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51Spelling ModeMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
What You Say
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu
Diacritical Letters
Adiacriticalletterisaletterwithamarkingaboveorbelowit.Totype a diacrit-
ical letterinSpellingmode:
• Saythenameof theletter(normalorInternationalRadioAlphabet)followed
bythenameof thediacritical: A-Acute , Alpha-Acute .
• Optionally,inmostcasesyoumaysay Accent betweenthenameof theletter
andthediacritical(evenwhen,strictlyspeaking,thediacriticalisnotanac-
cent):forexample, AAccent-Acute , AlphaAccent-Acute .Butyoucannot
dothisfor“Dieresis”or“Ring”.
Noteverydiacriticalispossible,evenforeveryEuropeanlanguage.Youcannot,
forexample,saythefourthletterof “Dvořák”.(ThebestwaytotypeDvořák’s
namewithMacSpeechDictatewouldbethroughaTextMacrocommand;see
“CommandsWindow.”)
Letter Diacriticals
A Acute,Circumex,Grave,Tilde,Umlaut;Dieresis,Ring
C Cedilla
E Acute,Circumex,Grave,Umlaut;Dieresis
I Acute,Circumex,Grave,Umlaut;Dieresis
N Tilde
O Acute,Circumex,Grave,Tilde,Umlaut;Dieresis,Ring