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19Installation and Making a Voice ProfileMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Warning.Thespeechrecognitionenginehasnoexperiencewithyourvoice
tobuildonduringtherstfewpagesof anewprole’sVoiceTrainingstory,so
yourutterancesmustbequiteshortandcareful,andthepausesbetweenthem
mustbelong,togivetheengineachancetocatchupandturnthetextgreen.
Youwillprobablyneedtoreadlikethis:“We.Wouldlike.You.Toreadaloud.
Forafewminutes.”Aftertherstcoupleof pages,youwillndthatyoucan
startspeakingmuchmorenaturally.
Therstpageof theVoice
Trainingstoryforanewprole.
Therstfewwordshavebeen
read,andhaveturnedgreen.
Asyourreadingof thestoryproceeds,MacSpeechDictate“turnsthepage”for
you.Progressfrompagetopageisshownbythehorizontalprogressindicatorbe-
lowthetext.If youneedtopauseatanytime(toclearyourthroat,getadrinkof 
water,sneeze,stretch,whatever),clickthemicrophoneicontoturnittoared“stop
sign”;whenyou’rereadytoproceed,clickitagaintoturnitintoagreencircle
onceagain,andcarryonreading.