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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Welcome
- Using ViaVoice
- Users and Voice Models
- Dictating with ViaVoice
- Navigating With Commands
- The What Can I Say Window
- Playing Back Dictated Text in SpeakPad
- Reading Your Text
- Using Manage My Vocabulary
- Working With Dictation Macros
- Managing ViaVoice Users
- ViaVoice Components
- Getting Help
- Appendix
- Index
IBM ViaVoice for Mac OS X User’s Guide 47
Using ViaVoice
Using ViaVoice
Using the KSD Editor
Keyboard Shortcut Dictionaries, or KSDs for short, are files that contain information
about an application's keyboard shortcuts and their corresponding voice commands.
The KSD Editor tool allows you to create dictionary files with keystroke shortcuts that
allow you to add navigation and command capabilities to any application. With the KSD
Editor, you can also add, remove, or edit existing shortcuts. When an application and
ViaVoice are running, the commands in the KSD file for that application will be active
and you can say those voice commands to interact with the application.
Follow these steps to create a new dictionary file with keyboard shortcuts.
1. From the Utilities folder inside the ViaVoice folder, launch the KSD Editor.
2. Select whether you want to create a global shortcut or a shortcut for a specific
application. A global shortcut (such as F1 for opening helps) works in any application.
A shortcut for a specific application only works in that application.
3. If you selected a shortcut for a specific application, then you must click the Select
button to choose an application. Otherwise, continue with the next step.
4. Enter a name for the category in the What Can I Say window and click OK.
5. Click the Add button. In the Command Inspector window, enter the name for the
voice command and the keystrokes for the shortcut. The display text for the What Can
I Say window and tool tip is automatically filled in for you. When finished, click
Apply. You can edit this information again by double-clicking the voice command.
6. Close and save the file when done.
You can view and test the shortcuts you create from the What Can I Say window. You
must first save the file, and then the system reloads the KSD file for you. If ViaVoice is
running when you first create the KSD file, the file may not be initially detected, and it
may be necessary to restart ViaVoice.
We suggest you use the defaults for file names, pronunciations, and other entries that
ViaVoice provides. However, the KSD files must be located in the folder Utilities/
Command & Control/KSDs, in order for ViaVoice to detect and use them.
For more information on the What Can I Say window, see page 49.