Respeak text via integrated Dragon input
Speech input is only available in Wincaps Q4 Pro/Q-Live
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Overview
This topic describes how to respeak text into Wincaps Q4 Offline using integrated Dragon input.
Learn how to use speech input for live subtitling in Q-Live
In this mode, the speech engine is integrated into Q4antum and re-spoken text is inserted directly into the current subtitle. The SpeakTitle Window is replaced by the Dragon control panel.
IMPORTANT: You must configure Dragon Naturally Speaking correctly for use with Wincaps Q4.
Wincaps Q4 has been tested in integrated mode with versions 11, 11.5, 12.5 and 15 of Dragon Naturally Speaking.
When working in this mode, Dragon should not be running. You should close Dragon if necessary before starting Wincaps Q4.
On startup, Wincaps Q4 will automatically load the last Dragon voice model that was used on the workstation. If necessary you should select your own voice model via the Dragon control panel.
The general procedure for entering spoken text using integrated Dragon input is as follows:
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Select the List View
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Check that automatic text splitting is toggled on via the
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Activate House Styles to perform automatic text substitutions if desired
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Select the subtitle where the newly re-spoken text should appear
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Turn the microphone on via the Dragon control panel (microphone button turns green). This will start the Dragon speech engine if it is not already running
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You can now begin speaking. After a short pause, the spoken text will start to appear at the end of the current subtitle. The spoken text will gradually build up in the current subtitle as you speak. You can edit or correct the text manually via the keyboard if desired.
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When the buffer is full (or when you trigger a deliberate newline), Wincaps Q4 splits the current subtitle, peeling off a block of text at the start of the current subtitle to create a new subtitle. The input focus remains on the current subtitle and you can continue to respeak new text.
You can pause the speech input at any time by turning the microphone off. The speech engine will stay running in the background.
Note that re-spoken text is always appended to the current subtitle, you cannot insert spoken text into the middle of existing text.
Note that it is not possible to select or correct text using Dragon's "select" or "correct" commands when working in direct mode.
When the microphone is active, you can use the normal keystrokes to change the foreground colour of the spoken text. If you do so, the colour change will take effect from the start of the next sentence.
If you use the macro hash commands to change the foreground text colour they will take effect immediately.
If you are using House Styles, you will see the substitutions being made as you speak. The replacement text will appear once the last word of the House Style plus a space has been entered, or when you press the Return key or use the #sendsubtitle macro.
If the Line break on colour option is enabled, Wincaps Q4 automatically inserts line breaks whenever the foreground colour changes. This ensures that the text for each speaker is placed on a new line.
Speech input with the Aligner
The procedure for creating and timing subtitles using direct Dragon speech input in conjunction with the Aligner is as follows:
In the List View, select the subtitle where the new text should be created (normally the last subtitle in the file). Check that automatic text splitting is toggled on and that the Aligner is enabled. Turn the microphone on. You are now ready to begin.
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Pause the media just before start of the speech for the section and create a section start marker (i.e. press the SectionStart (Ins) key or say the #sectionstart macro)
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Speak and/or type in the text for the section, using #sendsubtitle or Return if required to split the subtitles. If you don't use Return, the system will automatically split the text at appropriate points.
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Pause the media just after the end of speech for the section and press Return or say the #sendsubtitle macro in order to split it. The system will split the text and leave you on a new blank subtitle.
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Create a section end marker (i.e. press the SectionEnd (Del) key or say the #sectionend macro. The system will put a section end marker after the last subtitle that contains text. The Aligner will automatically run in the background to align the section.
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Pause the media just before start of the speech for the next section and create a section start marker (i.e. press the SectionStart (Ins) key or say the #sectionstart macro
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Continue as of step 2 above