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Philips SpeechMike User Manual _________________________________________________________________________ 7
Software
The software package for the SpeechMike includes the control application SpeechMike Control, the recording application
TestRecorder, and the Device Configuration Tool.
SpeechMike Control Application
With the SpeechMike control software, you can create individual button command schemes to control and navigate through
standard Windows applications. This allows you to use your SpeechMike to control your applications instead of using your
mouse.
You can program text or hotkeys (shortcuts) or a combination of both for each button on your SpeechMike and assign the
commands to almost any Windows application. Separate commands can be programmed for when each button is pressed
alone, as well as for when each button is pressed together with Ctrl and Shift on your keyboard.
The buttons available for programming are different for the SpeechMike Pro and the SpeechMike Classic, the Control
Application includes a Show Buttons button that allows you to display the buttons available on your device.
The SpeechMike control program must be active in order to use the customized button controls. This means you need to open
the program and keep it active in the background, or click Hide to hide it on the taskbar. For your convenience, you can have
the SpeechMike control application start automatically when Windows is started by adding it to your Startup folder in the Start
menu.
Command line parameters for the SpeechMike control application
If you start the SpeechMike control application automatically by adding it to the Startup folder in the Start menu, and you do
not want the application window to be displayed each time you start Windows, you can use command line parameters. The
parameter has to be entered in the Target field of the shortcut dialog after the program path. The content of the Target field
should look like this:
"C:\Program Files\Philips Speech\SpeechMike\MIKEAPP.EXE" /h
Note: The /h has to be outside the path in quotation marks.
You can use the following parameters:
/h
Hidden start: the mouse icon is displayed on the taskbar (status notification area), but no window is opened on Windows
startup.
/t
Taskbar symbol hidden: no mouse icon is displayed on the taskbar (status notification area), and no window is opened on
Windows startup.
This parameter can also be used by system administrators to prevent users from editing their configurations.
To display the application window, you have to start the SpeechMike control application manually, or click the mouse icon if
displayed in the taskbar.
SpeechMike Control window
To open the SpeechMike Control window, go to the Start menu, Programs,
SpeechMike Driver Utility and select Control Application.
New Scheme:
Click this button to create a new scheme. All input fields are cleared. You
can now enter new settings for the SpeechMike buttons and save these
settings under a new file name with Save Scheme.
Open Scheme:
Press this button to open an existing SpeechMike scheme. Pressing the
arrow to the right of this button displays a list of available schemes (*.scm
files) containing settings for SpeechMike buttons.
Save Scheme As:
Saves the current scheme. Enter the desired file name when saving your new scheme for the first time. The necessary file
extension *.scm will be added automatically.
Button Properties:
Click this button to call up the button properties window to define the desired commands and/or text for each button.
Enable Auto Assign:
Activate this check box if you want to assign specified schemes/settings to different Windows applications.
Select the desired application (*.exe) file in the Assigned Application field and activate this button. When the selected
application is started and the SpeechMike control application is active (the white mouse icon is displayed on the taskbar),
the corresponding scheme is automatically activated.
If the check box is not selected, each application will use the same (current) scheme. If you do not specify an application,
the current scheme on the screen is used for all applications.
Hide:
If you want to use the programmed buttons but do not want the window to be displayed, click this button to hide the
application on the taskbar. Clicking the SpeechMike mouse icon on the taskbar will display the control window again.
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