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136WindowsMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
CheckIn the Dockif youwantMacSpeechDictate’sDockicon(andits
Command-Tabapplicationswitchericon)tobebadgedwithamicrophone
iconshowingwhetherthethemicrophoneisonoroff,orasleep.
status transParenCy
UsetheslidertogovernhowopaqueortransparenttheStatuswindowshould
be.
Recognition Preferences pane
TheRecognitionPreferencespanegovernssomebehaviorsof theRecognition
window,andof therecognitionengine.
reCognition WindoW oPtions
If Show Recognition Window When Dictatingischecked,theRec-
ognitionwindowwillopenautomaticallywhenyouaredictatinginDicta-
tionmodeorSpellingmodeassoonastheinsertionpointiswithinorafter
aphrasecapableof beingtrained.Usuallythiswillbeassoonasyoudictate
anything.
If Close Recognition Window After Each Choiceischecked,theRec-
ognitionwindowwillcloseautomaticallyassoonasyouuseittoreplacea
dictatedphrasewithitscorrectalternative.
UseMaximum Number of Alternativestosetthenumberof alterna-
tivesshownintheRecognitionwindow.Feweralternativesmightbeshown(as
fewasone,infact),dependingonhowcertainMacSpeechDictatefeelsabout
itsinterpretationof whatyousaid.
reCognition behavior
Usetheslidertotradeoff betweenspeedandaccuracyof speechrecogni-
tion.Themiddle(50)isagoodinitialsetting,butgiventhespeedof today’s
Intel-basedmachinesyoucanprobablyoptformoreaccuracywithnoap-