthosewishingtomakecertainthatchangesintheprofilearenotlostincaseof apowerfailureorsimilarunforeseenevent.

Command Import.SummonastandardFileOpendialogwhereyoucanopena.commandstextfile(ascreatedbytheCommandExportmenuitem).Openingsuchafilewillincorporatethecommandsitcontains,sothattheywillappearintheCommandswindowandtheAvailableCommandswindow.

Command Export.Summonadialogwhereyoucanselectcommands(fromtheCommandswindow)toexport,followedbyastandardFileSavedialogwhereyoucanspecifyanameandlocationtosavethecommandsasa.commandstextfile.ThisisanXMLfile,butitisnotintendedtobeuser-editable;itspurposeistobeimportedwiththeCommandImportmenuitem.Thusyoucantransfercustomcommandsbetweencomputersandusers.

ScriptPak Import.LikeCommandImport,butthetypeof fileyoucanopenisaScriptPak,asexportedfromorcreatedforiListen,MacSpeech’spreviousspeechrecognitionapplication.

Edit MenuTheEditmenuitemsareasubsetof thosethatarestandardandfamiliarinanyMacOSXwordprocessingapplication,suchasTextEdit.

Undo.Undothepreviousaction.

Redo.Redothepreviouslyundoneaction.

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Cut.Removeselectedtextandplaceitontheclipboard.

Copy.Placeaduplicateof theselectedtextontheclipboard.

Paste.Insertthecontentsof theclipboardattheselectionpoint.

Paste and Match Style.Insertthecontentsof theclipboardattheselectionpoint,ignoringanystyleinformationontheclipboard.

Delete.Removeselectedtext(withoutplacingitontheclipboard).

Select All.Expandtheselectiontoincludingeverything.

Find > Find.SummontheFinddialog.

Find > Find Next.SearchforwardsfortheFindstring.

Find > Find Previous.SearchbackwardsfortheFindstring.

Find > Use Selection for Find.CopytheselectedtexttobecometheFindstring.

Find > Jump to Selection.Scrolltorevealtheselectedtext.

Spelling > Show Spelling and Grammar.SummontheSpellingandGram-mardialog.

Spelling > Check Spelling.Selectthenextmisspelledword.

Spelling > Check Spelling While Typing.Togglewhethermisspelledwordsaremarked.

Special Characters.SummontheSpecialCharactersinputpalette.

Speech MenuThemenuitemsof theSpeechmenualsoappearinMacSpeechDictateInterna-tional’sDockmenu.Anadvantageof theDockmenuisthatitworksevenif Mac-SpeechDictateInternationalisnotfrontmost.

Microphone On/Off.Togglethemicrophoneonoroff.

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Dictation.SwitchtoDictationmode.Checkedif MacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalisalreadyinDictationmode.

Command.SwitchtoCommandmode.Checkedif MacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalisalreadyinCommandmode.

Spelling.SwitchtoSpellingmode.Checkedif MacSpeechDictateInternationalisalreadyinSpellingmode.

Sleep / Wake Up.Switchintooroutof Sleepmode.

Tools MenuProfiles.SummontheProfileswindow.

Commands.SummontheCommandswindow.

Vocabulary Editor.SummontheVocabularyEditorwindow.

Microphone Setup.SummontheMicrophoneSetupwindow.

Voice Training.SummontheVoiceTrainingwindow.

Vocabulary Training.SummontheVocabularyTrainingwindow.

Train Vocabulary from Selection.AnalyzethetextselectedinthecurrentNotePadwindowandthen,if thetextcontainsunknownwords,summontheVo-cabularyTrainingwindowdisplayingIncludedandExcludedcolumns.

Format MenuTheFormatmenuitemsareasubsetof thosethatarestandardandfamiliarinanyMacOSXwordprocessingapplication,suchasTextEdit.TheyworkinaNotePadwindow.

Font > Show Fonts.ShowtheFontpalette.Changeswillbeappliedtotheselec-tion.

Font > Bold.Toggletheboldstylingof theselection.

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Font > Italic.Toggletheitalicstylingof theselection.

Font > Underline.Toggletheunderlinedstylingof theselection.

Font > Bigger.Increasethefontsizeof theselection.

Font > Smaller.Decreasethefontsizeof theselection.

Font > Show Colors.ShowtheColorpalette.Changeswillbeappliedtotheselection.

Font > Copy Style.Movestylinginformationfromtheselectiontotheclipboard.

Font > Paste Style.Applystyleinformationfromtheclipboardtotheselection.

Text > Align Left.Aligntheselectedtextagainsttheleftmargin.

Text > Center.Centertheselectedtextbetweenthemargins.

Text > Justify.Aligntheselectedtextagainstbothmargins.

Text > Align Right.Aligntheselectedtextagainsttherightmargin.

Window MenuMinimize.MinimizetheactiveNotePadwindowtotheDock.

Minimize All.Option-keyversionof theabove.MinimizeallNotePadwindowstotheDock.

Zoom.Togglethesizeof theactiveNotePadwindow.

Zoom All.Option-keyversionof theabove.Togglethesizeof allNotePadwin-dows.

Bring All to Front.BringallMacSpeechDictateInternationalwindowsinfrontof windowsof otherapplications.

Arrange in Front.Option-keyversionof theabove.BringallMacSpeechDic-tateInternationalwindowsinfrontof windowsof otherapplications,andarrangethemneatlyoverlappinginthemiddleof thescreen.

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Show / Hide Status Window.Togglethevisibilityof theStatuswindow.

Show / Hide Available Commands.Togglethevisibilityof theAvailableCommandswindow.

TheprecedingtwomenuitemsalsoappearinMacSpeechDictateInternational’sDockmenu.Anadvantageof theDockmenuisthatitworksevenif MacSpeechDictateInternationalisnotfrontmost.

Individual Windows.Individualopenwindows(notincludingthefloatingSta-tuswindow,AvailableCommandswindow,andRecognitionwindow)arelisted;chooseonetoswitchtoit.Theactivewindowischecked.NotePadwindowscon-tainingunsavedchangesaremarkedwithabullet.

Help MenuMacSpeech Dictate International Help.Summontheonlinehelp.

Welcome.Displayabrief documentwithadviceongettingstartedwithMac-SpeechDictateInternational.

Tips & Tricks.DisplaymiscellaneousadviceforusingMacSpeechDictateInter-national.

Release Notes.Displaynotesonthecurrentversionof MacSpeechDictateIn-ternational.

Quickstart Guide.Displayabrief PDFdocumentwithinstructionsongettingstartedwithMacSpeechDictateInternational.

User Manual.DisplaythisPDFUserManualforMacSpeechDictateInterna-tional.

Send Email to Tech Support.Createanewmessageinyourdefaultemailcli-ent,addressedtoMacSpeechTechnicalSupport.

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Tips on Speaking

Speechrecognition,whileithasbecomefarfasterandbetteroverthepastseveralyears,doesnotworklikethehumanbrain.Thecomputerdoesnotreally“un-derstand”anythingyousay;itdoesn’treallyknowwhatwordsareorwhattheymean.Ithasnounderstandingof language.Basically,computerspeechrecogni-tioncomesdowntopatternmatching.YoutrainMacSpeechDictateInternationalinitiallybyreadingitastory;thestorycontainsavarietyof soundsandwords,andnowMacSpeechDictateInternationalcantrytomatchanythingyousayinfutureagainstthosesoundsandagainstthewordsitknowsabout,makinganeducatedguessastohowyouwouldpronouncethosewords.

Thus,althoughyoucantrainMacSpeechDictateInternational,youalsoneedtoletMacSpeechDictateInternationaltrainyou.Youruseof MacSpeechDictateInternationalwillbemuchmoresuccessfulif youbearinmind,andputintoop-eration,afewsimpletips.

train honestLy.Whenyoucreateaprofile,youwilluseMicrophoneSetuptosetyourmicrophoneinputlevel,andthenyouwilluseVoiceTrainingtoreadastory.SpeakinthesamemannerandchoosethesameenvironmentinwhichyouwillprimarilyuseMacSpeechDictateInternational.

be Consistent.Thistipisacontinuationof thepreviousone.HavingtrainedMacSpeechDictateInternationalwithVoiceTraining,youshouldcarryonspeakingthesameway,asyouproceedtouseMacSpeechDictateInternation-al.Stressingyourwords,orspeakingexpressively,isapttoalteryourpronun-ciationandmisleadthespeechrecognitionengine.

Pause.MacSpeechDictateInternationalhearsandthinksin“utterances,”whicharestretchesof speechwithpausesinbetween.WhenyousayScratchThat,MacSpeechDictateInternationaldeletesthepreviousutterance.The

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Recognitionwindowdisplayscompleteutterances.Utterancescanbephrasesorevencompletesentences.SinceMacSpeechDictateInternationalthinksinutterances,youshouldspeakinutterances.Pausefairlyoften.

sPeaK CLearLy.Don’tmumble.Imagineyou’respeakingoveraradioconnec-tionfromtheInternationalSpaceStation,thatthesignalisundependableandstatic-prone,andthatyou’recalmlyexplainingtoadisbelievinggroundcrewatHoustonthatalargegreenalienmonsteristryingtobreakin.Clarityiskey.

sPeaK naturaLLy.Speakclearly,butspeakcalmlyandnaturally.Don’tover-emphasizeanysounds.Don’tover-emphasizethedivisionsbetweenwords.Don’tpronounce“fatcat”as“ffatt-uh,catt-uh;”runwordsandsoundstogeth-erinalinguisticallynaturalway.Don’tpronounce“the”as“thee,”or“a”as“aye,”unlessthat’showyouactuallyspeak.MacSpeechDictateInternationalneedstohearsoundsandwordsintheirnaturallinguisticcontext.Speakinutterances,butmakeeachutterancenaturalandsmooth.

diCtate, don’t taLK.Talkinganddictatingaredifferent.Conversationisabitlikemind-reading;weguessatwhatourinterlocutormeans.MacSpeechDictateInternationalcan’treadyourmind;ittriestotranscribefaithfullywhatyouactuallysay.Makeupyourmindwhatyouwanttosay,thensayit.Don’tstumble.Don’taddanyextranoisesorinterjections,like“Youknow.”Pausebetweenutterances,buttrynottohesitateinthemiddleof anutterance.

reLax.Tensioninyourvoiceandmouthcancausesoundstoemergeinanartificial,strainedway.Posturemightmatter.Itcanevenbehelpfultohaveonhandaglassof water,orwarmtea,andtotakefrequentsips.Breathegentlysothatyourbreathisnotheardasanutterance.Turnthemicrophoneoff andshakeoutyourtensionfromtimetotime.

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The Cache and the Golden Rule

MacSpeechDictateInternationalactsasintermediarybetweenyourspeechandanapplication.YouspeaktoMacSpeechDictateInternational;MacSpeechDic-tateInternationalcausestexttobetypedoralteredinanapplication’swindow.Sometimes,however,MacSpeechDictateInternationalmayappeartotypetextinthewrongplace,oritmightseemunabletoobeydictationcommandscorrectly.

Suchcasesarenotmysterious,andyoucanlargelypreventthem—or,if theydoarise,curethem—if youunderstandsomebasicfactsabouthowMacSpeechDic-tateInternationaloperatesonanapplication.

Two Ways of WorkingYoucanuseMacSpeechDictateInternationalintwoverydifferentways:

• Toboss around your computer.OpenSafari.JumptoBookmarkOne.MovetoNextLink.MovetoNextLink.JumptoThisLink.JumpBack.ScrollOneScreenDown.ScrollOneScreenDown.CloseThisWindow.

• Towork with text.DearMisterSmith.Colon.NewParagraph.Iamconcernedaboutthereportof thecommittee.Period.CapitalizetheWord“Committee”.GotoEnd.Thereisasuggestionof wrongdoingonourpart.Period.SelecttheWords“ASuggestion”.Animplication.

Thefirstwayhastodowiththecomputer’soverall user interface.You’reus-ingyourvoicetonavigateandpushbuttons.Havefun!There’snothingspecialtoknowaboutthis.

Thesecondwayhastodowithtext.Thisiswheresomespecialconsiderationscomein.

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Text and the CacheLookatthesecondexampleabove:thinkaboutthecommandCapitalizetheWord“Committee”.HowdoesMacSpeechDictateInternationalknowwheretheword“committee”is?Itknowsbecauseittypeditinthefirstplace.HowdoesMacSpeechDictateInternationalknowwherethecursorisnow?(Itmustknowthis,sothatitcanknowhowfartojumpbackinordertoselecttheword“commit-tee”andcapitalizeit.)Itknowsbecauseitdidthetypingthatputthecursorthere.

Lookatwhatthesecondexampleabovedoesnotdo.WhentheuserhastoldMac-SpeechDictateInternationaltocapitalizetheword“committee”andshewantstoresumedictatingattheendof thesentence,doessheclickthemouseafterthethefinalPeriodandstartdictating?No!ShesaysGotoEnd.Thatway,MacSpeechDictateInternationalmovestheinsertionpoint,andMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalstillknowswhereitis.Whentheuserwantstoreplace“asuggestion”with“animplication”,doessheusethemousetoselectthewords“asuggestion”?No!ShetellsMacSpeechDictateInternationaltoselectthosewords,sothatwhenshesays“animplication”,MacSpeechDictateInternationalknowswheretheselectionisandwhat’sbeingreplaced.

MacSpeechDictateInternationalcansendsignalstoanapplication.ButMac-SpeechDictateInternationalcan’tactually“see”what’sgoingon.Itdoesn’tknowwhatthecurrentdocumentwindowlookslike,orwhatyoudothere.MacSpeechDictateInternationalknowsonlywhatithasdonethere.Asitworkswithtext,MacSpeechDictateInternationalmemorizesitsownactions:thetextittypes,thenavigationitperforms.Thismemoryiscalledthecache.ThecacheishowMac-SpeechDictateInternationalkeepstrackof whattextisinthewindowandwheretheselectionorinsertionpointislocatedwithinthattext.

Whenyou’reusingMacSpeechDictateInternationaltoworkwithtext,therefore,youshouldn’tdoanythingthatgoesbehindMacSpeechDictateInternational’sback.Don’tusethemouseandkeyboardtonavigate,select,cutandpaste,ortype.

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If youdo,thecachewillgetoutof syncwithreality.(That’snotadisaster!YoucantellMacSpeechDictateInternationaltothrowawaythecurrentcache,readthedocument’scontentsafresh,andstartanewcache.Butit’sbetternottogetthecacheoutof syncif youcanhelpit.)

TheGoldenRuleof MacSpeechDictateInternationalisdesignedtokeepyouawareof thecache:

The Golden Rule of MacSpeech Dictate InternationalWhenyou’reworkingwithtext,don’t mix your voice with

your hands.

Why Note Pad Windows Are SpecialMacSpeechDictateInternationalcomeswithitsownspecialword-processingwin-dows—NotePadwindows.WhenyouworkinaNotePadwindow,theGoldenRuleismorerelaxed.That’sbecauseaNotePadwindowbelongstoMacSpeechDictateInternational,soMacSpeechDictateInternationalcanseewhat’sinthewindow—prettymuchallthetime.Soselectingandnavigatingtextwiththemouseandkeyboard,whichwouldspelltroubleforthecacheinanyotherapplica-tion,isprettymuchokayinaNotePadwindow.

NotePadwindowsareeasier,then,becausetheyaremoreforgiving.ANotePadwindowisagreatplacetoworkwithtextwhenyou’rejustgettingstartedwithMacSpeechDictateInternational.Evenasanexperienceduser,youmayfinditsimpleandfasttoworkinaNotePadwindowandthencopythetextandpasteitintosomeotherapplication.

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Extra for ExpertsYoumightbetemptedtoreadtheGoldenRuletooliterally.Youmightthink:“AslongIkeepmyhandsoff thekeyboard,Ican’tpossiblyviolatetheGoldenRule.”That’snotso.TheGoldenRuleismoresubtlethanthat.Thefactis,youcanuseyourvoicetoviolatetheGoldenRule.(Butyoushouldtrynotto,of course.)Howcanthisbe?

Recallthattherearetwowaysof workingwithMacSpeechDictateInternational:bossingyourcomputeraround,andworkingwithtext.Mostof thetime,bossingyourcomputeraroundandworkingwithtextdon’tinterferewithoneanother.Youcandictatetextforawhile,andthenyoucansayOpenSafariandsoon.Butyoumightbossyourcomputeraroundinsuchawaythattextisaffected!If thisistextthatyou’realreadyworkingwith(sothatit’sinthecache),you’veviolatedtheGoldenRule.

Here’sanexampleof whatcangowrong.Assumeyou’renotinaNotePadwin-dow;you’reinTextEditorAppleMailorsomething.Andyousay:Thisisaverybadsituation.SelecttheWord“Very”.CutSelection.You’vejustviolatedtheGoldenRule,eventhoughyouusedonlyyourvoice.

Why?BecausethecommandCutSelectionmeans:“TellthecurrentapplicationtochooseEdit>Cut.”That’sbossingthecomputeraround.Sothisisexactlythesameasif youhadchosenEdit>Cut—usingyourhands.Thecache-consciouswaytodeleteawordisDeletetheWord“Very”.That’sworkingwithtext(andyouknowthisbecauseDeletetheWord“Very”isaDictationmodecommand).

Cache CommandsMacSpeechDictateInternationalincludestheglobalcommandsCacheDocument,CacheSelection,andPurgeCache.Theycanhelpyouif theGoldenRuleisaccidentallyviolated,andinmanyothersituationswhereMac-

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SpeechDictateInternationalneedstoget“insync”withadocumentthatitcan’t“see.”

Cache

Asyoudictate,andasMacSpeechDictateInternationaltypestextforyou,italsoremembersthetextthatittypesforyou.That’swhyyoucanusecommandslikeGoToEndorMoveBackwardFiveWordstonavigateandedityourtext:Mac-Speechcannavigatethistextbecauseitcreatedthistext.MacSpeechDictateInter-nationalalsomaintainsrecordingsof yourvoice,andalternativeinterpretationsof whatyousaid.That’swhyvoiceplaybackandphrasetrainingarepossible.Allof thisinformationiskeptinthecache.

ButMacSpeechDictateInternationalknowsnothingabouttextthatitdidn’tenterforyou.ThiscouldmakeittrickytouseMacSpeechDictateInternationaltoeditadocumentthatalreadyexists,ortoeditdistinctpartsof alargedocument.If youaccidentallyviolatetheGoldenRulebymakingamanualchangetoadocumentwhereyou’vebeendictating,MacSpeechDictateInternationalwon’tknowyou’vedonethis,andnavigationandeditingcommandsmaymisbehave.The“Cache”commandshelpyouhandlesuchsituations:

• WhenyousayCacheDocument,you’retellingMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionaltoread the whole document’s contents,nomatterhowthosecon-tentswerecreated.MacSpeechDictateInternationalforgetswhatitenteredinthisdocument,throwsawayitsrecordingsof yourvoice(sotrainingonexistingtextisnolongerpossible),andjustreadsthedocument.Nowitknowswhatthedocumentcontains,sonowyoucantellMacSpeechDictateInterna-tionaltonavigatethedocumentandtoenterandedittext.

• Alternatively,youcansayCacheSelection.ThisislikeCacheDocument,butitworksonjustthecurrently selected text.MacSpeechDictateIn-ternationalnowknowsaboutalimitedregionof thedocument.Commands

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fornavigation,andenteringandeditingtext,willworkwithinthisregion.(ToworkwithMacSpeechDictateInternationaloutsidethisregion,you’dneedtoissueanother“Cache”command.)NotethatafterCacheSelection,thecom-mandsGoToBeginningandGoToEndmean:Gotothebeginningorendof the cached region.

SayingCacheDocumentorCacheSelectioncanbeasimplewaytoresumeworkingafterdeliberately violating the Golden Rule.Whymightyoudothat?Foronething,accidentscanhappen,andsometimesviolatingtheGoldenRuleistheonlywaytorepairthem.Onrareoccasions,youmightneedtomakeanalterationinthedocumentwherevocalcommandsjustwon’tdo.That’snocrime;simplyrememberthatafterwardsyoushouldissuea“Cache”command.

Forexample,sometimeswhenusingtheRecognitionwindowtotrainthevoicemodelandemendsometextyou’vealreadydictated,MacSpeechDictateInterna-tionalmightbecomeconfusedandgetthespacingorcapitalizationwrong,sothatyoumustusethemouseandkeyboardtofixthedocument.Evenmoredramatic,supposeyoutellMacSpeechDictateInternationaltoselectalargeswatchof text,andthenyournextspokencommandismisinterpretedasdictationandthewholeselectedpassageisaccidentallyreplaced!Clearly,thisisnotimetobeworryingabouttheGoldenRule;justpressCommand-Z(Edit>Undo)andfixthedocu-ment.Afterwards,though,toresumedictating,you’llwanttoissuea“Cache”commandsothatMacSpeechDictateInternationalcanonceagain“see”thedocumentcontentscorrectly.

Purge

ToemptyMacSpeechDictateInternational’scachecompletelyiscalledpurging the cache:

• WhenyousayPurgeCache,it’slikedoingjustthefirsthalf of aCacheDocumentcommand:MacSpeechDictateInternationalforgetswhatiten-

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teredinthisdocument,anddoesn’treadthedocument.Itjustassumes the document is empty.

Consider,forexample,adialogconsistingof twotextfields.Youdictatetextintothefirsttextfield,thentabtothesecondtextfieldanddictatetextthere.Mac-SpeechDictateInternationalcan’t“see”thattherearetwotextfields;initscache,itconsidersthefirsttextandthesecondtexttobepartof onecontinuousstretchof text.Thisisgoingtoleadtonavigationerrors!Thesolutionis:Asyoustarttoworkonthesecondtextfield,sayPurgeCache.NowMacSpeechforgetswhatitdidinthefirsttextfieldandtreatsthesecondtextfieldasanewemptyworld.

tiP.TabbingfromfieldtofieldissuchacommonthingtodothatMacSpeechDictateInternationalincludestwocommandstohelpyouwithit:NextFieldandPreviousField.Thesecommandsareinfactacombinationof PurgeCacheandpressingTaborShift-Tab.(Conversely,youshouldnotuseNewLineorNewParagraphtomovefromfieldtofield—orif youdo,sayPurgeCacheimmediatelyafterwards.)

Note Pad Windows and the Cache

ANotePadwindowisexceptional.MacSpeechDictateInternationalalwaysknowsthecontentsof aNotePadwindow,becausethewindow“belongs”toMacSpeechDictateInternational.So,ineffect,theCacheDocumentcommandisauto-maticallyexecutedforyouasrequired.WhenyouopenanexistingdocumentintoaNotePadwindow,orwhenyoupastetextintoaNotePadwindow,CacheDocumentisautomaticallyexecuted.WhenyousayPurgeCacheinaNotePadwindow,CacheDocumentisautomaticallyexecuted.AndCacheSelectionismeaningless.

Still,CacheDocumentisusefulinaNotePadwindow,sinceyoumightwantMacSpeechDictateInternationaltoforgethowtextwasenteredinthedocument,

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removeitsrecordingsof yourvoice,andjuststartover,learningaboutthewholedocumentfromscratch.Thiscouldbehelpful,forinstance,whendictatingalongdocument.

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Sound Input Troubleshooting

If MacSpeechDictateInternationaldoesn’trespondtoyourvoiceordoesn’tseemtobeworkingatall,checkyoursoundinput.Theproblemmightbesoftware(yourUSBmicrophonemightnotbeyoursoundinputdevice)orhardware(yourUSBmicrophonemightnotbeworkingatall).

BeginbyquittingMacSpeechDictateInternationalif itisrunning.Youmightre-startthecomputerjustincase.Nowtrythefollowing:

• LookinSystemPreferences>Sound>InputandmakesureyourUSBmi-crophoneisthesoundinputdevice.Speakintothemicrophone.Theinputlevelindicatorshouldrespondtoyourvoice.If itdoesnot,tryunpluggingtheUSBmicrophoneoradapterfromtheUSBportandplugitbackinagain.Re-member,mostUSBmicrophonesmustbepluggeddirectlyintoyourcomputer(notintoaUSBhub).Also,checktoseewhetheryourmicrophonehasaMuteswitchandmakesureitisnotengaged.

• LookinSystemPreferences>Speech>SpeechRecognition>SettingsandswitchthemicrophonetoyourUSBmicrophone.ClickCalibrate.Speakintothemicrophone.Youshouldseethelevelindicatorriseandfall(totheright)inresponsetoyourspeech.Theindicatorcanbealittlestubborn;youmighthavetoclickCancelandthenclickCalibrateagaintobringittolife.Speakatrandom,movingthesliderrightorleftuntilthehighpointof theslideriscon-sistentlyataboutthemiddleof thegreenregion.Nowtrysayingeachphraseinsuccessionandseeif thecomputerunderstandsyou.

If thingsappeartobeworking,quitSystemPreferencesandtryMacSpeechDic-tateInternationalagain.ChooseTools>MicrophoneSetupandgothroughthemicrophonesetupprocedure(see“MicrophoneSetup,”earlier).YoushouldnowbeabletouseMacSpeechDictateInternational.

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If thingsdonotappeartobeworking,suspectthemicrophone.If possible,trypluggingthemicrophoneintoadifferentcomputerandrunningthesameteststheretoconfirmthis.

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What’s Installed Where

Incaseyou’rewonderingwhereallthepiecesof MacSpeechDictateInternationalliveonyourharddisk,orif perhapsforsomereasonyou’dliketouninstallit,here’salistof thepiecesandwheretheylive(andhowbigtheyare).

the aPPLiCation.ItliveswhereveryouputitwhenyouinstalledMacSpeechDictateInternational—typicallyinthetop-level/Applicationsfolder,butitcouldbeanywhere.It’sapproximately30MBinsize.

the suPPort foLder.Thisisinyouruser’sLibrary/Application Support/Mac-Speech.Itisnearly1GBinsize,becauseitincludesthespeechrecognitionen-ginedata.If youdecidetodeletethisfolder,itmightbeagoodideatolookintheDictatefolderandfindyourlicensefileandsetitaside.Itwillbeconvenienttohaveonhandif youdecidetoinstallMacSpeechDictateInternationalagainlater.

the PreferenCes fiLe.Thisisinyouruser’sLibrary/Preferences,andiscalledcom.macspeech.dictate.plist.Itmaintainsarecordof thestateof theapplicationeachtimeyouquit.It’sverysmall.

your ProfiLe(s).Eachprofileiswhereveryouputitwhenyoucreatedtheprofile.Itcouldbeanywhere.ASpotlightsearchon“dictateprofile”shouldfindyourprofiles.Aprofileisabout30MBinsize.