1.5
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Making a Voice Profile
- Interface
- Modes and the Microphone
- Dictation Mode
- Spelling Mode
- Punctuation
- Commands
- Windows
- Menus
- Tips on Speaking
- The Cache and the Golden Rule
- Sound Input Troubleshooting
- What’s Installed Where
53PunctuationMacSpeech Dictate 1.5
Punctuation
InbothDictationmodeandSpellingmode,youcansaythenamesof punctuation
marksthatMacSpeechDictateshouldtype.Thischapterliststhenamesof these
symbols.ThesenamesarelistedalsointheAvailableCommandswindow(and,for
Dictationmode,intheVocabularyEditorwindow).
TherearesomebroaddifferencesbetweensayingapunctuationmarkinDictation
modeandsayingitinSpellingmode.
InDictationmode,MacSpeechDictatewillattempttoinsertintelligent automatic
spacing.(Forexample,itwillprobablyputaspacebefore“openquote”andafter
“closequote”.)Youmaybeabletopreventthisbyswitching
NoSpace
on.Butfor
nestcontrol,useSpellingmode.
InSpellingmode,ontheotherhand,MacSpeechDictatetypesthesymboland
that’sall.Also,Spellingmodehasalargerrepertoryof punctuationmarks(andof
thingsyoucansaytotypethem).
sPaCes
What You Say Result Mode Comments
SpaceBar
Both Spacecharacter
No-BreakSpace;Non-BreakableSpace;
UnbreakableSpace
Spelling
NewLine;NextLine
Dictation Singlereturncharacter
NewParagraph;NextParagraph
Dictation Doublereturncharacter
TabKey
Dictation Tabcharacter