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formostbuilt-invocabularyitems(althoughsomebuilt-invocabularyitemshave
complexautomaticcapitalizationandspacingrules,whichcan’tbefullydisplayed
oredited):
sPaCes before and after.Normalwordswillhaveonespacebeforeandone
spaceafter.Butapunctuationmarkmightfollowadifferentrule.
next Word.Howshouldthewordfollowingthisitembecapitalized?Inmost
cases,“Naturalcapitalization”(thedefault)willbetherightchoice.
LoWer Case in titLes.A“title”isaphrasedictatedwhiletitlecasingisturned
on( CapsOn ).Youmightpreferthat“small”wordssuchas“of ”or“in”not
becapitalizedinsuchphrases.
If avocabularyitemisnotbeingrecognizedcorrectly,youmightwishtotrainthe
pronunciationof theitem.Thismeansthatyoupronouncetheitemseveraltimes,
sothatMacSpeechDictatecanrecordyourvoicesayingitandincorporatethe
recordingintoyourvoicemodel.Totrain a vocabulary item:
• Selecttheitem,andchooseTrainfromthetool(gear)menuatthebottomof 
thewindow.
• Inthedialogforaddinganewvocabularyitem,clickTrain.
MacSpeechDictatepresentsasequenceof trainingdialogs:
1.Adialogexplainingthatyouareabouttopronouncetheitemthreetimes
(clickTraintoproceed).
2.Adialogwhereyoupronouncetheitemthreetimes,watchingforfeedbackin
thedialogsoyouknowMacSpeechDictatehasheardyou.
3.Adialogwhereyouareinformedthatthetrainingprocessisover.
Tocreate a new user vocabulary item:
• Clickthe button.Typetheword,aswritten,inthedialog.Toaddadescrip-
tionof howthewordisspoken,ortotraintheword’spronunciationbyspeak-
ing,clickAdvancedtorevealtherestof thedialog.