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40Dictation ModeMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
IntheStatuswindow,thethirdindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread“123”.
Saythedigit.Thedigitwillbetyped,andtheindicatorlightwillgooutautomati-
cally.
tiP.Totype0,say Oh or Zero .
ToforcethenextwordtobeinterpretedasaRoman numeral(“I”,“II”,etc.):
• Say RomanNumeral .
IntheStatuswindow,thethirdindicatorlightwillglowyellowandwillread
“XIV”.Saythenumber.Thenumberwillbetyped,andtheindicatorlightwillgo
outautomatically.ThisworksevenforlargeRomannumerals;forexample,totype
MCMXCVII,say RomanNumeralOneThousandNineHundredandNinety
Seven (inonesmoothutterance).
MacSpeechDictateperformsalotof automaticintelligentformattingof numbers
anddates.Herearesomedetails.
Whenyousayanumber,MacSpeechDictatewilleithertypeoutthewordsorthe
number,dependingonthecontextinwhichthenumberwasused.If youwantto
forcetheprogramtotypeanumberinsteadof typingthewordsforthenumber,
sayNumeralbeforesayingthenumber.
Herearesomeexamplesof MacSpeechDictate’sautomaticformattingandpunc-
tuationof numericexpressions.
Numbers(numerals)maybespokenusingdigitsorfullnumbernames.Insert
punctuationasneeded.
What You Say Result
NumeralOne
1
NumeralFive
5
Seventeen
17