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33Dictation ModeMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Dictation Mode
InDictationmode,youcanbothdictatetexttobetypedandissuecommandsto
beobeyed.MacSpeechDictatewilltypewhatyousay,interpretingyourwordsas
dictation,unlessitrecognizeswhatyousayasacommand.
Ingeneral,if youspeaksmoothlyandcontinuously,MacSpeechDictatewillin-
terpretyourwordsasdictation,evenif theyincludewordsthatmightbeacom-
mand.If youpausebeforeandafteraphrase,ontheotherhand,MacSpeech
Dictatewillconsiderthatphraseasapossiblecommand.
Forexample, GoToSleep isacommand(itswitchestoSleepmode).So:
If yousay Go.Tosleep ,MacSpeechDictatetypesGo to sleep.
If yousay Don’tgotosleepinthemiddleof thelecture ,MacSpeechDic-
tatetypesthosewords.
Butif yousay Don’t.Gotosleep ,MacSpeechDictatetypesDon’tandthen
switchestoSleepmode.
So,toensurethataphraseisrecognizedasacommand,pausebeforeandafterthe
command,butspeakthecommanditself smoothlyandcontinuously.
Thismightbeagoodtimetoreviewthe“TipsonSpeaking”section.
What You Can Say in Dictation Mode
Words and Phrases to be tyPed.YoucanusetheVocabularyEditorwin-
dowtoviewandeditthelistof wordsthatMacSpeechDictateknowsabout.
Youshouldtrynottomakeanyextraneousnoises,butMacSpeechDictatewill
doitsbesttoignorethewell-knownhesitationnoises“ah”,“er”,“uh”,and
“um”.(Infact,youmayhavetouseSpellingmodetotypesuchitems.)