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ViaVoice Components
ViaVoice Components
SpeakPad Menu
The SpeakPad menus contain items that are similar in functionality to other word
processors.
Dictation Menu
The following items are available on the Dictation Menu.
• Playback Selection/Stop Playback - This option allows you to play back your
dictated text in your own voice. ViaVoice can play back up to 1,000 words
(punctuation is included in the word count). The playback feature is useful in
many instances, such as when you are correcting text. For more information, see
"Playing Back Dictated Text in SpeakPad" on page 48.
• Read Selection/Stop Reading - This option reads any text you have highlighted
in a computer-generated voice. You can use this feature to help you proofread
your documents. For more information, see "Reading Your Text" on page 48.
• Voice Preferences - This option displays the Voices window, which allows you
to change the computer-generated voice. For more information, see "Voices
Preferences" on page 65.
Opening a File
SpeakPad supports opening SimpleText, Rich Text Format, and SpeakPad file formats.
You can open previously dictated Mac OS X SpeakPad documents and continue to
dictate in the document, but SpeakPad is unable to read files saved from earlier products.
To open a document, follow these steps.
1.
Click File .
2.
Select Open .
3.
Locate and highlight the desired file, then click Open .