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22 MacSpeech DictateChapter 5 — Dictation
TIP:
If you are navigating a document by voice, you can
use either of the commands Go to End or Move to
End of Document to return to the end of where you
left off dictating.
Here is a list of useful commands for editing and navigating
while in dictating:
Dictation Commands
What You Say What Happens
Capitalize the Word[s]
“text” [through/to “text”]
Capitalizes the instance of the word
or phrase spoken that is closest to the
insertion point.
Delete the Word[s] “text”
[through/to “text”]
Deletes the instance of the word or
phrase spoken that is closest to the
insertion point.
Go to Beginning
Goes to the Beginning of the current
document.
Go to End or Move to
End of Document
Goes to the end of the current dictation
session.
Insert After the Word[s]
“text” [through/to “text”]
Moves the insertion point to just after the
word or phrase you said.
Insert Before the Word[s]
“text” [through/to “text”]
Moves the insertion point to just before
the word or phrase you said.
Lowercase the Word[s]
“text” [through/to “text”]
Makes all characters lowercase in the
instance of the word or phrase spoken
that is closest to the insertion point.
Move Backward [1-99]
Words
Moves cursor back 1 to 99 words
(Punctuation marks count as words)
Move Forward [1-99]
Words
Moves cursor forward 1 to 99 words.
(Punctuation marks count as words)
Move to Beginning of
Document
Moves cursor to the beginning of the
current document.
Move to End of Document
Moves cursor to the End of the current
dictation session.
New Line Presses the Return key once.
New Paragraph Presses the Return key twice.
No Space <word>
Types next word without a space
before it.
Select the Word[s] “text”
[through/to “text”]
Selects the instance of the word or
phrase spoken that is closest to the
insertion point.
Scratch That / Forget That
Deletes the last phrase you said, or to
the left of where you insert the cursor.
Scratch Word / Forget
Word
Deletes the last word you said, or to the
left of where you insert the cursor.
Select All Selects all text.
Train the Word[s] “text”
[through/to “text”]
Selects,correctsthespeciedwords
intext,andtrainsthemintoproleas
speciedwordsarere-dictated.
Uppercase the Word[s]
“text” [through/to “text”]
Makes all characters uppercase in the
instance of the word or phrase spoken
that is closest to the insertion point.
Using “Delete the Word[s]”
When you say Delete the Word[s] followed by a word or
phrase, MacSpeech Dictate finds the occurrence of what was
said closest to the insertion point and deletes it. If there are
multiple instances of the same word in the document, you
can insure you delete the correct instance by using another
command first. Use Select the Word[s], Insert Before the
Word[s] or Insert After the Word[s] to select or move the
insertion point next to the word you want to delete.
Note: This command replaces the “Do Delete” commands in
earlier versions of Dictate.
Using “Select the Word[s]”
Say Select the Word followed by a word or phrase to find
the closest occurrence of that word or phrase to the insertion
point. You can say Select the Word[s] “text” through/to
“text” to select a range of words. For example, suppose you
dictated the following…
“I am teaching my Mac to recognize speech
PERIOD” (US only)
…but MacSpeech Dictate types…
I am teaching my Mac to wreck a nice beach.
You would say…
“Select The Words WRECK through BEACH”
[pause] “recognize speech”
Select the correct instance of a word or phrase by saying
enough words to insure there is only one instance of the
phrase in the document, then use the Select the Word[s]
command again to zero in on your selection. You can also
use Insert Before the Word[s] or Insert After the Word[s]
to move the insertion point next to the word or phrase you
want to select.
If you would also like to submit the selected text for Phrase
Training, to improve Dictate’s accuracy, use the command
“Train the Word[s]” instead.
Note: This command replaces the “Do Select” commands in
earlier versions of Dictate.
Using “Insert Before The Word[s]” and “Insert
After The Word[s]”
You can say Insert Before the Word followed by a word or
phrase to move the insertion point before that word or phrase.
Likewise, you can say Insert After the Word to move the
insertion point after the word or phrase.
You can also say Insert Before the Words “text” through/
to “text” or Insert After the Words “text” through/to