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Adding Topics

A Program is essentially a list of recognition tasks that SpeechMiner must perform on calls that belong to the Program. The recognition tasks are lists of audio data that SpeechMiner should try to identify in the calls: Topics and non-linguistic data. When a Program is created, the Non Linguistics recognition task is automatically added to the Program and cannot be removed. This means SpeechMiner always tries to identify non-linguistic data in the calls it processes. When speech recognition is enabled for a Program, Topics can also be included in it as recognition tasks.

The Topics included in the recognition tasks of a Program define the linguistic data that SpeechMiner should look for in calls that belong to the Program. You must add the Topics to the Program manually. You can add multiple Topics to a single Program.

Note: The Topics must be defined before you can add them to a Program. However, you can change their contents after you add them to a Program. The Topic contents that are defined when the Program is applied are the ones that will be sought by SpeechMiner in calls belonging to the Program. For information about creating and modifying Topics, see Managing Topics.

## Adding Recognition Tasks to a Program

You can add one or more Topics to every Program.

To add Topics to a Program:

1. Make sure the Program is open in SMART (i.e., a tab for it appears in the right panel of the SMART window) and is selected (i.e., it is displayed in the right panel - no. 5 in the illustration below).
2. In the left panel, select the Topics tab (no. 1 below). An expandable list of the currently defined recognition tasks is displayed in the tree structure.
3. Select the Topics you want to add to the Program. If you want to select multiple Topics, hold down the Ctrl key and click each of the Topics, or, to select a range of Topics, hold down the Shift key and click the first and last Topic in the range. You can also select a folder to include all of the Topics it contains (no. 4 below). The number of selected Topics is displayed in the tree-list controls above the tree structure (no. 2 below).
4. In the tree-list controls, click the button (no. 3 below). The selected Topics are added to the Program. They appear in the right panel in the Content tab (no. 6 below) and in the structure diagram (no. 7 below).

Adding Topics to a Program

## Removing Topics from a Program

You can remove Topics from a Program as necessary.

To remove Topics from a Program:

1. In the right panel, in the Contents tab, select the Topics you want to remove. To select multiple recognition tasks, hold down the Ctrl key and click each of the Topics.
2. Press Delete. The Topics are removed from the Program.

See also

Creating a Blank Program
Managing the Program Structure
Using Notes
Saving and Activating the Program