When MacSpeech Dictate is launched it will prompt you to choose which voice profile to use, even if only one profile exists. This can be annoying and certainly unnecessary, but luckily there’s a simple way around the problem:
First open MacSpeech Dictate, selecting the profile which you want to be the default. Select “Preferences” from the “Dictate” menu, and make sure the “General” icon (the left-most one) is selected. Your window should look like this:
Then simply un-check the box beside “Show Startup Window”, as I’ve highlighted above. This will stop the profile selection at startup request.
If you later want to switch to a different profile, or manage your profiles in some way, you can easily display the Startup Window manually by opening the Tools menu and selecting “Profiles…”.
What other tricks have you learned to make it easier to use MacSpeech Dictate? Please share them in the comments!
- Ricky Buchanan
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Jim Oliver April 10, 2009 at 7:18 am
Hi Ricky
Do you know of any games that can be played with MacDictate? I am going down to do some work with MacDictate in Vancouver in a week or so. The people there are PC people so I want as much positive Mac stuff as possible.
You are doing a great job on your website Ricky. I really appreciate anything you come up with regarding MacSpeech Dictate.
Take care
Jim
Sweet Text Messages February 27, 2011 at 6:49 am
I know this was posted a while ago, but if this page is still being maintained I have a problem:
1)I have clicked the dictate menu but the preferences doesnt appear
What am I doing wrong, this should be easy