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Dragon for Mac Forums and Discussion » Special Topics » Feature Requests

Correction, Spelling and Text Macros

(8 posts)

  1. Squid
    Member

    :) See above. I would also like it to make me coffee first thing in morning, thenat 9.15, 9.45, 10.15, and 10.45.

    After that, I should have enough energy to make my own coffee.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  2. jayg
    Member

    Thanks for your input. For the coffee making you'll need to add the slow drip attachment for your microphone.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  3. jayg
    Member

    Text Macros are available in Dictate 1.0. Find out more in the MacSpeech Dictate User Manual on page 31.

    Text Macros put whatever is in the Text area of the Command window at the insertion point whenever the command’s name is spoken. They can have an unlimited amount of text in them.

    Text Macros work almost like any other command — you speak the command name to invoke the macro. Instead of executing an action, however, a Text Macro enters pre-defined text at the insertion point in the active document. Like with dictation, MacSpeech Dictate doesn’t care where the insertion point is. It can be in a word processing document, a cell in a spreadsheet, using the text tool of a graphics program, or even the name of a file in the Finder.

    Text Macros are great for form letters, email signatures, starting a letter – just about anything you need to type frequently.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  4. Ricky Buchanan
    Member

    There's a joke somewhere about my headset already being attached to a drip... but I'm trying not to make it :)

    With the text macros, just inserting plain text without the ability to get the macro to do stuff like moving the cursor or use variables isn't really enough. Would it be possible to interface Dictate with one of the existing programs like TextExpander or TypeIt4U? They do mucho fancy text macros which would save having to reinvent the wheel with respect to many things...

    Ricky

    Posted 4 years ago #

  5. freedomcoach
    Member

    I have not been successful at all in creating text macro commands. I attempted to create a simple text macro using the phrase "FreedomRocks". I entered the words Freedom Rocks and placed the desired text in the text macro result field. on seeing this command, dictate does nothing. All help is appreciated

    Posted 4 years ago #

  6. mackerelhead
    Member

    Same experience. I did what it said in the manual - name in the Command Name box, text to type in the Text box. Go back to Dictation Mode, say the name - nothing happens. Also, sometimes this puts Dictate in a state where it won't take dictation, even though it hears commands like Go to Sleep and Wake Up.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  7. mackerelhead
    Member

    In fact, if I double-click on the name of the macro in the Available Commands window, nothing happens.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  8. MichaelH
    Member

    Ah, the disappearing text macro. If you go back and dictate it again after having restarted the program (though it seems sometimes, the computer), it will reproduce it on command. If you still have trouble look for any high ACII characters in your text. I have a number of text macros functioning perfectly (well, except for the Fonts).

    Posted 4 years ago #

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