IBM VIAVOICE 10-PRO USB EDITION Manuel utilisateur

IBM

ViaVoice

for Windows

Pro USB Edition

User’s Guide

Release 10

IBM

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Contents

Welcome to ViaVoice ........vii

US English and UK English are both

described in this book .........ix

Conventions in this book ........x

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 .......20

Correcting errors ..........21

Try re-dictating your text before correction 21

Correcting misrecognized words ....21

Removing inserted words ......22

Correcting capitalization errors.....22

Next steps after correction .......23

Analyzing My Documents .......24

Troubleshooting dictation problems ....24

Chapter 3. Introducing VoiceCenter . . . 27

VoiceCenter components ........28

ViaVoice menu ...........30

Chapter 4. Dictating into SpeakPad . . . 33

SpeakPad menus and buttons ......34

General hints and tips.........36

Dictating numbers in the US English version

of ViaVoice ............37

Currency ............37

Dates .............37

Decimals ............37

Ordinals ............37

Long numbers ..........37

Timeofday...........37

Dictating numbers in the UK English version

of ViaVoice ............37

Currency ............37

Dates .............37

Decimals ............38

Ordinals ............38

Long numbers ..........38

Timeofday...........38

Dictating numbers in number mode ....38

Spelling words in spell mode ......38

Saying commands while dictating.....39

Inline dictation commands ......39

"Scratch that" command .......39

Text-editing commands .......40

Bullet lists............40

Just say their names ........40

Commands recognized as text .....40

Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs ....42

Transferring your dictation to another

application ............43

Saving your dictation in SpeakPad ....44

Saving a speech session .......44

Saving your dictation as text .....44

Finding new words in your document . . . 45

Chapter 5. Dictating into Microsoft Word 47

Installing Word Program Support .....47

Try your first dictation into Word .....48

ViaVoice menus and buttons in Word . . . 50

General hints and tips.........52

Dictating numbers in the US English version

of ViaVoice ............53

Currency ............53

Dates .............53

Decimals ............53

Ordinals ............53

Long numbers ..........54

Timeofday...........54

Dictating numbers in the UK English version

of ViaVoice ............54

Currency ............54

Dates .............54

Decimals ............54

Ordinals ............54

Long numbers ..........54

Timeofday...........55

Dictating numbers in number mode ....55

Spelling words in spell mode ......55

Saying commands while dictating.....56

Inline dictation commands ......56

"Scratch that" command .......56

Text-editing commands .......56

Bullet lists............57

Just say their names ........57

Commands recognized as text .....57

Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs ....59

Saving your dictation .........60

Saving a speech session .......60

Saving your dictation as text .....60

Finding new words in your document . . . 61

Creating ViaVoice Documents ......62

Creating ViaVoice Templates ......63

Using ViaVoice Bookmarks .......64

Chapter 6. Correcting your dictation . . . 65

Using the Correction window ......66

Correcting by voice .........68

Correcting words by typing .......69

Delayed correction ..........70

Delegated correction .........71

Chapter 7. Dictating to your applications 73

Dictating directly ..........73

Using Auto-start dictation .......74

Dictating directly into a spreadsheet ....74

Chapter 8. What Can I Say ......75

Views..............76

Interacting with What Can I Say .....78

Expanding or collapsing a view ....78

Commands with words in angle brackets 78

Changing views..........79

Creating notes for What Can I Say . . . 79

Printing the commands in a view ....79

Using an Attention word with commands . . 79

Training a command .........81

Chapter 9. Using natural commands . . . 83

General guidelines ..........83

Using commands that have variables. . . 85

Correcting errors .........85

Word..............86

Excel ..............87

Entering data into a spreadsheet ....87

Outlook .............89

Chapter 10. Using the Internet and E-mail 91

Internet Explorer ..........91

Working with e-mail .........92

Composing e-mail .........92

Checking for e-mail ........93

America Online (AOL) ........94

Navigating ...........94

Dictating e-mail ..........94

Dictating in a chat room .......95

Sending messages with Instant Messenger

(sm)..............95

Chapter 11. Navigating with your voice . . 97

Desktop commands .........98

Navigate the active program ......98

Just say their name.........98

Say what you can’t see .......98

Say letters and numbers .......99

When you see 'Pardon me' ......99

Text editing ...........100

Selecting keys with your voice ....100

Voice Mouse ...........100

Positioning the pointer .......101

Stopping and fine-tuning the pointer . . 101

Clicking the mouse buttons .....101

Chapter 12. Customizing ViaVoice . . . 103

Changing VoiceCenter’s appearance....103

Appearance tab .........103

General tab ...........104

Taskbar tab ...........104

Docked tab ...........104

Agent tab ...........104

Floating tab ...........104

Changing the microphone’s startup state . . 105

Creating additional voice models ....106

Selecting a vocabulary or topic .....106

Changing the active vocabulary to improve

performance (UK English version only) . . 108

Adding a user ...........109

Making a user name the current user . . . 109

Backing up and restoring user data ....110

Deleting a user name or voice model . . . 111

Setting dictation options .......111

Changing the appearance of the Correction

window .............113

Enabling command sets ........114

Setting Text-To-Speech options .....115

Adjusting recognition sensitivity .....116

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Chapter 13. Creating macros .....117

Creating a dictation macro .......117

Creating a macro template .......119

Before you start .........119

Creating the template form......119

Creating navigation macros ......122

Always Active macro .......123

Application macro ........123

Cross Program macro .......125

Creating ViaVoice Marks ......126

Importing and exporting ......127

Chapter 14. Getting help .......129

Information Central .........129

Getting context-sensitive help ......130

Question Button Help .......130

What’s This Help .........130

Printing help ...........130

Using Teach Me commands ......130

How do I troubleshoot a problem? ....131

Appendix A. Frequently used commands

in dictation ...........133

Formatting and spacing........133

Punctuation in dictation........133

Symbols and characters in dictation....134

Symbols and characters in number mode 135

Symbols and characters in spell mode . . . 136

Appendix B. Notices ........139

Trademarks ............140

Other attributions..........141

Glossary ............143

Index .............145

Contents v

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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 8. If

you are primarily interested in dictating documents rather than speaking

commands, you can skip this chapter.

vIf you are not comfortable with the mouse and keyboard, no problem! Issue

commands and control your computer by speaking. See Chapter 11 for

information on navigating by voice.

vOnce you are comfortable with your system, personalize ViaVoice.

Chapter 12 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 14 describes all the information available at your

fingertips.

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US English and UK English are both described in this book

This book contains information on using ViaVoice in both UK English and US

English. You will select one of these languages to install on your computer.

Make sure you use the appropriate information in this book for the installed

language.

Keep in mind that these languages have many differences, and each language

version of ViaVoice is specifically tailored to understand what speakers of that

language will probably say. For example, if you are using US English and say

'analyze my voice' during a dictation, that is what you will see in your text.

However, the same words spoken for UK English will result in 'analyse my

voice'.

Other differences include the following:

vThe words for some punctuation marks and symbols differ between the two

languages. In US English, the words "pound sign" result in "#"; in UK

English, the same words result in "£". The punctuation at the end of a

normal declarative sentence is "period" in US English and "full stop" in UK

English. See Appendix A, “Frequently used commands in dictation” on

page 133, where these differences are highlighted.

vNumbers and number formatting are handled differently between the two

languages. See “Dictating numbers in the US English version of ViaVoice”

on page 37 and “Dictating numbers in the UK English version of ViaVoice”

on page 37 for usage and examples.

vFolder names, window titles, program components and voice commands

are referred to using their US English names throughout this book. In the

UK English language version of ViaVoice some of these items appear in a

slightly different form, e.g.: VoiceCenter/VoiceCentre, Capitalize

this/Capitalise this, IBM ViaVoice/IBM ViaVoice UK English.

The text in this book uses the US English orthography. All pictures of

windows and panels are taken from the US English language version.

Welcome to ViaVoice ix

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 and Professional Edition. This

symbol alerts you to information about

this limitation.

Woodrow, the ViaVoice agent, points out a

helpful hint or tip.

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