Nuance DRGON NATURALLYCLEAR User Manual

Dragon NaturallyClear USB

™

User’s Guide Supplement

03-372-50-01

August 2000. Version 5. Professional, Preferred, and Standard editions.

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Dragon NaturallyClear USB—User’s Guide Supplement

he Dragon NaturallyClear™ USB is the best way to ensure high-

quality sound input for speech-recognition applications, even on laptop and other computers with inherently noisy internal environments.

Accurate speech recognition depends on high-quality audio input. The USB System includes built-in sound card elements for converting speech into digital form and accepts all high-quality headset microphones compatible with Dragon NaturallySpeaking®. Digitized speech is fed directly into the speech-recognition program through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection. This solution guarantees highquality audio input, regardless of the quality of the computer's sound card or built-in sound system.

System Requirements

The USB System works with any USB-compliant Windows® 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Millennium computer with an av ailable USB port. It will work with any continuous speech-recognition program from Dragon Systems

For system requirements of a specific speech-recognition program, see the documentation for that program.

, including Dragon NaturallySpeaking 5.

Installing the Microphone

Install the USB System as you would any other USB-compatible device.

1 Insert the pink plug on the headset microphone into the microphone

jack on the USB pod.

2 Insert the black plug on the headset micr ophone into the headset jack on the

USB pod.

3 Plug the USB connector for the pod into an available USB port on your

computer. (You can plug it in before you start your computer or while Windows is running. ) The fir st time Win dows det ects th at the mi cropho ne is connected, it automatically launches the Add New Hardware Wizard.

4 Select the option to Search for a suitable driver in the Add New

Hardware Wizard. When asked to specify the location of the driver, insert the installation disk into your disk drive and specify the drive letter of your disk drive.

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