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16 MacSpeech DictateChapter 4 — Training
Vocabulary Training
MacSpeech Dictate will learn more about your voice as you
use it for dictation. The process of Phrase Training through the
Recognition window (see Chapter 5) will help the program pick
up your speech patterns. But you also can have MacSpeech
Dictate concentrate on learning your communication style
and new words by analyzing existing text.
One way to do this is to use the Vocabulary Training menu
item to “feed” the program text documents. Another method
is to use the spoken command Train Vocabulary from
Selection for text highlighted in any application. You can also
cut and paste this text into Dictate’s Note Pad and choose the
Train Vocabulary from Selection... from the Tools menu.
TIP:
The Vocabulary Training methods improve accuracy
by helping MacSpeech Dictate learn about the way
you put words together. For this reason, it is preferred
that you use text that is written by you, not someone
else.
Here’s how to use these features to have MacSpeech Dictate
learn new vocabulary from text in documents:
1. You select the text containing new words you want
the program to learn. You can do this by one of
these methods:
Choose Vocabulary Training from the Tools
menu. Read the introduction screen, then click the
right arrow button. A screen will appear (Figure 4-4)
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right arrow button.
OR
Within any application, highlight the text you want
Dictate to learn, then speak the command “Train
Vocabulary From Selection”.
OR
Paste text into Dictate’s Note Pad, then choose
Train Vocabulary From Selection from the Tools
menu.
Figure 4-4
2. You should now see the Include/Exclude panel
(Figure 4-5). Determine which words here you
don’t want MacSpeech Dictate to learn. For
example, there might be proper names that are
not a usual part of your writing, abbreviations or
parts of URLs. For any word you do not want to
add, highlight it in the left column, then click the
“Exclude” button.
Figure 4-5
3. To move a word you excluded back to the
Included list, highlight it in the right column and
then click the “Include” button. When you are
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itsvocabulary(gure4-6).