FORMAL SPEECH OUTLINES USING
VOICE XPRESS WITH XPRESSPAD
© Speaking
Solutions, July 2000
This lesson may be printed and used by
Speaking Solutions customers and
Speaking Solutions trained instructors.
Speaking Steps
1. Before you begin dictating the practice outline, say each of these terms and see if they appear correctly. If not, train them!
- Nanotechnology
- Nano-bombs
- E. coli bacteria
- Salmonella
- Anthrax
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BTW: Capitalization Hint! |
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You will notice that sometimes after creating an item (A., B., 1., 2. etc.) the first word of your sentences may not be capitalized properly. There are several ways to handle this problem: |
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Select nanotechnology Capitalize That |
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Capital Nanotechnology |
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Capitalize the First Three Words of this
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2. A typical speech outline created in XpressPad can look like Picture 1 below depending upon the number of options you select when creating your outline. Review this sample XpressPad speech outline before you practice dictating it. Notice that this speech outline contains:
- Complete sentences.
- Punctuation at the end of the sentences.
- The same basic format that traditional outlines use in terms of indenting the subtopics in the outline.
Picture 1: A Formal Speech Outline in XpressPad
3. Open Voice Xpress and then open XpressPad with the following command:
Open XpressPad
4. Dictate the title of your outline. Say:
Nanotechnology
Uppercase This Paragraph
Center This Paragraph
New Paragraph
Left Align That
5. Begin dictating items in your outline by saying:
Roman Numeral One Period Space Bar
Nanotechnology
is being researched in the healthcare, military, and computer industries.
New Paragraph
6. Notice how the Format Menu, Increase Indent and Item <Letter> commands create a new indented and subordinated item in your outline. Other subordinated items will use the Item <NumberI number> command, as you shall see. Continue speaking the outline using the following commands:
Format Menu Increase Indent
Item A
IBM
research scientists are creating nano-bombs.
New Line
Format Menu Increase Indent
Item One
Miniature
nano-bombs are machines the size of molecules.
New Line
Item Two
Tiny
nano-bombs are creating the next industrial revolution.
New Paragraph
7. As you begin the next part of the speech outline, you must use the Format Menu, Decrease Indent command in order to bring the next item up one level of subordination. Use the following commands to accomplish this task:
Format Menu Decrease Indent
Item B
Military
researchers are using nano-bombs to help kill deadly biological agents such as
anthrax.
New Line
Format Menu Increase Indent
Item One
Small nano-bombs
achieved 100% success rates when killing anthrax.
New Line
Item Two
Mini
nano-bombs are seen as essential tools in defeating biological weapons of mass
destruction.
New Paragraph
Format Menu Decrease Indent
Item C
Medical researchers are
creating nano-bombs that kill diseases.
New Line
Format Menu Increase Indent
Item One
Minuscule nano-bombs are being
created to attack E. coli bacteria, salmonella, or even cancer cells.
Extension Idea 1: Now that you know the basics of creating a speech outline with XpressPad, create an outline of your own for writing you intend to do in the future. Make sure you train each misspoken or new vocabulary word as your create your outline. This will help ensure that your accuracy will improve when you dictate your document later.
Extension Idea 2: Use the outline you just created on Nanotechnology to write a short report on nano-bombs. Use the complete sentences you just dictated to help you dictate logical paragraphs and sentences.
This lesson may be printed and used by
Speaking Solutions customers and
Speaking Solutions trained instructors.