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Recognition
Moving the slider towards Faster makes text appear more
quickly, but may sacrifice accuracy. Moving the slider towards
More Accurate makes the program try harder to understand
you, which could slow it down. By default, the slider is set to
balance the two factors. Feel free to experiment to see which
setting works best for you.
2. Command Preferences
Command Preferences allow you to adjust the ways com-
mands are handled. This window has two sections, Available
Commands Window and Command Generation at Startup
(Figure 7-3).
Available Commands Window
Checking Disable at Startup will disable all commands when
MacSpeech Dictate starts up.
Figure 7-3
Enable Command Grouping will group commands, rather
than show them as one big alphabetical list. This option has
two sub-options: Show Global Commands at Top and Show
all Global Commands in One Group.
Global Commands at Top
When checked, this option forces all the Global com-
mands to appear at the top of the Available Commands
window.
Show all Global Commands in One Group
When checked, this option put s all the G lobal c ommands
in one group, leaving Application Specific commands in
their separate groups.
Command Generation at Startup
Turn on Generate Application Launch Commands to gen-
erate specific commands that allow each application on your
hard drive to be opened by voice. With this option on you can
say Open followed by the name of an application to open it
by voice.
The Generate Email Commands option generates commands
allow you to address an email to a person in your Address
Book.
3. Shortcuts
This pane (Figure 7-4) allows you to choose what keyboard
shortcuts you want to use to toggle the microphone on or off
and cycle through the speech modes.
The defaults are Command-F11 to toggle the microphone and
Command-F10 to select the speech mode, but you can use
any key combination you prefer, as long as at least one modi-
fier key (Command, Control, or Option) is used. The Toggle
Microphone shortcut turns the mic on and off. The Select
Speech Mode shortcut will switch between Dictation and
Command modes.
Figure 7-4
Visit MacSpeech’s Web Site
Launches your browser and takes you to MacSpeech’s Web
site (Internet connection required).
Check for Updates…
Checks for to see if there are any updates available for
MacSpeech Dictate (Internet connection required).
Services
Provides access to Mac OS X’s Services.
Hide MacSpeech Dictate (Cmd-H)
Hides MacSpeech Dictate
Hide Others (Cmd-Opt-H)
Hides all applications other than MacSpeech Dictate.
Show All
Shows all hidden applications.
Quit MacSpeech Dictate (Cmd-Q)
Quits the MacSpeech Dictate application.