IBM VIAVOICE 10-STANDARD EDITION Manuel utilisateur

IBM

ViaVoice

for Windows

Standard Edition

User’s Guide

Release 10

IBM

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Contents

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

US English and UK English are both

described in this book ........vii

Conventions in this book .......viii

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

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

Using natural commands .......52

General hints and tips.........53

Dictating numbers in the US English version

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

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

Dates .............55

Decimals ............55

Ordinals ............55

Long numbers ..........55

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

Dictating numbers in the UK English version

of ViaVoice ............55

Currency ............55

Dates .............55

Decimals ............55

Ordinals ............55

Long numbers ..........56

Timeofday...........56

Dictating numbers in number mode ....56

Spelling words in spell mode ......56

Saying commands while dictating.....57

Inline dictation commands ......57

"Scratch that" command .......57

Text-editing commands .......57

Bullet lists............58

Commands recognized as text .....58

Dictating e-mail user IDs and URLs ....60

Saving your dictation .........61

Saving a speech session .......61

Saving your dictation as text .....61

Finding new words in your document . . . 62

Chapter 6. Correcting your dictation . . . 63

Using the Correction window ......64

Correcting by voice .........66

Correcting words by typing .......67

Delayed correction ..........68

Delegated correction .........69

Chapter 7. What Can I Say ......71

Views..............72

Interacting with What Can I Say .....73

Expanding or collapsing a view ....73

Commands with words in angle brackets 73

Changing views..........73

Creating notes for What Can I Say . . . 74

Printing the commands in a view ....74

Using an Attention word with commands . . 74

Training a command .........75

Chapter 8. Using the Internet......77

Internet Explorer ..........77

Chapter 9. Customizing ViaVoice ....79

Changing VoiceCenter’s appearance ....79

Appearance tab ..........79

General tab ...........80

Taskbar tab ...........80

Docked tab ...........80

Agent tab ............80

Floating tab ...........80

Changing the microphone’s startup state . . 81

Creating additional voice models .....82

Selecting a vocabulary or topic......82

Changing the active vocabulary to improve

performance (UK English version only) . . . 84

Adding a user ...........85

Making a user name the current user . . . 85

Backing up and restoring user data ....86

Deleting a user name or voice model....87

Setting dictation options ........87

Changing the appearance of the Correction

window .............89

Enabling command sets ........90

Setting Text-To-Speech options ......91

Adjusting recognition sensitivity .....92

Chapter 10. Creating macros......93

Creating a dictation macro .......93

Chapter 11. Getting help .......95

Information Central .........95

Getting context-sensitive help ......96

Question Button Help........96

What’s This Help .........96

Printing help............96

Using Teach Me commands .......96

How do I troubleshoot a problem? ....97

Appendix A. Frequently used commands in

dictation .............99

Formatting and spacing ........99

Punctuation in dictation ........99

Symbols and characters in dictation....100

Symbols and characters in number mode 101

Symbols and characters in spell mode . . . 102

Appendix B. Notices ........105

Trademarks ............106

Other attributions..........107

Glossary ............109

Index..............111

iv ViaVoice for Windows Standard 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.

vi ViaVoice for Windows Standard Edition

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 99, 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 vii

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.

viii ViaVoice for Windows Standard Edition

Chapter 1. Setting up your speech system

This chapter describes how to install ViaVoice on your computer and then set

up your sound system. You should allow 30–45 minutes to complete the

procedures in this chapter:

vInstall ViaVoice from the CD-ROM that comes in your package.

vSet up your audio system. The User Wizard will assist you!

vRecord a story and let ViaVoice create a model of your voice.

vOptionally, if you already have documents that reflect the style and words

(lexicon) that you plan to dictate, you can have ViaVoice analyze those

documents.

The computer on which you will set up your speech system should be in the location where

you plan to dictate. During setup, background noises should be like those you will hear

during future dictation sessions. If there is unusual background noise (for example, street

repairs being done outside an open window) or if you plan to dictate in a noisy location

which is now quiet, wait until the acoustics return to normal before setting up your speech

system.

First check the following points before installing this program.

1. Refer to the side of the box to ensure your computer meets the minimum

requirements for installing this program.

2. If you are installing ViaVoice over an existing IBM speech product or have

IBM speech products in more than one language, read the information in

the Readme file on the ViaVoice distribution CD before installing ViaVoice.

3. Ensure that the disk drive where you plan to install ViaVoice has not been

compressed with disk-compression utilities.

4. If you are installing on Windows XP, your user ID must have

administrator authority.

Installing the ViaVoice software

1. Insert the ViaVoice CD in your CD-ROM drive to start the installation

program. If it does not start automatically, do the following:

a. Click Start > Run from the Windows taskbar.

b. Type d:\setup (where dis your CD-ROM drive).

c. Click OK.

2. Follow the instructions on the screen.

During installation you will see the following windows. (This section does not

show all windows you will see.)

Language selection—Choose the language version you want to install and

click Next.

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