Pausing Dictation; Formatting Text - IBM VIAVOICE-SIMPLY DICTATION FOR MAC OS X User Manual

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Welcome

Pausing Dictation

To temporarily pause dictation,

To resume dictating,

To learn how to pause dictation by assigning a toggle key function, see "Microphone

Preferences" on page 64.

The text you dictated earlier did not have any special formatting. If you are used to most

text processors, you know that special formatting features such as BOLD, Italics,

Underline, etc., can be applied during or after the entering of text. The following

exercises show you how to use voice commands when you are dictating to format text.

For best results, pause briefly before saying the voice command, say the voice command

without pausing, then pause slightly after the voice command and continue dictating.

This way, ViaVoice distinguishes commands from dictation.

If you get a lot of misrecognized words using formatting

TIP

commands, you can use an Attention Word with voice

commands. For more information, see "Activating the Attention

Word" on page 45.

With ViaVoice, you can select the process that is easier for you: applying special formats

while you dictate, or after text has been entered. The following exercises will

demonstrate the commands and methods for formatting text while you dictate, but you

might prefer to simply dictate an entire block of text and add formatting later. Practice

with this tutorial and it might help you decide which method works best for you.

Adding Capitalization

Place your cursor in the SpeakPad window to give the window focus. Remember to

pause briefly before each of the voice commands shown in all capital letters.

SAY> Our CAPITALIZE ON setup assistant CAPITALIZE OFF makes it easy

to get started NEW LINE

SpeakPad displays the text, including the selected capitalized words.

SAY> GO TO

SAY> WAKE

UP.

SLEEP.

Quick Tutorial

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