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Index
Special characters
<commands inside brackets> 67
A
accuracy
factors influencing 14, 22, 23
of commands 37, 52
of recognition 10
recognition of commands 83
recognition sensitivity 85
updating voice model 80
acoustics 24
adding words to personal
vocabulary
Analyze My Documents 22
by correcting words 22
dictation option 80
finding new words in
dictation 42, 56
Adobe Acrobat Reader
how to view documentation
with 89
installing 3
all commands view 66
alphabet
dictating in SpeakPad 36
dictating in Word 50
amounts
dictating in SpeakPad 35
dictating in Word 49
Analyze My Documents 22
during installation 12
analyzing your voice 10
angle brackets in commands 67
appearance of VoiceCenter
changing the 73
application
transferring dictation to 40, 81
archiving user data 79
attention word
adding your own 83
required 82
when to use 37, 52, 68
audio card
certified for ViaVoice 13
device driver 13
required by ViaVoice 1
audio data of a dictation 41
audio setup
when to run 29
audio setup wizard
about 7
during installation 6
troubleshooting 13
B
background noise, effect of 24
backing up user data 79
Begin reading
selecting a voice 84
Begin Reading 32
blank space
command for inserting in
dictation 36, 51, 97
bolding
in dictation 36, 51
brackets in commands 67
bullet list 37, 52
C
capitalization
command 36, 51, 97
cardinal
dictating in SpeakPad 35
dictating in Word 49
characters
changing 97
in dictation 98
in number mode 99
in spell mode 99
valid in user name 6
color of volume meter 26
command
attention word, when to use 68
Begin numbers 35, 50
Begin Reading 29
Begin spell 36, 50
Bullets 37, 52
casing 36, 51, 97
command sets 83
deleting 36, 51
Dictate to SpeakPad 31
Dictate to Word 43
dictation macro 87
formatting 36, 51, 97
improving recognition of 68, 69
in Word 49, 81
in What Can I Say window 65
command (continued)
microphone 26
printing from What Can I
Say 68
punctuation marks in
dictation 97
recognized as text 37, 52
Scratch that 36, 51
Show Correction window 57
spacing 36, 51, 97
spoken during dictation 34, 36,
48, 51
Surf the Web 71
symbols and characters in
dictation 98
to start dictation 29
untrained 66, 69
ViaVoice menu 28
VoiceCenter help 27
words in <brackets> 67
command set
displayed as views 66
enabling or disabling 83
when to disable 37, 52
computer as attention word
when to use 37, 52
conventions used in this book vii
copying dictation to another
application 40
options 81
correction 57
by voice 60
delayed 62
delegated 63
format of text 59
misrecognized formatting
commands 97
playing back 58
practice session 20
proper names 62
retyping text 61
text search direction 82
types of recognition errors 19
words as phrases 58
Correction window
about 58
add words as phrase 58
auto-play 58
components 58
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