IBM VIAVOICE 10-ADVANCED EDITION Manuale utente

IBM

ViaVoice

for Windows

Personal Edition

User’s Guide

Release 10

IBM

ViaVoice

for Windows

Personal Edition

User’s Guide

Release 10

IBM

Note

Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to read the information in Appendix C,

“Notices” on page 103.

First Edition (August 2002)

This edition applies to version 1, release 10, modification 0 of IBM ViaVoice for Windows Personal Edition US English

(program number 5724-C96) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new

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Contents

Welcome to ViaVoice .........v

Conventions in this book .......vii

Chapter 1. Setting up your speech system . 1

Installing the ViaVoice software ......2

Setting up your microphone and audio system 6

Creating a voice model.........8

Analyzing your voice .........10

Analyzing your documents .......12

Troubleshooting setup problems .....13

Unable to install ViaVoice ......13

Problems with audio setup ......13

Poor recognition .........14

Chapter 2. The magic of dictating with

ViaVoice .............17

Practice dictating ..........18

Finding recognition errors .......19

Correcting errors ..........20

Try re-dictating your text before correction 20

Correcting misrecognized words ....20

Removing inserted words ......21

Correcting capitalization errors.....21

Next steps after correction .......21

Analyzing My Documents .......22

Troubleshooting dictation problems ....23

Chapter 3. Introducing VoiceCenter . . . 25

VoiceCenter components ........26

ViaVoice menu ...........28

Chapter 4. Dictating into SpeakPad . . . 31

SpeakPad menus and buttons ......32

General hints and tips.........34

Dictating numbers in the US English version

of ViaVoice ............35

Currency ............35

Dates .............35

Decimals ............35

Ordinals ............35

Long numbers ..........35

Timeofday...........35

Dictating numbers in number mode ....35

Spelling words in spell mode ......36

Saying commands while dictating.....36

Inline dictation commands ......36

"Scratch that" command .......36

Text-editing commands .......37

Bullet lists............37

Commands recognized as text .....37

Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs ....39

Transferring your dictation to another

application ............40

Saving your dictation in SpeakPad ....41

Saving a speech session .......41

Saving your dictation as text .....41

Finding new words in your document . . . 42

Chapter 5. Dictating into Microsoft Word 43

Installing Word Program Support .....43

Try your first dictation into Word .....44

ViaVoice menus and buttons in Word . . . 45

Using natural commands .......47

General hints and tips.........48

Dictating numbers in the US English version

of ViaVoice ............49

Currency ............49

Dates .............49

Decimals ............50

Ordinals ............50

Long numbers ..........50

Timeofday...........50

Dictating numbers in number mode ....50

Spelling words in spell mode ......50

Saying commands while dictating.....51

Inline dictation commands ......51

"Scratch that" command .......51

Text-editing commands .......51

Bullet lists............52

Commands recognized as text .....52

Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs ....54

Saving your dictation .........55

Saving a speech session .......55

Saving your dictation as text .....55

Finding new words in your document . . . 56

Chapter 6. Correcting your dictation . . . 57

Using the Correction window ......58

Correcting by voice .........60

Correcting words by typing .......61

Delayed correction ..........62

Delegated correction .........63

Chapter 7. What Can I Say ......65

Views..............66

Interacting with What Can I Say .....67

Expanding or collapsing a view ....67

Commands with words in angle brackets 67

Changing views..........67

Creating notes for What Can I Say . . . 68

Printing the commands in a view ....68

Using an Attention word with commands . . 68

Training a command .........69

Chapter 8. Using the Internet......71

InternetExplorer..........71

Chapter9.CustomizingViaVoice....73

Changing VoiceCenter’s appearance ....73

Appearance tab ..........73

General tab ...........74

Taskbar tab ...........74

Docked tab ...........74

Agent tab ............74

Floating tab ...........74

Changing the microphone’s startup state . . 75

Creating additional voice models .....76

Selecting a vocabulary or topic......76

Adding a user ...........78

Making a user name the current user . . . 78

Backing up and restoring user data ....79

Deleting a user name or voice model....79

Setting dictation options ........80

Changing the appearance of the Correction

window .............82

Enabling command sets ........83

Setting Text-To-Speech options ......84

Adjusting recognition sensitivity .....85

Chapter 10. Creating macros......87

Creating a dictation macro .......87

Chapter 11. Getting help .......89

Information Central .........89

Getting context-sensitive help ......90

Question Button Help........90

What’s This Help .........90

Printing help............90

Using Teach Me commands .......90

How do I troubleshoot a problem? ....91

Appendix A. Getting technical support . . 93

Frequently Asked Questions Database . . . 93

Information required before you contact

Support

for Use Pack users

......94

Microphone

support......... 94

Related services.

..........9

Appendix B. Frequently used commands in

dictation .............97

Formatting and spacing ........97

Punctuation in dictation ........97

Symbols and characters in dictation ....98

Symbols and characters in number mode . . 99

Symbols and characters in spell mode . . . 99

Appendix C. Notices ........103

Trademarks ............104

Other attributions..........105

Glossary ............107

Index .............109

iv ViaVoice for Windows Personal Edition

Welcome to ViaVoice

IBM ViaVoice will change the way you use your computer. You can now

dictate text and control your computer by voice.

Imagine yourself sitting at your computer, composing a letter to a friend. Say

"Dictate to SpeakPad". ViaVoice’s word processor opens, and you dictate the

letter using normal speech. You can do this with ViaVoice—you talk, it types!

The computer translates your words and phrases into actions that carry out

commands or create text. Imagine the simplicity of working at your computer

just by speaking. With ViaVoice, say goodbye to the drudgery of typing.

ViaVoice is probably not like any software you have ever used! To get the

most from ViaVoice and become a great user—even if you have already used

a speech-recognition product—we recommend that you go through this book

following these sign posts.

Install the software and set up your speech system. Start by

following the instructions in Chapter 1 to install ViaVoice and prepare

your sound system so that ViaVoice can understand you. You must set

up your speech system as described in Chapter 1 before you can

work satisfactorily with ViaVoice.

Get comfortable by practicing dictation. Having installed ViaVoice

and set up your speech system, you will then probably want to

practice dictating. Chapter 2 shows you how to dictate into SpeakPad.

We recommend that you practice with the material in this chapter, and

become comfortable speaking to SpeakPad, before exploring other

parts of ViaVoice.

Learn how to use the VoiceCenter. Once you are comfortable with

speaking to your computer, familiarize yourself with VoiceCenter, the

heart of your speech system. VoiceCenter controls your spoken

interactions with your computer. Chapter 3 describes the functions

available through VoiceCenter.

Once you have mastered the material in the first three chapters, explore the

other ViaVoice functions to become even more productive:

vUse SpeakPad, described in Chapter 4, to dictate your documents and

letters. A word of advice: make sure you’ve gone through Chapter 2,

mentioned above, before turning to this chapter.

vDo you prefer using Microsoft

Word? Chapter 5 gives you the complete

picture on dictating into Word 97, Word 2000, or Word 2002.

vYour dictation is not finished until you have corrected the recognition errors

in the text. Correcting these errors is one of the most important ways to

help ViaVoice learn what you say. Do not close your dictation sessions until

you have corrected them as described in Chapter 6.

vWhat do you want to do? You can see all the commands for controlling

your computer in the What Can I Say window, described in Chapter 7. If

you are primarily interested in dictating documents rather than speaking

commands, you can skip this chapter.

vOnce you are comfortable with your system, personalize ViaVoice.

Chapter 9 describes the features for extending the usefulness of your system

and gives you suggestions for tailoring it for your needs.

vViaVoice is loaded with information like online help and printable online

material. Chapter 11 describes all the information available at your

fingertips.

vAppendix A contains the details for getting support when things go wrong.

You can find more information about ViaVoice on the Internet, and the

Technical Support Center is as close as a telephone call or an e-mail. Look

at this appendix when you need answers to your questions.

vi ViaVoice for Windows Personal Edition

Conventions in this book

Please note the following textual and graphical conventions used in this book.

Commands and words that you say to

your computer are shown in bold within

double quotation marks.

Say "Capitalize this".

Say "What Can I Say for Desktop".

Some multiple-word commands are shown

as joined words or hyphenated words.

NEWPARAGRAPH

NEWLINE

NO-SPACE

Spelling a word is shown with a hyphen

separating each letter in the word. Dictate "r-e-c-o-g-n-i-t-i-o-n".

The names of buttons, fields and check

boxes appear in bold.

Click OK to accept the name in the User

Name field.

A series of items that you click with the

mouse to start a function appear in bold

and are separated by angle brackets. In

this example, the first item to click is the

Start button, and the last is the function to

open VoiceCenter.

Select Start > Programs > IBM ViaVoice >

VoiceCenter.

This symbol identifies information that is

particularly important.

In addition, navigation and some

commands are available only when

ViaVoice is installed on Windows 98

Second Edition, Windows Me, or Windows

XP Home Edition. This symbol alerts you

to information about this limitation.

Woodrow, the ViaVoice agent, points out a

helpful hint or tip.

Welcome to ViaVoice vii

viii ViaVoice for Windows Personal Edition

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