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CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1

About this guide 2 What should I expect from Dragon? 3

CHAPTER 2 Installation and User Creation 5

System requirements 5 Plugging in the microphone 6 What you should know before installing 7 Before installing the software 8 Choosing type of installation 9 Installing software — Typical Installation 9 Installing software — Custom Installation 11 Modifying application settings for all users 16 Modifying administrative settings 16 Setting formatting options 17 Creating a new user 18 Training a new user 22 Adapting to your writing style 23 Scheduling periodic optimizations 24 Upgrading Existing Users from Versions 8.x and 9.x 25 Version 10 File Structure 27 Accessing log files, samples, and tools 28 Setting command, hot key, backup options 29

Contents

CHAPTER 3 Starting to Dictate 33

Starting Dragon 33 Turning on the microphone 34 Starting to dictate 35 Getting Help 39 Troubleshooting 41 The DragonBar 41 Using QuickStart 44

CHAPTER 4 Working on Your Desktop 47

Programs, documents, and folders 47 Switching between open windows 48 Opening and closing menus 49

Selecting buttons, tabs, and options 50 Selecting icons on the desktop 51 Resizing and closing windows 52 Scrolling in windows and list boxes 52 Opening lists and making selections 53

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Pressing keyboard keys 53 Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse 58

CHAPTER 5 Correcting and Editing 63

Correcting mistakes 63 Selecting text by voice 67 Moving around in a document 71 Copying, cutting, and pasting text 73 Deleting text 74 Spelling as you dictate 76 Playing back your dictation 77 Using text-to-speech 83

CHAPTER 6 Formatting 85

Capitalizing text 85 Formatting text 89

CHAPTER 7 Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters 93

Dictating numbers 93 Punctuation 104 Dictating hyphenated words 107 Dictating compound words 109 Dictating names 110 Dictating abbreviations and acronyms 110 Dictating e-mail and Web addresses 113 Dictating special characters 114 Switching recognition modes 119

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Technical Support 127 Information and Sales 127 Training and Customization Services 127

Introduction

ragon NaturallySpeaking and Dragon Medical let you talk

to your computer instead of typing. As you talk, your words are transcribed onto your screen and into your documents or email messages.

Talking to a computer while it types what you say is called dictating. You can dictate, rather than type, into any program that accepts text.

You can use Dragon to:

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■ Compose letters, memos, and send e-mail messages—Cut and

paste inside your documents as well as revise and format text. Just think about what you want to say, and then say it into the microphone.

■ Enter data into forms or spreadsheets. (Available in

Professional and higher editions)—Most people can dictate numbers faster than they can type. Using Dragon Professional or higher editions, you can create custom voice commands to let you move from field to field on your form by voice.

■ Work on the Web—Search the Web, access information, and

navigate Web pages by speaking URLs and links.

■ Start programs and open menus.

■ Use handheld recorders to dictate while you are away from

your computer. Dragon can then transcribe what you said.

Introduction

About this guide

This guide covers all editions of Dragon, including Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Dragon Medical. Most information presented applies to all the editions, and differences between the editions are noted.

Conventions used in this guide

1 This guide contains many examples of words and phrases

you can say when using Dragon. These examples appear in italics with quotation marks, for example: “Format That

Bold.”

2 Some procedures also include sample text for you to dictate.

Sample text appears in a different typeface, with punctuation in square brackets.

3 This guide applies to the five English dialects that ship with

Dragon:

■ US English

■ UK English

■ Australian English

■ Indian English

■ Southeast Asian English

US English uses US spelling, punctuation, and time and currency formats. We recommend US English for Canadian users since this dialect formats numbers (including times, telephone numbers, and currency) in North American formats.

All other dialects use UK spelling, punctuation, and time and currency formats (some number settings depend on your Windows Regional Settings). Where multiple dialects are used in dictation examples, those dialects appear in a different font style. For example:

You can also correct a longer phrase by saying “Correct

[text] Through [text]” (US/Canada) or “Correct [text] To [text]” (Other Dialects).

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4 This guide uses US spelling and punctuation for consistency.

5 This guide also includes tips and notes to help you use the

software more effectively. Tips and notes appear like this:

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dictation, you can force it to recognize what you say as a command by holding down the

With Numbers Mode on, Dragon tries to interpret everything you say as a number. If you dictate words, the results will be unpredictable. However, you can still navigate menus and switch between programs by voice when Numbers Mode is on.

If you pause correctly, but Dragon still types a command as

CTRL key.

What should I expect from Dragon?

One reason to use Dragon is to do your writing more quickly; creating letters, reports, and other documents by voice. Another is to reduce the stress associated with keyboarding. Or maybe you just like the idea of being able to lean back in your chair, put your feet up on the desk, and still get work done.

Dragon is good for all these reasons, but making it work well requires some effort from you. Dragon learns about your voice and pronunciation as you use it. When you use words the program doesn’t know, it will misrecognize them. By correcting your mistakes, you help Dragon improve its ability to recognize your way of speaking.

Do I still need my keyboard and mouse?

Although you can use Dragon to do almost everything on your computer by voice, some things are still easier to do using the mouse or keyboard.

If using a mouse and keyboard is an option for you, try experimenting with using your voice and using your hands for different tasks, to see what works best.

What if I can’t use a keyboard and mouse?

If using a mouse and keyboard is not an option, Chapter 4,

Working on Your Desktop on page 47.

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Installation and User Creation

his chapter presents how to install and set up Dragon, and then how to train Dragon to understand your voice.

System requirements

System requirements to run Dragon are:

■ Intel

■ 512 MB RAM minimum. Recommended: 1 GB RAM. For

■ 512 KB minimum L2 Cache. Recommended: 1 GB L2 Cache.

■ Minimum of 1 GB of free hard disk space. Minimum 2.5 GB

■ Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), or Windows Server

Pentium® 4 (or equivalent AMD processor) 1GHz

processor or greater. Recommended: Intel (1.6 GHz dual core processor) or equivalent AMD processor. Faster processor will produce faster performance.

NOTE:

your system meets the minimum requirements. If your system does not meet the requirements, the software will not be installed.

Windows Vista, 1GB RAM is required.

for Dragon Medical.

2000 (Service Pack 4 or higher), Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional (32-bit with Service Pack 2 or higher), and Windows Vista Home or Professional Windows Vista with or without Service Pack 1 (32-bit only).

During the installation process the software checks to make sure

Pentium® 2.4 GHz

■ DVD drive required for installation.

■ Sound card capable of recording, set to 16 bit 11 KHz for

audio recording.

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■ Nuance-approved noise-canceling headset/microphone. A

microphone is included with the full product, but is not included with upgrade versions.

■ Microsoft

Internet Explorer® 6 or higher (free download

available at www.microsoft.com).

■ Speakers—Optional for playback of recorded speech and text-

to-speech features.

■ For Bluetooth wireless microphone support, visit

http://support.nuance.com/compatibility.

■ An Internet connection for activation and automatic updates.

■ Additional software—Additional operating system support for

Professional, Legal, and Medical Editions: Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0 or 4.5 for Citrix support.

Multiple users on one computer

Dragon is licensed on a “per individual” basis. You are permitted to install the software on more than one computer (such as on a desktop and a laptop computer, or on a work and a home computer), but you cannot use the software concurrently on more than one computer.

You are permitted to create multiple voice profiles, so long as each voice profile is for you. If someone else wants to create a voice profile, that person must purchase a separate Dragon license.

Volume license agreements are available.

Plugging in the microphone

To use Dragon, you will need to plug in your microphone.

If you are not sure how to plug in your microphone, consult the documentation that came with your microphone.

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use these to playback recorded speech instead of your headphones.

If you already have speakers for your computer, you can also

What you should know before installing

Before installing, modifying, or upgrading Dragon, you should know about issues with Vista and coexistence with other Dragon products.

Installing on Windows Vista

Dragon Version 10 is compatible with all editions of Windows Vista. Versions 8.x, 9.0, and 9.1 of Dragon do not install or run on Windows Vista. (Versions 9.5 and higher do work on Windows Vista.)

If you upgrade a machine from a previous version of Windows to Windows Vista and that machine has Version 8.x, 9.0, or 9.1 of Dragon installed, that version of Dragon will not work after upgrading to Windows Vista. All your user profiles from these previous versions remain intact and can be upgraded when you install Dragon Version 9.5 or higher.

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Coexistence with other Dragon products

Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon

You can have only one version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking installed on your system.

NOTE:

supported.

Coexistence with Dragon NaturallySpeaking SDK Client Edition

You can install Dragon SDK Client Edition 10 on the same machine where Dragon 10 is installed. In addition, Dragon 10 and Dragon SDK Client Edition 10 can share users and vocabularies.

You can only run one product at a time. For example, if you are running Dragon, you cannot run any of the SDK Client tools or samples.

Running Version 8.x or 9.x concurrently with Version 10 is not

NOTE:

Version 8.x or 9.x is not supported.

Coexistence of Version 10 with Dragon SDK Client Edition

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Before installing the software

Before installing, modifying, or upgrading Dragon:

1 Close all open applications.

2 Turn off or disable antivirus software; the installation process

can sometimes trigger a false virus report.

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on Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista. Administrator rights are not required to create a user or use the software after installation.

On Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional, and Windows Vista systems, if as an administrator you want to create a Dragon user for a Windows limited user (user with restricted privileges), you must log on using that Windows limited user account before creating the Dragon NaturallySpeaking user.

If you create a Dragon user account for a limited user while logged in as a Windows administrator, the limited user will not be able to access that user account. These restrictions also apply to an upgrade installation.

Choose the type of installation to carry out.

Choose Installation Type

Choose whether to install the entire product or only particular features of the product, as explained in the next section.

You must have Administrator rights to install or uninstall Dragon

You can also carry out an online Dragon System Administrator Guide PDF or Help file for details.

MSI

installation. Refer to the

Choosing type of installation

When you install Dragon, you can either do a complete (typical) installation or a custom installation. Nuance recommends you do a complete installation unless you are experienced with the product. The table below tells more about each installation type.

TYPE DESCRIPTION

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Typical/ Complete

Custom Lets you select options and speech files to

NOTE:

selecting Custom installation, you can install them later by running the Setup program again and choosing Modify.

If you are installing the product for multiple users, you should choose a Custom installation rather than a Typical/Complete installation. To carry out a custom installation, proceed to

Installing software — Custom Installation on page 11.

Otherwise, proceed with Installing software — Typical

Installation on page 9.

Installs all options and speech files. Requires the maximum disk space.

install. Can greatly reduce the disk space required. During a custom installation, in the Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional and Dragon Medical editions, you can modify settings that are then applied to all users created with this installation, including Windows limited account users.

If you decide not to install some Dragon components by

Installing software — Typical Installation

To install all features of Dragon:

1 Insert the Dragon DVD into your DVD drive.

If the installation does not start automatically, use Windows Explorer to find and double-click setup.exe on the DVD.

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Vista, you may see the message saying A program needs your permission to continue. Click Continue to start the installation.

After the Windows Installer begins, it installs two software

Windows Vista: When you start the installation on Windows

packages if they are not already installed:

■ Visual C++ Version 8.0

■ PowerMic Microphone Drivers (Medical edition only)

3 After the Wizard begins, click Next to proceed to the License

Agreement page. Read the text and select I accept the terms..., then click Next.

4 Enter your User Name and Organization, and the Serial

Number supplied to your installation.

5 (Optional) When the Setup Type page appears, click the

Change button and choose where to install the product.

If no earlier versions of Dragon are installed on your system, the default directory is:

C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10

For a list of directories created by installation, see Version 10

File Structure on page 27.

6 While you are still on the Setup Type page, select Ty p i ca l.

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7 On the Ready to Install the Program page, you can choose:

■ Enable QuickStart mode for the current user—If you enable

QuickStart, the product launches at system startup time and adds the Dragon QuickStart icon to the Windows task bar.

■ Upgrade existing speech files to work with the installation—

If you select this option, either immediately after you install (or after you reboot when you are prompted to reboot), Dragon starts the user upgrade process (Upgrading

Existing Users from Versions 8.x and 9.x on page 25).

8 Click Install to start the installation.

9 When prompted, click Finish to complete the installation. (If

you are prompted to restart your computer, restart it now.)

10Select Start > All Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 >

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10. The DragonBar appears on

your desktop.

11(optional) If you have users from Version 8.x or 9.x that you

would like to upgrade before proceeding, refer to Upgrading

Existing Users from Versions 8.x and 9.x on page 25.

12If you have no previously existing users, the New User

Wizard starts immediately after you run the product. Proceed

to Creating a new user on page 18 to set up a user, then continue as instructed, to train the user.

You are now ready to create a user, as explained under

Creating a new user on page 18.

Installing software — Custom Installation

To install portions of Dragon or to install it for multiple users:

1 Insert the Dragon DVD into your DVD drive.

If the installation does not start automatically, use Windows Explorer to find and double-click setup.exe on the DVD.

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NOTE:

Vista, if you see a message saying A program needs your permission to continue, click Continue to start the installation.

After the Windows Installer begins, it installs two software

Windows Vista: When you start the installation on Windows

packages if they are not already installed:

■ Visual C++ Version 8.0

■ PowerMic Microphone Drivers (Medical edition only)

3 After the Wizard begins click Next to proceed to the License

Agreement page. Read the text and select I accept the terms..., then click Next.

4 Enter your User Name and Organization, and the Serial

Number supplied to your installation.

5 (Optional) When the Setup Type page appears, click the

Change button and choose where to install the product.

If no earlier versions of Dragon are installed on your system, the default directory is:

C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10

For a list of directories created by installation, see Version 10

File Structure on page 27.

6 While you are still on the Setup Type page, select Custom for

the type of installation.

NOTE:

selecting Custom installation, you can install them later by running the Setup program again and choosing Modify.

If you decide not to install some Dragon components by

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7 Click Next and you see a tree where you can select any

particular feature of the product and click the down arrow to its left to choose where/when to install it:

■ Install now, on local hard drive

■ Install now, with all subfeatures on local hard drive

■ Install when it is needed on a just-in-time basis

These options are particularly useful for installing multiple languages and/or multiple vocabularies.

For example, see the selections for the Southeast Asian English vocabulary shown in the illustration below.

If you are using Dragon Medical, you can choose to install, for example, the Surgery vocabulary under US English, shown in the next illustration.

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Installing other languages, dialects, and specialized vocabularies

To install user files for the other languages or dialects supplied with your edition, choose Custom on the Setup Type page. The user files for each language or dialect contain both spellings and pronunciations specific to that region. For example, users who wish to dictate US English spellings—including users with accents—should install the US (American) English user files.

8 Click Next again and, if you do not have the Professional or

Medical edition, skip to the next step. Otherwise, choose any check boxes under Additional options to have additional dialog boxes pop up at the end of the installation, where you can make changes that affect all users dictating on this computer.

OPTION DESCRIPTION

Modify the application's settings for all users

Displays the Options dialog box at the end of the installation; here you set several options for all users at once (see online Help for details). Useful for an installation in a shared area; for example, in an examining room where multiple healthcare providers can dictate.

Modify the administrative settings

Displays the Administrative Settings dialog box at the end of the installation, where you set up the Roaming User feature, where to backup your files, and who can modify commands/vocabularies.

Formatting options

Displays Formatting dialog box at end of installation, where you apply uniform formatting to all documents dictated at this installation; for example, formats for dates, times, and phone numbers. You also set whether to expand contractions, apply abbreviations, and insert commas automatically. See online Help for more details.

9 Click Next.

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10On the Ready to Install the Program page, you can choose:

■ Enable QuickStart mode for the current user

In QuickStart mode, the product launches on system startup with the Dragon QuickStart icon in the Windows task bar. For more on the QuickStart option, see Version

10 File Structure on page 27.

■ Upgrade existing speech files to work with the installation

If you select this option, immediately after you reboot, Dragon NaturallySpeaking starts the user upgrade process.

11Click Install to start the installation.

12When the installation completes, proceed with any of the

following sections that apply to your custom installation:

■ Modifying application settings for all users on page 16

■ Modifying administrative settings on page 16

■ Setting formatting options on page 17

13If you chose to upgrade speech files earlier, when the

message about upgrading your user speech files pops up, click OK. (The message might tell you that the installation will not be complete until after your system is restarted.)

14Check Yes, check for program updates to download any

updates after the setup completes and click Finish to complete the installation.

15If you were told you need to reboot in order to complete the

installation, reboot your computer now.

16Select Start > All Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 >

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.

17If you have users from Version 8.x or 9.x that you would like

to upgrade before proceeding, refer to Upgrading Existing

Users from Versions 8.x and 9.x on page 25. Otherwise, if

you have no previously existing users, the New User Wizard starts immediately and you can create a user as explained under Creating a new user on page 18.

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Modifying application settings for all users

If you checked off Modify the application’s settings for all users during a custom installation, the Options dialog box opens immediately after the installation completes.

NOTE:

by running Dragon NaturallySpeaking and selecting Tools > Options.

If you did a typical installation, open the Options dialog box

In the Options dialog box, you see several tabs you can use to set up various aspects of dictating with the product:

■ Correction

■ Commands

■ View

■ Hot keys

■ Text-to-speech

■ Miscellaneous

For more information on each tab, see the online Help. If you have the Medical Edition, you also see tabs for PowerMic I, PowerMic II, and the Dictation Box.

Modifying administrative settings

If you checked Modify the administrative settings during a custom installation, the Administrative Settings dialog box opens immediately after the installation ends.

■ Data

NOTE:

Settings dialog box by running Dragon NaturallySpeaking without opening a user and selecting Tools > Administrative Settings.

If you did a typical installation, open the Administrative

In the Administrative Settings dialog box, you see these tabs:

■ Roaming—To set up roaming users.

■ Miscellaneous—To create backup/distribution directories and

control who can modify custom commands.

■ Scheduled Tasks—To schedule voice recognition optimization

and data collection for improved accuracy, and let users modify the schedule.

For details, refer to the Help by clicking the Help button.

Setting formatting options

If you checked Formatting options on the Custom Setup page during a custom installation, the Formatting dialog box opens after the installation completes.

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Dragon, open a user, and select Tools > Formatting. Then choose the General tab.

If you did not do a custom installation, to set up formatting: Run

The Formatting dialog box for all versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking appears as shown below.

Choose the options to apply to your dictated documents.

In Dragon Medical, the Formatting dialog box offers a wider variety of options (shown in the next illustration), including

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more possible formats for capitalization, numbers, units of measure, and abbreviations.

Creating a new user

Before you can begin using Dragon, you must create a user for each person or healthcare provider who is dictating.

Your user files store acoustic information about your voice that Dragon uses to recognize what you say. These files also store any changes you make to the standard vocabulary—any specialized words, names, acronyms, and abbreviations you add.

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When you launch the software for the first time, the New User Wizard starts and leads you through creating a new user:

NOTE:

loads that user. If you upgraded multiple users, it displays all upgraded users in the Open User dialog box.

If you upgraded a single user from an earlier version, Dragon

To create a user:

1 Type a name for Your Name.

2 Select your language for Language. Dragon Version 10 lets

you create and train users in multiple languages. If you have purchased an edition with support for more than one language, you can add languages by later choosing Custom during the installation and having the Dragon DVD available to install the language files for creating the user.

3 Select your microphone or other audio input device from the

Dictation source drop-down list.

4 Vocabulary—Select the appropriate vocabulary from the drop-

down list. Dragon uses the vocabulary to recognize words correctly based not only on their sound, but also on their context.

5 When you create a user, Dragon chooses the vocabulary and

speech model that best fit your computer’s speed/memory.

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Usually, you should follow this recommendation. For a General vocabulary, you see an Advanced button that you can

click to change the speech model type and vocabulary size:

■ Speech model—Used to adapt to your voice during training.

■ Vocabulary size—Choose:

6 Initial Training: Training is a process where you read text

aloud so that Dragon NaturallySpeaking can more readily recognize your speech. Completing initial training before you start dictating enhances initial recognition accuracy. Choose the type of training to carry out:

Dragon recommends the model that best fits your computer’s speed and memory.

■ Medium—Requires at least 512 MB of RAM.

■ Large—Requires at least 1 GB of RAM.

■ Empty Dictation—(Professional and Medical editions

only) Vocabulary with a language model but without any words, designed for experienced users or resellers who want to create highly specialized vocabularies.

■ None—Choose to skip initial training.

■ Short—Choose to read aloud from provided text. Provides

greater initial accuracy than None.

■ Special—Choose if you have difficulty speaking, a strong

accent, a speech impediment, or stuttering.

If you skip initial training, it is important to read the text exactly as presented when the New User Wizard leads you through the volume and quality checks for your microphone. You can do additional training later by running Perform Additional Training from the Accuracy Center.

7 Click Next to continue. Then proceed with Setting up/

positioning your microphone on page 20.

Setting up/positioning your microphone

1 Click Next to have the New User Wizard lead you through

setting up your microphone.

2 When the New User Wizard first shows/explains how to,

position your microphone.

Positioning the microphone correctly is important. If the microphone is out of place, Dragon might not be able to hear you clearly and make more mistakes.

Consistent positioning is also important. Make sure that you position the microphone the same way each time you dictate.

Here are some tips on using particular types of microphones:

Using a headset microphone

■ Position the microphone about a half-inch (approximately

the width of your thumb) from your mouth and a little off to the side. The microphone should not touch your mouth, but it can be almost touching your lips.

■ If you need to move the microphone out of the way, lift the

“boom” up and over your head, rather than bending it out of position or removing the headset.

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Using a handheld microphone

■ Hold the microphone one to three inches from your mouth

and a little off to the side.

■ If the volume display on the DragonBar

holding the microphone slightly farther from your mouth.

Using an array microphone

■ Position the array 18 to 30 inches from/pointed at your

mouth.

■ Avoid blocking the path between your mouth and the

array, for example by holding a book or paper in front of your face.

■ Avoid having any source of noise or signal other than your

voice directly facing the array within at least 15 feet.

3 Click Next to continue with Checking microphone volume/

sound quality on page 21.

Checking microphone volume/sound quality

turns red, try

1 When the Adjust Your Microphone: Volume Check page of the

wizard appears, click the Start Volume Check button and then read aloud the text displayed in the box.

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2 When the program beeps to indicate it has finished checking

the volume, click Next.

3 When the Adjust Your Microphone: Quality Check screen

appears, click Start Quality Check and then read aloud the text displayed in the box.

4 The program beeps when it has finished evaluating the sound

quality of your system. If Dragon displays PASSED, click the Next button to continue.

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low error while creating a Dragon user, to boost the microphone’s volume:

1. Select Start > Control Panel > Sound.

2. On the Recording tab, double-click the Microphone icon to open the Microphone Properties dialog.

3. Based on your sound card and microphone, you set the boost from the Level or Custom tab. If you see a slider to set the boost, move the slider all the way to the right for the maximum boost. If you see a Boost checkbox, select the checkbox.

Proceed with Training a new user on page 22.

Windows Vista or XP: If you get a Sound level is too

Training a new user

If you selected Short training when you created the user, you are prompted to start General Training after you check the volume and quality of your microphone.

Performing training when creating a user enhances your initial recognition accuracy. In initial training you read aloud for several minutes from one of the available texts.

NOTE:

For information on training a mobile user, see the online help.

To train a new user:

1 When the yellow arrow showing you where to start reading

appears, begin reading the text. To take breaks while you’re training the program, click Pause.

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sentences without pausing. For the rest of the screens, it’s okay to pause in the middle of a sentence.

To advance through the first two screens, you must say the

When the words change color, it means the computer has heard and recognized them.

2 If you re-read the same words and the computer still doesn’t

get it, just click Skip. Otherwise, click Next to continue.

3 Choose a text to read aloud and click OK.

You only need to read for about five minutes to train Dragon to recognize your voice.

You can take breaks during this training by clicking Pause. Don’t worry if you make mistakes or laugh. You should try to read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if you read something incorrectly. The computer either ignores the mistake or positions the yellow arrow at the beginning of the text for you to reread it.

The progress bar shows how much text is left to dictate.

NOTE:

When you’ve read enough, the New User Wizard displays a

During training, dictating punctuation is not necessary.

congratulations message. Click OK and Dragon starts adapting to your voice.

5 Proceed to Adapting to your writing style on page 23.

Adapting to your writing style

After it adapts to your voice, the New User Wizard prompts you to adapt Dragon to your writing style.

Dragon can analyze your writing style to increase your overall recognition accuracy. This tool scans documents in your My Documents directory—Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, text files, html files, and rich text files (.rtf).

Adapting to your writing style can add 5 to 30 minutes to user training. Close all other programs when you run this step.

Installation and User Creation

NOTE:

Wizard, if you plan to skip this step, select Skip this step rather than Cancel.

Click Start to continue. While scanning your files, the New

Though we recommend that you run this part of the New User

User Wizard displays its status.

2 When Dragon has finished adapting to your writing style,

click Next.

3 Proceed to Scheduling periodic optimizations on page 24.

Scheduling periodic optimizations

After it adapts to your writing style, the New User Wizard presents the Periodic Optimizations page, where you select the type of language and acoustic model optimizations Dragon should carry out and how often:

1 Check off the optimizations you want carried out.

2 To the right, click the Configure button to set when, how

often, and what time of day to run each optimization. Instead of Daily, Weekly, and Monthly, you can run the optimization At System Startup, At Logon, or when the system is idle.

3 You might be asked to enter your Windows password.

4 Under Data Collection you set whether or not to collect data

and schedule when it should be collected. If you choose to turn it on, this process collects 500 MB of acoustic data from your dictation sessions. You have the option of sending that data to Nuance to help improve the accuracy of future versions of Dragon. No personal information is ever sent to Nuance and participation in data collection is completely voluntary. Click Configure to schedule acoustic data collection to occur and be sent Daily, Weekly, or Monthly, and to indicate the date and time it should start.

5 On the Done page of the wizard, you can choose to run the

tutorial, see new features, or begin dictating with the user you just created.

Auto Configuration Based on System Profile

After you create a user, Dragon automatically analyzes your hardware and changes the default settings of your users to optimize performance. The changes could include:

■ Disabling Natural Language Commands in some applications.

■ Adjusting the Speed vs. Accuracy slider in the Miscellaneous tab

of the Options dialog box to favor speed.

Depending on your hardware, you might receive a message indicating Dragon has taken these actions. If Dragon modifies these settings, you can change them after you have finished creating the user, as explained in these online Help topics:

■ Enabling Natural Language Commands

■ Adjusting Speed vs. Accuracy

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Upgrading Existing Users from Versions 8.x and 9.x

If you chose to upgrade existing users during the installation, the User Upgrade Wizard appears the first time you run Version 10.

NOTE:

the wizard and do it later.

Otherwise, you can start the User Upgrade Wizard from the Windows Start menu at any time.

To upgrade existing users:

1 To start the User

Upgrade Wizard, select Start > All Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking

10.0 > Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools > Upgrade Users. The User Upgrade Wizard

appears.

If you do not want to upgrade users right now, you can exit from

Installation and User Creation

2 On the Select Users to Upgrade page, modify the list of users to

include users that you want to upgrade. The wizard starts by including all users in the current folder as candidates to upgrade. You add users to the list by clicking the Add button and browsing for additional users in other locations. You remove users from the list by selecting them and clicking the Remove button. After the list contains only the users you want to upgrade, click Next.

3 Click Next and choose the location for the upgraded user

files. As the User Upgrade Wizard modifies your user files to work with the newest version, it can move place the upgraded user in another location while keeping the old files untouched, in case you need them again.

4 Click the Browse button in the Choose Destination page of the

wizard to select the location for the upgraded user files. If you do not set a location, the files are placed in the default location (see Version 10 File Structure on page 27).

5 (Optional) If you want to make changes to the user locations,

base vocabularies, and/or acoustic models, click the Advanced button and the Advanced Options dialog box opens.

In this dialog box, you can make finer adjustments to how the wizard upgrades particular users. You see a list of the users being upgraded. For each user you see the user name, old location, vocabulary, and one or more acoustic models.

When you click on the location line of a user in the list, the New Location text box below the list becomes available. You can click Browse and select a new location.

When you click on the vocabulary line of a user in the list, the New Base Vocabulary text box below the list becomes available. You can choose a new base vocabulary from the drop-down list.

When you click on the acoustic model line of a user in the list, the New Acoustic Model text box below the list becomes available. You can choose a new combination language, language model, and accent from the drop-down list.

6 Click Next to proceed to the Upgrade Users page where you

click Begin to begin the upgrade process. Expect to wait approximately 5 minutes for each user being upgraded.

7 When the upgrade process is complete, click Finish.

8 If the User Upgrade Wizard ran in response to you starting

the product, the Open User window displays a list of users and you can select a user to dictate.

Version 10 File Structure

User Guide

NOTE:

File locations shown apply to installations in the default location.

Windows 2000/XP Pro/XP Home/Windows Server 2003 directory structure

C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10

\Ereg \Help \Program \Tutorial (optional)

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10\

\Custom \Data \Data\Training \Users

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10\

\Results

Windows Vista directory structure

C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10

\Ereg \Help \Program \Tutorial (optional)

Installation and User Creation

C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking10\

\Custom \Data \Data\Training \Users

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Nuance\ NaturallySpeaking10\Results

Cleaning up after uninstalling

The following files remain on your machine after you uninstall:

\Windows\Speech\

VText.dll Vdict.dll WrapSAPI.dll XTel.Dll Xcommand.dll

Dragon installs these files for Microsoft SAPI4 support. If you do not have other speech applications that require SAPI4, you can safely remove these files. If you do have applications that require SAPI4 support, you might need to re-install those applications if you remove these files.

Xlisten.dll Xvoice.dll spchtel.dll speech.cnt speech.dll

Accessing log files, samples, and tools

You can open log files and samples from the desktop:

■ NaturallySpeaking log file (dragon.log)—Select Start >

Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 > Show Dragon Log.

speech.hlp vcauto.tlb vcmd.exe vcmshl.dll vtxtauto.tlb

■ NaturallySpeaking setup files (dgnsetup.log)—Select Start >

Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 > Show Setup Log.

■ Structured command samples—Select Start > Programs >

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 > Sample Commands.

(Professional and Medical editions only)

■ Tools—Select Start > All Programs > Dragon

NaturallySpeaking 10.0 > Dragon Tools. (Professional and

Medical editions only)

Setting command, hot key, backup options

You use the Options dialog box to set where you can dictate commands, assign hot keys, customize how text is formatted, set initial microphone settings, and set the how often your user files are backed up.

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NOTE:

Options dialog box automatically at the end of the installation), you can open the Options dialog box by running Dragon NaturallySpeaking and selecting Tools > Options.

If you did not do a custom installation (which opens the

Correction tab—Select, correct, spell options

Under the Correction tab, you can set up the behavior of standard commands, such as Select, Correct, and Spell.

Select and Correct are commands that select or correct text. Spell is also a command that opens the Spell dialog box. You can choose to have Select bring up the Correction menu, then indicate how it should display by checking off items under Correction Menu.

Commands tab—Types of commands you can dictate

Under the Commands tab, you can choose the type of commands you want to be able to dictate.

Alongside Natural Language commands, you might also want to enable mouse commands (such as “Drag”) and mode switching commands, such as “Switch to Command.”

You then set how fast the mouse should move in response to commands.

In addition, you can choose to have commands available in HTML windows, and to have search commands available for use in your web browser, on your desktop, and/or in email.

View tab—Set DragonBar location/appearance

In the View tab, you can set how the DragonBar is positioned:

■ Permanently docked across the top or bottom of your screen

■ Floating so that you can move it with the mouse

■ Clinging to the application window where the text is

transcribed

■ Sitting in the Windows tray as an icon

You can also choose whether or not to display the Results Box, where that box should be positioned, and whether or not that box should be hidden after a particular number of seconds. You can choose to have the product beep after it recognizes text.

Hot keys tab—Microphone, menus, windows

Under the Hot keys tab, you can set/modify the hot keys that:

■ Turn on/off the microphone

■ Open the Correction menu

■ Switch between Command and Dictation modes

■ Open the Dragon menu on the DragonBar

■ Wake microphone up from Sleep mode

■ Ta k e press-to- talk action

■ Open the Dictation Box

■ Play back audio

■ Increase audio playback speed

■ Transfer text from the Dictation Box

■ Run Dragon in Hidden mode

If your computer does not have a number pad, you must set these hot keys to keyboard keys to use them.

Text-to-speech tab—Readback voice

NOTE:

use a text-to-speech command after starting Dragon Medical.

Under the Text-to-speech tab, you can:

■ Adjust volume, pitch, and speed of text-to-speech playback

■ Select a voice to read for text-to-speech playback

■ Preview text-to-speech playback

Dragon Medical loads the text-to-speech engine the first time you

■ Remove the text-to-speech engine from memory

The text-to-speech engine should not affect performance, so generally you will not need to unload it.

Miscellaneous tab—Actions on open/close user

Under the Miscellaneous tab, you can:

■ Set the microphone to initialize in Sleep mode, requiring you

say “Wake Up” or “Listen to Me” before you can dictate

■ Open DragonPad on startup

■ Save user files whenever you exit, without prompting you

■ Set the balance between speed and accuracy

■ Turn on a screen reader for visually impaired users

■ Turn on Microsoft Active Accessibility feature, required to

control menus and dialog boxes of some Windows applications

■ Launch Dragon in QuickStart mode

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Data tab—Archiving and space usage options

Under the Data tab, you can choose to:

■ Store corrections in an archive for use by optimizer engines

and set the maximum size that the archive is allowed to reach

■ Maintain smaller user files to easily move to other computers

■ Use only new training data when optimizing after training,

rather than using all data available for that user

■ Set amount of extra space on the disk to reserve for holding

dictation after dictation fills your random access memory

■ Save audio files as well as the recognized text

■ Automatically back up audio files after a certain number of

saves

■ Run optimizations on the schedule set by the administrator

■ Collect data about this user’s acoustic and language model

optimizations to Nuance for improving future accuracy

■ Delete the data stored about the user’s acoustic and language

model

■ Create a usability log

■ Always save audio files

PowerMic I tab—Hot keys on microphone (Medical Edition only)

Under the PowerMic I tab, you can set actions taken by PowerMic microphone buttons:

■ Dictate

■ Stop/Play

■ To p L e f t

■ Fast Forward

■ To p R i g h t

■ Lower Left

■ Rewind

■ Lower Right

PowerMic II tab—Hot keys on microphone (Medical Edition only)

Under the PowerMic II tab, you can set actions taken by the PowerMic II microphone buttons:

■ Tr a ns c r ib e

■ Tab Backward

■ Dictate

■ Rewind

■ Fast Forward

■ Stop/Play

■ Custom Left

■ Enter/Select

■ Custom Right

Dictation Box tab—Behavior of Dictation Box (Medical Edition only)

Under the Dictation Box tab, you can:

■ Set the font, size, style, and color of the text shown in the

Dictation Box

■ Set the ways you can paste, such as using keys or commands

■ Set whether the Dictation Box is hidden or visible

■ Count the number of characters and display the total

■ Store text in the clipboard after you transfer it from the

Dictation Box

Starting to Dictate

ow that you’ve installed the software and completed training, you’re ready to dictate your first sentence.

Starting Dragon

If Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical is not already running, you can start it by:

■ Double-clicking the Dragon icon on the

desktop.

■ Selecting Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 >

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10.0 from the Start menu.

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■ If the QuickStart option is enabled, right-clicking the

QuickStart taskbar tray icon and selecting Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking. For more on using the QuickStart option, see Using QuickStart on page 44.

NOTE:

(Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home), but interactive dictation is not supported. Using a Remote Desktop connection, you can access the DragonBar and transcribe dictation but you cannot use a microphone attached to the remote machine to dictate.

You can start Dragon over a Remote Desktop connection

Starting to Dictate

Turning on the microphone

Before you can dictate, you need to turn on the microphone. You turn on the microphone by:

■ Click the microphone icon

on the DragonBar. You can click this icon again to turn it off.

■ Pressing the plus (+) key

Microphone icon

on the numeric keypad to turn the microphone on, and then press it again to turn the microphone off.

■ Clicking the microphone icon in the Windows task bar.

The button and the volume meter on the DragonBar change to show if the microphone is off or on.

Shows that the microphone is off

Shows that the microphone is on

NOTE:

voice.

Once the microphone is off, you cannot turn it on again by

Sleeping and waking up

To make Dragon stop listening temporarily:

1 Say “Go to Sleep” or “Stop Listening.” Then Dragon

ignores everything except the “Wake Up” or “Listen To Me” commands.

2 To reactivate the microphone, say “Wake Up” or “Listen To

Me.”

You can also press the numeric plus (+) key to turn on/off the microphone.

Starting to dictate

To begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft® Word or Corel Make sure your text insertion point is at the start of the new document.

DragonPad

You can use the DragonPad, a simple word processor included with Dragon. To open the DragonPad, from the Tools menu on the DragonBar, click DragonPad.

TIP:

Remember to click in the window you want to talk to before you

speak.

Start talking. As you talk, text displays in the Results Box while Dragon figures out what you said. The Results Box is a small yellow window that appears on-screen as you dictate. For example:

WordPerfect®) and begin a new document.

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The words in the Results Box may change as the program considers different interpretations of what it heard.

The Results Box displays a line that changes from yellow to green as you speak, indicating the volume of your dictation.

NOTE:

Results Box displays a bold blue border.

When Dragon recognizes what you said as a command, the

You can also anchor the Results Box permanently in one place. From the To ol s menu of the DragonBar, click Options, then click the View tab and enable the Anchor option.

Don’t worry about mistakes at this point; Dragon improves as you use it.

Using Natural Punctuation

Dragon can automatically add periods and commas at the appropriate places in your dictation without you having to explicitly speak that punctuation. The Natural Punctuation feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by

Starting to Dictate

focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is punctuated.

Natural Punctuation inserts only periods and commas. You have to dictate other punctuation marks. Even with Natural Punctuation turned on, you can still dictate periods and commas. As you become more adept at dictation and want more control over where punctuation appears, you may want to explicitly dictate all your punctuation.

NOTE:

"autopunctuation on" and "autopunctuation off" or by selecting Tools > Options from the menu of the DragonBar and clicking Automatically add commas and periods on the Formatting

tab.

You can turn Natural Punctuation on and off by voice by saying

For more information on Natural Punctuation see Using

Natural Punctuation on page 104.

Dictating punctuation

You can dictate punctuation at any time while you are using Dragon, even when Natural Punctuation is enabled.

Use the following list as a guide to dictating the most common punctuation marks. (For a complete list of punctuation, see the online help.)

TO ENTE R SAY (US/Canada) SAY (Other Dialects)

,comma comma . period full stop ! exclamation point or

? question mark question mark

- hyphen hyphen : colon colon

exclamation mark

Starting new lines and paragraph

While you are dictating, you can use the following commands to duplicate the action of pressing the new line) or twice (to add a new paragraph).

TO SAY

Add a new line “New Line”

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ENTER key once (to add a

Add a new paragraph

Saying "New Paragraph" presses the ENTER key twice and capitalizes the next word you dictate.

Tips for dictating text

■ To erase the last thing you said, say “Scratch That.”

■ You can repeat “Scratch That” to undo a sequence of

phrases.

■ To undo the effects of a command, say “Undo That.” If

“Undo That” fails to undo an action, try repeating the

command until you completely undo the operation.

■ To stop a recognition in progress (and turn the microphone

off), click the small red button inside the Results Box.

■ You can change the very last phrase you spoke by saying

“Bold That,” “Cap That,” “Correct That,” and so on; you do not have to select the text first.

“New Paragraph”

■ To remove a trailing space after a word, you can say “Delete

Previous Character.”

■ You can create a spoken form for words you prefer not to say

aloud. For example, you can create a command that types “Snookums” whenever you say “Mary's nickname.”

■ To clear (deselect) your last selection, say “Unselect That.”

For information on correcting any mistakes, see Chapter 5,

Correcting and Editing on page 63.

Starting to Dictate

Using the Dictation Box

Normally you can dictate and use Dragon voice commands in any text window of any application. However, you may occasionally find an application or a specific window in an application where some voice commands won’t work or won’t work consistently.

In these situations, you can use a special window, called the Dictation Box. You use the Dictation Box to dictate and edit text in these non-standard windows without the difficulties you might otherwise experience.

To start the Dictation Box:

1 Place you cursor where you want to put the text.

2 Start the Dictation Box by either:

■ Saying “Show Dictation Box”

■ Select Tools > Dictation Box from the DragonBar

■ Use CTRL + SHIFT + D

3 When the Dictation Box displays, you can dictate and edit text

inside the Dictation Box using all Dragon commands.

4 Once you are done dictating and editing the text, say or click

“Transfer.” The text you dictated in the Dictation Box is transferred to the application.

For more information on using the Dictation Box with a nonstandard window, see the online help.

Printing and saving your dictated text

Printing

From the File menu of your word processor, use the mouse to choose Print. Or say “Click File,” pause, and say “Print.” You can also simply say, “Print Document” or “Print File” if the Natural Language Commands are enabled. See the online help for more information.

Saving

From the File menu, choose Save. You can also say “Click File” and then say “Save.” Remember, you have to pause

between the “Click File” and the “Save” commands to have Dragon recognize them as two separate commands. If the Natural Language Commands have been enabled, you can say “Save Document.”

Getting Help

To access the online Help for Dragon, click the Help menu on the DragonBar and choose Help Topics. Alternately, you can say “Give Me Help.” You can print individual Help topics with the Print button in the Help window. To open the online Help links, just say their names. The links will be displayed next to the application window and will give you examples of the most common commands that work in the application you are currently using.

User Guide

The online help includes the following information not found in this user guide:

■ Creating and Managing Users

■ Dictation Guidelines

■ Dictating using a Portable Recorder

■ Dictating with a Roaming User

■ Correcting Recognition Errors

■ Revising Text

■ Improving Recognition Accuracy

■ Working on Your Desktop

■ Working in Programs

■ Creating Commands with MyCommands

■ Dragon Tools

Starting to Dictate

“What Can I Say?”

Saying “What Can I Say?” will bring up the Sample Commands window. The Sample Commands window displays a small selection of useful commands that Dragon recognizes for the current context, whether it is a particular program you are using or the Windows desktop.

To open the Sample Command window:

1 Choose Sample Commands from the Help menu on the

DragonBar or say “What can I say.”

2 The Sample Commands window opens, displaying a selection

of commands next to the window you are working in.

The contents of the Sample Commands depending on which application is active.

For example, when you switch between Microsoft Outlook and the DragonPad, the contents of the Sample Commands window changes accordingly.

3 To see additional commands that are available, click

Command Browser at the top of the Sample Commands window. For more information, see the online help.

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NOTE:

there are no sample commands available for a specific program.

Commands marked with an asterisk (*) are available only if the Enable Natural Language Commands check box is selected on the Commands tab of the Options dialog box.

Tutorial

To start the Tutorial, choose Tu to r ia l from the Help menu on the DragonBar. The Tutorial includes a number of lessons covering

the basics of Dragon.

Troubleshooting

If you are having problems using Dragon, or if you are getting unexpected results, please refer to the Resolving Problems and Tips sections of the online help.

The DragonBar

A list of Global commands (available everywhere) appears if

The DragonBarTM gives you access to Dragon functions and features.

Menus

Extras

Microphone

Status

Microphone button and volume display

Volume display

■ Yellow means silence or that you are speaking too softly.

When the microphone is on, the Volu m e D i spl a y shows the sound level:

■ Green means that you are speaking at a proper level

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■ Red means that you are speaking too loudly.

The Select-and-Say indicator

The DragonBar includes a Select and Say indicator that turns green when you are in an application or window where all of Dragon’s functionality is supported.

Select-and-Say indicator displays in green to show you can dictate.

When you are in a non-standard window, the Select-and-Say indicator goes out, indicating that you may have some difficulty selecting and editing dictated text.

Also, when you start dictating into a non-standard window, the DragonBar will display Dictating into a non-standard window.

If you have difficulty in dictating or correcting in one of these non-standard windows, use the Dictation box.

See the online help for more information on using the Dictation Box.

Extras toolbar

If present in your edition, you can click the Extras button on the far right of the DragonBar to open the Extras toolbar. The

Extras toolbar displays buttons for hand-held recorder transcription and playing back your dictation.

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Start

Playback

Correction

Button

Stop

Playback

Fast

Playback

Skip Back

Skip

Forward

Transcribe

Button

Correction

Clicking the Correction button opens the Correction menu to teach the computer what you said. See Chapter Chapter 5,

Correcting and Editing on page 63.

Transcribe

Use this button to transcribe your speech from a handheld recorder. See the online help for more information.

Start Playback, Fast Playback, and Stop Playback

When you select text and click the Start Playback button, you hear a recording of your dictation. A yellow arrow displays on your screen during playback, following what you said. Click the Fast Playback button to play the recording at a faster speed. Click the Start Playback button to return to a normal speed. Click the Stop Playback button to stop the recorded speech playback.

Skip Back and Skip Forward

Use these buttons to skip backward or forward one utterance. To Dragon, an utterance is a group of words said together without pausing. The Extras menu items can be displayed in the main DragonBar. See the online help for more information.

Starting to Dictate

Changing the DragonBar position

To change the position of the DragonBar, click the Dragon icon at the far left of the DragonBar. A menu displays that lets you move the DragonBar as follows:

SELECT... TO. ..

Docked to Top mode (default)

Docked to Bottom mode lock the DragonBar to the bottom of the

Floating mode freely position the DragonBar Cling mode make the DragonBar appear just above

Tray Icon Only mode hide the DragonBar completely and

NOTE:

Icon Only Mode.” To make a hidden DragonBar reappear, right-click on the small microphone in the lower right corner of the screen. From the menu that appears, click Restore Previous DragonBar Mode.

You can also hide the DragonBar by saying “Switch to Tray

lock the DragonBar to the top of the screen

screen

the window into which you are dictating.

only display the Microphone icon in the Windows task bar.

Controlling Dragon with voice commands

You can operate Dragon with voice commands. For example, to show the Extras toolbar, say “Show Extras Bar.” For a list of other voice commands that control Dragon, see Controlling the DragonBar in the online help.

Using QuickStart

The Dragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon gives you quick access to Dragon and recent users. Right-clicking the QuickStart icon displays the QuickStart menu.

NOTE:

This option is installed at the end of Dragon setup process.

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When in QuickStart mode, Dragon launches automatically at system startup time and adds the Dragon icon to the Windows taskbar.

To enable QuickStart:

Two ways to enable QuickStart mode are:

■ During installation. An installation screen includes the option

to enable QuickStart.

■ By clicking the Dragon icon in the upper left corner of the

DragonBar and selecting Tray Icon Only Mode. See Using

QuickStart on page 46 for more information.

To shut off/permanently disable QuickStart:

1 In the DragonBar menu, select Too l s > Options and click the

Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box.

2 De-select Launch in QuickStart mode on Windows startup.

Redisplaying the DragonBar

To display the DragonBar while the product is running in QuickStart mode, right-click on the microphone icon in the QuickStart taskbar tray and select Restore Previous DragonBar Mode.

Temporarily Disabling QuickStart

To temporarily disable QuickStart, right-click the QuickStart taskbar tray icon and select Exit. This action exists Dragon and removes the QuickStart tray icon from the Windows taskbar. When you re-start Windows, the QuickStart taskbar tray icon re-displays.

Starting to Dictate

Using QuickStart

Yo u a c c e s s QuickStart by right-clicking the Dragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon. This action displays the QuickStart menus, which parallel the menus in the DragonBar.

SELECT... TO...

Turn Microphone On/ Off

File > Take any of the actions you would other-

Tools > Open any option from the Tools menu. Words > Open any option from the Words menu. Sound > Open any option from the Sound menu. Help > Open any option from the Help menu. Exit Shut down Dragon if it is currently run-

Turn on or off the microphone.

wise take from the Dragon menu on the DragonBar: Open User, Manage Users, Close User, Open Recent User, Manage Vocabularies, Open Recent Vocabulary, Save User Files

ning. You can then re-start the QuickStart feature by restarting Windows, as long as you have set the option to launch in Quick- Start mode on the Miscellaneous tab.

If the QuickStart icon becomes unavailable for any reason, you can always start Dragon from the Windows Start menu.

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Working on Your Desktop

his chapter describes how to control almost everything on your computer with Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon

Medical voice commands.

Programs, documents, and folders

Using voice commands, you can start programs and open documents and folders that appear in your Start menu or desktop.

You can’t start Dragon by voice. However, you can have Dragon automatically start in Sleep mode whenever you start Windows by selecting Microphone on (asleep) option in the Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box. See the online help for more information.

Starting a program

To start a program from the Start menu, say “Start” and then the name of the program exactly as it appears on the menu or submenu of the Start menu. You can also say the name displayed below the icon on your desktop.

For example, to start Microsoft Internet Explorer.”

Internet Explorer®, say “Start

Opening documents and folders from the Start menu

To open a document or folder from the Start menu, say “Start” and then the name of the document or folder exactly as it appears on the menu.

For example, to open a document named sales.doc, you could say “Start Sales dot doc.” To open a document named journal.wpd, you could say “Start journal dot w p d.”

Working on Your Desktop

To open a document or folder from your Windows® desktop, just say “Start” and then the name below the icon. For example, to open a folder named Projects, say “Start Projects.”

Say “Start Projects” to open the folder.

Switching between open windows

You can switch between the windows you have open by saying “Switch to” and then say the name of the program or document window exactly as it appears in the title bar.

For example, if Microsoft it by saying “Switch to Microsoft word.”

You can also switch between open windows by saying “Switch

to Previous Window” “Switch to Next Window” (same as pressing

ALT+SHIFT+TAB).

SAY THIS TO

Switch to Next

Switch to the next application.

Window

Word® is running, you can switch to

(same as pressing ALT+TAB ) and

Switch to Previous Window

Switch to Microsoft Word

Switch to (name of application)

Switch to the previous application.

Make Microsoft

Word the active

application. Switch to the open application you say.

Say the name of the application as it appears in the title bar of the application window.

Opening and closing menus

You can activate any menu by saying the menu name.

To open a me nu:

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Say “File” or

“Click File”

Say “Save”

1 Open a program window (for example, Microsoft

Word) and

make it active.

Say the name of the menu you want to open (for example, say “File”). If the command does not work, try saying “Click” and then the name of the menu you want to open (for example, say “Click File”).

2 In this example, the File menu should open. If the command

doesn’t work (for example, if the word “click” is typed into your document), you may have paused in the middle of the command.

3 Say the name of a menu item to activate it (for example, say

“Save”).

4 To close a menu, say “Cancel.”

TIP:

To open the Start menu, say “Click Start” or “Click Start Menu.”

NOTE:

recognized as commands, you can make Dragon recognize commands only when they are preceded by saying “Click.” To do this, select the

Require “Click” to select menus and controls check box on the Commands tab of the Options dialog box. For more information,

see the online help.

If commands are often typed into your document instead of

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Selecting buttons, tabs, and options

When Dragon is running, you can select any button, check box, text box, or other dialog box option you see by saying its name. If that doesn’t work, say “Click” and then its name.

For example, to select a check box labeled Toolbar, say “Toolbar” or “Click Toolbar.” To clear the check box (deselect it), say its name again.

Say “Toolbar” or

“Click Toolbar” to

select check box.

Say “Wrap to

window” or

“Click Wrap

to window”

You can select tabs by saying the name of the tab, alone or preceded by “Click.” In the dialog box pictured, you could say “Options” or “Click Options” to select the Options tab. You can also move between tabs by saying “Go to Next Tab” and “Go to

Previous Tab.”

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items by saying their names. If this happens, the following method of selecting items may work: say “Tab Key” repeatedly to move to the item you want, then say “Press Space Bar” to select it.

In some programs, you may not be able to select dialog box

See also Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse on page 58.

Selecting icons on the desktop

You can use voice commands to select icons on the Windows® desktop.

To select an icon on the desktop:

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1 Switch to the Windows

desktop. To do this by voice, minimize all open applications and place the mouse pointer over the desktop icon. Say “Mouse Click” to make the desktop active.

2 Say the name of the icon (for example, “My Computer”).

Dragon types the icon name and Windows

3 To select another icon, say “Move” and then the direction

selects it.

(up, down, left, right) and number of icons (up to 20).

For example:

Say “Move Right 1,” “Move Down 2,” or “Move Up 3.”

Say “My Computer”

to select the My

Computer icon

Say “Move Down 2”

to select Recycle Bin

After you select an icon, you can say “Press Enter” to start or open the program and “Press Shift F10” to display its rightclick menu (as if you had right-clicked the icon with the mouse).

You can also use voice commands for these actions. See

Marking and dragging objects on page 60.

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Resizing and closing windows

To resize and close windows, say “Click” and then one of the following window commands:

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Click Minimize or

Minimize the active window. Click Control Menu (pause) Minimize

Click Maximize or

Maximize the active window. Click Control Menu (pause) Maximize

Click Restore or

Restore window to previous size. Click Control Menu (pause) Restore

Click Close or

Close the active program. Press ALT F4

Press CTRL F4 Close the active document, not the

whole program (works in many

programs). Click Start Menu or

Open the Windows® Start Menu. Click Start or Press CTRL ESC

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commands, you can first open the Control menu by saying “Click Control Menu,” then say the command.

“Click” is required for the Control menu commands.

If you have trouble getting Dragon to recognize any of the window

Scrolling in windows and list boxes

You can scroll vertically in a window (for example, an online Help window) or list box by saying “Move Down” and “Move Up” and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20). For example, say “Move Down 4” or “Move Up 10.”

You can scroll horizontally by saying “Move Left” and “Move Right” and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20). For example, say “Move Left 10” or “Move Right 5.”

Opening lists and making selections

You can activate any list box by saying the list box name.

To open a list box:

1 Say the name of the list box you want to open.

2 Say “Show Choices,” “Drop List,” or “Open List.” The list

box opens to show all the choices available in the list.

To make a sele ction from an open list:

1 Say the full name of the selection.

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2 Say “Move Down” or “Move Up” and the number of places

your selection is from the current selection.

Pressing keyboard keys

You can activate Windows® menus and controls by pressing keys. With Dragon you can “press” any key on your keyboard by voice. You can press letters, numbers, modifier keys (

CTRL, and ALT), and so on.

You can say “Press,” “Press Key,” or “Type”—all three voice commands work the same way.

NOTE:

Key commands. You must select the text by voice or mouse and delete it or say “Press Delete.”

Pressing letters

You can press any letter on your keyboard by saying “Press” and then the letter. When you’re pressing letters, you must say

“Press” before each one. For example, to enter “txt,” say “Press t,” “Press x,” “Press t,” pausing between letters.

“Scratch That” will not erase keystrokes dictated with the Press

SHIFT,

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recognition modes

You can also spell words using Spell mode. See Switching

on page 119 for more information.

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For similar-sounding letters (such as B, D, and V), you can use the International Communications Alphabet to spell the letter keys, for example, “Press alpha” or “Press bravo” or say “Press d as in David” or “Press d for David,” and so on) as if you were spelling to another person over the phone.

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Press a

any letter a–z or any international alphabet word alpha through zulu

a as in Albert/Alice/alpha b as in Bill/Buffalo/bravo c as in Cathy/Carl/Charlie d as in David/daughter/delta e as in Edgar/enter/echo f as in Frank/fancy/foxtrot g as in George/gopher/golf h as in Henry/helmet/hotel i as in Iris/Ireland/India j as in John/justice/Juliet k as in Karen/kitchen/kilo l as in Larry/lemon/lima m as in Mickey/magic/Mike n as in Nancy/nobody/November o as in Otto/over/Oscar p as in Paul/people/papa q as in Quentin/question/Quebec r as in Robert/Rachel/Romeo s as in Sam/Singapore/sierra t as in Terry/Tyler/tango

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u as in Ursula/unit/uniform v as in Valerie/visit/Victor w as in Wendy/wake/whiskey x as in Xavier/Xerxes/xray y as in Yolanda/Yvonne/yankee z as in Zachary/zookeeper/zulu (you can also say “for” instead of “as in”)

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“Press Cathy” or “Press Carl.”

You can say “Press c” or “Press Charlie” but you cannot say

Capitalizing a letter

You can capitalize a letter by saying “Press Cap,” then the letter.

For example, to enter “28K” say “twenty eight” and then “Press Cap K” (or “Press Cap K for Karen”).

Pressing numbers

You can press numbers (0 to 9) by saying “Press” and then the number. For example, say “Press 8.”

Pressing key combinations

When you’re pressing keys, you can press any combination of the modifier keys ( another key, such as a letter. For example, you can say:

SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT) at the same time as

■ “Press Control Z” (undoes last action)

■ “Press Alt F” (opens File menu)

■ “Press Shift Tab” (moves backward through dialog box

options)

NOTE:

keyboard shortcut for restarting a computer).

Dragon ignores the command “Press Control Alt Delete” (the

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Pressing function and numeric keypad keys

To press a function key (F1 to F12), say “Press Function” and then the name of the key. For example, say “Press Function 1” to bring up the online Help.

To press the keys on the numeric keypad, say “Press Keypad” and then the name of the key. For example, you can say “Press

Keypad Minus” to press the keyboard shortcut that opens the Correction menu. See the complete list below:

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Press Keypad 1

Keypad 9 (you can say any number from 0 to 9)

All Dialects: Keypad Point (.) US/Canada: Keypad Period (.) Other Dialects: Keypad Full Stop (.)

NOTE:

work. You can say “Press Num Lock” to turn Num Lock on.

Num Lock must be on for the “Press Keypad” commands to

Pressing other keys

Here’s a list of other keys you can press by voice:

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Keypad Slash (/) Keypad Asterisk (*) Keypad Minus (-) (opens the Correction

menu) Keypad Plus (+) (turns the microphone on or

off) Keypad Star (*) (opens the Dragon menu on

the DragonBar)

Keypad Enter

Press Up Arrow

SAY THEN

Down Arrow Right Arrow Left Arrow Home Key End Key Page Up Page Down Insert Key Delete Key Control Key

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Shift Key Alt Key Print Screen Scroll Lock Pause Key Num Lock Caps Lock

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Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse

Dragon provides hands-free mouse control with MouseGrid and the mouse motion voice commands. You can use these features to position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen, click the mouse buttons, and drag objects—all by voice.

Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid

You can position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen by using MouseGrid. You can move the pointer relative to the full screen or the active window.

To use MouseGrid:

1 Say “MouseGrid” to place the MouseGrid over the full

screen (as shown below) or say “MouseGrid Window” to place it over the active window. For example:

2 Say a grid number from 1 to 9 to position the pointer in that

numbered area. In this example, to position the pointer over

the Recycle Bin, say “4.” A smaller MouseGrid will appear in the chosen grid square.

Say “4” to place

a smaller

MouseGrid over

grid square

number 4.

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3 To zoom in over the desired area, say another grid number.

In this example, say “4” to place the pointer over the Recycle Bin icon.

4 Continue to say the respective grid number to zoom in until

the mouse pointer is over an icon or other object. You can use voice commands to click the mouse or mark and drag the object. See the following sections for instructions.

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You can undo the last MouseGrid action by saying “Undo

That.”

To close MouseGrid, say “Cancel.”

Moving the pointer with the Mouse command

You can move the mouse pointer up, down, left, or right a short distance (a few millimeters) by using the mouse pointer commands.

You can combine moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse in a single voice command. For example, you can say “Mouse Up 3 Click” or “Mouse Right 2 Double Click.”

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To move the pointer:

1 Say “Mouse” followed by the direction and number of times

to move it (up to 10). For example, say “Mouse Up 5” or “Mouse Left 10.”

2 When the pointer is over an icon or other object, you can use

voice commands to click the mouse or mark and drag the object.

Clicking the mouse

You can click, double-click, left-click, and right-click the mouse buttons by voice.

To click the mouse :

1 Position the mouse pointer over the object you want to select

(for example, say “MouseGrid 9 1” or “Mouse 2”).

2 Say “Mouse Click,” “Mouse Double Click,” “Mouse Left

Click,” or “Mouse Right Click.”

When an object is selected, you can mark and drag the object (as described in the next section).

Marking and dragging objects

You can mark an object and drag it to a different location by voice.

To mark and drag an object:

1 Position the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag

and then say “Mark” (for example, say “MouseGrid 9 1 Mark”).

2 Move the mouse pointer to where you want to drag the object

and then say “Drag” (for example, say “MouseGrid 6 3 Drag”).

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Instead of “Drag,” you can also say “Control Drag” and “Shift

Drag” to drag while holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key.

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Moving the pointer with the mouse motion commands

In addition to the mouse movement methods described above, you can also move the mouse by using the mouse motion commands. Say, for example, “Move Mouse Right.” The mouse pointer begins moving to the right and keeps moving until you say “Stop.”

Enabling the mouse motion commands

To use the mouse motion commands:

1 From the To ol s menu on the DragonBar, choose Options and

then the Commands tab.

2 Select Enable mouse motion commands and click OK.

3 Click the Speed button to choose how fast the mouse pointer

moves when you use a mouse motion command.

The mouse motion commands

Here is a summary of the available mouse motion commands.

SAY THEN A DIRECTION THEN A SPEED (OPTIONAL)

Move Mouse Mouse Move Drag Mouse Mouse Drag

While the mouse is moving, you can say any of the commands above. You can also say:

■ “Stop” or “Cancel” to stop the mouse from moving

■ “Up,” “Down,” “Left,” “Right,” “Upper Left,” “Lower

Left,” “Upper Right,” or “Lower Right” to change the direction in which the mouse is moving

Up Down Right Left Upper Left Lower Left Upper Right Lower Right

Fast Faster Much Faster Very Fast Slow Slower Much Slower Very Slow

■ “Faster,” “Much Faster,” “Slower,” or “Much Slower” to

change the speed at which the mouse is moving

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■ “Click,” “Double Click,” “Right Click,” or “Left Click” to

■ “Go to Sleep,” “Stop Listening,” or “Microphone Off” to turn

To specify which mouse button (left, right, or center) is being held down during mouse drags or if you want the or commands before saying one of the drag commands in the preceding table:

click the mouse buttons

the microphone off

SHIFT, CTRL,

ALT key held down during the mouse drag, use one of these

■ Left

■ Middle (requires

■ Right

■ Shift

■ Right Shift

■ Right Control

three-button mouse)

■ Control

■ Alt

For example, to drag with the

SHIFT key held down, you could

■ Right Alt

say “Shift Mouse Drag Up.” To drag with the right held down (the

ALT key on the right side of the keyboard), you

could say “Right Alt Drag Mouse Upper Left.”

ALT key

Correcting and Editing

hen Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical types

the wrong words, you should correct these mistakes. By giving the program the right word, you actually teach the program not to make the same mistakes again.

Correcting mistakes requires some extra effort, but it saves you time in the long run by making Dragon more accurate. You’ll probably need to correct mistakes often when you first start dictating, and then less frequently as the program learns from your corrections.

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Make it a habit to correct mistakes to continue to improve the accuracy of the program. Make sure you save your speech files when prompted, to preserve the adjustments the program makes.

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You must select a word before typing over it. Using the backspace key and retyping (or saying “Scratch That”) will not enable the software to learn from corrections and improve recognition accuracy. For accuracy to improve, you must first select text and then correct it or overwrite it with the words you said.

Correcting mistakes

There are a number of ways you can correct the misrecognitions in a document. The following techniques describe the most basic methods, but you can combine these techniques in any manner that suits your working style.

To correct text with the keyboard:

1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you

want to correct.

2 Press the correction hot key to display the Correction menu.

By default, this is the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.

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You can change the hot key assignment on the Hot keys tab of the Options dialog box. You can also click the Correction button on the Extras toolbar of the DragonBar.

3 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key

to highlight that choice and then press

ENTER to accept it. If

no alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text.

4 Continue until all the text is correct.

Correcting text using voice commands

1 Say “Select” or “Correct” and the text that is incorrect, the

Correction menu appears with a number of alternatives.

■ If one alternative is correct, say “Choose” and the number

of that alternative.

■ If none of the alternatives is correct, say “Spell That,”

spell the correct word or words into the Spell dialog box, and then say “OK.”

Selecting a large amount of text or an entire document and then saying “Spell That” can produce unpredictable results.

2 Verify that the correct text appears in the document in place

of the misrecognized text and continue to the next misrecognition.

Correcting text while playing back dictation

1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you

want to correct.

2 Click Play That Back on the Sound menu of the DragonBar or

click the Start Playback button on the Extras toolbar. You can also say, “Play that back.”

3 When the playback of your dictation reaches a recognition

error, press the correction hot key. By default, this is the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.

4 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key

to highlight that choice and then press no alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text and

ENTER to accept it. If

press the Correction hot key again. Playback continues automatically from the point where you stopped.

5 Continue until all the text is correct.

Using the Correction menu

The Correction menu shows Dragon’s best guess of the alternatives to the words you dictated and selected. In the following example, Dragon heard the word “quick” as “clinic.”

Say “Choose 2” to

replace “clinic” with

“quick.”

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You can also say

“Spell That” to spell

a word or “Cap

That” to capitalize it.

You choose the correct word from the Correction menu by saying “Choose” and the number next to your choice.

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You can change the number of choices displayed for you. In the Options dialog box, click the Correction tab and increase the number in Show no more than n choices. If you want to display your choices without the Correction menu taking up too much space on the screen, select the Show only the choices option. See the online help for more information.

When the Correction menu list appears, you can also choose to:

■ Spell the word (for example, say “Spell That q-u-i-c-k”).

Selecting a large amount of text and then saying “Spell That” can produce unpredictable results.

■ Press the correction hot key (–) while the Correction menu is

open will display the Spell dialog box.

■ Listen to a recording of what you just said (say “Play That

Back”).

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■ Capitalize it (say “Cap That,” in this example, to get

“Clinic”)

■ Say “Unselect That” to cancel the selection and close

(dismiss) the Correction menu

■ Ignore the Correction list and keep dictating (in the example

above, just say “quick” to replace the selected text)

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If you prefer not to see the Correction menu every time you select text by voice, you can turn it off. In the Options dialog box, click the Correction tab to display the Correction options, then clear the check box for ‘Select’ commands bring up Correction menu.

To help you quickly find the alternative you want, the recognition choices in the Correction menu appear in boldface where they differ from the word you’ve selected (applicable only when you select multiple word at one time).

Words that are changed in the

selection appear

in bold, to help

you find the

correct alternative

quickly.

If you select any leading or trailing spaces (including paragraph marks) along with the text you want to correct, choosing one of the alternatives in the Correction menu deletes those leading and trailing spaces.

Correcting Punctuation

Note the following when correcting punctuation:

■ When you select a phrase (more than one word) that has

punctuation, be sure to dictate that punctuation. For example, say you initially dictated, “Today is Thursday I have a meeting at 11 o’clock” and the text was transcribed as “Today

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is Thursday, I have a meeting at 11 o’clock.” If you want to change the comma to a period, say “Select Thursday comma.” If the correct punctuation appears in the Correction menu, select it. Otherwise, you can dictate over the selection by, for example, saying “Thursday period.”

■ When you select

punctuation, the Correction menu might list alternate punctuation (see example to the right)

■ If Natural Punctuation

is turned on, when you select a phrase that Dragon has added punctuation to, the choices will include punctuation changes (see example here).

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word that has adjacent punctuation the Natural Punctuation feature added, the selection will extend to include that punctuation.

When you select a

Selecting text by voice

Using Select-and-Say

You can revise your dictation without correcting it by selecting the text using the “Select” command and then saying new words to replace the selected text.

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To use Select-and-Say®:

1 Dictate the sentence below:

US/Canada: “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [period]”

Other Dialects: “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [full stop]”

2 Say “Select lunch on Tuesday.” The words lunch on Tuesday

should be highlighted on the screen.

3 Say “dinner on Wednesday.” These words should replace

lunch on Tuesday.

Since “Tu es d ay ” and “Wednesday” sound completely different, Dragon but rather revising your dictated text.

will know you are not correcting a recognition mistake

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You can also select punctuation marks.

Say: “Select period” (US/Canada) or “Select full stop” (Other Dialects). If there’s more than one period or full stop, you can say “Select Again” to select a different one.

5 To replace the period or full stop with an exclamation mark,

say “exclamation mark.”

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It is often easier for Dragon to find the matching text if you select a short phrase rather than individual words. If you select some words that are already correct, just say them again along with the ones you want to change.

Selecting the same text again

If the words you’re trying to select appear more than once on the screen and Dragon selects the wrong ones, just say “Select Again.” The program then looks for another instance of the same word or words.

You can also say “Select Again” if Dragon selects a word that sounds like the word you want, but is not the correct one (for example, “two” instead of “too”).

Unselecting words

If the wrong text is selected, say “Unselect That.”

You can also unselect words by moving your insertion point (by mouse or voice) to another part of your document. For example, say “Go to End of Line” or click somewhere else in your document.

Selecting a longer phrase

You can select a longer phrase by saying “Select [text] Through [text]” (US/Canada) or “Select [text] To [text]” (Other Dialects).

For [text], substitute the actual word or words at the beginning and the end of the range of wrong words. For example, you could correct the underlined words in the following sentence:

With a little practice, who will develop a habit of dictating an unclear, steady voice, and the computer will understand you better.

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by saying:

(US/Canada) “Select who Through unclear” or “Select who will Through an unclear”

(Other Dialects) “Select who To unclear” or “Select who will To an unclear”

Then dictate the correct text:

“you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear”

The final corrected sentence reads:

With a little practice, you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear, steady voice, and the computer will understand you better.

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sequence (next to each other). You can’t use a single command to correct words that are in different parts of your document.

If you’re correcting more than one word, the words must all be in

Selecting your whole document

To select all the text in your document, say “Select Document” or “Select All.” This command is useful when you want to change the font or the way text is aligned.

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When you want to copy all the text in a document to another window, the easiest way to do it is with the “Copy All to Clipboard” command.

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commands don’t work, nor can you overwrite the selection by dictating new text. This prevents you from accidentally deleting a large part of your document. To remove a large selection, you can say “Delete That” instead.

When a lot of text is selected, the “Scratch That” and “Cut That”

Selecting an entire paragraph or line

You can select the current paragraph by saying “Select Paragraph.” To select the current line, say “Select Line.”

You can also select a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20). For example, you can say “Select Previous 5 Paragraphs.”

SAY THEN THEN

Select Next Paragraph

Previous 2...20

Forward Line

Paragraphs

Back 2.20 Lines Last

Selecting a word or character

You can select the current word by saying “Select Word.” To select a character, say “Select Next Character” or “Select Previous Character.”

You can also select a number of words or characters (up to 20). For example, say “Select Previous 2 Words.”

SAY THEN THEN

Select Next Word

Previous 2...20 Words Forward Character

SAY THEN THEN

Back 2...20

Characters

Last

Moving around in a document

When you’re editing a document, you can move around in it by voice. After you place the insertion point where you want it, you can dictate more text, select text, copy and paste, or apply formatting.

Going to the top or bottom of a page or document

You can move to the top or bottom of the current page by saying “Page Up” (equivalent to pressing the Down” (equivalent to pressing the

PAGE UP key) or “Page

PAGE DOWN key).

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You can move to the top or bottom of your document by saying “Go to Top” or “Go to Bottom.”

SAY THEN

Go to Top Move to Bottom

Top of Document Beginning of Document Start of Document Bottom of Document End of Document

Going to the beginning or end of a line

You can move to the beginning or end of the current line by saying “Go to Beginning of Line” or “Go to End of Line.”

SAY THEN

Go to Beginning of Line

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Move to Start of Line

End of Line

Placing the insertion point before or after a specific word

You can place the insertion point before a specific word by saying “Insert Before” and then the word or words. You can place the insertion point after a word by saying “Insert After” and then the word or words.

After you move the insertion point where you want it, you can dictate more text, paste text, add punctuation, and so on.

To place the insertion point before a specific word:

To move the insertion point before the word lets in the sentence below, say “Insert Before lets” (or “Insert Before lets me talk”). Remember not to pause between any of the words:

Dragon lets me talk instead of type.

To place the insertion point after a specific word:

To move the insertion point after the word “talk” in the sentence below, say “Insert After talk” (or “Insert After lets me talk”).

Dragon lets me talk instead of type.

Moving up or down a paragraph or line

You can move up or down a paragraph by saying “Move Up a Paragraph” or “Move Down a Paragraph.” You can also move

up and down a number of paragraphs (up to 20). For example, you can say “Move Up 3 Paragraphs.”

You can move up or down a line by saying “Move Up a Line” or “Move Down a Line.” You can also move up and down a number of lines (up to 20). For example, you can say “Move Down 3 Lines,” as delineated in the table below:

SAY THEN THEN

Move Up a Paragraph or 1

Paragraph

SAY THEN THEN

Back 2...20 Paragraphs Down a Line or 1 Line Forward 2...20 Lines

Moving right or left a word or character

You can move to the right or left of a word by saying “Move Right a Word” or “Move Left a Word.” You can also move right

or left a number of words (up to 20). For example, you can say “Move Right 3 Words.”

You can move to the next or previous character by saying “Move Right a Character” or “Move Left a Character.” You can also move forward and backward a number of characters (up to 20). For example, you can say “Move Left 4 Characters” or “Move Back 6 Characters,” as delineated in the next table:

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SAY THEN THEN

Move Right a Word or 1 Word

Forward 2...20 Words Left a Character or 1 Character Back 2...20 Characters

Copying, cutting, and pasting text

You can move text from one place to another by using the “Copy That,” “Cut That,” and “Paste That” commands.

To copy, cut, or paste text:

1 Select the text you want to copy or cut.

2 Say “Copy That” or “Cut That.”

3 Move the insertion point to where you want to paste the text.

4 Say “Paste That.”

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Deleting text

Deleting the last words you dictated

You can erase the last words you dictated by saying “Scratch That.” When you say this command, Dragon deletes the last

thing it typed into your document. This may be a full sentence, a phrase, or just one word, if that’s all you said before pausing.

You can say “Scratch That” up to 10 times to delete the last few things you said. If you repeat the command, you must pause before saying it again. You can also say, for example, “Scratch That 5 Times.”

Going back as you dictate

When you’re dictating, sometimes you may hesitate or think of a better way to say something right after you’ve said it. When this happens, you can use the “Resume With” command to return to where you were before the mistake.

Just say “Resume With” followed immediately by the word or words to which you want to return. Then, continue dictating. Any text after the new position of the insertion point will be replaced with your new dictation.

NOTE:

pause in the middle. Say “Resume With” and then immediately say the words to which you want to return. These words must be in the last three or four sentences (100 characters) you said; you can’t use “Resume With” to return to an earlier part of your document.

When using the “Resume With” command, remember not to

To go back as you dictate:

1 Suppose you dictate this sentence: “I have a deadline this

week, but we could meet for lunch… um… er… next Wednesday.”

2 To correct the sentence, return to the last correct words you

remember dictating. For example, say “Resume With meet for lunch.” (Remember not to pause in the middle.)

3 Then, dictate the rest of the sentence. For example, say “next

Wednesday at noon.”

Deleting specific words

You can delete text by selecting it and saying “Delete That.”

To delete text:

1 Select the text you want to delete.

2 Say “Delete That.”

You can also say “Scratch That” to do the same thing.

Deleting the next or previous paragraph or line

You can delete the next or previous paragraph by saying “Delete Next Paragraph” or “Delete Previous Paragraph.” You can delete the next or previous line by saying “Delete Next Line” or “Delete Previous Line.”

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You can also delete a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20). For example, you can say “Delete Previous 5 Paragraphs.” See the complete list below:

SAY THEN THEN

Delete Next Paragraph

Previous 2...20 Paragraphs Forward Line Back 2...20 Lines Last

Deleting the next or previous word or character

You can delete the next or previous word by saying “Delete Next Word” or “Delete Previous Word.” You can delete the

next or previous character by saying “Delete Next Character” or “Delete Previous Character.”

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You can also delete a number of words or characters (up to 20). For example, you can say “Delete Previous 5 Words.” See the complete list below:

SAY THEN THEN

Delete Next Word

Forward 2...20 Words Previous Character Back 2...20 Characters Last 2...20 Characters

NOTE:

“Backspace.” This is equivalent to pressing the BACKSPACE key. You can “press” it multiple times (up to 20) by saying, for example, “Backspace 5.”

Another way to delete the previous character is by saying

Spelling as you dictate

With the Spell command in Dragon, you can easily spell a word or phrase you want to dictate into your document. This can be useful if you are dictating a word that is not likely to be in the Dragon vocabulary, such as a proprietary term, a proper name, or a non-English word. Say, for example, “Spell b-u-o-n space g-i-o-r-n-o.” The word you spelled appears right in your document.

You must say “Cap” if the word contains a capital letter. For example, say “Spell Cap R-u-m-p-e-l-s-t-i-l-s-k-i-n” to type “Rumpelstilskin.”

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If you say “Spell” by itself, without any letters after it, the Spell dialog box opens.

You can then speak the letters and Dragon will type them or you can correct any errors in the word you spelled.

When spelling, you can say numbers and special characters as well as letters. For example, to dictate an automobile license plate number, you could say “Spell y-h-m-6-0-9.” Dragon would type yhm609. Say “Spell Cap-m-a-c-m-i-l-l-a-n-trademark” to get MacMillan™ in your document.

Spelling a word adds that word to the active vocabulary. Words that contain numbers are not added to the vocabulary.

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To dictate unusual text such as automobile license plate numbers or product codes, you can also switch to Spell mode by saying “Switch To Spell Mode,” and then dictate letters.

You can make the Spell dialog box appear whenever you use the Spell command by setting the “Spell” commands bring up the Spell dialog box option on the Correction tab in the Options dialog box.

See the online help for more information.

You can also access the Spell dialog box when using the Select or Correct commands.

For a list of how to spell special characters, see the Spelling topic in the online Help.

Playing back your dictation

Playback commands work in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003, Corel WordPerfect 8 and 9, and Lotus Notes.

Correcting and Editing

Although Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, the mistakes it does make can be challenging to find and fix. Sometimes, what the program types looks very different from what you actually said.

To make correcting mistakes easier, Dragon records your voice as you dictate. You can play back your voice whenever you cannot tell by looking at your document what you originally said.

NOTE:

playback is available only until you close a document. After you close a document, Dragon deletes the recorded dictation for that document. See page 81 for information on saving dictation for later correction (Professional and higher editions).

Unless you have Dragon Professional or a higher edition,

Playing back dictation from the Correction menu

When you’re working in the Correction menu, click the Play Back button or say “Play That Back” to play the dictation that

goes with the words you’re correcting. Then edit the text to match what you said.

You can set up Dragon to play back dictation automatically whenever you open the Correction menu. On the NaturallySpeaking menu, select To o ls > Options > Correction tab. On the Correction tab, select Automatic playback on correction.

Sometimes, there’s no dictation to play back. For example, you cannot play back text that wasn’t entered by voice, such as words you typed or pasted into your document.

NOTE:

back after you have cut it, copied it, pasted it, or otherwise moved it around in the document.

Even when you have entered text by voice, you cannot play it

If you have Dragon Naturally Speaking Professional or Medical or a higher edition, you can save your dictation with your document for later playback (see Dictate now, correct later on page 81). Otherwise, you cannot play back dictation after closing a document.

If dictation is not available, the Play Back button is dimmed (grayed out). When playback is not available, you may find text-

to-speech useful for checking your work. See Notes on

correcting with another author’s user files on page 83.

Playing back dictation in a document

To help you check your work for mistakes, you can play back a line, a paragraph, a selection, or the whole document. After playback starts, you can stop it as soon as you notice a mistake and automatically open the Correction menu.

The Playback toolbar is an extra section of the DragonBar that is normally hidden. To see the Playback toolbar, click the double chevron icon on the DragonBar to open the Extras toolbar.

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Start

Playback

Correction

Button

Stop

Playback

Fast

Playback

Skip Back

Skip

Forward

Transcribe

Button

To play back dictation:

To play back dictation, do any of the following:

■ Select the text you want to play back, and say “Play That

Back.”

Click the Start Playback button on the Playback toolbar.

■

■ Move the insertion point to the text you want to play back and

say any of the following commands:

SAY TO

Play Back Line Play back dictation for the current line. Play Back

Paragraph Play Back Document Play back dictation for the whole

Play Back Window Play back dictation for the text in view.

Play back dictation for the current paragraph.

document.

Correcting and Editing

SAY TO

Play Back to Here Play back dictation from the top of the

document window to the insertion point.

Play Back from Here Play back dictation from the insertion

point to the bottom of the document window.

To stop playback:

To stop playback, do any of the following:

■ Click the Stop Playback button on the Playback toolbar.

■ Click anywhere in the document window.

■ Press the ESC key.

(It’s not possible to stop playback by voice, because the computer cannot hear speech input when it is playing back dictation.)

To skip backward or forward:

You can skip backward or forward in your document by a few words by clicking the Skip Backward and Skip Forward buttons.

To stop playback and correct a mistake:

To stop playback and correct a mistake, do any of the following:

■ Click the Correction button on the Playback toolbar.

■ Press the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.

This stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction menu. There you can correct the text for the last phrase played back.

NOTE:

If you want to be able to store more dictation, you can change the amount of disk space that’s set aside for storing it. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Data tab. Increase the number in the Disk space reserved for playback box.

By default, Dragon stores about 30 minutes of dictation (40 MB).

Dictate now, correct later

When you dictate into the DragonPad, you can save your dictation with your text so either you or someone else can correct it later. You must create and edit your file in the DragonPad to be able to play back dictation. This feature is available in Dragon Professional, Medical, and higher editions.

You can save dictation with your document if you select the

Save recorded dictation with document box on the Data tab of the Options dialog. The first time you save a document in DragonPad

during an editing session, Dragon asks you whether you want to save your speech data. If you save your speech data, you can reopen the document at a later time and play back your dictation. If you do not save your speech data, your dictation is stored only during the current editing session.

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Correcting your own dictation

If you save your dictation, you can open your file later and play back and correct the text as if you had just dictated it.

Correcting someone else’s dictation

You can play back someone else’s dictation and correct the text to match the dictation. You can do this in two ways:

■ Correct the dictation using your own user files.

■ Correct the dictation using the document author’s user files.

Correcting with your own user files

You should use this correction technique if you regularly correct another person’s text by voice and it is not important to maximize the author’s recognition accuracy.

When you use your own user files to correct someone else’s text, you can correct the dictation just as you would correct your own dictation, using any combination of voice commands and keyboard typing. Even though you are correcting someone else’s dictation, your work won’t reduce recognition accuracy for either you or the person who dictated the text. But your corrections to the other person’s dictation won’t improve his or her recognition either.

Correcting and Editing

Correcting with the document author’s user files

You should use this correction technique if you do not need to correct by voice and it is important to maximize the author’s recognition accuracy.

TIP:

This technique works if all work is done on a single computer. Consult your Dragon reseller about ways to dictate on one computer and correct on another.

If you correct dictation using the author’s user files, you must not correct by voice, or you may reduce that person’s recognition accuracy. You can, however, improve the author’s recognition accuracy if you make corrections by using the keyboard and mouse with the Correction menu, as in the following procedure.

To correct using someone else’s user files:

1 Make sure you are not wearing the microphone headset, or

that the microphone is not turned on or plugged in. This action ensures that you don’t accidentally reduce the accuracy of someone else’s user files by using your voice.

2 Be sure the DragonPad Extras toolbar is displayed so you can

see the playback command buttons.

3 Open the user files of the person whose text you will correct.

4 In DragonPad, open the document to correct.

5 Use the buttons on the Extras toolbar to play back dictation.

6 Select the text you want to correct by mouse or keyboard.

7 Press the correction hot key (normally the minus [–] key on

the numeric key pad) or click the Correct button on the DragonBar Extras toolbar. The Correction menu appears with

the selected text.

8 Use the keyboard to correct the text.

9 When you finish, save the text and the user’s speech files.

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NOTE:

Notes on correcting with another author’s user files

This technique is effective if all work is done on a single computer. Consult your Dragon reseller about ways to dictate on one computer and correct on another.

Display the DragonBar Extras toolbar by clicking the double chevron icon on the DragonBar (not possible in Cling mode).

■In the Correction menu, you can use the mouse or keyboard to select

any of the commands displayed below the correction choices. For example, you can click Spell That to open the Spell dialog box and spell the word.

■You may want to select the following on the Correction tab of the

Options dialog box:

■ Correct command brings up Correction menu

■ Automatic playback on correction box

With these settings, Dragon automatically plays back the author’s dictation for each selection of text you correct. The Correction menu does not play back dictation.

■When you correct someone else’s dictation, be sure that the amount of

disk space you have reserved for storing dictation is at least as large as the amount allocated for the user that created the text. You allocate the disk space on the Data tab of the Options dialog box.

■Saving dictation with documents can take up more than a megabyte

of disk space per minute of dictation. To save this space, delete any dictation audio you no longer need.

■Dragon saves dictation audio in a file with the same name as the

document, but with the .dra extension. For example, for a document called MyDoc.rtf, Dragon saves your dictation in a file called MyDoc.dra in the same directory as your document.

Using text-to-speech

You can use text-to-speech to have text displaying on your screen (not your current dictation) read aloud in a computer voice. You can use this feature to have the product read back a document that you (or someone else) dictated while you listen for mistakes and make note of sections you might want to revise.

Correcting and Editing

Text-to-speech is available only in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word, and Corel WordPerfect. You can, however, copy and paste text from other programs and then use text-to-speech.

To start text-to-speech, do one of the following:

■ Select the text you want to hear (a line, a paragraph, and so

on), and then say “Read That.”

■ Select the text you want to hear, and then select Read That

from the Advanced submenu (or right-click in your document and click Read That from the shortcut menu).

■ Move the insertion point to the text you want to hear and say

any of the following commands:

SAY TO

Read Line Read back the current line. Read Paragraph Read back the current paragraph. Read Document Read back the whole document. Read Window Read back the text in view. Read to Here Read back from the top of the docu-

ment window to the insertion point.

Read from Here Read back from the insertion point to

the bottom of the document window.

To stop text-to-speech, do one of the following:

■ From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Advanced and

click Stop Playback/Reading.

■ Right-click in your document and click Stop Playback/Reading

from the shortcut menu.

■ Press the ESC key.

You can control the speed, pitch, volume, and other text-tospeech settings. From the menu, click To ol s > Options and select the Text-to-Speech tab.

Formatting

ou can bold text, change font sizes and styles, capitalize text, and apply other formatting by voice.

Many Dragon NaturallySpeaking or Dragon Medical formatting commands work for text that is selected (highlighted) in your document. To select text by voice, say “Select” plus the words you want to select. See Selecting text by voice on page 67 for information.

Types of commands

CHAPTER

Most of the commands listed in this chapter are global—they are available in virtually every application. In addition to the global commands listed here, Dragon includes many commands for editing and formatting that work in common applications. For more information on finding these commands see the online help.

NOTE:

whether Dragon should type a space before or after the word, or whether the word is capitalized in a title) by using the Word Properties dialog box. See the online help for more information.

You can change the formatting properties of a word (such as

Capitalizing text

Capitalizing first letter of next word you dictate

Dragon capitalizes many words automatically, such as the first word in a sentence (following a period, question mark, or exclamation mark). It capitalizes the first word after you say “New Paragraph” (not when you say “New Line”) and it capitalizes proper names (when these words are already in the Dragon vocabulary in capitalized form).

Formatting

NOTE:

in the Word Properties dialog box. See the online help for more information.

You can change the spacing and capitalization rules for a word

When you’re dictating, you can capitalize words that aren’t automatically capitalized by saying “Cap” and then the word. For example, say “Cap zelda” to get Zelda.

TIP:

If saying “Cap <word>” doesn’t work, try say “Cap Next <word>.”

TIP:

To dictate the word “cap,” for example, in this sentence: The company is putting a cap on salary increases, you must say

“the company is putting a” then say “Spell c-a-p,” and then say “on salary increases.” In this way, Dragon knows that you do not want to capitalize any of the words within the sentence.

Capitalizing consecutive words

When you want to capitalize consecutive words (for example, if you’re dictating a book title), you can turn capitals on and then turn them off when you’re finished. This is usually easier than saying “Cap” before each word. Another way to do consecutive capitalization is to dictate the words, pause, and then say “Capitalize That” or “Cap That.”

To capitalize the first letters of consecutive words:

1 Say “Caps On” to turn capitals on.

NOTE:

capitalizes the first letters all words except for articles and prepositions (such as “the” and “to”).

Dictate the words you want capitalized. For example, say:

“success is a journey [colon] seven steps to achieving success in the business of life”

Dragon types:

Success Is a Journey: Seven Steps to Achieving Success in the Business of Life

3 Say “Caps Off” to turn capitals off.

When “Caps On” is active, Dragon uses title case. This means it

User Guide

Capitalizing names of people, departments, and drugs in Medical Edition

In the Dragon Medical edition, to indicate that you want either initial caps or all caps for names of people, departments, and medications:

1 On the DragonBar, select To o l s > Formatting.

2 In the Formatting dialog box, click the Capitalization

tab.

3 In the drop-down lists for Person name capitalization,

Department name capitalization, and Drug name capitalization,

indicate the type of capitalization to use by choosing Standard, Initial caps, All caps, or Title caps.

4 Click OK to save the settings.

Capitalizing critical words for emphasis in Medical Edition

In the Dragon Medical edition, to indicate that you want words such as ALLERGY or CODE BLUE or DO NOT INTUBATE to be in all caps for emphasis:

1 On the DragonBar, select To o l s > Formatting.

2 In the Formatting dialog box, click the Capitalization

tab.

3 Click the appropriate check boxes to indicate where you

want capitalization applied.

4 (optional) To select all check boxes on the tab, click Select All

or, to deselect all check boxes, click Deselect All.

5 Click OK to save the settings.

Dictating next word in all capital letters

When you’re dictating, you can enter a word in all capital letters by saying “All Caps” and then the word.

For example, say “All Caps please” to get PLEASE.

Formatting

In the Medical Edition, you can choose to have important words appear in all caps automatically. See Capitalizing critical words

for emphasis in Medical Edition on page 87.

Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters

When you want to dictate consecutive words in all capitals, you can turn all capitals on and then turn them off when you’ve finished.

To dictate consecutive words in all capitals:

1 Say “All Caps On” to turn all capitals on (like pressing the

CAPS LOCK key).

2 Dictate the words that you want to appear in all caps. For

example, say “the end” and Dragon types THE END

3 Say “All Caps Off” to turn all capitals off.

Dictating next word in all lowercase letters

When you’re dictating, you can enter a word in all lowercase letters by saying “No Caps” and then the word.

For example, say “No Caps Jennifer” to get jennifer. (Dragon normally capitalizes this and other proper names.)

Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters

When you want to dictate consecutive words in lowercase letters (for example, names of computer files or e-mail addresses), you can turn the “no capitals” feature on and then turn it off when you are finished. This is usually easier than saying “No Caps” before each word.

To dictate consecutive words in all lowercase letters:

1 Say “No Caps On” to turn no capitals on.

2 Dictate the words you want to appear in all lowercase.

3 Say “No Caps Off” to turn no capitals off.

Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document

You can change the capitalization of text already in your document by selecting it and then saying “Capitalize That,”

“Cap That,” or “All Caps That,” or “Uncapitalize That,” “Uncap That,” or “No Caps That.”

To capitalize or uncapitalize text:

1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Capitalize That,” “Cap That,” or “All Caps That,”

or “Uncapitalize That,” “Uncap That,” or “No Caps That.”

Formatting text

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You can use voice commands to specify any combination of font name, size, and style, in that order. These commands change text you dictate from then on or text you have selected.

To set a new style for text you are about to dictate, use the “Set Font” and “Set Size” commands. To change the style of text you have already selected, use the “Format That” command.

Changing the font as you dictate

While dictating, you can change the font face, size, and style by saying “Set Font” followed by the font attributes you want. For example, you can say “Set Font Times” or “Set Font Arial 12 Bold.” When you continue dictating, the new text appears with the font attributes you set.

Changing font face

SAY THEN

Set Font Arial

Courier Courier New Garamond

Formatting

SAY THEN

Helvetica Palatino Times Times New Roman

Changing font size

Say “Set Size” and then a size from 4 to 100 points. For example, say “Set Size 18.” Then, continue dictating.

Changing font style

SAY THEN

Set Font Bold

Italics Bold Italics Underline Strikeout Plain or Plain Text or Normal or

Regular

Changing a combination of font face, size, and style

Say “Set Font” and then the attributes you want (listed in the previous sections). You can specify any combination of font face, size, and style, but you must specify these attributes in that order (font face, then size, then style). See the list of examples below:

■ “Set Font Arial”

■ “Set Font Arial 12” or “Set Font Arial 12 Point”

■ “Set Size 12 Bold”

■ “Set Font Arial Bold”

■ “Set Font Bold”

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NOTE:

commands, not the “Set Font” command.

If you’re changing only the font size, use the “Set Size”

Changing the font later

You can go back and change the font face, size, or style of text by selecting it and then using the “Format That” “Format That” works on selected text with the same combinations of font face, size, and style as the “Set Font” commands (see the tables in the previous section.)

To change th e font:

1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Format That” and then the font attributes you want to

apply as described in the previous section. For example, say

“Format that Arial 18.”

Bold, italics, and underlining

You can apply formatting to text in your document by selecting it and then saying “Bold That,” “Italicize That,” or “Underline That.” You can also say “Strikeout That.”

commands.

To add bold, italics, and underlining:

1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Bold That,” “Italicize That,” “Underline That,” or

To remove formatting:

1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Restore That” to remove formatting.

Aligning text

You can change how text is aligned by placing your insertion point in the text and saying “Center That,” “Left Align That,” or “Right Align That.”

To align te xt:

1 Move the insertion point to the text you want to align.

“Strikeout That.”

Formatting

2 Say “Center That,” “Left Align That,” or “Right Align

You can also use the following commands on selected text:

“Format That Centered,” “Format That Left Aligned,” and “Format That Right Aligned.”

Bulleted text

To add bullets to text, place your insertion point in the text and say “Format that Bullet Style.” To remove bullets, say

“Format that Bullet Style” again.

That.”

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Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters

his chapter describes how to dictate numbers, punctuation, Web addresses, and a few other special items. For complete

information on this topic, see the online help.

NOTE:

change the formatting properties of the word by using the Word Properties dialog box. See the online help for more information.

If Dragon is not formatting a word as you would like, you can

Dictating numbers

In most cases you can dictate numbers, including postal codes, as you normally say them. Dragon will display either a numeral (“3”) or the word (“three”), based on the context. To force recognition of digits as numerals instead of text without using the Numbers Mode, say “Numeral” before you say the digit, for example, say “Numeral Three” to get 3. When dictating numbers:

■ You can use or omit the word and as part of a number. For

example, say “one hundred fifty” instead of “one hundred and fifty” to get the number 150.

■ You can use “oh” and “zero” interchangeably to get 0.

■ If you want a comma in a four-digit number, you must speak

it explicitly. Numbers with five or more digits automatically include commas, with the exception of US ZIP codes.

■ For a decimal point, say “point.”

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters

TIP:

If you want to dictate only numbers, you can switch to “Numbers Mode.” See information.

TO ENTE R SAY

Switching recognition modes on page 119 for more

1one

numeral one

5 five

numeral five 17 seventeen 23 twenty three 179 one hundred seventy nine

one seventy nine 5423 five thousand four hundred and twenty three 5,423 five [comma] four twenty three 12,537 twelve thousand five hundred and thirty seven 142,015 one hundred and forty two thousand and fifteen

35.23 thirty five [point] two three

0.03 All Dialects: zero [point] zero three

Outside US/Canada: nought [point] nought

three

43.28% forty three [point] twenty eight [percent sign] 02460 oh two four six zero 02460-1458 oh two four six zero [hyphen] one four five eight 2 3/4 two and three fourths 11/32 eleven over thirty two $99.50 ninety nine dollars and fifty cents

45.35 45 Euros and thirty-five cents

£120.35 pound sterling sign one hundred and twenty

point thirty five [All Dialects]

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NOTE:

or dates, make sure that your Regional Settings match the language (dialect) you selected when you created your user.

If you are having problems dictating numbers, currency, times,

Using Numbers mode

Any time you need to dictate a series of numbers and do not want Dragon to recognize them as words, you can turn on Numbers Mode. This could be useful, for example, if you are dictating in a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft

To turn on Numbers Mode, say “Start Numbers Mode” or

“Numbers Mode On.” To turn off Numbers Mode, say, “Stop Numbers Mode” or “Numbers Mode Off” or “Switch to Normal Mode.”

For more information on Numbers Mode and more ways to turn Numbers Mode on and off, see the section Switching

recognition modes on page 119.

Dates

Excel®.

You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say them. Say “oh” or “zero” to enter 0. In dialects other than US/ Canada, you can also say “nought.”

TO E NT ER SAY

22 January

twenty two January nineteen ninety nine

1999 April 9, 2001 April 9 [comma] two thousand and one 14/07/85 fourteen [slash] oh seven [slash] eighty five 3/11/02 three [slash] eleven [slash] zero two 3/11/2002 three [slash] eleven [slash] two thousand and

two April 1st April first March 22nd March twenty second the 1980s the nineteen eighties

See also Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone

numbers on page 98.

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters

Times of day

Dictate the time of day the way you would normally say it.

US/Canada: Dragon automatically types the colon (:) if you say

“a m” or “p m” when dictating the time. Say “o’clock” or “colon zero zero” to enter 00.

TO ENTE R SAY

8:30 eight [colon] thirty or eight [numeric

colon] thirty 7:45 AM seven forty five a m 10:22 PM ten twenty two p m 3:00 three o’clock or three [colon] zero zero 5:00 PM five o’clock p m

TIP:

Dragon will recognize times more accurately if you say “numeric

colon” instead of “colon” when dictating times.

Other Dialects: Dragon automatically types the point (.) if you say

“a m” or “p m” when dictating the time, depending on the regional setting. Say “o’clock” or “point zero zero” to enter .00.

TO ENTE R SAY

8.30 eight [point] thirty

7.45 AM seven forty five a m

10.22 PM ten twenty two p m

3.00 three o’clock

5.00 PM five o’clock p m

NOTE:

regional Windows

The format of “a.m.” and “p.m.” depends on your computer’s

settings.

See also Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone

numbers on page 98.

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