| Tip 5 | Supertip: Dictate Like a Pro |
OS X Mountain Lion includes speech recognition, which you can activate by opening System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences), selecting Dictation & Speech, and clicking the On radio button on the Dictation tab.
Using it is very simple—just tap the Fn key twice (or one of the Control keys if you’re using a full-sized external keyboard) and then speak. Double-tap the key again when you’ve finished.
Specifying Capital Letters, Spacing, and Line Breaks
Here’s how to specify capitalization when dictating:
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Capitalizing a word: Say “cap” before the word you to capitalize. For example, to enter the phrase “We should all read the good Book,” you would say, “We should all read the good cap Book.”
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Using title ...
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