Nuance SN-DC09Z-W00-15.0 Quick Start Guide

Dragon Home Quick Start Guide

Choose your microphone

If applicable, connect your microphone (if you're simply using your PC's built-in microphone,
Dragon will detect it).

Dragon will list the microphones that are available to your PC, indicating which one is active.
Choose the microphone to use.

Install Dragon

1. Exit any open program. If an anti­virus program is running, turn it off
until after the installation ends.

2. Put the Dragon DVD into your PC or
open your download file.

3. Enter the serial number found on
the DVD sleeve or, for a download,
in the email you received.

4. Click Next, accepting all the
recommended options.

Once installation ends,
start Dragon (double-click
its icon on the Desktop).

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Create a user profile

The first time you start
it, Dragon guides you to
create the best possible
user profile for you.

A profile is a set of files
that store information
Dragon uses to
transcribe what you
say, such as how you
sound. Your profile will
become more and
more precise the more
you use Dragon.

For details, click the
Help icon on each
screen.

Complete the Interactive Tutorial

These short progressive
simulations develop essential
skills including:

l modifying text
l saying commands
l changing a hotkey or other

setting

l adding a personal word

At any time, you can exit the
Tutorial then return through the
Help menu.

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Open the Help

The Help includes tips and
instructions, including use on
the Web and troubleshooting.

Click the DragonBar's question

mark icon ( ) then select Help
Topics.

Make Dragon listen... or not

On: Dragon is listening

Off: Dragon can't hear anything

One can control Dragon’s microphone by:

l Clicking its icon on the DragonBar or

System Tray.

l Pressing its hotkey (by default, the + on

the numeric keypad).

l Saying commands such as “Wake up” and

“Microphone off.”

Ensuring Dragon listens when desired is an
important habit!

Your first dictation

Open Microsoft Word, Notepad, or DragonPad. Make sure the cursor is in the document, turn on
the microphone and dictate a few sentences. Say punctuation (comma, question mark, etc.) and
the command "New paragraph".

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As you speak, a small icon indicates that Dragon is processing. No need to wait for Dragon
to “catch up.” Use a natural pace and tone. Speaking in longer phrases gives much better results
than halting speech.

Correcting errors

Though you can boost accuracy by
personalizing the vocabulary, some errors
will occur. Dragon will learn from them if you
correct them, which it lets you do several
ways.

When Dragon misrecognizes what you just
dictated, you can say “Correct that”.

This displays the Correction Menu, which
lists alternatives.

If the correct alternative is on the list, choose
it.

If not, say “Spell that” to open the Spelling
window, where you spell or type what
Dragon should have written, or modify an
almost-correct alternative.

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