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116WindowsMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Creating a Command
Increatingacommand,considerthefollowing:
Context.Shouldthiscommandbeavailableeverywhere(Global),oronlyin
thecontextof somespecicapplication?
name.Thenameof thecommandisthephrasethatyouwillspeaktotrigger
thecommand.Whatshouldthisphrasebe?
imPLementation.Howwillyouimplementthiscommand?Whichof the
abovecommandtypesshoulditbe?
Tocreatethecommand,clickthe button.AcommandcalledCommandName
iscreated.Editeachsetting:
Command.Thisisthenameof thecommand,thephraseyouwillspeakto
triggerthecommand.
desCriPtion.Thisisoptional;if present,itwillappearasatooltipwhenyou
hoverthemouseoverthecommandnameintheAvailableCommandswin-
dow.
Context.Thisistheapplicationinwhichyouwantthecommandtobe
available.Forallapplications,chooseGlobal.ContextsforwhichMacSpeech
Dictatealreadyhasapplication-basedcommandsarelistedinthepop-up
menu(see“Application-BasedCommands”).Tocreateanewcontext,click
ChooseandselectanapplicationintheOpendialog.
tyPe.Pickatypefromthepop-upmenu(see“CommandTypes”).Alter-
natively,if theimplementationinvolvesspecifyingaleorisitself ale,you
maybeablesimplytoleavethepop-upmenuon“Automatic”anddragthe
leontothedragarea.Forexample,if youdraganAutomatorWorkow
le,MacSpeechDictatechoosestheAutomatorWorkowtypeandpointsto
thatle;if youdraganAppleScriptcompiledscriptle,MacSpeechDictate
choosestheAppleScripttypeandcopiesthescriptintotheSourceeld;if you