Dictation for IT
Dictation that can
spell a file path.
This is the test that fails on every general-purpose dictation tool. A file path is all the things speech recognition is worst at at once: single letters, punctuation that matters, no spaces, and no sentence around it to give a clue.
Paths
Drive letter, separators and extension, written as typed. No capitalisation applied where capitalisation would break it.
- T colon backslash inventory backslash data dot mdb
- T:\Inventory\data.mdb
- backslash backslash server 1 backslash shared
- \\server1\shared
File names
Commas are the usual casualty here, because a dictated file name picks them up from nowhere. File names come out without them, and Title Case is a switch if you want it.
- file name monthly stock report March
- Monthly Stock Report March
Part codes and anything else that must survive intact
Declare the shape of a code once and it is kept exactly, instead of being helpfully turned into words or split at a hyphen.
- part number X P P 5 4 6 3 R
- XPP-5463R
In a terminal, and over Remote Desktop
The place this matters most is the place most dictation tools cannot reach: a command prompt, or a session running on another machine. Lickety types, so if the window takes keystrokes it takes dictation.
Questions
Will it capitalise my path and break it?
No. Title Case is a separate switch and it applies to file names, not to paths.
Does it work in a terminal?
Yes. Lickety delivers text as keystrokes, so anything that accepts typing accepts dictation.
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