User ManualTable of ContentsContents3Welcome to ViaVoice7Conventions in this book9Chapter 1. Setting up your speech system11Installing the ViaVoice software12Setting up your microphone and audio system15Creating a voice model17Analyzing your voice19Analyzing your documents21Troubleshooting setup problems22Unable to install ViaVoice22Problems with audio setup22Poor recognition23Chapter 2. The magic of dictating with ViaVoice25Practice dictating26Finding recognition errors27Correcting errors28Try re-dictating your text before correction28Correcting misrecognized words28Removing inserted words29Correcting capitalization errors29Next steps after correction30Analyzing My Documents31Troubleshooting dictation problems31Chapter 3. Introducing VoiceCenter33VoiceCenter components34ViaVoice menu36Chapter 4. Dictating into SpeakPad39SpeakPad menus and buttons40General hints and tips42Dictating numbers43Currency43Dates43Decimals43Ordinals43Long numbers43Time of day43Dictating numbers in number mode43Spelling words in spell mode44Saying commands while dictating44Inline dictation commands44"Scratch that" command44Text-editing commands45Bullet lists45Just say their names45Commands recognized as text45Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs47Transferring your dictation to another application48Saving your dictation in SpeakPad49Saving a speech session49Saving your dictation as text49Finding new words in your document50Chapter 5. Dictating into Microsoft Word51Installing Word Program Support51Try your first dictation into Word52ViaVoice menus and buttons in Word53General hints and tips55Dictating numbers56Currency56Dates56Decimals56Ordinals56Long numbers56Time of day57Dictating numbers in number mode57Spelling words in spell mode57Saying commands while dictating57Inline dictation commands58"Scratch that" command58Text-editing commands58Bullet lists58Just say their names58Commands recognized as text59Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs61Saving your dictation62Saving a speech session62Saving your dictation as text62Finding new words in your document63Chapter 6. Correcting your dictation65Using the Correction window66Correcting by voice68Correcting words by typing69Delayed correction70Delegated correction71Chapter 7. Dictating to your applications73Dictating directly73Using Auto-start dictation74Dictating directly into a spreadsheet74Chapter 8. What Can I Say75Views76Interacting with What Can I Say78Expanding or collapsing a view78Commands with words in angle brackets78Changing views79Creating notes for What Can I Say79Printing the commands in a view79Using an Attention word with commands79Training a command81Chapter 9. Using natural commands83General guidelines83Using commands that have variables85Correcting errors85Word86Excel87Entering data into a spreadsheet87Outlook89Chapter 10. Using the Internet and E-mail91Internet Explorer91Working with e-mail92Composing e-mail92Checking for e-mail93America Online (AOL)94Navigating94Dictating e-mail94Dictating in a chat room95Sending messages with Instant Messenger (sm)95Chapter 11. Navigating with your voice97Desktop commands98Navigate the active program98Just say their name98Say what you can't see98Say letters and numbers99When you see Pardon me99Text editing100Selecting keys with your voice100Voice Mouse100Positioning the pointer101Stopping and fine-tuning the pointer101Clicking the mouse buttons101Chapter 12. Customizing ViaVoice103Changing VoiceCenter's appearance103Appearance tab103General tab104Taskbar tab104Docked tab104Agent tab104Floating tab104Changing the microphone's startup state105Creating additional voice models106Selecting a vocabulary or topic106Adding a user108Making a user name the current user108Backing up and restoring user data109Deleting a user name or voice model109Setting dictation options110Changing the appearance of the Correction window112Enabling command sets113Setting Text-To-Speech options114Adjusting recognition sensitivity115Chapter 13. Creating macros117Creating a dictation macro117Creating a macro template119Before you start119Creating the template form119Creating navigation macros122Always Active macro123Application macro123Cross Program macro125Importing and exporting126Chapter 14. Getting help127Information Central127Getting context-sensitive help128Question Button Help128What's This Help128Printing help128Using Teach Me commands128How do I troubleshoot a problem?129Appendix A. Frequently used commands in dictation131Formatting and spacing131Punctuation in dictation131Symbols and characters in dictation132Symbols and characters in number mode133Symbols and characters in spell mode133Appendix B. Notices137Trademarks138Other attributions139Glossary141Index143Size: 2.14 MBPages: 148Language: EnglishOpen manual