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18 MacSpeech DictateChapter 4 — Training
Deleting Profiles
To delete a profile, follow these steps:
1.Choose“Proles”fromtheToolsmenutoopenthe
Proleswindow,asshowningure4-10.
2.Highlighttheproleyouwanttodelete.
3. Click the Minus Sign.
If you have only one profile, MacSpeech Dictate will not
allow it to be deleted as a safety precaution. In this case, you
need to create a second profile before deleting the first one.
The program will also not delete an active profile. To delete
an active profile you must first switch to (or create) another
profile.
Troubleshooting Training
We have found most problems with achieving an acceptable
level of accuracy with MacSpeech Dictate can usually be
traced to improper setup. Below are a few tips that will help
achieve the best results.
1. Make sure your microphone is properly connected
and System Preferences are properly set (see
“Troubleshooting Sound Input” on page 12 for
more information).
2. Restart your computer, then launch MacSpeech
Dictate.
3. Once MacSpeech Dictate has initialized, select
“Proles…”fromthe“Tools”menu,thenclickthe
“+”buttonintheProleswindow.
4.Followtheproceduresforcreatingaprole.
5. Read some sample text. Make sure it is text with-
out a lot of proper names or technical terms that
MacSpeech Dictate is unlikely to know.
At this point, MacSpeech Dictate knows how you read aloud,
but your dictation style may be different. Reading some
sample text will give you a good idea for how accurate your
profile is at this point. We recommend you read approximately
300 words to get a good sampling.
6. Gauge your accuracy percentage by dividing the
number of errors by the number of words, then
subtract the result from one. For example, if you
read 300 words and there are 9 errors, your error
rate would be .03, so your accuracy would be .97
or 97%.
7. If your accuracy is below 95%, read another story
then repeat steps 5 & 6.
Most customers will get better than 95% accuracy after the
first story.
8. Once your accuracy is above 95%, stop reading
training stories.
9.OnceMacSpeechDictatehasnishedprocessing
the training stories choose Vocabulary Training
from the Tools menu in MacSpeech Dictate to
analyze previously created documents typical of
those you intend to dictate. Doing so will make
a noticeable difference in MacSpeech Dictate’s
performance.
You should now be able to use MacSpeech Dictate without
too much fine-tuning.