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27Modes and the MicrophoneMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Modes and the Microphone
Themostimportantthingthatyouneedtobeincontrolof andawareof when
usingMacSpeechDictateisitsstate.Atalltimes,themicrophoneiseitheron or
off;andif themicrophoneison,MacSpeechDictateisinoneof four modes.
ThesesettingsdeterminewhetherandhowMacSpeechDictatewillrespondto
yourspeech.
the miCroPhone
miCroPhone off.MacSpeechDictateisnotlisteningatall.Nosoundcan
affectit.Theonlychangeyoucanmakeistoturnthemicrophoneon,andthe
onlywaytodothatisusingthemouseorkeyboard.
miCroPhone on.MacSpeechDictateislistening,andhowitrespondsto
yourspeechdependsonwhatmodeitisin.
the four modes
diCtation mode.If MacSpeechDictatecaninterpretyourwordsasacom-
mand,itobeysthecommand.Otherwise,MacSpeechDictateinterpretsyour
wordsasdictation,andtypesthosewordsattheinsertionpointinthefront-
mostapplication.
sPeLLing mode.If MacSpeechDictatecaninterpretyourwordsasacom-
mand,itobeysthecommand.Otherwise,MacSpeechDictatetriestointer-
pretyourwordsasalimitedsetof lettersandpunctuation,andtypesthose
lettersandpunctuationattheinsertionpointinthefrontmostdocument.If 
MacSpeechDictatecan’tinterpretyourwordsasacommandoraslettersand
punctuation,nothinghappens.
Command mode.If MacSpeechDictatecaninterpretyourwordsasacom-
mand,itobeysthecommand.Otherwise,nothinghappens.Youcangive