Nuance ScanSoft Dragon NaturallySpeaking - 11.0 Quick Start
Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.
For the latest version of the User’s Guide and other resources, please see:
http://support.nuance.com/userguides
The User’s Guide is also available on your installation disk,in the directory:
\documentation\enx\User Guide.pdf
INSTALL AND ACTIVATE DRAGON
Exit any open applications. If you're running an anti-virus program, turn
it off until after the installation completes. There can only be one version
of Dragon installed on your computer at a time.
1) Put the Dragon DVD into your DVD drive and follow the on-screen prompts.
2) Enter the serial number that is printed on the DVD sleeve.
3) Choose a Setup type. We recommend “Typical/Complete.” Click Next.
4) Continue to click Next, taking all the recommended options.
To start Dragon, double-click the Dragon desktop icon.
You will be prompted to activate your software. When prompted, first
click “Activate Now” and then “Activate Automatically.” You must be
connected to the Internet to activate. For more information see:
http://support.nuance.com/productactivation
CREATING OR UPGRADING A USER PROFILE
IF YOU ARE NEW TO DRAGON...
Before you can use Dragon, you will need to plug in your microphone into
either the mic-in jack or a USB port, depending on the model.
The first time you start Dragon, a series of screens will walk you through
the process of creating the best possible User Profile for
Don’t rush through it. It’s very important, since it will determine your
initial accuracy!
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One of the screens will offer to perform a basic personalization of the
vocabulary based on your email and documents, to help Dragon prepare
to recognize the particular words and phrases
many other ways to refine your profile so that it can work better and better for you - be sure to take advantage of them.
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If you USED DRAGON 9 OR 10...
The first time you start Dragon 11, the software will automatically
detect any version 9 or 10 User Profiles on your computer and start
the User Prole Upgrade Wizard. Upgrading one profile can take 10-15
minutes. If you do not want to upgrade your Profiles now, you can close
the wizard and launch it later from the Windows Start menu: Start>All
Programs>Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11>Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Tools>Upgrade Users
1. The first screen of the wizard lists the
User Profile(s) that were found. Modify
the list as needed so it contains only the
profile(s) you want to upgrade now.
Click Next.
2. Choose the destination for your upgraded User Profile(s). Nuance recommends that you use the default location.
Click Next.
3. On the Upgrade User Proles page click Begin to start the upgrade
process.
For more information about upgrading from a previous version, click the
Help button on the dialog box. You can also check the User’s Guide.
BEFORE YOU START DICTATING....
After creating or upgrading your User Profile, please view the Tutorial to
get started with the basics of using Dragon
We also recommend you take a look at the What’s New section in the Dragon Help.
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PERSONALIZING YOUR VOCABULARY
Dragon has knowledge of a large
number of words and abbreviations,
but in order to dictate efficiently, you
should let it learn what
cluding nicknames, jargon, capitalized
phrases, the name of your street, etc.
Personalizing your vocabulary will
prevent many recognition errors.
There are several ways of doing this,
including using Dragon to analyze
documents that are similar to what
you plan to dictate.
Simple tools for this are available
from the DragonBar menus and
gathered in the Accuracy Center. For
example, see “Improve my accuracy” in the DragonBar’s Help menu.
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use, in-
THE DRAGON SIDEBAR
The Dragon Sidebar displays a
selection of popular commands,
including commands that are
available at any time, called
“Global” commands.
The top pane contains several tabs
that list commands with clickable
links to the relevant Help topics.
The lower pane contains tips.
Dragon offers several options
for the Sidebar. Right-clicking
the Sidebar displays a menu in
which you can choose to print the
content, hide the Mouse tab, hide
the Tips pane, and more.
You can bring up the Sidebar from
the Help menu, or by saying commands such as “Open Dragon
Sidebar” or “What Can I Say?”
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