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39 MacSpeech DictateChapter 8 — Reference
Help Menu
Figure 7-21
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topic on which you need help.
Welcome
Displays the MacSpeech Dictate Welcome window.
Tips & Tricks
Displays Tips & Tricks for using MacSpeech Dictate.
Release Notes
Displays the Release Notes for this version of MacSpeech
Dictate.
Send Email to Tech Support
Prepares an message in your email client to send to MacSpeech
Technical Support.
Status Window
The Status window displays information about the state of the
microphone, the gain level of the signal being received when
you are speaking, and the name of the profile being used, as
shown below.
Microphone Off
When the microphone is off, you will see a red stop sign in
front of the microphone icon. This is the default state when
MacSpeech Dictate is first launched. (You can change the
startup state in preferences.) When off, the signal meter to
the right of the microphone icon will be empty (black) as in
Figure 7-22.
Figure 7-22
Microphone On
When the microphone is on, you will see a green circle
behind its icon. When on, the signal meter to the right of the
microphone icon will be partially filled when you are speaking
(Figure 7-23).
Figure 7-23
Microphone Asleep (Sleep mode)
When MacSpeech Dictate is in Sleep mode the microphone
will be on, but any incoming sound will be ignored. There
will still be activity in the signal meter when the program is
in Sleep mode, but no action will be taken on what it hears
(Figure 7-24).
Figure 7-24
Mode Indicator
The upper right corner of the Status window indicates the
current mode for MacSpeech Dictate. This will be either
Command (Figure 7-22), Dictation (Figure 7-23), or Asleep
(Figure 7-24). Command and Dictation modes will be
indicated no matter whether the microphone is on or off. If
the program is in Sleep mode, it will indicate Asleep instead
of one of the active modes. MacSpeech Dictate returns to the
last mode used when awakened from Sleep mode.
Profile Indicator
The lower right corner of the Status window indicates the
Profile that is currently loaded into MacSpeech Dictate.
“I Heard” Indicator
As you speak, the words MacSpeech Dictate thinks you said
appear below the Status window in white, shadowed text.
Whether this text appears or not is determined by how the
Show “Recognized Text” Feedback preference is set in
General Preferences. The default is for the text to appear.