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Installation and User Creation
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■ Speech model—Used to adapt to your voice during training.
Dragon recommends the model that best fits your com-
puter’s speed and memory.
■ Vocabulary size—Choose:
■ 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.
7 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:
■ 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.
8 Click Next to continue. Then proceed with Setting up/
positioning your microphone on page 22.
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.