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15Installation and Making a Voice ProfileMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
listeningtoyourwords;what’simportantishow loudlyyouspeak.Trytospeakat
anatural,consistentloudness,representativeof howyouwillnormallyspeakto
MacSpeechDictateinyourcurrentenvironment.Asyouspeak,thelevelindicator
totherightof themicrophoneiconshowsyoursoundinputlevel,acombination
of howloudlyyouspeakandhowMacSpeechDictatehasadjustedthemicro-
phonesoundinputlevel;andthehorizontalgainindicatorslidermovesleftand
rightasMacSpeechDictateexperimentswithdifferentsoundinputlevels.When
MacSpeechDictatehasheardenough,andhassetyourmicrophonesoundinput
leveloptimally,itwillturnoff themicrophoneandswitchawayfromthiswindow
automatically.If youreachtheendof theparagraphbeforethathappens,start
readingaloudfromthebeginningagain.
note.YoucancheckManualGainSettingif youwanttooperatetheslider
yourself,butMacSpeechDictateshouldbeabletodoabetterjobof adjusting
yourmicrophonesoundinputlevelthanyouwould.
Inthenextwindow,MacSpeechDictatepauses,andplaysbackarecordingof the
lastlittlebitof yourspeech.Listentomakesurethatyourspeechlevelisclearand
undistorted.PressPlaytoheartherecordingagain.Makesurethereisnostatic,
excessnoise,orhum.Suchproblemsareprobablyasignof faultymicrophone
hardwareorabadconnection.If youthinkthere’saproblemwiththerecording,
andyou’dliketoperformthemicrophonesoundleveladjustmentagain,clickthe
left-arrowbuttonatthelowerrighttoreturntothepreviouswindow.(See“Sound
InputTroubleshooting”fortipsondiagnosingsoundinputproblems.)