1.5

150e Cache and the Golden RuleMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
yourvoicetoviolatetheGoldenRule.(Butyoushouldtrynotto,of course.)How
canthisbe?
Recallthattherearetwowaysof workingwithMacSpeechDictate:bossingyour
computeraround,andworkingwithtext.Mostof thetime,bossingyourcomputer
aroundandworkingwithtextdon’tinterferewithoneanother.Youcandictate
textforawhile,andthenyoucansay OpenSafari andsoon.Butyoumightboss
yourcomputeraroundinsuchawaythattextisaffected!If thisistextthatyou’re
alreadyworkingwith(sothatit’sinthecache),you’veviolatedtheGoldenRule.
Here’sanexampleof whatcangowrong.Assumeyou’renotinaNotePadwin-
dow;you’reinTextEditorAppleMailorsomething.Andyousay: Thisisavery
badsituation.SelecttheWord“Very”.CutSelection. You’vejustviolatedthe
GoldenRule,eventhoughyouusedonlyyourvoice.
Why?Becausethecommand CutSelection means:“Tellthecurrentapplication
tochooseEdit>Cut.”That’sbossingthecomputeraround.Sothisisexactlythe
sameasif youhadchosenEdit>Cut—usingyourhands.Thecache-conscious
waytodeleteawordis DeletetheWord“Very” .That’sworkingwithtext(and
youknowthisbecause DeletetheWord“Very” isaDictationmodecommand).
Cache Commands
MacSpeechDictateincludestheglobalcommands CacheDocument , Cache
Selection ,and PurgeCache .Theycanhelpyouif theGoldenRuleisacciden-
tallyviolated,andinmanyothersituationswhereMacSpeechDictateneedstoget
“insync”withadocumentthatitcan’t“see.”
Cache
Asyoudictate,andasMacSpeechDictatetypestextforyou,italsoremembersthe
textthatittypesforyou.That’swhyyoucanusecommandslike GoToEnd or
MoveBackwardFiveWords tonavigateandedityourtext:MacSpeechcan