IBM ViaVoice Pro Millennium Readme

Release 7.0 August 19, 1999

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-his Read$e contains the latest in)or$ation on 7ia7oice Millenniu$. *lease )a$iliari;e yoursel) +ith this Read$e. Be)ore calling -echnical "upport, you should revie+ this Read$e i) you have a <uestion that is not covered in the =I$proving 1our 7oice Recognition= 5elp )ile and other 5elp )iles )ound in In)or$ation Central, or the !ser6s #uide. ote> Be)ore using this in)or$ation and the product it supports, read the general in)or$ation under -rade$ar?s and otes.

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I) you install 7ia7oice Millenniu$ over a previous 7ia7oice continuous speech product, the installation progra$ $igrates your personal speech data )ro$ the previous product to 7ia7oice Millenniu$. "peech data such as added +ords, dictation and navigation $acros, and your personal voca'ulary Alanguage $odelB are $igrated to 7ia7oice Millenniu$. 5o+ever, your 7ia7oice enroll$ents are not $igrated and cannot 'e used 'y 7ia7oice Millenniu$. 1ou +ill 'e as?ed to run the Analy;e My 7oice 4i;ard and create a ne+ 7oice Model. I) you install $ultiple language versions o) 7ia7oice Millenniu$, +e reco$$end that you install the !.". .nglish version )irst, i) applica'le. Be)ore you install 7ia7oice Millenniu$ on a co$puter that has a discrete speech product Aspea?ing +ith pauses 'et+een +ordsB installed such as 7oice-ype 3.0.C or "i$ply "pea?ing, 'e sure that you $anually uninstall the discrete speech product )irst. 1ou $ust 'ac?up and save your !ser data prior to uninstalling, i) you thin? you +ill +ant to install the discrete speech product again. 1our discrete 7oice-ype enroll$ents, personal speech data, and !ser data cannot 'e used 'y 7ia7oice Millenniu$ and they +ill not 'e saved. 1ou +ill 'e as?ed to run the Analy;e My 7oice 4i;ard to create a ne+ !ser and 7oice Model.

I) you have already installed a 7ia7oice Millenniu$ product on your co$puter, you should have created a !ser and 7oice Model. 5o+ever, i) you have !ser data )or 7ia7oice 9D on another co$puter that you created prior to installing 7ia7oice Millenniu$, you $ay +ant to $igrate your personal speech data so you can use it +ith the current product. "peech data such as added +ords, dictation $acros, and your personal voca'ulary Alanguage $odelB are $igrated to 7ia7oice Millenniu$. Bac?up the !ser data )ro$ the previous product, using dis?ettes, )ro$ ViaVoice Options 'y selecting the Backup 'utton on the User ta'. Restore this !ser data on the co$puter +ith 7ia7oice Millenniu$ installed )ro$ ViaVoice Options 'y selecting the Restore 'utton on the User ta'. 1our 7ia7oice enroll$ents are not $igrated and cannot 'e used. 1ou +ill 'e as?ed to run Analy;e My 7oice 4i;ard to create a ne+ 7oice Model. I) you install 7ia7oice Millenniu$ over ,ly$pus 7ia7oice -ranscription or other dictation so)t+are 'ased on 7ia7oice, and then uninstall 7ia7oice Millenniu$, and you +ant to continue using your other dictation so)t+are Asuch as ,ly$pus 7ia7oice -ranscriptionB, you $ust uninstall the other dictation so)t+are, then reinstall it in the sa$e directory. 1our personal dictation data Aadded +ords, enroll$ents, etc.B +ill 'e saved.

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As a result o) usa'ility testing and user )eed'ac?, 7ia7oice Millenniu$ contains $any ne+ and i$proved )eatures )ro$ previous versions o) IBM 7ia7oice and IBM 7oice-ype products. I) you are a prior user o) these IBM speech products, you +ill li?ely go through a transition period as you )orget your old ha'its and learn the ne+ +ays o) 7ia7oice Millenniu$. *lease re)er to the 7ia7oice Millenniu$ .dition !ser6s #uide )or )urther in)or$ation on ho+ to use these )eatures. @ 'eature (omparison )* Version+

ViaVoice 98 Old 'eatures+

ViaVoice Millennium New 'eatures+ 4hat Can 1ou -each Me Assistance

Multi$edia -ours @ ViaVoice Wi,ards - User Wi,ard. /udio %etup. /nal*,e M* Voice. /nal*,e M* 0ocuments. and Reco1nition Wi,ard+ -he 7ia7oice Millenniu$ !ser 4i;ard guides you through the steps to get started. A)ter setting up your $icrophone, the Analy;e My 7oice 4i;ard +al?s you through the steps to learn your voice. .nroll$ents are no+ called 7oice Models and the Analy;e My 7oice 4i;ard replaces the .nroll$ent progra$. -he Analy;e My &ocu$ents 4i;ard, +hich replaces the 7oca'ulary .Cpander progra$, then guides you through the steps to create a personal voca'ulary 'y analy;ing your eCisting docu$ents so that 7ia7oice can learn $ore a'out your individual +riting style. Many o) the tools )ro$ previous 7ia7oice products Asuch as .nroll$ent or 7oca'ulary .CpanderB are no+ +i;ards that guide you through the steps to getting the (o' done. 1ou +ill also )ind ne+ +i;ards to help you solve recognition pro'le$s and create, i$port, and eCport navigation $acros. Voice(enter+ 1ou +ill notice that 7ia7oice Millenniu$ has a 'rand ne+ loo?. 7oiceCenter has 'een i$proved, allo+ing you to doc? it directly onto your progra$s, use an ani$ated 7ia7oice Agent to let you ?no+ the status o) 7ia7oice, or even hide the 7oiceCenter altogether. Most o) the 7ia7oice tools progra$s that +ere located in the IBM ViaVoice, ools $enu have 'een consolidated into the ViaVoice $enu in 7oiceCenter to $a?e it a single point o) re)erence. 5o+ever, the Install or Uninstall /pplication %upport and the Voca)ular* and opic Installer $enu ite$s are accessi'le )ro$ the IBM ViaVoice )older. "o$e ite$s )ro$ the Installation ools $enu have 'een $oved. -he !ninstall 7ia7oice option is accessi'le )ro$ Control *anel under AddGRe$ove *rogra$s. ViaVoice Options is accessi'le directly )ro$ the Control *anel or )ro$ the User Options $enu on the ViaVoice $enu. -he Register 1our 7ia7oice "o)t+are option is accessi'le )ro$ the 2elp $enu on the ViaVoice $enu. New 0irect 0ictation Be$a&ior+ !sing this )eature, you can &ictate &irectly into any progra$ that accepts teCt. 1ou can dictate into teCt )ields, dialog 'oCes, or ta'le cells %any+here that teCt is accepted. Al$ost all dictation capa'ilities availa'le in "pea?*ad are also availa'le in &irect &ictation.

!nli?e the previous 7ia7oice version, 7ia7oice Millenniu$ *ro allo+s you to have &irect &ictation active in all o) your progra$s. Hust say =&ictate &irectly= and &irect &ictation is ena'led +henever you see =&ictating directly...= in the 7oiceCenter "tatus Area. &ictation is auto$atically suspended +hen )ocus is not on a valid teCt )ield, such as +hen you open a pop%up $enu or clic? on a 'utton. I) you +ant to stop the &ictate &irectly )eature, say I*ause &irect &ictationJ or I"top &irect &ictationJ. "ay IResu$e &irect &ictationJ +hen you are ready to continue. @ 'eatures to Impro&e 0ictation /ccurac*+ I$proved dictation accuracy +as an i$portant )actor in the develop$ent o) 7ia7oice Millenniu$. Many ne+ enhance$ents contri'ute to the a'ility to achieve this i$proved accuracy. 8or eCa$ple, it +as discovered that $any people )ind it <uic?er to correct their dictation using the ?ey'oard. "o, in 7ia7oice Millenniu$, even i) your corrections are $ade $anually, 7ia7oice +ill analy;e your docu$ent, help you add the ne+ +ords to your voca'ulary, and update your personal voca'ulary 'ased on the corrections you $ade. ,ther ne+ )eatures include>
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Updatin1 3our Voice Models Be)ore you start using 7ia7oice )or dictation, you read a short story so 7ia7oice can learn ho+ you pronounce +ords. -hen 7ia7oice $onitors your progress as you dictate and correct teCt. A)ter 7ia7oice has accu$ulated a signi)icant sa$ple o) your dictated speech data, you are as?ed i) you +ould li?e to process the in)or$ation to i$prove your personal voice $odel. !sing this approach, 7ia7oice i$proves your voice $odel 'ased on the +ords you chose to dictate rather than having you read so$e pre%de)ined teCt. /nal*,in1 3our 0ocuments A)ter you set up your $icrophone and teach 7ia7oice ho+ you spea?, the !ser 4i;ard +ill +al? you through the steps to analy;e your docu$ents. 4hen you analy;e your docu$ents, 7ia7oice +ill ad(ust to your +riting style and search )or +ords that are not currently in the 7ia7oice voca'ulary. 7ia7oice +ill then as? you i) you +ant to add these +ords to your personal voca'ulary. 1ou can have 7ia7oice analy;e your docu$ents at any ti$e 'y selecting the /nal*,e M* 0ocuments $enu ite$ )ro$ the ViaVoice, ools $enu. By analy;ing the +ay you +rite and dictate, 7ia7oice adapts to your +riting style. 'ind New Words "o$eti$es you $ay +ant to analy;e the current docu$ent you are +or?ing on. 8or eCa$ple, the docu$ent $ay contain several +ords or acrony$s that $ay not 'e in your personal voca'ulary. 4ith 7ia7oice Millenniu$, you can open one o) these eCisting docu$ents and select 'ind New Words $enu ite$ )ro$ ViaVoice, ools $enu. 7ia7oice )inds the ne+ +ords and, i) necessary, +ill as? you to pronounce the$ 'e)ore adding the$ to your personal voca'ulary. 7ia7oice Millenniu$ even ta?es into consideration the conteCt in +hich the +ords are used so that it ?no+s ho+ they $ight 'e used in the )uture.

'ast 4ditin1 and (orrection+ Many people pre)er to $a?e corrections 'y editing the docu$ent rather than using the Correction 4indo+. -here)ore, 7ia7oice Millenniu$ has 'een designed to learn )ro$ your corrections, +hether you do the$ $anually or use the Correction 4indo+. I) +ords that are added to the docu$ents $anually are not in your personal voca'ulary, +hen the docu$ent is saved, 7ia7oice +ill as? i) you +ant to add the ne+ +ords to your personal voca'ulary. 7ia7oice then updates your personal voca'ulary +ith the ne+ +ords, including the conteCt in +hich they +ere used so that the neCt ti$e these +ords are dictated, they +ill 'e recogni;ed correctly. 7ia7oice Millenniu$ allo+s $ultiple +ays to correct teCt. 4hen in "pea?*ad or Microso)t 4ord, say =Correct KteCtL= to open the 7ia7oice Correction 4indo+, +here you can choose )ro$ a list o) alternate +ords to correct KteCtL. Another option is to select the +ords and then type the correct teCt. 1ou can also select the incorrect +ords and then re%dictate the correct teCt. By using this $ulti%$odal approach to correction, +e decreased the ti$e it ta?es to $a?e corrections.

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@ 4hen using 4indo+s 9D only, i) you eCperience syste$ crashes )or )iles that 'egin +ith the letters =,/.=, go to the )ollo+ing +e' site> +++.$icroso)t.co$Gco$ and clic? on the lin? =&istri'uted C,M A&C,MB=. ,n this page, clic? on the lin? =&o+nloads M C&%R,M"=, and then clic? on the lin? =&C,M9D )or 4indo+s 9D= to do+nload and run the )ile =&C,M9D..N.=. -his )ile contains i$portant updates )or 4indo+s 9D, +hich can correct these pro'le$s. Installing a 7ia7oice 9D or earlier version progra$ over 7ia7oice Millenniu$ is not reco$$ended. 1ou should uninstall 7ia7oice Millenniu$ prior to installing the 7ia7oice 9D or earlier version progra$. 4hen 'ac?ing up or restoring a user using 4indo+s 9EG9D, the speech 'u''le graphic $ay stop $oving )or a couple seconds and then 'egin to $ove again. 5o+ever, the syste$ is still per)or$ing the 'ac?upGrestore )unction and it +ill 'e co$pleted properly. 4hen using so$e 4indo+s 9E $ode$ dial%up connections, you $ay get a :ernel30 page )ault +ith auto$atic dial%up. Close the error +indo+. -o avoid this pro'le$, you should $anually initiate the dial%up to connect to the I"* AInternet "ervice *roviderB. *reventing doc?ing support )or progra$s )ro$ the 0ocked ta' in 7oiceCenter *roperties allo+s you to change the doc?ing 'ehavior o) the 7oiceCenter, 'ut does not disa'le speech recognition support )or the progra$. "o$eti$es +hen you install ,ly$pus 7ia7oice -ranscription over 7ia7oice Millenniu$, the ,ly$pus 7ia7oice -ranscription installation progra$ $ight cause a page )ault. "i$ply close the page )ault dialog 'oC and proceed +ith ,ly$pus 7ia7oice -ranscription installation. -he installation +ill co$plete success)ully. 4hen you install /otus "$art"uite Release 9.E over 7ia7oice Millenniu$, you +ill see a page )ault +hen you try to start 7oiceCenter. -o resolve this pro'le$, you $ust run the Repair progra$ that is included on the 7ia7oice Millenniu$ C&. Close all applications on your co$puter. #o to the %upport directory on the 7ia7oice Millenniu$ C&, and dou'le%clic? on the =R.*AIR..N.= progra$ to initiate the repair process. A)ter restarting your syste$, you can start 7oiceCenter. 4hen installing 4orld Boo? 99 +ith 7ia7oice over 7ia7oice Millenniu$, you +ill see the /dd IBM ViaVoice 5old Runtime $essage. 1ou $ust select 46it )ro$ this $essage and installation +ill co$plete success)ully. 4hen entering teCt into a cell, either dictated or typed, Microso)t .Ccel does not allo+ progra$s to access the teCt 'eing entered. &ue to this pro'le$, the Begin Reading )unction +ill not read your teCt until you have s+itched )ocus to a di))erent cell and then 'ac? to the cell you +ant read 'ac? to you.

&ictation /i$itations

4hen using "pea?*ad or Microso)t 4ord to dictate eCtre$ely large )iles, you $ay )ind that the =8ind e+ 4ords= )eature )ro$ the ViaVoice, ools $enu or the =Auto 8ind e+ 4ords= )eature +hen you close a saved docu$ent +ith ne+ +ords does not +or?. 1ou should turn o)) the =Auto )ind ne+ +ords= )eature. 8ro$ ViaVoice Options. on the 0ictation ta', clear the /uto 7ind new words chec? 'oC. -hen you can select groups o) teCt and select the 'ind New Words $enu ite$ )ro$ the ViaVoice, ools $enu to )ind ne+ +ords. 4hen using the 7ia7oice dictation support )or Microso)t 4ord 0000, you $ust set the security level to lo+. Clic? the ools $enu in 4ord, point to Macro, and then clic? %ecurit*. ,n the %ecurit* 8e&el ta', clic? 8ow and then clic? O9. -hen, restart 4ord to ena'le 7ia7oice 4ord support. 4hen using Microso)t 4ord 0000 to dictate docu$ents and you do not save the docu$ent prior to closing it, the =Auto 8ind e+ 4ords= )eature does not search )or your ne+ +ords. 1ou should save your docu$ent using the %a&e or %a&e /s $enu ite$ 'e)ore selecting the (lose $enu ite$. I) you already chose to save the docu$ent at closing, you can open the docu$ent again and then select the 'ind New Words $enu ite$ )ro$ the ViaVoice, ools $enu to search the docu$ent )or ne+ +ords. &ue to a li$itation +ith Microso)t 4ord 97 or 0000, the =Auto 8ind e+ 4ords= )eature is not a'le to )ind so$e ne+ +ords that appear at the end o) the docu$ent. 1ou should turn o)) the =Auto )ind ne+ +ords= )eature. 8ro$ ViaVoice Options. on the 0ictation ta', clear the /uto 7ind new words chec? 'oC. -hen you can select the 'ind New Words $enu ite$ )ro$ the ViaVoice, ools $enu to )ind ne+ +ords. 4hen using Microso)t 4ord 97 or 0000, the /uto 7ind new words )eature and 'ind New Words $enu ite$ can only 'e used on the )irst docu$ent you open. I) you open $ultiple docu$ents, these )eatures are not availa'le. 1ou should dictate into one docu$ent and $a?e any necessary corrections, save and close it, and then open another docu$ent )or dictation. &ue to a li$itation +ith Microso)t 4ord 0000, so$e co$puters eCperience a pro'le$ +hen you open a previously dictated 4ord docu$ent and you cannot dictate or correct. 1ou should close the 4ord progra$ and open the docu$ent 'y dou'le%clic?ing on the )ile icon. "ince this pro'le$ only occurs on so$e $achines, you could also open the docu$ent in 4ord on di))erent $achine. 4hen you have Microso)t 4ord open Ausing 7ia7oice dictation supportB and also have "pea?*ad open, you $ay get a $essage 'oC stating, ="pea?*ad> *lease +ait...=, +hich appears +hen you clic? on "pea?*ad to dictate. -his $essage should go a+ay auto$atically, 'ut $ay not in so$e cases. -o re$ove this $essage and dictate into "pea?*ad, turn the $icrophone o)) and then 'ac? on again. 4hen you create )or$s in Microso)t 4ord and then try to dictate into the )or$ )ields, 7ia7oice does not support dictation. -his is 'ecause you are no longer dictating into a docu$ent, instead this )or$ has 'eco$e a dialog +ith teCt )ields. In order to dictate into the )ields, you $ust say =&ictate &irectly= to use the &irect &ictation )eature, +hich supports dictation into teCt )ields. I) you dictate into a +ord processor that has a tool'ar +ith a )ont si;e 'oC such as /otus 4ord *ro or Microso)t 4ord, nu$'ers you dictate $ay 'e recogni;ed occasionally as a co$$and and result in an un+anted change in the )ont si;e. -his happens +hen you pause 'e)ore and a)ter you dictate a nu$'er and 7ia7oice interprets it as a co$$and, rather than dictated teCt. I) you are having this pro'le$, you should use the attention +ord =Co$puter= 'e)ore any co$$and. -his re<uires that the attention +ord 'e spo?en 'e)ore all co$$ands,

other than 0ictation Inline co$$ands i) you use these co$$ands +hile dictating. -he re<uired attention +ord can 'e selected in ViaVoice Options, on the (ommand %ets ta'. @ 1ou $ust set advanced options )or certain +ord processing progra$s such as /otus 4ord *ro or Microso)t 4ord, to avoid unintentionally deleting surrounding +ords during dictation and error correction +hen using &irect &ictation. 8or $ore in)or$ation a'out setting advanced options )or your +ord processor, go to the In7ormation (entral help )ile, open the 0irect 0ictation 'oo? and select the %ettin1 /d&ance Options topic. I) you are using /otus 4ord *ro 9.E, )ollo+ the instructions )or 4ord *ro Release 9. I) you are using Corel 4ord*er)ect 9, )ollo+ the instructions )or 4ord*er)ect D. 1ou should li$it the si;e o) your dictated docu$ents in +ord processing progra$s such as /otus 4ord *ro or Microso)t 4ord. 7ia7oice is saving your speech data )or correction and play'ac?, so +hen you dictate very large docu$ents, this $ay drain syste$ resources and result in slo+ per)or$ance or page )aults in progra$s that do not handle lo+ syste$ resource pro'le$s correctly. -ry to dictate docu$ents +ith less than 10,000 +ords %% a'out 0E average type+ritten pages or 'rea? up large docu$ents into separate )iles and edit each )ile separately. I) you are using &irect &ictation to dictate into the Microso)t ,))ice 0000 progra$s, you should $ove the clip'oard tool'ar to the area +here the other progra$ tool'ars are located. &ue to an ,))ice Clip'oard li$itation, only 10 ite$s can 'e copied to it at a ti$e. I) $ore are copied, then you see a $essage stating the clip'oard is )ull. By $oving this tool'ar, you can avoid the clip'oard +indo+ )ro$ 'eing displayed each ti$e you copy ite$s to it. 4hen the $essage appears, ans+er =1es= and continue. I) you dictated Microso)t 4ord docu$ents +ith a previous version o) 7ia7oice, +hen you open the 4ord docu$ent using the 7ia7oice Millenniu$ version o) dictation support )or 4ord, you $ay see a Microso)t 7isual Basic co$pile error $essage. -here are so$e older versions o) )iles that $ay 'e on your syste$ and they should 'e deleted prior to opening these docu$ents in 4ord. -o )ind and delete these )iles, do the )ollo+ing>
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Clic? %tart, 'ind, then point to 'iles or 'olders. In the Named )ield, type 0ict(tl8i)"twd. 0ict(tl8i)"e6d and in the 8ook in )ield select each drive on your syste$. Clic? 'ind Now to search )or these )iles. 4hen the search is co$plete, i) you see these )iles in the list, right%clic? on each )ile and select 0elete. I) the )iles +ere not )ound, you pro'a'ly have $ultiple drives. "earch all drives 'y changing the drive letter in the 8ook in )ield and clic? 'ind Now, until you have )ound the )iles and then delete the$.

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4hen using Microso)t ,))ice 97, you $ay eCperience very slo+ per)or$ance +hen using 7ia7oice Millenniu$, due to a li$itation +ith Microso)t Active Accessi'ility. -o i$prove per)or$ance, you $ust disa'le as $any tool'ars )ro$ the progra$ as possi'le. I) you are using Microso)t ,utloo? 9D or 0000, disa'le the 'ormattin1 and %tandard tool'ars. I) you are using the Microso)t .Cchange, disa'le the 0rawin1 tool'ar.

"o$eti$es 7ia7oice does not recogni;e every ite$ in a progra$ and you can loo? in the W$at (an I %a* +indo+ )or co$$ands, such as = eCt ta' page= or =*revious ite$=, +hich +ill per)or$ the tas?. "o$e voice co$$ands on pull%do+n $enus do not +or? +hen Microso)t Active Accessi'ility is installed. Instead use a general voice co$$and, such as =Move do+n t+o ite$s=. I) you eCperience pro'le$s +ith navigation and control co$$ands, loo? in the W$at (an I %a* +indo+ or consult the Na&i1atin1 In ViaVoice chapter o) the !ser6s #uide )or alternate co$$ands you can use. -he )ollo+ing progra$s do not have support )or the /cti&e Pro1rams co$$ands used )or navigation, due to a pro'le$ +ith Microso)t Active Accessi'ility>
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I) you )ind that ite$s in a progra$6s $enu are not 'eing recogni;ed, say =Re)resh Co$$ands= to re%ena'le voice recognition o) the $enus in the progra$. 1ou $ust use Microso)t Clip #allery version E.0 or higher +ith 7ia7oice. .arlier versions do not support Microso)t Active Accessi'ility, +hich is re<uired )or navigating the clip gallery +indo+ and inserting o'(ects )ro$ this +indo+ using 7ia7oice. 1ou $ay )ind that the voice co$$and )or selecting )or$atted nu$'ers in Microso)t 4ord does not +or?. 1ou should use the $ouse to select the nu$'er. 4hen using Microso)t .Ccel, i) you say the voice co$$and to chec? spelling, such as ="pell Chec?=, and there are no $isspelled +ords, you +ill not see the dialog stating there are no $isspelled +ords. I) you have added the Insert 'ile 'utton to the Microso)t ,utloo? 9DG0000 tool'ar, you $ay have pro'le$s +ith the voice co$$and )or the 'ile $enu due to a pro'le$ +ith Microso)t Active Accessi'ility. -o open the 'ile $enu 'y voice, say =.dit= or one o) the other $enu na$es, and then say =8ile=. &ue to a li$itation o) the etscape Mail Co$position +indo+, teCt you correct in any )ields AeC. -o, 8ro$, "u'(ectB using the Correction 4indo+ $ay 'e displayed in the $essage area o) the +indo+ instead. 4hen you give )ocus to the Correction 4indo+ and then say =Correct=, the etscape progra$ only gives )ocus 'ac? to the $essage area, and there)ore, any corrected teCt is placed there. -o avoid this pro'le$, you should re%dictate any corrections needed in these )ields or use the =pic? KnL= co$$and to $a?e your correction +ithout shi)ting )ocus to another +indo+.

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@ -urn o)) the $icrophone 'e)ore starting progra$s that use the sound card. "o$e progra$s cannot correctly detect that the sound card is in use and display the appropriate $essage to close any other progra$s currently using the sound card. I) you run progra$s that use the sound card such as #reetings 4or?shop or other $ulti$edia progra$s or ga$es, +e reco$$end that you turn the 7oiceCenter $icrophone o)) +hen you are using the$. I) you have a "oundBlaster 1F or "oundBlaster /iveP sound card, turn on /5( A/uto 5ain (ontrolB. 1ou o'tain 'etter recording <uality i) the /5( chec? 'oC is set as )ollo+s, Aparticularly i) you are running 4indo+s -B> 1B Right%clic? the 7olu$e Aspea?erB icon in the syste$ tray located at the right o) the -as?'ar, and then clic? Open Volume (ontrols. 0B Clic? Options and then clic? Properties. "elect Recordin1, $a?e sure the Microp$one &olume control chec? 'oC is selected, and clic? O9 to display the Recording Control +indo+. 3B Clic? Options and $a?e sure the /d&anced (ontrols chec? 'oC is selected. -hen clic? /d&anced in the Microphone colu$n o) the Recording Control panel and select the /5( or /uto 5ain (ontrol chec? 'oC, and close the Advanced Controls )or Microphone panel. @ I) you have a "oundBlaster A4. F9 sound card or certain Crystal sound cards, turn o)) /5( A/uto 5ain (ontrolB or Microp$one Boost. 1ou $ust clear the /5( or Microp$one Boost chec? 'oC 'e)ore running Audio "etup. I) you run Audio "etup +ith the /5( or Microp$one Boost chec? 'oC selected, run it again a)ter you )irst clear the chec? 'oC as )ollo+s> 1B Right%clic? the 7olu$e Aspea?erB icon in the syste$ tray located at the right o) the -as?'ar, and then clic? Volume (ontrols. 0B Clic? Options and then clic? Properties. "elect Recordin1, $a?e sure the Microp$one &olume control chec? 'oC is selected, and clic? O9 to display the Recording Control +indo+. 3B Clic? Options and $a?e sure the /d&anced (ontrols chec? 'oC is selected. -hen clic? /d&anced in the Microphone colu$n o) the Recording Control panel and clear the /5(//uto 5ain (ontrol or Microp$one Boost chec? 'oC, and close the Advanced Controls )or Microphone panel. @ A co$pati'ility issue has 'een reported +ith the device driver )or the "oundBlaster /iveP sound card )or 4indo+s -. &ue to this pro'le$, 7ia7oice is not supported )or use +ith this sound card on 4indo+s -. *lease re)er to the 7ia7oice +e' site, http>GG+++.so)t+are.i'$.co$GspeechGsupportGsupportQtested.ht$l, )or the latest in)or$ation regarding hard+are co$pati'ility. I) you encounter a pro'le$ or error during the processing o) your 7oice Model, you should restart your co$puter. 4hen you run IBM ViaVoice Voice(enter, clic? Restart on the $essage that is displayed to continue processing and success)ully co$plete the analysis o) your voice. 4hen installing 7ia7oice Millenniu$ on a co$puter +ith other 7ia7oice%'ased speech progra$s, you $ay )ind that the $icrophone does not +or? +hen you try to use that 7ia7oice%'ased speech progra$. 1ou should run Audio "etup to resolve this pro'le$.

A pro'le$ has 'een reported +ith the line%in driver )or the -urtle Beach sound cards )or 4indo+s 9D only. &ue to this pro'le$, you cannot use a line%in device )or this sound card +ith 7ia7oice. I) you )ind that your audio <uality is poor a)ter you try to read the teCt several ti$es on the /d:ustin1 t$e Microp$one 8e&el page in the Audio "etup 4i;ard, you $ay have an older version o) the audio device driver )or your sound card. -o solve this pro'le$, you $ust do+nload and install the latest audio device driver )or your sound card )ro$ your *C $anu)acturer6s +e' site 'e)ore you call technical support. I) you )ind that during Audio "etup 4i;ard you cannot hear the play'ac? 'ecause the sound is $uted, you $ay have an older version o) the audio device driver )or your sound card. -o solve this pro'le$, you $ust do+nload and install the latest audio device driver )or your sound card )ro$ your *C $anu)acturer6s +e' site 'e)ore you call technical support. I) you are using the ."" "olo *CI sound card, you $ay )ind that during the Audio "etup 4i;ard you cannot hear the play'ac? 'ecause the sound is $uted. -o solve this pro'le$, you $ust do+nload and install the latest audio device driver )or this sound card. #o to the IBM +e' site> www"pcco"i)m"com/;tec$in7o"$tm and then type =IBM *C &rivers= in the search )ield and clic? 1o. ,n the "earch Results page, clic? the lin? )or IBM *C &rivers. Clic? the )a$ily na$e )ro$ the list and then on the $achine )a$ily support page, scroll do+n the page and clic? the lin? =&evice &river 8ile Matrices=. "croll do+n the page and clic? your $achine type. Clic? the )ile na$e that corresponds to your driver type and operating syste$ and )ollo+ the instructions to do+nload and install the updated audio device driver. -he Mute chec? 'oC )or +ave )iles in 7olu$e Controls gets chec?ed )or the .""1DD7. *lug and *lay sound card each ti$e Audio "etup is run, so so$e play'ac?s cannot 'e heard. I) this happens, go to the 7olu$e Controls and clear the Mute chec? 'oC )or +ave )iles.

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