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I Have a Few Words Not Pronouncing Correctly, How can I Correct These?

The synthesized speech in your device can correctly pronounce most words that you use, but sometimes it has trouble with proper nouns like the names of cities and people’s names.  When you add a word to the speech dictionary you are teaching your device to pronounce it correctly.

You can also review all the words that you have put in the dictionary.  This can help you decide if you have words that you no longer need in the dictionary.  If you find words that you no longer need, you can erase them from the dictionary.

Important Note:  The Speech dictionary is separate from the Word Prediction dictionary.

 Add Words to the Dictionary

When you add words to the Dictionary, first you spell them correctly.  Then you spell them the way you want your device to pronounce them.  For example, names of foods from other countries are often mispronounced in English speaking devices.  “Fajita” is a good name to practice with.

To Add a Word to the Dictionary:

1.   Go to the Toolbox.

2.   Select the DICTIONARY MENU.

3.   Select the Add a Word option.

4.   Spell the word you want to add.  Spell it correctly.  In this case you would spell, “fajita”. 

5.   When you have finished spelling the word correctly, activate OK.

6.   Now spell the word the way you want it to be pronounced.  This means typing the word the way it sounds.  You may want to try out different spellings until your device pronounces the word the way you want.  Activate the text display area of the screen to hear the word pronounced.  You will probably end up with a word that looks something like, “fah hee tuh.” 

7.   When you are satisfied with the pronunciation, activate OK.

8.   You can continue to add words, delete words or review words.  If you are finished with the dictionary, activate OK.

To Delete a Word from the Dictionary:

1.   Go to the Toolbox and open the DICTIONARY MENU.

2.   Select the Delete a Word option.

3.   Correctly spell the word you want to delete.

4.   Activate OK.

5.   The word is automatically deleted.

Note:  If you hear an error beep, try spelling the word differently (perhaps you misspelled it).  In order to delete a word you must enter the correct spelling of the word, not the pronunciation spelling.

Review Words in the Dictionary 

If you use your Dictionary a lot, you may want to review the words in it every now and then.  You can find out what words you use and want to keep, or you can note which words you don’t use any more and delete them.

To Review Words in the Dictionary:

1.   Go to the Toolbox and open the DICTIONARY MENU.

2.   In the Review Method box, you can choose to review the words automatically, or you can activate a key or switch to step through them at your own pace.  Activate the arrows until you see the setting you want.

3.   Choose Review to Display, Review to Display and Speaker or Review to Output Method.

Activate CANCEL at any time to stop the review.

Review to Output Method

You can also send a dictionary review to a computer or printer using a USB drive or the Bluetooth Wireless adapter. 

Load Default Dictionary

Perhaps you have a device that belonged to someone else or is used in a school by many people. Or perhaps you have just added lots of words to your dictionary over the years and you don't need many of them anymore but don't want to take the time to erase them one by one.

This option allows you to load the default, or original, Vantage Lite dictionary back into your device.

If you choose to load in the default dictionary any customization you have done to your dictionary will be lost.

Please see the examples below to help you program in your words correctly:

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