IBM ViaVoice Simply Dictation for Mac OS X User’s Guide
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Using ViaVoice
Using ViaVoice
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.
1.
SAY>
BEGIN SPELL
at the place in your text where you want to spell the word.
2.
Next, use one of the methods described in the next section to spell out words. Look in
the
What Can I Say
window for a list of symbols and other voice commands that are
available while in spell mode.
3.
SAY> RETURN
or
SAY> CANCEL
to exit this mode.
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
a
and ViaVoice types
8
, you can say
As in
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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