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Spelling Words in Spell Mode
ViaVoice has a Spell Mode feature that allows you to spell out words or insert symbols
and typographical characters (like & and +) when dictating.
SAY> BEGIN SPELL
1.
at the place in your text where you want to spell the word.
Next, use one of the methods described in the next section to spell out words. Look in
2.
the What Can I Say window for a list of symbols and other voice commands that are
available while in spell mode.
SAY> RETURN
3.
or
SAY> CANCEL
Spelling Methods
Look in the What Can I Say window for more spell mode commands. Use any of the
methods below to spell out letters.
•
Spelling with letters - Say any letter of the alphabet to spell out words.
•
Spelling with the Phonetic Alphabet - Say any letter of the phonetic alphabet,
such as Alpha Delta Delta, to spell the word add.
•
Spelling with a phrase - If you say
Alpha
and the system replaces the 8 with an a.
•
Spell Mode with DSR - Say any letter of the phonetic alphabet, such as Alpha
Delta Delta, to spell the word add.
Dictating Numbers
When dictating, you can say numbers as a currencies, dates, times, or measurements the
way you normally would. ViaVoice formats these numbers correctly and in the format
you selected in ViaVoice Preferences on the Numbers tabs. For example, to get
"$589.00", say the following command.
SAY> Five hundred eighty-nine dollars
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to exit this mode.
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Using ViaVoice
Using ViaVoice
and ViaVoice types 8, you can say
As in
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