mcpeg wrote: Thanks so much for your help. I havelocated and downloaded the macro program. However it does not seem to beworking. I noticed, before I downloaded it, that it states it is for Vista, andI am running WIN-7. Should that make a difference???

No.  I have Windows 7 and I use it.  Vista was the first operating system it wasmade for but it works fine in Windows 7

After downloading it, I clickedon the program to open it, noticed the macros icon in my "Start"tray, so it seems to be dowloaded just fine. However, when I click on theMacros icon to open it, nothing happens. Any ideas ??? Again, thanks so much.

I forgot to mention, you also need to download the WSR profile tool that Ibelieve works in conjunction with the WSR macro program.  Download it here.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=16296

Have a good read of the page and theinstructions and then click the "continue" button.  This will take you to another web page.

On this page, you will see 3 download buttons. The "WSRProfile.exe is the main program you need to download.  The other 2 items, download as well as theyare instructions and release notes that you should read to find out how it allworks.

Here are a couple more advanced forums on the subject of Windows speechrecognition.  They may also help you withyour questions.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ms-speech/

http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/wsrmacros/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Using%20the%20WSR%20Macros%20Wizard%20tutorial&referringTitle=Hom

See how you get on once you have done all that :-)

good luck

andy t

Also, when doing "prevent a word frombeing dictated" it will not allow any spaces, dashes, or anything otherthan letters, so it is impossible to enter in my "X-Ray", "Follow-up",or "Vs."

Yes, you're quite right.  I forgot itwill not allow any spaces dashes or anything to be altered in this way.  Although regarding the physician with a small'p,' I am now getting mixed results. Sometimes when dictating I get it with a large 'P' and other times I getit with a small 'p' though not consistent.

When you brought up the speech dictionary and clicked on 'Add a new word,' Ipresume you tried spelling the word "physician" by saying 'startspelling' instead of straight off just dictating it?

The only bullet-proof way I know of to make words come out as you wantthem every time in Windows speech recognition, is by using the Windows speechrecognition macros program.

You can then make a text macro, call it the name you wish and then put in theexact word you wish to be dictated (i.e. x-ray, versus or followup) when youdictate its name.  This way, it will showthe word how you want it every time.  Youshould check out the macro programs for Windows speech recognition.  It is completely free.

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=13045

Even better still, you can buy the WSR toolkit from this site that does allthat for you and much more once you have learnt a bit about it.  The cost is only $26.

http://www.emicrophones.com/p-3033-wsrtoolkit-v2.aspx

Good luck.

andy t

mcpeg wrote: I have having some frustrations withthis program. I use it every day for my job in the medical industry. If someonecan help me figure out how to have this dictate as I want it, that would begreat. I dictate "physician". It spits out "Physician" (with acapital "P"). I cannot get it NOT capitalize this word. I dictate "followup". It spits out "follow-up" (with thedash). I always have to change this, because we are not allowed to use thedash.

mcpeg,

If you are dictating using Windows Speech Recognition, say, "Open SpeechDictionary."  This will open theWindows speech recognition dictionary. 

Then, click on "Add a new word." Then taking your first example above, type or dictate in physician (witha small "p") into the window. Then click "Next."

Then check the small box that says, "Record a pronunciation upon Finish."

Then click "Finish."  Once youclick that, another window will be presented to you with two buttons.

One of the buttons will say, "Record" and be active; the other onewill say, "Listen" and not be active. Click the "Record" button and then pronounce the word.  If the recording is successful, it will tellyou so in the window.  Once you havesuccessfully recorded your word, the Listen button will then becomeactive.  You can then click "Listen"to hear your recording if you wish. Click the "Finish" button once you have finished.

Now when you dictate, physician should come out with a small "p."

To make doubly sure that physician always comes out with a small "p,"you can open the speech dictionary again as I have explained above.  This time, click the "Prevent a wordfrom being dictated" button.  Typeor dictate Physician (with a large "P") in the window.  Then click "Next."

This will take you to another window telling you that the word "Physician"(with a large "P") will be added to the Speech Dictionary marked as 'CannotDictate.'  You then click "Finish"

You can easily reverse everything you change within this dictionary if youstudy it and learn about it.  There isalso another option for changing, editing or deleting words that are already inthe Speech Dictionary.

You can then do the same to your other examples with the instructions I havegiven above.  If you change follow-up tofollowup and you are using Microsoft Word, you will get a red squiggly lineunderneath it indicating that it is incorrect. Either follow-up is hyphenated or two separate words but I guess it isup to you how you want it :-)

Have a go and see how you get on with all of your examples.

Good luck

andy t