# Creating a User Dictionary (Windows)

DECtalk Software includes the following files, which help the user to create their own user dictionary, which can be loaded at startup time or while the text-to-speech system is active.

File Name | Location | Comments
windic.exe | \Program Files\DECtalk | Application that has a graphical user interface and can: · Pronounce words · Translate words into their phonemic symbols · Compile a user dictionary from a list of words and their phonemic symbols
user.tab | \Program Files\DECtalk | Source file used by windic.exe to create the user dictionary.

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