1.5

111WindowsMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
• If youuseMacSpeechDictatewithdifferentmicrophones,you’llneedapro-
leforeachmicrophone.
• If youuseMacSpeechDictateindifferentenvironments(homeandofce,
forexample),youshouldhaveaproleforeachenvironment,astheambient
soundcharacteristicsmaydiffer.
Everyprolehasaname,whichuniquelyidentiesit.Thenameof theactivepro-
leisvisibleintheStatuswindow(asitstitlebar).
Thedataforaprolelivesonyourharddiskasapackagewhoseleextensionis
.dictateprole.Youareofferedthechancetosetaprole’slocationatthetimeyou
createit.Youmayplaceitanywhereyoulike,suchas~/Documents/MacSpeech Pro-
les(youmaywishtocreatethisfolder).Thisallowstheproledatatobebacked
upeasily.Asymboliclinktotheprolewillbefoundin~/Library/Application Sup-
port/MacSpeech/MacSpeech Proles.
ThersttimeyouuseMacSpeechDictate,orthersttimeyouuseadifferentmi-
crophone,therewillbenoprole,andyouwillbepromptedtocreateone.
Tocreate a prole:
• IntheProleswindow,clickthe button.AFileSavedialogappears(“Name
aNewProle”);specifyanameandplacetosavethisprole,andclick
Choose.BackintheProleswindow,chooseamicrophone,spellingsystem,
andaccentfromthepop-upmenusattheright.ClickCreate.Youwillthenbe
takentotheMicrophoneSetupwindowandtheVoiceTrainingwindowfor
furtherpreparationof themicrophoneandvoicemodel.Forafulldiscussion
of theprolecreationprocess,see“InstallationandMakingaVoiceProle.”
Todelete a prole:
• Selecttheprole’slistingintheProleswindowandclickthe button.You
can’tdothisif thereisonlyoneprole.Youcan’tdeletetheactiveprole.