Philips SpeechControl4Mac Operation instructions

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Table of Contents
Introduction 5
Installation 5
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS 6
Mac Platforms 6
Speech Recognition Software 6
SpeechMike 6
SpeechControl Menu 7
Toolbar 9
Device Configuration 10
Application control 17
Working with Dragon Dictate 5 20
FAQ’s 23
MAC BASICS 25
ACRONYMS and ABBREVATIONS 27

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INTRODUCTION
SpeechControl4Mac has been designed to control different applications on a Mac with a Philips
SpeechMike III and a SpeechMike Premium.
The software allows to assign different functions to each button, enable or disable certain features,
and also to control applications via hotkeys. For text generation you can simply write the specified
text with a button click into the text editor.
Even more advanced, you can quickly execute your favorite Dragon Dictate 5 commands with just a
button click on the device.
The device configuration settings can be loaded from and saved to the device. You can also restore
the default device configuration settings and save them to the device.
When starting Philips SpeechControl4Mac, the settings are automatically loaded from the connected
active device. Changes made with other applications on the active device after the first startup are
not downloaded to SpeechControl; you have to download them manually. If a device is already
connected to the computer and you additionally connect another device, the second connected
device becomes the active device. The device configuration settings will be loaded automatically.
To change the behavior of the active device and configure the buttons, go to the Device page.
To make configurations on the active device for handling different applications, go to the Application
Control page.
When encountering problems, you can try to find a solution in the help.
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INSTALLATION
Copy the ‘SpeechControl3.3.08.dmg’file to the disk drive of your Mac.
When opening the file you will see following screen
Drag the SpeechMike icon to the Applications folder to start installation
D Note: to manually start installation go to the finder and select the disk drive. To install
SpeechControl4MAc move SpeechControl.app to the 'Applications' folder.
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SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
MAC PLATFORMS
SpeechControl4Mac 3.3 is tested with the following Mac operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan
For all listed operating systems, it is recommended that the latest service pack available is applied
before installing SpeechControl4Mac.
SPEECH RECOGNITION SOFTWARE
SpeechControl4Mac 3.3 works with the following speech recognition application:
Dragon Dictate 5
SPEECHMIKE
SpeechControl4Mac 3.3 supports following SpeechMike versions:
SpeechMike Pro 3200 series
SpeechMike Barcode 3300 series
SpeechMike Premium 3500 series
SpeechMike Premium Barcode 3600 series
SpeechMike Premium Touch 3700 series - NEW
SpeechMike Premium Barcode Touch 3800 series - NEW
D Notes:
SpeechMike II (LFH 52xx) and SpeechMike Air (LFH 30xx) devices are not supported.
SpeechControl4Mac does not support SpeechMike Premium devices which are set to
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SPEECHCONTROL MENU
The SpeechControl menu provides the following options:
Menu entries
The SpeechControl menu has following entries:
About box
The About box shows the current version of your SpeechControl4Mac application.

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Edit Menu
The Edit menu shows following important entries:
Use the “special character” menu entry when programming text macros with special characters to a
SpeechMike button
DNote: When programming hotkeys the “special character” menu is disabled.
Window menu
The Window menu shows following entries:
Help menu
The Window menu shows following entries:
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TOOLBAR
The SpeechControl toolbar shows following items:
Device
Clicking the Device item views the Device page. This item is only enabled if a valid device is
connected.
Application Control
Clicking the Application Control item views the Application Control page. This item is only enabled if a
valid device is connected.
Introduction
Clicking the Introduction item views the Introduction page. The Introduction page is shown by default
if no valid device is connected.
Active device
This text field shows the currently active device. The settings of that device can be configured on the
Device page, the application control options for that device can be configured on theApplication
Control page.
If no valid device is connected, the text field shows "No device connected"
Device details
When clicking on this item, a sheet is displayed showing the details for the active device:

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DEVICE CONFIGURATION
General
On the Device page you can customize the behavior of the active device, configure its buttons and
upgrade its firmware. After starting SpeechControl, the current settings of the connected device are
automatically loaded and displayed in the UI.
You can also load the settings from the device manually by clicking the button.
After changing the settings in the UI, you can save them to the device by clicking the
button.
By clicking , the factory settings for the connected device are loaded and displayed in
the UI.
After that, click Save to device to save the factory settings to the connected device.
DNote: It is not possible to configure more than one connected device at once. When connecting a
second device to your Mac, it automatically becomes the active, configurable device.
Following settings are available on the Device page:
DNote: The availability of the above settings depends on the type of the active device.

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Device Test
To test the currently active connected SpeechMike simply click on any button.
The „last event“ field will show the most recent button event that was recognized by
SpeechControl4Mac.
DNote: If you do not see a change when clicking a button please check your SpeechMike settings
whether the button is disabled or to check the USB connection to the SpeechMike.
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Settings
Here you can customize the basic behavior of the active device.
DNote: The available options depend on the type of the active device.
Mouse
Here you can make general changes to the mouse functionality of a SpeechMike.
You can also disable all mouse functionality (Trackball and mouse buttons).
Mouse style
Right handed mouse style means the primary mouse button is the left mouse button, left handed
mouse style means the primary mouse button is the right mouse button.
You can also configure a custom mouse style and directly map the desired events to the mouse
buttons on the device.
Custom mouse style configuration is the same as standard Button Configuration, but only for mouse
related buttons on the device.

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Enable Drag lock
Activate this option to pick up a selected item by pressing the mouse button for more than the
specified duration.
To drop the item just briefly press the button again.
Pointer
Here you can set the cursor speed of the active device.
Furthermore, you can enable dynamic pointe behavior which accelerates the mouse cursor when
quickly moving the trackball or when quickly swiping over the touch sensor.
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Advanced Settings
Here you can customize the advanced behavior of the active device.
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DNote: The available options depend on the type of the active device.
Button click noise filter
Enable this option to suppress all acoustical button clicks during recording.
Lock device bit
Here you can set the lock device bit stored on the active device.
This setting is important for integrators only and has no effect on SpeechControl4Mac.

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Low power mode
Enable this option to set the USB power mode to Low power mode.
In “Low power mode” the SpeechMike requires less than 100 mA, which is needed in case the USB
port on the Mac does not comply with the USB standard (500 mA).
DNote: By default SpeechMike III and SpeechMike Premium are already designed as “low power”
USB devices. Therefore this setting is obsolete for the two mentioned devices
Target OS
Select whether you want to use the device on a Mac or on a Windows PC.
It is strongly recommended to use Mac OS as Target OS when working on a Mac.
If Windows is selected, the recordings with the SpeechMike might be distorted.
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DNote: When connecting a SpeechMike with Windows OS configuration SpeechControl4Mac will
display following dialog
BIMORTANT:
If you want to move your device back to a Windows PC and use it to work with Philips Speech
Processing software, you must switch the target OS back to Windows OS and save the
settings to the device.
Otherwise, the device will not be recognized by any older Windows based dictation software!
It is not possible to switch to the Windows mode on Windows operating systems.
Switching back to Windows OS
Switch the target OS back to Windows OS and save the settings to the device.
Save the settings to the SpeechMike by clicking the Save to device button.

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Barcode scan mode
Here you can set the operation of the barcode scanner.
Scan to application focus (keyboard mode)
Works as a secondary keyboard connected to the computer.
Scan to specified fields (event mode)
Generates a special barcode event when a barcode is scanned. This option requires special barcode
event integration.
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DNote: This option is only available for devices with built-in barcode scanner.
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Microphone motion control
Here you can set how the microphone of the SpeechMike Premium changes the input level of the
microphone while the device is laid down.
Disable microphone motion control
The input level of the microphone does not change while the device is placed.
Reduce input level
Automatically reduces the microphone input level by 20 dB while the device is placed.
Mute microphone
Automatically mutes the microphone while the device is placed.

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Button Configuration
Here you can switch the function events of the SpeechMike buttons on the active device to meet your
personal requirements.
Configuring the button function
Click the arrows of the combo box cell in the Event column for the button you want to
configure.
Select the event to be associated with the button.
Save the settings to the active device by clicking the Save to device button.
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DNote: If the active device has a built-in barcode scanner, the Barcode trigger option can also be
enabled to scan the barcode by pressing the button.
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Firmware
Here you can load the latest firmware version into the active device. 
DNote: Firmware upgrade is possible only in Stop state (device is not recording not playing back).
The Firmware upgrade process
Select the firmware file to be loaded to the device.
Click Upgrade firmware.
The Firmware upgrade sheet is displayed: the upgrade process can be followed on a
progress bar.
The device is ready to use again after the sheet is getting closed.
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APPLICATION CONTROL
On the Application Control page you enable to control other applications (for example, Dragon
Dictate or TextEdit or any other application in focus) with the active device by assigning different
operations (like hotkeys or Dragon commands) to buttons on the device.
Application Control provides three profiles by default, which can be selected by clicking the popup
button on top of the page.
Each profile has a different Button Event-to-operation-mapping, which you can see in the table
below.
The following image is showing the default mapping table for the Dragon Dictate profile:
You can configure the mappings by clicking an item in either the "Pressed" or the "Released" column
for Button events and "Picked up" or the "Laid down" column for Motion events, which brings up the
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DNotes:
Only the selected profile is active. It is not possible to have more than one active profile
simultaneously.
All operations, except some Dragon commands which can only be handled by Dragon, are
carried out on the application which is currently in focus.
Application Control can be deactivated by unchecking the "Activate Application Control" checkbox
below the mapping table.
Edit operation
Operations can be created both for the button pressed and button released events by clicking an
item in the mapping table´s "Pressed" or "Released" column accordingly.
See in the following the steps for creating and editing an operation:
Creating and editing an operation
Click an item in the mapping table.
The Edit operation sheet is displayed, where you can configure a list of operation steps.
Enter a name for the operation. This name will be shown in the mapping table.
Click Add. The operation step editor is displayed.
Specify the type of the operation, click Next and make the required settings.

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Click Finish to save the changes. The edit operation sheet is displayed again, where further
operations can be added, or already existing ones can be edited, deleted or moved up/down in
order.
Click OK.
Operation types
Hotkey
Sends a specified hotkey with the optional modifier (Shift, Command, Control, Option) to the
application in focus by pressing the selected button on the active device. Could be used to reach
a menu item or change the screen resolution.
Text
Sends a specified text to the application in focus by pressing the selected button on the active
device.
DNote: You can also insert special characters with the use of the “special characters” menu.
Dragon command
Executes the selected Dragon Dictate command by pressing the selected button on the active
device.
Following Dragon commands are available:
Delay
Suspends the execution of a command for the specified time.

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WORKING WITH DRAGON DICTATE 5
Default configuration
Start dictation
To start dictation put the cursor focus to the text editor and simply click on the “Record”
button of your SpeechMike.
The record icon of Dragon Dictate will switch to green and the record LED of the SpeechMike will
light up
DNote: The default record setting is “Record Toggle” mode.
Stop dictation
BIMORTANT:
Before stopping dictation wait until all text has been completely recognized and put to the text
editor’s window.
Otherwise Dragon Dictate might drop the words, or commands which have not been recognized yet.
To stop dictation simply click on the “Record” button of your SpeechMike (when using the default
record mode).
DNote: If you have switched your SpeechMike to “push-to-talk” mode you need to wait until the
text has been completely recognized before releasing the record button.