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18 MacSpeech DictateChapter 4 — Training
Figure 4-8
The stories you have already read are indicated with a
MacSpeech Dictate icon to the left of its name. Select an
untrained story by clicking its name, click the right arrow
button, then read on.
When you have finished reading, click the Finish Training
button. Adaptation of your speech profile will take a while to
complete.
Working With Profiles
Your profiles — your personalized voice files — are the most
important part of MacSpeech Dictate. You have invested your
time and effort into building them. So knowing how to back up
and restore these valuable files is important.
Saving Your Profiles
You can have as many profiles as you have room on your
hard drive space. You may want different profiles for various
reasons -- such as if you use multiple microphones, or if your
voice characteristics change between morning and evening.
Each profile takes around 25 MB of space. Your profiles can
be stored anywhere on your hard drive. You choose the loca-
tion. It is recommended that you keep these all in one place,
in the Documents folder on your hard drive.
Backing Up A Profile
It is important for you to back up your profiles for MacSpeech
Dictate, just as you would back up any important documents.
In case you need to find them, the profiles are named using
the format <Profile_Name.dictationprofile>.
You can back up your profiles just like any other files -- by
burning a copy of the folder where you keep these files to a
CD, dragging them to an external drive, using Apple’s Time
Machine, etc.
A Note For Users Of Backup Utilities
To use an automated backup program, such as Apple’s Backup,
Time Machine, or Retrospect from Dantz Development, allow
it to back up the folder where you save profiles for MacSpeech
Dictate.
Adding Profiles
To create a new profile, follow these steps:
1. Choose “Proles”fromtheToolsmenutoopenthe
Proleswindow,asshowningure4-9.
Figure 4-9
2. Click the PlusSign(+)tocreateanewprole.
Typeinthenameforthenewprole.
3. Follow the procedure in Chapter 3 to complete
creatingthenewprole.
Switching Profiles
If more than one person is using MacSpeech Dictate on
your computer, each person will need to have his or her own
profile.
1. Choose “Proles”fromthe“Tools”menutoopen
theProleswindow,asshowningure4-9.
2.Highlighttheproleyouwanttouseandclickthe
“Make Active” button.
3.MacSpeechDictatewillloadtheprole.
Deleting Profiles
To delete a profile, follow these steps:
1.Choose“Proles”fromtheToolsmenutoopenthe
Proleswindow,asshowningure4-9.
2.Highlighttheproleyouwanttodelete.
3. Click the Minus Sign (-).
4.Click“OK”toconrmdeletingtheprole.
If you have only one profile, MacSpeech Dictate will not
allow it to be deleted as a safety precaution. In this case, you