Carl, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've been unable to clearly understand when exactly ViaVoice is being trained. I'm particularly curious to know if I am miss-training when I dictate a first draft, and do not correct mistakes before saving. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Training only works when you correct errors and save your session. Therefore you can dictate a long draft and make no corrections and your user profile is not changed. When you to make corrections it usually helps to select one or two words on either side of the error. When you make the correction the correction is made in context of the words around. Martin Markoe, eMicrophones, Inc. The best microphones for Speech Recognition See us at: http://www.eMicrophones.com See, "Key Steps to High Speech Recognition Accuracy for the Mac" at: http://www.emicrophones.com/docDetails.asp?DocumentID=39