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
“keyboard mode”

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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.