1.5

132WindowsMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
• PresstheRecognitionwindowkeyboardshortcut.
• If “CloseRecognitionWindowaftereachchoice”ischeckedintheRecogni-
tionPreferencespane,theRecognitionwindowwillcloseautomaticallyas
soonasyouuseittoreplaceadictatedphrasewithitscorrectversion.
TrydifferentRecognitionPreferencespanesettingsanddifferentwaysof sum-
moningandclosingtheRecognitionwindowasyoutrainyourdictation.You’ll
soonsettleonafavoritewayof working(whichmightdependonexternalfactors,
suchasthesizeof yourscreen).
Youcanadjust the transparencyof theRecognitionwindow.Say Increase
Transparency or DecreaseTransparency ,ormovethesliderattheupperright
of thewindow.
How to Train
TheRecognitionwindowpresentsalternative interpretationsof thephrase
containingthecurrentselectionorinsertionpointinthedictationdocument.The
rstalternativeistheinterpretationthatMacSpeechDictateenteredinthedocu-
ment.Thenumberof additionalalternativesislimitedbyyoursettingfor“Maxi-
mumnumberof alternatives”intheRecognitionPreferencespane.
YoucanusetheRecognitionwindowtotrainwhat you just dictated,becausethe
insertionpointisstillattheendof thatphrase,sothatisthephraseshowninthe
Recognitionwindow.Youcanalsoselect a dictated phrase(usingDictationmodenavi-
gationcommands);if MacSpeechDictatestillhascacheddictationinformationfor
thispartof thedocument,theRecognitionwindowwillchangetoshowalterna-
tivesforthatphrase.
Thus,onewayof workingwiththeRecognitionwindowistotrainphrasesas
soon as you dictate them;anotheristodictatealargeramount,suchasa
paragraphortwo,andthengo back and train.