1·The API specifies a cross-platform interface to support command-and-control recognizers, dictation systems, and speech synthesizers.
这种 API 规定一个跨平台的接口来支持 命令―控制识别器、听写系统和语音合成器。
2·For years, call-centre and dictation applications have been better known for the frustration they cause than for their ability to recognise words.
多年以来，呼叫中心和听写应用更出名的是它们带来的麻烦而不是识别单词的能力。
3·Now let's go on to another thing that we'll want to be doing here and that I guess is taking a little bit of rhythmic dictation, writing down some simple rhythms.
现在咱们来做另一件事，我觉得咱们得做点节奏的听写，写下一些简单的节奏。
4·Her spelling improved to the point where there were just 3 or 4 errors per paragraph dictation down from 27!
她的拼写提高了很多，在27段听写中，每段仅有3个或4个错误！
5·I made two mistakes in the dictation.
我在听写中犯了两个错误。
1·I wrote the letter at his dictation.
我照他的口述写信。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
2·I wrote the letter at my boss' dictation.
我照我老板的口述写了这封信。
3·In the autobiography itself, Twain mixes news and history, using something from the "infernal newspapers" as a jumping-off point for his dictation.
在他的自传中，吐温混杂了新闻，历史，使用标为来自“地狱的报纸”作为口述中的跳转点。
4·He wrote the following letter to Fantine's dictation, and made her sign it.
他照着芳汀的口述，写了这样一封信，又叫她签了名。
5·I wrote the letter at her dictation.
我照她的口述写这封信。