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44Dictation ModeMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Letter Names in Dictation Mode
Thesearethenamesof lettersthatyoucansayinDictationmode.(Considerus-
ingSpellingmodeinstead,though,asitismorereliable—becauseSpellingmode
knowsthatyouareprobablysayingthenameof aletter—andhasawiderrange
of thingsyoucansay.)
Letters
InDictationmode,anindividual letter(asopposedtoknownacronymsand
abbreviations)mustbeenteredusingtheInternationalRadioAlphabet.Thisis
intendedprimarilyforwhentheletternameisitself aword.
Aninitial(acapitalletterfollowedbyaperiod)maybeenteredbysaying Capital 
or Uppercase followedbythenameof theletter.Youcanpronouncetheletter’s
namenormallyorusetheInternationalRadioAlphabet.Thus,forexample,to
dictateL. M. Montgomery,youcansay CapitalL,SpaceBar,UppercaseMike,
Montgomery .(The SpaceBar isneededsoastogettwoseparateinitialsrather
thantheacronymLM,asdescribedinthenextparagraph.)
Anacronym(aseriesof capitalletterswithoutanyspacesorperiodsinbetween)
maybeenteredusingsuccessiveinitials.Aperiodwillappearafteryoudictatethe
rstinitial,butitwillberemovedwhenyoudictatethesecondinitial.Thus,forex-
ample,todictateHAL 9000,youcansay CapitalH,CapitalA,CapitalL,Nine
Thousand .
HerearetheInternational Radio Alphabetletternames:
What You Say
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie