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147e Cache and the Golden RuleMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
The Cache and the Golden Rule
MacSpeechDictateactsasintermediarybetweenyourspeechandanapplication.
YouspeaktoMacSpeechDictate;MacSpeechDictatecausestexttobetypedor
alteredinanapplication’swindow.Sometimes,however,MacSpeechDictatemay
appeartotypetextinthewrongplace,oritmightseemunabletoobeydictation
commandscorrectly.
Suchcasesarenotmysterious,andyoucanlargelypreventthem—or,if theydo
arise,curethem—if youunderstandsomebasicfactsabouthowMacSpeechDic-
tateoperatesonanapplication.
Two Ways of Working
YoucanuseMacSpeechDictateintwoverydifferentways:
• Toboss around your computer. OpenSafari.JumptoBookmark
One.MovetoNextLink.MovetoNextLink.JumptoThisLink.Jump
Back.ScrollOneScreenDown.ScrollOneScreenDown.CloseThis
Window.
• Towork with text. DearMisterSmith.Colon.NewParagraph.Iam
concernedaboutthereportof thecommittee.Period.Capitalizethe
Word“Committee”.GotoEnd.Thereisasuggestionof wrongdoing
onourpart.Period.SelecttheWords“ASuggestion”.Animplication.
Therstwayhastodowiththecomputer’soverall user interface.You’reus-
ingyourvoicetonavigateandpushbuttons.Havefun!There’snothingspecialto
knowaboutthis.
Thesecondwayhastodowithtext.Thisiswheresomespecialconsiderations
comein.