[MV] Re: Ilisten and ViaVoice

[Camner]

What is the difference in what happens when you press both "create phonetic"
and "set phonetic" vs. just "set phonetic"?  It appears that you are
suggesting do both when one is NOT changing the phonetic description and
only "set phonetic" when you ARE changing the phonetic.

Correct?

Robert
>> 
>> 3.  The inability (unless I'm missing something) of adding phrases (e.g.
>> proper names), except via "Learn my Vocabulary", is a pain.  I don't want to
>> write a bunch of stuff with all the names I want in it.  I just want to add
>> the names I use frequently.  Am I missing something here?
> 
> Yes you are. You can use the phonetic editor added in 1.6.0 for this.
> Dictate as you would normally and when a name or phrase is incorrectly
> recognized bring up the correction window and:
> 
> 1) Correct the name or phrase but DO NOT press done.
> 
> 2) Bring up the phonetic editor by choosing by "what you say" from the drop
> down menu on the right.
> 
> 3) Leave the "what you see" box alone and type words that show you you
> pronounce the word / phrase in "what you say" e.g. I chat for iChat, airport
> for AirPort, Mac OS ten for Mac OS X, etc.
> 
> 4) press Create Phonetic
> 
> 5) press Set Phonetic
> 
> Repeat this process for all the problem words / phrases then press done.
> 
> Occasionally you may have to manually edit the phonetic that iListen creates
> during this process; I had to to get iListen to recognize my last name. When
> working with names I have found it best  to leave "what you see" and "what
> you say" alone, but manually edit the phonetic. Once you are done manually
> editing the phonetic press set phonetic (do not press create phonetic in
> this case). The phonetic symbols are documented in the 1.6 addendum PDF
> 
> If you have any more questions feel free to post here.
> 
> -- 
> T. Patrick Henebry
> tphenebry at comcast.net
> 
> 
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