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marked with a dot or the word “Talk”) is pointing towards your
mouth. When the microphone is connected and positioned,
click OK to close the Connecting a Microphone panel.
Creating a Profile
Now it is time to create a profile that will let MacSpeech
Dictate learn about your voice and your microphone. You will
see a blank Profiles Window (Figure 3-4).
Figure 3-4
To create a profile, click the “+” button. This will let you enter
a profile name, and select microphone type and language for
the profile (see Figure 3-5).
Figure 3-5
Select the type of microphone you are using from the
Microphone pull-down menu.
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The “Microphone” pull-down menu may list something
like “AK5370,” “C-Media USB Headset” or “VXI 7.0.2.”
That’s OK. That is the firmware designation for the
USB adapter. (Your Mac has no way to otherwise
identify an analog microphone.)
Select the language model that best suits you from the
Language pull-down menu. MacSpeech Dictate supports
language models including US English, UK (British) English,
US Teen, Australian English, Indian English, and Southeast
Asian (Singaporean) English.
If you use a high-quality, noise-cancelling microphone such
as one from MacSpeech, select Standard Acoustics. If you
are using an Array microphone, click on the Advanced button
and then select “Array” from the pop-down menu next to the
word “Acoustics.”
When you have verified your choices, click the Create button.
After a short wait your profile is created. The first Microphone
Setup panel (Figure 3-6) appears.
Figure 3-6
The Microphone Setup Volume Adjustment steps will ask
you to read a short bit of text out loud while MacSpeech
Dictate sets the audio levels for your microphone. Click the
microphone icon with the red octagon on it, to enable the mi-
crophone. This icon will turn into a green light, and the window
will display a box with text to read (Figure 3-7).