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Contents Contents Copyright Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 15 Chapter 2: Installing Dragon 23 Installation and User Profile Creation 1 Dragon system requirements 1 What you should know before installing 4 Installation Prerequisites 5 Installing Software - Typical Installation 6 Installing Software - Custom Installation 7 Modifying application settings for all users 10 Modifying formatting options for all users 11 Creating your user profile 12 Setting up, positioning, and
Contents Using the Dragon Sidebar 43 The Dragon Sidebar tabs 46 Dragon Sidebar Tips 49 Chapter 4: Dictating Text 51 Dictation Basics 51 Undoing actions 52 Correcting text errors as you dictate 53 Dictation commands 54 Typing or spelling text 55 Spelling words 57 Dictating numbers 58 Using the Dictation Box 61 Using the Dictation Box 61 Using Dictation Box in unsupported applications 61 Turning off the Dictation Box 61 Unsupported applications 62 Transferring your text 62 T
Contents Moving to the beginning or end of a document or line 88 Using "Go Back" to move the cursor 89 Selecting text Selecting text - quick reference 90 Selecting characters and words 90 Selecting specific words or phrases 91 Selecting lines and paragraphs 92 Selecting text again 93 Changing an incorrect text selection 93 Deleting, Cutting, and Copying Text 95 Cutting, copying, and pasting 95 Deleting dictated text 95 Deleting characters, words, lines, or paragraphs 96 Deleting by
Contents Dictating E-mail and Calendar commands 124 Commands for Microsoft Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail 127 Microsoft Outlook 129 Working with Microsoft Outlook 129 Reading and sending e-mail with Microsoft Outlook 130 Making appointments in Microsoft Outlook 131 Adding contacts in Microsoft Outlook 131 Writing notes in Microsoft Outlook 132 Using other Microsoft Outlook commands 132 Microsoft Excel 135 Working with Microsoft Excel 135 Dictating in Microsoft Ex
Contents Scrolling in windows and lists 179 Searching your Desktop by voice 180 Switching between programs and windows 181 Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard Controlling the keyboard 185 Moving the mouse pointer 187 Positioning the mouse pointer with MouseGrid 188 Clicking and dragging the mouse 189 Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy 191 Top 10 ways to improve accuracy 191 Using Smart Format Rules 193 Adjusting Speed vs.
Contents Deleting Vocabularies 226 Renaming Vocabularies 226 Importing Vocabularies 227 Exporting Vocabularies 228 Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser 229 About the Command Browser 229 Opening the Command Browser 230 Finding commands in the Command Browser 231 Training commands in the Command Browser 233 Chapter 14: The Dragon Glossary 235 Active vocabulary (definition) 235 AutoTranscribe Folder Agent (definition) 235 Backup dictionary (definition) 235 Correction-only mode (defi
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 Here is a list of new features in Dragon 12.
Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 Rich Internet Application support: Enhanced experience for Gmail and Hotmail In addition to its existing functionality for Web browsers, Dragon 12 includes browser extensions – also known as plug-ins or add-ons – for the popular Web-based applications Gmail and Hotmail. These extensions give you Full Text Control in text fields, and enable spoken commands for important tasks. Important: In Dragon 12.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Wireless dictation with Android devices: Use your Android as a microphone The Remote Microphone app released with Dragon 11.5 for iPhone and other iOS devices is now available for Android. Once the app is installed on the Android device, you can set up your device with Dragon and use it as a wireless microphone over Wi-Fi. In Dragon Premium and higher editions, you can add the device to an existing user profile.
Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 Microsoft Excel, WordPerfect, Notepad, and Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Windows. Optimization reminders: Give your vocabulary a tune-up Dragon can now help you to improve its accuracy and speed by using a new reminder window that prompts you to scan your local computer system and adapt your vocabulary based on words and writing styles in typical documents and your sent e-mail messages.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Please see Using multiple dictation sources with a single User Profile in the Dragon Help. See Begin profile upgrading and Creating a User Profile. How you'll be more productive with Dragon Exporting custom words with their properties: The flexibility of XML You can choose to export word properties in XML format when you export custom word lists for reuse in other user profiles. Exported word lists do not include trained pronunciations.
Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12 And there's more Faster restores of user profiles: Automatic backups If Dragon was unable to open your user profile, it presents the Launch Restore window, where you can choose from available automatic backups. See Dragon couldn't open your user profile in the Dragon Help.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide many new options for turning off commands you may not need, such as See Welcome to the Performance Assistant in the Dragon Help. Tip of the Day: Bigger and better The Tip of the Day, which displays by default when you open a Dragon user profile, and is available from the Help menu and Sidebar, is now more readable, and its redesigned window adds a Back button so that you can browse through the tips in either direction.
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Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 2: Installing Dragon This section contains the following topics: 23
Installation and User Profile Creation Introduction This chapter presents how to install and set up Dragon, and then how to train Dragon to understand your voice. The installation process checks to make sure your system meets the minimum system requirements needed for Dragon. These system requirements are listed in the information that came with your copy of Dragon. If your system does not meet these requirements, Dragon will not be installed.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Note This edition of Dragon does not support dictation directly into Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition. Core Processor Minimum Intel® Pentium® 1 GHz or equivalent AMD processor or 1.66 GHz Atom® processor (SSE2 instruction set required). Recommended Intel Pentium 2.4 GHz (dual 1.8 GHz core processor) or equivalent AMD processor. Note Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) are not supported.
RAM Operating system Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP1 or higher) 32-bit 64-bit Minimum Recommended* N/A √ 2 GB 4 GB Notes Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2 and Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Server 2008 SP1, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows Server 2003 are not supported and installation is blocked on those systems. * If your computer has less than the recommended RAM, Dragon will install but displays a message recommending that you install additional RAM for optimum performance.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Screen resolution The following minimum screen resolutions are recommended for optimal display of Dragon on your Windows Desktop: Computer class Minimum Resolution Desktop 1024 x 768 Laptop 1024 x 768 Netbook 1024 x 600 For Windows Vista and Windows 7, the maximum recommended display magnification is 150 per cent. Other requirements n Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or higher (free download available at www.microsoft.com).
If you upgrade a machine from a previous version of Windows to Windows Vista/Windows 7 and that machine has Version 10.x or 11.x 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 12 or higher. Coexistence with other Dragon products Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon You can have only one version of Dragon installed on your system.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Choose whether to install the entire product or only particular features of the product, as explained in the next section. You can also carry out an MSI installation. Refer to the online Dragon System Administrator Guide PDF or Help file for details. Choosing type of installation When you install Dragon, you can either do a complete (typical) installation or a custom installation.
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\NaturallySpeaking12 For a list of directorie
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 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\Natura
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.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 15. If you chose to upgrade user profiles earlier, when the message about upgrading your user profiles pops up, click OK. (The message might tell you that the installation will not be complete until after your system is restarted.) 16. If you were told you need to reboot in order to complete the installation, reboot your computer now. 17. Select Start > All Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12. The DragonBar appears on your desktop. 18.
For details, refer to the Help by clicking the Help button Modifying formatting options for all users If you chose to modify formatting options on the Custom Setup page during a custom installation, the Auto-Formatting dialog box opens after the installation completes. Note: If you did not do a custom installation, to set up formatting: Run Dragon, open a user, and select Tools > Formatting. The Auto-Formatting dialog box for all versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking appears as shown below.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Creating your user profile Before you can begin using Dragon, you must let Dragon create a user profile for each person or healthcare provider who is dictating. Your user profile stores acoustic information about your voice that Dragon uses to recognize what you say. This profile also stores any changes you make to the standard vocabulary—any special words, names, acronyms, and abbreviations you add.
3. When the Help Dragon understand how your pronounce words page appears, select your accent. The accents you can choose from are: n Standard — Select if your accent is not covered by another choice or your are not sure which accent to select.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide page select a: n Speech model from the drop-down list for Speech model. Dragon uses the speech model to adapt to your voice during training. Dragon automatically recommends the type of speech model and vocabulary that is appropriate for your computer’s speed/memory. Usually, you should follow Dragon’s recommendation n Type of vocabulary from the Vocabulary type list: Medium— Requires at least 512 MB of RAM. Large— Requires at least 1 GB of RAM.
Using a handheld microphone n n Hold the microphone one to three inches from your mouth and a little off to the side. If the volume display on the DragonBar turns red, try holding the microphone slightly farther from your mouth. Using an array microphone n n n 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.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Performing training either during or after creating a user profile enhances your 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 (link). If you skipped training earlier to open a user profile, from the DragonBar menu, select Profile > Open User Profile and select your name in the list; then click Open to proceed.
5. When the list pops up, choose a text to read aloud and click OK. You need to read for only about 5 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.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Let Dragon automatically improve your accuracy After it adapts to your writing style, the Accuracy wizard gives you the option of setting up a schedule to automatically run Acoustic and Language Model tuning processes: Note: Acoustic and Language Model tuning processes add commonly used word sequences the user dictates as well as acoustic data from any corrections and additional training the user executes.
dialog box (Daily, Weekly or Monthly). If you do collect data, by default Dragon initiates the process every Wednesday at 12:30 AM. 3. Be sure that you check the Enable check box in the Select Time and Frequency dialog box or the collected data is sent to Nuance on the default schedule, rather than on the schedule you set. 4. Click Next to continue. 5. When the Congratulations, your profile is ready to use page appears, you can now: n Choose to run the tutorial.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To upgrade existing users: 1. To start the User Upgrade Wizard, select Start > All Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 > Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools > Upgrade Users. The User Upgrade Wizard appears. 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.
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.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide You cannot change this location—Dragon always installs these directories to your \Documents and Settings directory: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data \Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12\ \Data \Data\Training \results \Roaming Users \Users C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data \Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12\Results Windows Vista and Windows 7 directory structure You can specify this location during the installation: C:\Program Files\Nuance
\Roaming Users \Users C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Nuance \NaturallySpeaking12\Results Cleaning up after uninstalling The following files remain on your machine after you uninstall: \Windows\Speech\ n VText.dll n Vdict.dll n WrapSAPI.dll n XTel.dll n Xcommand.dll n Xlisten.dll n Xvoice.dll n spchtel.dll n speech.cnt n speech.dll n speech.hlp n vcauto.tlb n vcmd.exe n vcmshl.dll n vtxtauto.tlb Dragon installs these files for Microsoft SAPI4 support.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n n Structured command samples — Select Start > Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 > MyCommands Samples. (Professional edition only) Tools — Select Start > All Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 > Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools. (Professional edition only) Activating Dragon The first time you start Dragon, you will be prompted to activate your copy of the program. If you do not activate the program, you will be able to start Dragon several times.
n If you make any hardware changes on a machine where Dragon is installed, you may be prompted to activate again. To preserve your activation status you can uninstall Dragon, making sure to keep your User Profiles when prompted, before you make your hardware changes. After making changes to your hardware, then re-install Dragon.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 3: Getting Started This section contains the following topics: About Dragon Using Dragon Help About dictation About the Results Display Using the DragonBar 26 27 28 29 31 The DragonBar The Text Control Indicator Displaying the DragonBar Controlling the DragonBar Using the Microphone 31 35 36 37 39 Choose a speech device Position your microphone properly Using the Dragon Sidebar 39 41 43 Using the Dragon Sidebar The Dragon Sidebar tabs Dragon Sideba
Chapter 3: Getting Started Say What You See™ to control programs You can use voice commands to start and switch among programs and to control program windows, menus, and dialog boxes. Say "File," for example, to open the File menu. Personalize Dragon for your voice and Vocabulary You can train Dragon to recognize the way you speak and personalize the Vocabulary with words you typically use.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say Select the Contents, Index, or Search tab Say "Click Contents," "Click Index," or "Click Search" Move in the Contents, Index list, Search list, or Select Topic list "Move Down <1 to 20>" "Move Up <1 to 20>" Open a topic from the Contents, Index list, Search list, or Select Topic list Move to the topic or book you want and say "Press Enter Key." (In the Index and Search tabs, you can also say "Display.
Chapter 3: Getting Started Notes n n n Before you start speaking, make sure the microphone is on and the mouse cursor is placed in the window where you dictate. If your throat gets dry when dictating, you can sip water through a straw to minimize noise that might interfere with recognition. If the borders of the Results box turn blue, then Dragon has interpreted that dictation as a command rather than text to transcribe.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Results display behavior Speech status Results context menu Command recognized. If Dragon recognizes a command, the borders of the Results Box turn blue. The only exception to this behavior is when you dictate commands such as "New Line" or "New Paragraph.
Chapter 3: Getting Started Using the DragonBar This section contains the following topics: The DragonBar The Text Control Indicator Displaying the DragonBar Controlling the DragonBar 31 35 36 37 The DragonBar The DragonBar is the main Dragon toolbar you use to control the Dragon software. The DragonBar appears at the top of the display when you start Dragon for the first time. When you see the DragonBar, you can use Dragon to dictate into word processors, e-mail, and other programs.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide The way the microphone icon displays What you can do The microphone is on and Dragon is listening as you dictate. The microphone is asleep and Dragon is temporarily not listening. When you want to resume dictating: Say "Wake Up" or click the plus key (+) to resume voice recognition. The microphone is turned off. When you want to resume dictating, do one of the following: Press the plus key (+) on the numeric keypad. Click the microphone button on the DragonBar.
Chapter 3: Getting Started The table below provides a brief overview of the Recognition modes icons. Click the links for more information about using the Recognition modes. DragonBar Mode icons Recognition modes What they do Normal Mode Dragon's default mode of dictation. In Normal Mode, Dragon distinguishes dictation from words, numbers, and commands by analyzing what you say between pauses. Say "Start Normal Mode" or "Normal Mode On.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Message area To the left of the menus is a messages display, which shows Dragon's current status, such as whether the microphone is on or off. If you turn off "Show messages" on the , the Extras toolbar shows in place of the Message area. The menus The menus on the DragonBar contain the commands you can use while working in Dragon.
Chapter 3: Getting Started close a document, Dragon deletes the recorded dictation for that document. n The "Show Extras Bar" voice commands toggle the state of the Extras toolbar. In other words, if you use this command to show the Extras toolbar, saying the command again hides the Extras toolbar. The Text Control Indicator The DragonBar includes a Text Control Indicator that changes to indicate the level of speech support in the selected application.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Displaying the DragonBar There are five different ways (or modes) that you can display and use the DragonBar. You can also specify whether or not the DragonBar always appears on top of the active window. To open a menu on the DragonBar 1. Say "Switch to DragonBar" to make the DragonBar active 2. Say the name of the menu and menu item you want to open. For example, say "Switch to DragonBar" then "Tools" then "Auto-Formatting Options.
Chapter 3: Getting Started Always on Top By default, Dragon always appears "on top," meaning it is in the foreground of your computer display. For the Floating DragonBar, you can change the setting so that the DragonBar drops into the background like other window when you maximize or open a new window large enough to hide the current one. Note: These commands toggle the state of the Floating DragonBar.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say Display common voice commands for your current program, window, or text field "What Can I Say" Switch the DragonBar mode "Switch To" or "Select" and the mode name ("Floating Mode," "Docked to Top Mode," "Docked to Bottom Mode," "Cling Mode," or "Tray Icon Only Mode") Display the DragonBar when it is in Tray Icon only mode "Open Dragon’s tray menu” Change the DragonBar Always on Top setting "Set DragonBar to Always On Top" or "Make DragonBar Always on To
Chapter 3: Getting Started Using the Microphone This section contains the following topics: Choose a speech device Position your microphone properly 39 41 Choose a speech device Use this screen to tell Dragon what type of dictation source you'll be using. If you need to add another dictation source later on, you can later. Microphone (live dictation) Use this section for details about microphone choices. Mic-in jack (most common) Select this option if your microphone has jacks.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide If you plug in the USB adaptor for a certified wideband Bluetooth microphone, such as the Plantronics “Calisto II” BT-300, before you open Dragon, the list of audio sources will contain the option “Enhanced Bluetooth” during this step of the user profile wizard. For a list of fully supported Bluetooth microphones, please see http://support.nuance.com/compatibility/.
Chapter 3: Getting Started You can only use unencrypted .dss or .ds2 files when creating a User Profile with a portable recorder. Sony "Digital Voice Editor" software (.msv, .dvf) Use this option if you'll be dictating with a Sony Digital Voice Editor recorder. Notes n n If you switch between microphones you must at least rerun the audio check. For best accuracy, create a different User Profile for each device you plan to use.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To position a handheld microphone or recorder n n n n n n 42 Point the microphone element to the side of or below your mouth to avoid noise from breathing. Do not hold the microphone directly in front of your mouth. Hold the microphone in a comfortable position. Make sure not to hold it in an awkward, tiring position. Make sure that the microphone element is about 1 to 3 inches away from your mouth.
Chapter 3: Getting Started Using the Dragon Sidebar This section contains the following topics: Using the Dragon Sidebar The Dragon Sidebar tabs Dragon Sidebar Tips 43 46 49 Using the Dragon Sidebar Use the Dragon Sidebar to see sample commands and tips that update dynamically as you switch between programs and windows. For the list of programs with the highest compatibility with Dragon, see Dragon Sidebar Help and Tips contexts. The Sidebar displays automatically when you open a Dragon User Profile.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say this Or do this "Command list" (You can also use any of the following verbs: "Open", "Launch", "Start", "Show", or "Show Me") "Switch to Dragon Sidebar" 44 Show the Sidebar Home tab "Dragon Sidebar Home" Select the Home tab on the Sidebar Show the Sidebar Global tab (displays when you are working in programs with Full Text Control) "Dragon Sidebar Global" Select the Global tab on the Sidebar Show the Sidebar Mouse tab "Dragon Sidebar Mouse" Select t
Chapter 3: Getting Started To Say this Or do this Auto-hide the Sidebar (not available in Floating mode) "Dragon Sidebar auto-hide" Right-click on the Sidebar and select Auto-hide Disable auto-hide (not available in Floating mode) "Dragon Sidebar stop hiding" Right-click on the Sidebar and deselect Auto-hide Set the Sidebar to Always on Top With the Sidebar active, right click and say "Always on Top" Right-click on the Sidebar and select Always on Top Turn off Always on Top With the Sidebar ac
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Dragon Sidebar Help and Tips contexts Use the Sidebar for Help and Tips about Dragon in these programs and contexts: n Desktop commands n Global commands n n DragonBar, DragonPad, Dictation Box, Spelling window (see Dragon Help), Command Browser Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail. Please see the Dragon Help for Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft InfoPath. n .Corel WordPerfect (see Dragon Help) n .
Chapter 3: Getting Started Express, you'll see Outlook Express commands, and so on, for all programs with Full Text Control. Click the green Sidebar subheadings for detailed Help topics. Global Commands For programs with Basic Text Control, the Home tab displays a list of common dictation commands. Click the Sidebar subheadings for detailed Help topics. Global tab You can click the Global tab for a list of Global commands available in programs with Full Text Control.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Mouse tab Click the Mouse tab to review examples of common voice commands you can use to control the mouse in your current application. Click the Sidebar subheadings for detailed Help topics. MyCommands tab Use the MyCommands tab to view custom commands you have created. Click the Sidebar subheadings for detailed Help topics.
Chapter 3: Getting Started Note This topic shows examples only. Open the Sidebar to see all of the available commands. Dragon Sidebar Tips The Dragon Sidebar shows randomized tips about the current application or task context. To make the Dragon Sidebar active if it isn't already, use the Show the Sidebar command. Tips display in the lower pane of the Sidebar window. You can hide or display the tips, and navigate them using links for Back and Next.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 4: Dictating Text This section contains the following topics: Dictation Basics Undoing actions Correcting text errors as you dictate Dictation commands Typing or spelling text Spelling words Dictating numbers Using the Dictation Box Using the Dictation Box Using Dictation Box in unsupported applications Turning off the Dictation Box Unsupported applications Transferring your text The Full Text Control Indicator Dictating in unknown text fields Editing text in
Chapter 4: Dictating Text To start dictating, just say whatever you want to say, speaking normally in phrases.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To undo dictation Say "Scratch That." Example: To remove text just after you dictated it, say "Scratch That." Notes n n n You can cancel a selection by saying "Unselect That," selecting different text, or moving the insertion point to another part of the document. The "Undo That" and "Undo Last Action" commands send an undo (CTRL+z) command to the active program. The result of the command depends on which program is active and how it handles the undo command.
Chapter 4: Dictating Text Notes n n n n n n n Dragon also learns from your typing – if you use the keyboard to correct a misrecognized word, Dragon learns from the correction and can use the word the next time you dictate it. The Accuracy Center provides a central location for taking advantage of all the Dragon tools available to ensure excellent recognition. For more information, see Using the Accuracy Center.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say "no caps " Type in all lowercase "no caps on" Start typing words in all lowercase "no caps off" Stop typing words in all lowercase "no space " Do not put a space before "no space on" Stop putting spaces between words "no space off" Start putting spaces between words "numeral" Enter the next numbers stated as Arabic numerals (1,2,3 ...) "Roman numeral" Enter the next numbers stated as Roman numerals (i, ii, iii ...
Chapter 4: Dictating Text The Spelling window closes and the text is entered in your document. If you had selected text to correct, the new text now replaces the old text. Note The "Scratch That" command is not available in the Spelling window. If you need to correct a dictation error while you are using the Spelling window, you must use the Backspace key or Delete command.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Spelling words If a word or phrase is not currently in Dragon's Vocabulary, you can spell it in the Spelling window, and add it to Dragon's Vocabulary. Words you spell directly into the document, while the Spelling window is closed, are not added to the Vocabulary. In addition, you can teach (or "train") Dragon to recognize how you pronounce the word or phrase you spell.
Chapter 4: Dictating Text get two "u" characters (and not "w"). In this case, you can say "Double Letter u." n n n You cannot say the normal forms of letters (for example "A") and their alpha-bravo forms (for example "Zulu") together in a single breath ("A Zulu"). You can mix them if you pause before you change the spelling format. You can say nearly any character of the standard Windows character set. See the See Also below for a full list of the characters you can say.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide $45 "forty five dollars" $99.50 "ninety nine dollars and fifty cents" €1.7 billion "One point seven billion Euros" 8:30 p.m. "eight thirty pm" 200 kg "200 kilograms" 50 meters "50 meters" May 15, 2003 "May fifteen comma two thousand three" Note: Saying "comma" is optional.
Chapter 4: Dictating Text Windows Control Panel. If you are using the Classic Start menu, you can open your Windows Control Panel by clicking Start on the Windows Taskbar, pointing to Settings, and then clicking Control Panel. n n n n You can change the way Dragon formats numbers on the Auto-formatting dialog box by turning on or off the different formatting options available on the tab.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Using the Dictation Box This section contains the following topics: Using the Dictation Box Using Dictation Box in unsupported applications Turning off the Dictation Box Unsupported applications Transferring your text The Full Text Control Indicator Dictating in unknown text fields Editing text in unknown text fields Defining how the Dictation Box works in different applications Unexpected behavior or text in the Dictation Box Dictation Box Settings 61 61 61 62 62 62
Chapter 4: Dictating Text Unsupported applications Some examples of unsupported applications would be presentation or page layout or graphics design software like Adobe Photoshop. Here are some examples of known issues in unsupported applications: n n n Dictating into a complex Lotus Notes document sometimes makes Dragon hang or exhibit other abnormal behavior. Some Microsoft Outlook users may find that the Full Text Control editing capability does not always work.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide from the text field about its content—for instance, in order to know where words and sentences begin and end, so Dragon can apply spacing between words and capitalization at the beginning of sentences. Most standard text fields allow full Full Text Control capabilities. If you have difficulty in dictating or correcting in one of these unknown text fields, use the Dictation Box. For more information, see The Full Text Control Indicator.
Chapter 4: Dictating Text Defining how the Dictation Box works in different applications You can define how the Dictation Box copies and pastes text for each application where it's needed. For example, you can have different copy and paste settings for Microsoft PowerPoint and Corel WordPerfect. To define how the Dictation Box works in a specific application: 1. Start the application or specific window and place your cursor in the application. 2. Start the Dictation Box 3. Click the "Settings...
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To open the Settings dialog box, you click the Settings button inside the Dictation Box. Note: You can have multiple Dictation Boxes open at one time and can have different settings for using the Dictation Box with each application you use. Font The Font setting lets you change the font used for the contents of the Dictation Box. To change the font: 1. Click "Change Font..." 2. Set the font, style, and size under Font, Font style, and Size. 3.
Chapter 4: Dictating Text Test your application before you start and, if you lose text when you try to transfer text to the application, try different selections under the Copy and Paste options, detailed below: Copy n n n Do not copy: Does not copy any text from the application when the Dictation Box is started. Type keys : Uses Ctrl+C to copy text from the application. Use Windows Copy Command: Uses the Windows copy command to copy text from the application.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide For more information For more information, see: n Using the Dictation Box n The Full Text Control Indicator Using DragonPad This section contains the following topics: About DragonPad Changing the way text wraps on your screen 67 67 About DragonPad DragonPad is Dragon's built-in word processor, which is optimized for dictation. DragonPad includes basic text formatting features as well as the ability to save and print documents.
Chapter 5: Making Corrections Chapter 5: Making Corrections This section contains the following topics: Correcting dictation - workflow Using Smart Format Rules Correcting text - quick reference Choosing the correct text Correcting misrecognized commands 68 71 72 73 74 Correcting dictation - workflow There are a number of ways you can correct the misrecognitions in a document. The following techniques describe the most basic methods.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide The Correction menu opens*. 2. Choose one of the items from the Correction menu or dictate the replacement content. If you choose one of the suggestions on the Correction menu, Dragon automatically returns the cursor to where you were dictating before you made the correction. If you dictate something new to make a correction when the Correction menu is open, Dragon does not return the cursor to its last location.
Chapter 5: Making Corrections 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. 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. The Correction menu displays a list of optional spellings.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 1. Say "Go To Beginning of Document." 2. Look for the first misrecognition and say "Select" and the text that is incorrect. The Correction menu appears with a number of alternatives. n n If one alternative is correct, say "Choose" and the number of that alternative. For example, "Choose Two.
Chapter 5: Making Corrections brother" because you only need to change that, Dragon selects "brotherin-law." Correcting text - quick reference When you correct recognition errors, Dragon adapts your User Profile, so errors are less likely to happen again.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide You can enable and disable these Direct Editing commands from the Commands tab of the Options dialog box. Workflow You can experiment with Dragon's various correction options, including both vocal and manual actions (Correction button, Correction hot key, double-click to Correct, Smart Format Rules), to see what you prefer for a given situation.
Chapter 5: Making Corrections To choose the correct text If the correct text is one of the alternatives listed, say "Choose" and then say the number of the alternative in the list. As an option, you can press the ALT key and type the number of the alternative from the keyboard (not the numeric keypad). The text you choose replaces the text in your document. Example: If the correct text is the third alternative, say "Choose 3.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To correct a misrecognized command 1. If the window or dialog box containing the misrecognized command is not active (that is, the title bar is not highlighted), click in it to make it active. 2. Say "Scratch That" (to delete the unwanted dictation), "Undo That", or "Undo Last Action" to undo an unwanted action. 3. Say the command again. If the command was recognized as dictation, hold down the CTRL key as you start to say the command again.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 6: Revising Text This section contains the following topics: Using Direct Editing commands Handling multiple text matches Revising text - quick reference Moving around in a document Moving the insertion point Moving to specific words Moving to the beginning or end of a document or line Using "Go Back" to move the cursor Selecting text Selecting text - quick reference Selecting characters and words Selecting specific words or phrases Selecting lines and parag
Chapter 6: Revising Text Using Direct Editing commands Use Dragon Direct Editing (formerly called Quick Voice Formatting) commands to do routine tasks faster by voice. In previous versions of Dragon, deleting, cutting, copying, italicizing, underlining, and applying bold to text were two-step operations: you had to select the text before you could change it. Now you can perform these actions in one step.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Editing text Use the commands in the following table to quickly revise text using Direct Editing. To... Say... Cut the specified text or a range of text. Cut Cut from to Cut through Note: The Cut voice command is turned off by default to keep the word "cut" available for regular dictation.
Chapter 6: Revising Text You can cancel text matching by saying "Cancel," continuing to dictate, typing, or clicking the mouse. You can also use "Undo All" after you use "Choose All." See also n Using Direct Editing commands Use the following table as a quick reference for text matching commands. Command To... Say... Bold "Choose " or "." For example, say "Choose 3" or "3" to apply the formatting to only the third instance of a number of text matches.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Command To... Say... Delete "Choose " or "." For example, say "Choose 3" or "3" to delete only the third instance of a number of text matches. Delete one or more text matches OR "Choose all" to delete all instances Dragon shows as text matches. Undo All Undo changes to all revised text matches 1. Perform one of the commands in this table to revise two or more multiple text matches. 2. Say "Undo All.
Chapter 6: Revising Text Command To... Say... Correct OR "Correct " through Use the Correction menu to change one or more text matches Choose " or "." For example, say "Choose 3" or "3" to correct only the third instance of a number of text matches. OR "Choose all" to correct all text matches Dragon displays.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n n n For commands that apply to a range of text, such as "bold through ," Dragon expects to hear "to" or "through" depending on the region you selected when you created your User Profile. Use "through" in the United States and Canada, and use "to" in all other regions. Formatting commands are not available in Notepad and may not work correctly in Internet Explorer.
Chapter 6: Revising Text To Say mand. 3. Restart Dragon. Copy text "Copy That" to copy previously selected text or the last thing you said. "Copy " where is the word or phrase you want to copy * "Copy from to " * "Copy through " * Select text "Select that" to select the last thing you said. "Select " where is the word or phrase you want to change "Select Through ." Note: Outside the USA or Canada, say "Select To .
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide from the text field about its content—for instance, in order to know where words and sentences begin and end, so Dragon can apply spacing between words and capitalization at the beginning of sentences. Most standard text fields allow full Full Text Control capabilities. For more information, see The Full Text Control Indicator. Knowing additional ways to perform the following tasks by voice is useful in revising text.
Chapter 6: Revising Text Moving around in a document The following topics describe how to move the text insertion point around in a document.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To move the insertion point by words Say the following to move the insertion point by a number of words. Say Then say Then say "Move" "Right" "a Word" "Forward" "<1-20> Words" "Left" "Back" Examples "Move Left 3 Words" "Move Forward a Word" To move the insertion point by lines Say the following to move the insertion point up or down by lines. These commands press the up and down arrow keys.
Chapter 6: Revising Text For example, in Windows Notepad, the paragraph commands don't work because Notepad does not recognize a paragraph and in Microsoft Excel, these commands only work in the toolbar edit field. Moving to specific words You can move the insertion point before or after a particular word or phrase. To move the insertion point to a specific word Say "Insert Before " or "Insert After ," where is a word or phrase in the document.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Examples "Go to Top" "Move to End of Line" Note These commands deselect any text that is selected. Using "Go Back" to move the cursor Use the "Go Back" command to return the cursor (insertion point) to its original position after you move the cursor by voice, keyboard or mouse. To move the cursor back to its original position n Pause briefly during dictation and say "Go Back." You can repeat the command to move the cursor back to where your original action put it.
Chapter 6: Revising Text Selecting text This section contains the following topics: Selecting text - quick reference Selecting characters and words Selecting specific words or phrases Selecting lines and paragraphs Selecting text again Changing an incorrect text selection 90 90 91 92 93 93 Selecting text - quick reference When you are dictating, you can select text in these different ways: Selecting text Selecting characters and words Selecting specific words or phrases Selecting parts of a document Sel
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide "Select" "Next" "Character" "Forward" "<1-20> Characters" "Previous" "Word" "Back" "<1-20> Words" "Last" Notes n n n n When you use the "select" or "correct" command to select any part of a hyphenated word or a hyphen, Dragon selects the entire hyphenation. For example, in the hyphenated word "brother-in-law" if you say "correct brother" because you only need to change that, Dragon selects "brotherin-law." You can select punctuation marks by voice.
Chapter 6: Revising Text be in view on the screen. Note: Outside the USA or Canada, say "Select To ." Example To select the words "enclosed the materials you requested," in the sentence: "I have also enclosed the materials you requested," say: "Select enclosed Through requested" Notes n n n n n You can cancel a selection by saying "Unselect That," selecting different text, or moving the insertion point to another part of the document.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide "Select All" Caution When text is selected, be careful not to breathe loudly, clear your throat, or make other sounds. Dragon may interpret such noises as speech and replace the selection with new text. If this happens, say "Undo That" right away to reverse the action. Notes n n You can cancel a selection by saying "Unselect That," selecting different text, or moving the insertion point to another part of the document.
Chapter 6: Revising Text If the wrong text is selected, try using a longer phrase. This provides more information so Dragon is more likely to select the correct text. If the correct words are selected but they are not in the correct location, say "Select Again" to select the previous occurrence of the same text. Notes n n n n You can select punctuation marks. You can say "Select period" and then "Select Again" to move the insertion point sentence by sentence.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Deleting, Cutting, and Copying Text This section contains the following topics: Cutting, copying, and pasting Deleting dictated text Deleting characters, words, lines, or paragraphs Deleting by backspacing 95 95 96 97 Cutting, copying, and pasting You can say these commands to cut, copy, and paste selected text to and from documents. To cut selected text Say "Cut That." To copy selected text Say "Copy That" or "Copy All To Clipboard.
Chapter 6: Revising Text Deleting characters, words, lines, or paragraphs You can delete any number of words or characters (up to 20) using the following commands.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Deleting by backspacing Use the following commands to remove characters to the left of the insertion point. To delete characters Say "Backspace" or "Backspace" followed by the number of characters you want to delete (from 2 to 20).
Chapter 6: Revising Text Formatting This section contains the following topics: Formatting text Formatting numbers Setting font name, size, and style Aligning text Adding new lines and paragraphs Hyphenating words Joining words Setting Auto-Formatting Options Using Smart Format Rules Creating Word Properties 98 100 100 101 101 102 102 102 103 103 Formatting text You can use the following commands to format text you have just dictated or text you have selected.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say Add strikeout "Format That Strikeout" Remove all bold, italics, underline, and strikeout formatting "Restore That" or "Format That Regular" or "Format That Plain" Change text to initial capitals "Format That Caps" or "Format That Initial Caps" Change text to uppercase "Format That Uppercase" or "all caps that" or "capitalize XYZ" Change text to lowercase "Format That Lowercase" or "No-Caps That" Create a bulleted list "Format That Bullet Style" Lef
Chapter 6: Revising Text n n Dragon can automatically format text and numbers as you dictate using standard writing conventions. For information about these settings, see the Auto-formatting dialog box. Dragon's Smart Format Rules appear when you correct auto-formatted alphanumeric text using the Correction command, the Spelling window, or the keyboard. For details, see Using Smart Format Rules and the Auto-formatting dialog box. Formatting numbers You can have Dragon type your dictation as numerals.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide "Format That Courier 18 Points Bold" "Format That Arial 12 Points" To remove font formatting To remove bold, italics, underline, and strikeout formatting, say "Format That Plain Text." Notes n n n n n You can specify any combination of font name, size, and style, but you must specify attributes in that order (name, size, style). If you specify only a size, you must say "Points." For example, say "Format That 12 Points.
Chapter 6: Revising Text Note Saying "New Paragraph" presses the Enter key twice and capitalizes the next word you dictate. Hyphenating words Dragon automatically hyphenates words based on standard usage, but you can also insert hyphens manually. To hyphenate words Say "Hyphenate That" to hyphenate the last phrase you said. You can also select specific words and say "Hyphenate That." Spaces between words are replaced with hyphens. Any tabs or line breaks are also replaced.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Using Smart Format Rules You can also use the Smart Format Rules feature to have Dragon recognize when you correct dictated text that corresponds to an Auto-formatting option or supported by this feature. Dragon then displays a Smart Format Rules dialog box, offering one or more setting adjustments relevant to the change you just made.
Chapter 6: Revising Text 7. Say or click "Format" to open the Alternate Written Form Formatting dialog box. For example, 8. Choose from the following options: Option Description Insert space before and space after Inserts the specified number of spaces before and after the word or phrase. Use the drop-down fields to select a number of spaces. Valid values are: 0 1 2 Precede by and follow with Inserts the specified spacing before and after the word or phrase.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Option Description -(nothing) - New Line - New Paragraph - Tab Format the next word with Inserts the word or phrase using the specified capitalization. Use the drop-down field to select the capitalization type. Valid values are: with normal capitalization There is no special capitalization associated with this word.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 7: Working in Programs This section contains the following topics: Scrolling in popular programs Using the Microsoft Office ribbon About spoken commands in word processing programs About spoken commands in word processing programs Dictating in your word processor Working with Microsoft Word Basic document commands in Microsoft Word Selecting text Formatting text in Microsoft Word Email Programs 108 108 111 111 112 113 113 118 119 121 Supported e-mail p
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Scrolling in popular programs You can use the following commands in many programs to scroll and move the view through the program's work area. These voice scrolling commands work with Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 programs, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and InfoPath.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Using the Office ribbon To use the ribbon with Dragon Say the name of the tab or click the tab. For example, to open the Home tab, say "Home" or click the tab. Dragon voice commands for the Office ribbon also work when the ribbon is minimized. To dictate from an open tab Say the name of the feature you want to access or click on it. For example, to apply a heading style to a paragraph you're working on, say "Heading 1" or select Heading 1 from the Styles list.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Microsoft Word 2007 In Microsoft Word 2007, the Microsoft Office Button replaces the File menu. To access the Microsoft Office Button, say "Office Button". The Application menu In Windows 7, WordPad and Windows Live Mail 2011 have a new menu for file-related commands called the Application menu (shown below). To access file-related commands in these applications, say "Application menu.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide About spoken commands in word processing programs This section contains the following topics: About spoken commands in word processing programs Dictating in your word processor 111 112 About spoken commands in word processing programs Dragon provides Natural Language Commands for use with popular word processing programs other than Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Dictating in your word processor If you are dictating in a word processor, there are some things you can do to make Dragon work more efficiently: n n n n n Do not run other programs when you are running your word processor. Disable your word processor’s automatic spelling and grammar checker. Turning these options off frees memory for speech recognition. When you have finished dictating you can run the grammar checker. Dragon does not make spelling errors.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Working with Microsoft Word Dragon provides a large number of Natural Language commands to use with different versions of Microsoft Word. Using these commands, you can avoid the multiple menu-selection and mouse-movement steps associated with the traditional Microsoft Windows interface. Because the number of valid commands is so large, you should just try saying what you want to do.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Saving a document To Say Save a document as a .doc file 1. "Save Changes" 2. Dictate a file name (only needed if this is the first time the file has been saved) 3. "Click Save" Save a document with a new file name and file type 1. "Save Document As" 2. Dictate a file name 3. "File Type ", for example, "RTF" 4. "Click Save" Save a document in HTML format 1. "Save Document as Web Page" 2. "Click Save" 3.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say Add footnotes 1. Move the insertion point to the location where you want the footnote 2. "Insert Footnote Here" 3. Dictate the footnote text 4.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Searching and replacing To Say Search for text 1. "Find a Word" 2. Dictate the word or phrase you want to find in the Find dialog box 3. "Click Find" Replace all instances of a word or phrase 1. "Find Text" 2. Dictate the word or phrase you want to find 3. "Click Replace" 4. "Click Replace With" (to move the insertion point to the Replace With field) 5. Dictate the replacement word or phrase 6. "Click Replace All" 7.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Moving text To Do Move a word 1. Move the insertion point to the word you want to move 2. "Select Word" 3. "Move Word Forward/Back Words/Lines", for example, "Move Word Forward Five Lines" Move a line 1. Move the insertion point to the line you want to move 2. "Select Line" 3. "Move Line Forward/Back Lines" or "Move Line to the Beginning/End of Paragraph/Document", for example, "Move Line to the End of Paragraph" Move a paragraph 1.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Switch between open documents 1. "Say "List windows for Microsoft Word" Do one of the following: Say "Choose n", where n is the number of the window you want to switch to. For example, say "Choose 2" OR Choose the number of the program from the list and click OK See Scrolling in popular programs, Scrolling in windows and lists, and Moving the insertion point.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Formatting text in Microsoft Word This topic contains examples of voice commands to format text in Microsoft Word. For information about applying formatting to multiple instances of words or phrases, see Handling multiple text matches.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs "Lowercase the First/Last/Next Words/Lines/Paragraphs," for example, "Lowercase the Last Ten Words" "Toggle the Case of the Word" Changing font color To Say Change font color "Set Font Color to Green in This Line" "Set the Color to Red in the Selection" "Set It to Dark Blue" (refers to current word or selection) Changing line spacing To Say Change line and paragraph spacing "Double Space the Paragraph" "Single Space Selection" "Increase Paragraph Spacing to
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Email Programs This section contains the following topics: Supported e-mail programs 121 Working in e-mail programs 121 Dictating e-mail and Web addresses 123 Dictating E-mail and Calendar commands 124 Commands for Microsoft Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail 127 Supported e-mail programs The e-mail commands listed in this section work in the following desktop e-mail applications: n Microsoft Outlook Express n Microsoft Outlook n Lotus Notes n
Chapter 7: Working in Programs To access and create e-mail messages Use the following commands to check for, open, and create messages. To Say Check for new messages "Check Mail" Open the selected e-mail message "Open Mail" Create an e-mail message "New Mail" Commands for working with e-mail messages To work with e-mail messages Use the following commands if you are working in your Inbox and have a message selected or open.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say To move to the CC field "Go to CC Field" To move to the BCC field "Go to BCC field" To move to the Subject field "Go to Subject Field" To move to the Body field "Go to Body Field" To move to the First field "Go to First Field" To move to the Previous field "Go to Previous Field" To move to the Next field "Go to Next Field" To move to the Last field "Go to Last Field" Move up or down one line "Line Up" or "Line Down" Move up or down one page
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Notes n n n n n n The "Web and E-mail Addresses" box must be selected on the Auto-formatting dialog box. for you to dictate e-mail addresses as described here. You can say the following abbreviations by pronouncing them as words: com, net, org, and sys. Say the following abbreviations by saying their letters: edu, gov, mil, ca, de, fr, jp, sp, and uk. If an address contains nonwords or words that Dragon does not recognize (for example, "baxterex" in "juliasmith@baxterex.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n Make sure Microsoft Outlook is the default e-mail client, before you start dictating calendar commands. The following table lists the types of e-mail and calendar commands that Dragon supports, an example command, and a description of what happens after you say the command. Command Type 125 Syntax Example command What happens Email the E-mail the selection selected text, to ...
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Command Type Syntax Example command What happens Schedule a meeting or appointment at a specific time (Schedule | create | book) ([a] meeting | [an] appointment) [on] (month) | (day) [at] (time) "Create an appointment on July 1 at 1 pm" A new Meeting or Appointment window appears for the date and time you dictated. This command works only with Microsoft Outlook.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Commands for Microsoft Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail You can use the following voice commands using Microsoft Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail. To Say Start the e-mail application "Start Outlook Express" "Start Windows Mail" "Start Windows Live Mail" Instead of "start," you can also say "open," "launch" or "show".
Chapter 7: Working in Programs To Say Sort Inbox messages "Sort ascending | descending" "Sort e-mails ascending | descending" "Sort memos ascending | descending" Go to the Outbox (for Outlook Express in Windows XP and Windows Mail in Vista only) "Go to [the] Outbox folder" Access file-related commands (for Windows Live Mail 2011 only) "Application menu" Note Words shown in [brackets] are optional.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Microsoft Outlook This section contains the following topics: Working with Microsoft Outlook Reading and sending e-mail with Microsoft Outlook Making appointments in Microsoft Outlook Adding contacts in Microsoft Outlook Writing notes in Microsoft Outlook Using other Microsoft Outlook commands 129 130 131 131 132 132 Working with Microsoft Outlook Dragon provides a number of natural language commands to use with Microsoft Outlook.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Reading and sending e-mail with Microsoft Outlook You can use the following voice commands to read, create, and send e-mail using Microsoft Outlook: To Send a message without having Microsoft Outlook open Say Say either of the following: • "Send e-mail to " Or • "Start Microsoft Outlook" Read your e-mail 1. "Start Microsoft Outlook" Instead of "start", you can also say "open", "launch" or "show". For example, say "show Microsoft Outlook" 2. "Go To Inbox" 3.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 1. Say "Send E-Mail to ," where contact name is the name of someone in your Outlook Contacts. Dragon opens an Outlook message with the contact name entered in the To field. 2. Compose your message and send it as usual. Outlook remains closed after the message is sent. Making appointments in Microsoft Outlook You can use the following voice commands to make appointments in Microsoft Outlook: To Say Open your calendar 1.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs To Say Open your address book 1. "Start Microsoft Outlook" Instead of "start", you can also say "open", "launch" or "show". For example, say "show Microsoft Outlook" 2. "View Address Book" Create a new contact 1. "Create New Contact" 2. Dictate a name in the Full name box, for example, "Joel Huffman" 3. "Press Alt Yankee" to open the Company field 4. Dictate a company name, for example "Mega Products Limited" 5. "Click Business" to open the telephone number field 6.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Miscellaneous commands To Say Open the calendar view "View Calendar" Open and view the journal properties 1. "View Journal" 2.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs To Say Select the previous object on the dialog box "Previous", "Previous Match", or "Previous Control" Click the selected edit box or other object. "Click That" Moving around in a message window See Scrolling in popular programs and Scrolling in windows and lists. Microsoft Outlook 2010 commands To Command Create an appointment "Create a new appointment at
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Microsoft Excel This section contains the following topics: Working with Microsoft Excel Dictating in Microsoft Excel with Full Text Control Basic commands for Microsoft Excel Formatting a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet Working with cell contents in Microsoft Excel 135 135 136 139 140 Working with Microsoft Excel Dragon provides a number of natural language commands to use with Microsoft Excel.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Edition Mode Description Quick Edition Mode Allows you to enter new content into a cell, overwrite the current contents of a cell, or format the entire contents of a cell. When you select a cell and begin dictating, a yellow background appears to indicate that the dictated text will be inserted into the cell. If the cell currently contains text, the new dictated text will overwrite the existing text.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Creating, opening, and closing a spreadsheet To Say Create a new spreadsheet "Create New File" or "Create New Workbook" Open an existing spreadsheet 1. "Open File" or "Open Document" 2. "", for example, "My Spreadsheet" 3.
Chapter 7: Working in Programs Setting up a spreadsheet To Say Set printing area 1. "Fit to Pages Wide" 2.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say "Next/Previous Cell in the Row/Column" Start automatic downward scrolling "Start Scrolling Down" Start automatic upward scrolling "Start Scrolling Up" Move to the bottom of the spreadsheet "Scroll Down" Move to the top of the spreadsheet "Scroll Up" Stop automatic scrolling "Stop Scrolling" Increase the rate of automatic scrolling "Scroll Faster" Decrease the rate of automatic scrolling "Scroll Slower" Move down one row "Line Down" Move up one
Chapter 7: Working in Programs To Say " Change row and column appearance n n n n n "Shade This Row/Column" "Apply Pattern to Current/This Row/Column" "Center the Next/Previous Rows/Columns" "Indent the Next/Previous Rows/Columns " "Bold/Italicize This Row/Column/Cell" Working with cell contents in Microsoft Excel You can use the following voice commands to work with content in Microsoft Excel. See also Basic commands for Microsoft Excel.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To 141 Say Delete the contents of a cell, row, or column 1. Move the insertion point to the row, column, or cell you want to clear 2. "Clear All From This Row/Column/Cell" Hide the contents of a cell, row, or column 1. Move the insertion point to the row, column, or cell you want to hide 2.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 8: Working with Web applications This section contains the following topics: Using Rich Internet Application extensions Browser requirements for Web application support Enabling Web application support How to tell if Web application support is active Using Gmail Using Hotmail Editing text in a supported Web application Using Dragon's Web capabilities without RIA If you have problems using Web application support Using Rich Internet Application extensions This
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications Supported Web browsers Rich Internet Application (RIA) extensions are available in the following Web browsers and versions: n Internet Explorer, version 9 (32-bit mode only) n Mozilla Firefox, version 12 or later n Google Chrome, version 16 or later If you don't have one of these browsers in the version listed, you can still use Dragon's existing capabilities for commands and dictation on the Web, but you will not have the full benefit of Web application suppo
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide For information on commands you can use to edit text in Web applications, see Editing text in a Web application. Resolving problems For more help with this feature, see If you have problems using Web application support.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications Enabling Web application support Use this topic to review or enable Dragon's Web application support and Full Text Control. The easiest way to enable Web application support, also referred to as Rich Internet Application (RIA) support, is by clicking "Yes" to the prompt to enable the browser extensions after you install Dragon. The prompt may appear the first time you open a supported browser after a fresh installation of Dragon.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 3. If the extension is disabled, click "Enable." 4. Click "Plugins" to open the Plugins screen, and look for the Dragon RIA plugin, as shown in the following example. 5. If the extension is disabled, click "Enable." See also How to tell if Web application support is active. Be careful when you upgrade! When you upgrade Firefox, you'll see a window prompting you to choose which add-ons you want to keep active.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications How to tell if Web application support is active After you install Dragon, your Web browser may prompt you to enable Dragon's Rich Internet Application (RIA) extensions. Click "Yes" to turn the feature on. Here's an example of how the RIA extension displays in Google Chrome: If you need to turn on Dragon's RIA extensions or verify that they are turned on, please see Enabling Web application support.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide If you can't use Rich Internet Application support, such as if you are using a Web application or browser that is not supported, you can still use Dragon to enter text and dictate commands. For more information, see Using the Dictation Box, Web browser commands and Dictating e-mail and Web addresses. Using Gmail Use Rich Internet Application (RIA) support when you write and send Gmail messages.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications Using commands in Gmail RIA extensions add the following voice commands to Gmail. See also Editing text in a supported Web application.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide When Dragon notices that you are dictating in an unsupported application, it opens the Dictation Box, which also features Full Text Control. You can also use keyboard commands such as “press Alt d,” “press Enter,” “press tab,” “press F5,” “page down,” and commands for clicking and dragging the mouse, such as “MouseGrid 3,” “mouse right-click.” For more information about Dragon's Web capabilities, see Working with a Web browser.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications Using commands in Hotmail RIA extensions add the following voice commands to Hotmail. See also Editing text in a supported Web application.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To Say Print the list of commands "Show Site Commands" or "Show Web Site Commands" and click the Print icon Using Dragon's Web capabilities without RIA If RIA extensions aren't available for your Web browser or Web application, you can still use many of Dragon's features on the Web.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications To Say Train Dragon about how you pronounce a new word Train That Hyphenate selected words Compound Selection Hyphenate a string of words Compound through (North America) Compound to (Outside the U.S.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide APPLY ALL UPPERCASE All Caps That apply all lowercase No Caps That Capitalize the first letter of each word in selected text Cap Selection Apply all capital letters to text you have selected All Caps Selection Makes all capital letters lower case in selected text No Caps Selection Using Dragon's Web capabilities without RIA If RIA extensions aren't available for your Web browser or Web application, you can still use many of Dragon's features on the Web.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications IMPORTANT In the specific web applications it supports, the RIA feature adds to Dragon’s usual capabilities in the particular supported Web browser. Dragon's functionality differs significantly between Web browsers. Please see Working with a Web browser. For example: In Chrome, you cannot select hyperlinks by name or use commands like “refresh page” and “open new tab”.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Is your browser extension or plug-in enabled? Your Dragon installation includes extension and/or plug-in and files that Web browsers use to provide you with Rich Internet Application support. If you are having trouble, make sure the RIA plug-in or extension is enabled for the browser you are using. Typically, you can do this from a Tools or Options menu. After enabling RIA, restart your browser. For details, see Enabling Web application support.
Chapter 8: Working with Web applications Are you trying to play back dictation? To play back dictation in Web applications, please use voice commands such as "Play that back," "Read that," and "Read selection." In Web applications, Dragon does not support playback of dictation using menus and buttons. Playback restricted to the current field In a Web application like Gmail or Hotmail, playback is limited to the current dictation for the current field.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers This section contains the following topics: Working with a Web browser Searching the Web by voice Web browser commands Internet Explorer commands Using tabs in Firefox 159 160 164 167 169 Working with a Web browser Dragon includes many commands designed specifically for use with Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome that enable you to surf the Web by voice.
Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers Internet Explorer commands Using tabs in Firefox Using Rich Internet Application extensions In the Dragon Help, see: Following links and clicking buttons Specifying Web addresses Going to text boxes and selecting check boxes and option buttons Notes n n n n n You cannot select icons on the toolbar, Java ™ or ActiveX ® applets, or items in the History, Search, or Channels panels by voice.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n Search a category on the Web: Starts a Web search of a specific category of information in your default browser. Dragon displays your search string for editing if needed, and then uses your default search provider to search a specific category for your search terms. See Search a category on the Web for details. You can also Search the Web using dates, times, names, or currencies and Directly open a Web site with Google's "I'm feeling lucky".
Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers Search type Syntax Example commands What happens Dragon supports this Web site searches for the following Web sites: About (for about.com) AltaVista Amazon Answers (for answers.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Search type Syntax Example commands What happens Search (news | events) for Search (products | shops) for Search (maps | places) for Search the Web using dates, times, names, or calculations Search the Web for Remember to say the words without pausing. Also, you can leave out punctuation and Dragon adds it for you.
Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers Using Google's I'm feeling lucky To find Google's top-ranked Web site for a search term using "I'm feeling lucky": 1. Open the Google home page, for example, www.google.com. 2. Dictate or type your search terms in the search box. Enabling or disabling searching the Web by voice To enable or disable searching the Web by voice, open the Options dialog box, Commands Taband do one of the following: Select or deselect the "Enable Web search commands" check box.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 165 To Say Refresh the current page from the Web "Refresh page" or "Reload page" Click a button The button name or part of the button name. You can also say "Click" followed by all or part of the button name. or "Click
Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers Entering text and data The following commands work only in Internet Explorer: To Say Show all places on the page where you can enter text "Click Type Text" or "Click Edit Box" Show all check boxes on the page and go to the first one "Click Check Box" Show all images on the page with links "Click Image" Show all option (radio) buttons on the page "Click Radio Button" Show all boxes on the page with lists of choice "Click List Box Show all boxes on the page wi
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Moving around a Web page To Say Move the page down by a screen "Page Down" Move the page up by a screen "Page Up" Move down to the bottom of the page "Scroll Down" Move up to the top of the page "Scroll Up" Move the page down by a few lines of text "Line Down" Move the page up by a few lines of text "Line Up" Go to the next frame in a multiframe page "Next Frame" Go to the previous frame in a multiframe page "Previous Frame" Go to the next pane in a m
Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers Sidebar or Command Browser. New commands for Internet Explorer 9 Dragon works with Internet Explorer 9 to provide voice support for pinning Web sites or specific Web pages to the Windows Start menu. Then, when you open the Web site or page from there, it displays as a separate browser icon on the Windows taskbar. To pin a Web site or page to the Start menu 1. Say "Pin this [web] site | page to Start menu.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n close tab n switch to the last tab n switch to the next tab n switch to the previous tab n view the next tab n view the last tab n view the previous tab n view the [nth] tab (can use the numbers one to eight) Using Quick tabs n display quick tabs n hide quick tabs n unhide quick tabs n open quick tabs n show quick tabs n turn quick tabs on n turn quick tabs off n view quick tabs Using feeds n open feeds n close feeds n show feeds
Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers n click the previous tab n goto to the next tab n goto the previous tab n close tab 170
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop This section contains the following topics: Starting and exiting programs Using Windows Desktop commands Controlling menus Selecting buttons and dialog box options Selecting tabs in a dialog box Resizing and closing windows Selecting and opening icons Scrolling in windows and lists Searching your Desktop by voice Switching between programs and windows 171 173 176 177 178 178 178 179 180 181 Starting and exiting programs Use the fo
Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop under the program icon on the Desktop. For other programs you'll need to say the standard program label.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Tip To simplify start commands or to run programs using names of your choice, you can rename Desktop icons or create new Windows Shortcuts. See your Windows documentation for details.
Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop To do this You can say Open Windows special folders Open your My Computer window "Open My Computer" Open your My Documents folder "Open My Documents" Open your My Pictures folder "Open My Pictures" Open your My Music folder "Open My Music" Open your My Videos folder "Open My Videos" Start applications and utilities Start a program by name "Open " Note: This command can be turned off to reduce computer memory use and eliminate misrecognitions o
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To do this You can say Change the Windows Display Settings "Change Display Settings" Change the Windows screen resolution "Change screen resolution" Change Windows Power Settings "Change power settings" Navigate between windows Switch between windows "List programs" or "List all windows" or "List windows for Dragon" and then "Choose n," where n is the number of the window you want to switch to.
Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop Controlling menus You can open, close, and choose items from the menus in most programs by voice. To control the menus in a window, the window must be active. To open a menu Say one of the following: "Click" followed by the name of the menu. Just say the menu name. Example: "Click File" or "File" Dragon's default setting is to require that you say "Click" to select menus and controls. See Require "Click" to select menus in the Dragon Help.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Selecting buttons and dialog box options You can select buttons and dialog box options by voice. The dialog box must be the active window. To select a button or option Say "Click" followed by the name of the button or option, as it appears in the window, or just say the name. Saying "Click" before the name of the button or option is optional.
Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop Selecting tabs in a dialog box You can select tabs on a tabbed dialog box (such as the Options dialog box in Dragon) in the following manner: To Say Select the next tab "Move to Next Tab" "Go to Next Tab" "Click Next Tab" Select the previous tab "Move to Previous Tab" "Go to Previous Tab" "Click Previous Tab" Note If the tab has a caption with a shortcut key (underlined character) you can say "Click" followed by the name of the tab.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 3. To select another icon, say "Move" followed by a direction (Left, Right, Up, or Down) and the number of icons (up to 20) you want to move. For example, "Move Right 1" or "Move Up 3." You can open icons on the desktop in the following manner: To open a desktop icon (including an application) 1. Point to the Windows desktop and say "Mouse Click" to make the desktop active. 2. Say "Open" and the name of an icon. For example, "Open My Documents.
Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop Searching your Desktop by voice Use the Dragon Voice Shortcuts in this topic to search your Desktop by voice. The search commands require that you have third-party indexing/search software installed.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Command Type Syntax Example command What happens - favorites - bookmarks - Web history Enabling or disabling searching the Desktop by voice To enable or disable searching the Desktop by voice, open the Commands tab of the Options dialog box and do one of the following: Select or deselect the "Enable Desktop search commands" check box. The option is enabled by default.
Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop Or To list open windows of multi-document applications, say "List windows for " For example, say "List windows for Microsoft Word" The List of Windows opens. For example, To list all open Dragon windows, say "List windows for Dragon" or "List Dragon windows". The list of Dragon windows opens.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide For information about dictating program names, see Starting and exiting programs. 2. To switch to an open program or window: Say "Choose n," where n is the number of the program or window you want to switch to, or just say the number next to the word. For example, say "Choose 2" or "2" OR Choose the number of the program or window from the list and click OK.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard This section contains the following topics: Controlling the keyboard Moving the mouse pointer Positioning the mouse pointer with MouseGrid Clicking and dragging the mouse Controlling the keyboard When Dragon is running, you can control the keyboard by voice.
Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard Say Then say "Type" "Caps Lock" "Enter" "Escape" "Space Bar" "Print Screen" "Scroll Lock" "Pause" "Num Lock" "Up Arrow" "Down Arrow" "Right Arrow" "Left Arrow" "Home" "End" "Page Up" "Page Down" "Insert" "Delete" "Function 1" to "Function 12" "Keypad" followed by any numeric keypad key: 0...9, ., /, *, -, +, Enter). "Shift," "Control," or "Alt" (alone or in combination) followed by any other key.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n You cannot undo a keystroke by saying "Scratch That." For example, if you say "Press Cap A" then "Scratch That," "A" remains in the document. You can, however, say "Undo That." Moving the mouse pointer You can move the mouse pointer up, down, left, or right using the mouse pointer commands.
Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard Examples: "Move Mouse Down Faster" "Mouse Move Lower Right Very Fast" "Mouse Move Up Very Fast (pause) Slower (pause) Stop" Stopping mouse movement While the mouse pointer is moving, you can stop the movement by saying one of the following commands: n "Stop" n "Cancel" Notes n n n You can combine moving the mouse pointer with clicking the mouse or marking and dragging the object in a single voice command.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n To undo the last MouseGrid action, say "Undo That." n To close MouseGrid, say "Cancel." n n MouseGrid will close when the microphone is turned off, or when you say the command "Go To Sleep." You can combine the MouseGrid command with clicking the mouse or marking and dragging the object in a single voice command. For example, you can say "MouseGrid 5 3 Double-Click." Clicking and dragging the mouse You can click and drag the mouse by voice.
Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard Say Then a direction Then a speed (optional) "Mouse Drag" (to move) "Down" "Very Fast" "Control Mouse Drag" (to copy) or "Control Drag Mouse" "Right" "Much Faster" "Left" "Slower" "Upper Right" "Very Slow" "Upper Left" "Much Slower" "Lower Right" "Lower Left" You can say a speed command at any time while the pointer is moving to speed the movement up or slow it down.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy There are many things you can do to improve recognition accuracy.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy context. For example, we use our experience and common sense to decide whether someone said "I Scream," or "Ice Cream." But Dragon doesn't understand what words mean, so it can't use common sense the way we do. Instead, Dragon interprets your speech by using its knowledge of words that tend to appear together. Dragon calculates how frequently you use words and phrases and can offer you suggestions when it makes mistakes.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 7. Turn off what you don't use Visit the Performance Assistant for useful strategies for optimizing accuracy and speed with Dragon. For example, you can turn off the ability to "voice-click" menus, buttons and other controls in some or all programs, or the ability to open items from the Windows Start menu or desktop.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy When Dragon presents a Smart Format Rules box, you can choose one of the adjustments it offers. Or you can just ignore the dialog box and continue working, or say “cancel” and the box will close.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 1. Select Tools menu > Options from the DragonBar. For example, say "Switch to DragonBar," then "Click Tools," then "Options." 2. On the Options dialog box, Correction tab, say "click Show Smart Format Rules" to clear the checkmark beside the option. 3. Say "Click OK" to close the dialog box and apply your changes. Restoring a Smart Format Rule You can restore a default in the Auto-formatting dialog box or Word Properties dialog box.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Auto-formatting titles Inserts abbreviated versions of any title in Dragon's Abbreviated titles list. For example, "Mr." for "Mister," or "Pres." for "President." Auto-formatting dates Controls how Dragon formats dates when you dictate the day, month, and year together. Use the drop-down button to select the format you want to use most often.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n If you use the "Dates As Spoken" setting, Dragon needs you to dictate dates in an unambiguous way, using the name and not the digit for the month. For example, with "Dates As Spoken" selected, Dragon will correctly format "January eleven two thousand nine" and "the seventh of February two thousand four" using date formats, but will format "eleven one two thousand nine" as a number.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Auto-formatting numbers, if greater than or equal to Enters numbers as numerals if they are equal to or greater than the value shown in the drop-down list. If the number is less than the chosen value, the number is spelled out. For example, using the value of "10", Dragon will write "five" when you dictate "five" and "11" when you dictate "eleven".
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide NOTES n n Vanity phone numbers such as 1-800-EXAMPLE are not supported. The automatic formatting of U.S. telephone numbers is not supported for user profiles with a UK Region setting. For User Profiles using the UK for the Region: Turns on automatic formatting of UK telephone numbers. NOTES n n n n Country code +44 can be dictated as "four four", "forty four" or "double four" with a preceding plus sign.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Auto-formatting times Turns on automatic formatting of standard time formats. For example, if you say "Six Thirty PM", Dragon will transcribe "6:30 PM". Dictating standard time runs on a 12 hour clock, letting you make the distinction between AM and PM. Military time: With the Time option enabled, you can also dictate times in military format. For example, if you say "sixteen hundred hours", Dragon transcribes "1600 hrs".
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Note n If you make a correction that corresponds to an auto-formatting option and a word property, only the smart format rule prompt for the word property displays. Adjusting Speed vs. Accuracy You can increase product speed or, alternatively, increase recognition accuracy by using the Speed vs. Accuracy slider. The Speed vs. Accuracy slider lets you control the number of words and phrases that the program examines in order to find a word match.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy The Dragon Accuracy Center This section contains the following topics: Using the Accuracy Center About the Accuracy Assistant Running the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer 202 203 203 Using the Accuracy Center You can use the Accuracy Center to refine the accuracy of your User Profile or to learn more about Dragon.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide About the Accuracy Assistant The Accuracy Assistant is a screen that helps you determine which tool to use to improve the recognition accuracy on your system. The Accuracy Assistant does this by asking a series of questions and, depending on the answers, provides links to the proper tool. To run the Accuracy Assistant 1. Click Help > Improve My Accuracy on the DragonBar. 2. In the Accuracy Center, click or say "Which tool should I use?" 3.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy optimization. n n Be sure that the "Store corrections in archive" option is selected on the Data tab of the Options dialog box. Otherwise you may see a message that there is not enough data for the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer to process. The "Store corrections in archive" option should be selected whenever you use Dragon for an extended period of time.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Profile is automatically restored if you click Cancel before the Acoustic and Language Model Optimizer is finished.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Recognition Modes This section contains the following topics: Using Recognition Modes Switching recognition modes 206 208 Using Recognition Modes Dragon allows you to use different Recognition Modes in your dictation. The following describes ways you can use these modes while you dictate. Click the links to display the related procedures. Normal Mode To dictate and say commands interchangeably The most flexible mode in Dragon is the default Normal Mode.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide 2. Dictate a few paragraphs. You can dictate without looking, knowing that everything will be transposed as text and no commands will be executed. You can also dictate sentences that contain words that Dragon normally interprets as commands, such as "I really liked your novel. No, scratch that - I loved your novel!" Or "The FBI has countless open files". Dragon should transcribe the words as text and not execute commands as it normally would.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy 1. Say "Start Spell Mode" or "Spell Mode On". "Spell Mode" appears in the status box of the DragonBar. 2. Dictate an alphabetic string, such as a homophone alternative you need to use. For example, say the letters "F O R E" to have Dragon enter the word "fore". When Spell Mode is on, you will not be able to dictate words. You can still use commands while in Spell Mode.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Notes n 209 On the The Options dialog box Hot keys tab, you can change the hot keys assigned to force Dragon to use Dictation Mode (force dictation recognition) or Command Mode (force command recognition).
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Teaching Dragon to Understand You Better This section contains the following topics: Training misrecognized commands Training individual words and phrases Using punctuation with written and spoken forms Supplemental training 210 211 211 212 Training misrecognized commands If Dragon consistently misrecognizes a specific voice command (for example, it hears "Correct That" as "Correct dot"), you can train it to recognize your pronunciation of the command.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Command Browser, Dragon offers you the choice to train them before you exit. Notes n n When you train words or phrases, be careful to speak in your normal voice. Avoid the natural tendency to over enunciate when speaking single words or short phrases as it could actually reduce recognition accuracy. When you train a command using the Train Words dialog box, you add to the acoustic data stored for later use by the Acoustic Optimizer.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Written form Spoken form The Man from U.N.C.L.E. the man from uncle Soddy-Daisy, TN Soddy Daisy Tennessee Trenton-Mercer Airport Trenton Mercer Airport If you want to add punctuation to a word that already exists in the Vocabulary for use in a specific setting, you can create a new written form with the punctuation included and a unique word or phrase for the spoken form. For example, if you wanted Dragon to type the word "U.N.C.L.E.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To train Dragon some more 1. Do one of the following: n Say "Switch to DragonBar," then "Audio" then "Read Text to Improve Accuracy." Or n Say "Open Accuracy Center" then "Read text to train Dragon to your voice." 2. Follow the same guidelines as when you trained the first time. 3. When you are finished, click Finish. You can read as much or as little as you want, but you should train for 3 to 6 minutes or longer.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Personalizing your Dragon Vocabulary This section contains the following topics: About personalizing your Vocabulary Adding words or phrases to your Vocabulary Using punctuation with written and spoken forms Learning from specific documents Importing lists of words or phrases Adding words with the Spelling window Learn From Sent E-mails Adding contact names to the Vocabulary Deleting words Using the Don't Recognize That Word Command 214 215 216 216 218 218 218 2
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n n n n If you make unwanted changes to a Vocabulary, you can create a new one or restore your User Profile from a backup copy. If you use multiple-word phrases with unusual capitalization (for example, "ComputerWeek"), you can improve recognition accuracy by adding these phrases to the Vocabulary before Dragon analyzes your documents. Add these phrases by using the (say "Open Vocabulary Editor" or click Vocabulary > Open Vocabulary Editor on the DragonBar.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Using punctuation with written and spoken forms If the written form of a word contains any punctuation, you should provide a spoken form so that there is no doubt as to how the item will be pronounced. Do not use abbreviations, symbols or punctuation in the spoken form. Examples: Written form Spoken form The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n n Find Known Words with Unknown Capitalization: Select this option to have Dragon look for words on your system that are in its Vocabulary but which use different capitalization, such as Desktop. This option is turned off by default. Adapt to Writing Style: Select this option to have Dragon analyze word combinations to improve its capacity to anticipate your writing and dictation style. This option is turned on by default. 3. Click Next to continue.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Importing lists of words or phrases Use the Import list of words or phrases wizard if you want to add multipleword phrases to your Vocabulary, even if they are used in documents that you will process using the Learn from Specific Documents wizard. You should do this because the Import list of words or phrases wizard adds words from documents as phrases, not single words.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide CAUTION To maintain accuracy, Dragon must only analyze content in the language in which your user profile was created. If you have Sent e-mail in other languages, only use this tool to add e-mail contacts to your profile. Note It's best to run the Learn From Sent E-mails tool only when you are not using your computer for other purposes because the tool uses large amounts of computer memory and processing power.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy To add contact names from your sent e-mail to your Vocabulary 1. Start the Learn From Sent E-mails tool by saying "Add Contacts". 2. On the first screen of the Learn From Sent E-mails wizard, click Next. 3. On the Choose Options screen, select the e-mail programs from which you would like to add contact names and select the "Add contact names from email to the Vocabulary" box. 4.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide as shown: 2. To highlight the word you want to delete, do one of the following: say "Spell " where word represents the letters of the word you want to delete type the letters of the word or scroll the list to find the word and select it 3. When the word appears and is highlighted, say or click "Delete". 4. Close the Vocabulary Editor dialog box.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Using the Don't Recognize That Word Command Dragon lets you to turn off recognition of words using the Correction menu and the "Don't recognize that word" command. Don't Recognize That Word removes the selected word from your active Vocabulary, so that Dragon won't recognize it again. This can save you time if Dragon repeatedly replaces words you dictate with words you don't use.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Managing Vocabularies This section contains the following topics: About Vocabularies Opening Vocabularies Adding a Vocabulary to a User Profile Deleting Vocabularies Renaming Vocabularies Importing Vocabularies Exporting Vocabularies 223 224 225 226 226 227 228 About Vocabularies Dragon uses one or more Vocabularies with your User Profile to help it to recognize words and phrases correctly, based not only on the sound of the words and phrases, but also on their cont
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy this dialog box you can choose a different speech model and Vocabulary Type. Dragon automatically determines the best speech model and Vocabulary Type for your computer when you create a User Profile, so you do not generally need to change these options. Speech model You can associate the following speech models with your Dragon Vocabulary, depending on your accent, and the type of microphone and computer you are using.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide n n Switching Vocabularies has no effect on the text in the document window. It does, however, close any open dialog boxes, such as General Training and Vocabulary Editor. Vocabularies that you have created and opened appear in the Profile menu on the Open Recent Vocabulary submenu. You can quickly switch between Vocabularies by selecting the appropriate Vocabulary name from this submenu.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy Note: If you need to save time, you can deselect E-mail adaptation and run it later. See Let Dragon search for words tool for details 5. Optionally, before using the Vocabulary, you can personalize it further using the Accuracy Center. For more information, click See Also below. Notes n n n Any Vocabularies you create are saved along with the files that are part of your User Profile.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide "OK." 5. On the Manage Vocabularies dialog box, click or say "Close." Note A Vocabulary name can contain up to 128 characters, including spaces. Importing Vocabularies You can share Vocabularies among different User Profiles by first exporting a Vocabulary from one User Profile and then importing it to another User Profile.
Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy n If you create a User Profile on a dual core machine that uses a custom vocabulary, make sure that the User Profile uses the BestMatch IV speech model (BestMatch IV has the greatest recognition accuracy on dual-core systems with more than 2 GB of RAM). To check this, select the Advanced button on the Creating a User Profile screen of the New User Profile wizard and make sure that BestMatch IV is selected.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser This section contains the following topics: About the Command Browser Opening the Command Browser Finding commands in the Command Browser Training commands in the Command Browser 229 230 231 233 About the Command Browser The Command Browser is a window where you can locate voice commands that Dragon recognizes, including commands that are provided with the software as well as any commands that you or your system administrator mi
Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser Manage Manage mode allows you to import, export, delete, or edit the properties of selected custom commands. (Some of these functions are available in only Dragon Professional, Legal, and Medical editions.) To make the Command Browser appear always on top n n n Say "Mode > Always On Top," or on the Mode menu, click Always On Top. On the Command Browser shortcut menu, click Always On Top.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide To display Global Commands for a specific application Use "Include Global" if you want to display all of the Dragon commands that are available in every application. In the Command Browser, say "Include Global" or, on the Command Browser Ribbon Bar, click Include Global. Finding commands in the Command Browser If a command exists for a specific application or context, you can use the Command Browser to find it. To find a specific command 1.
Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser 2. Select the Include Global checkbox. When the Include Global checkbox is selected, the Command Browser displays all the commands available in the current command context, including any commands available in all (global) contexts. Note that the Command Browser initially opens with Global Commands selected in the Context list box so that the Include Global checkbox is not active. You must select a different command context to make the Include Global checkbox active. 3.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Some complex commands may not be fully visible at first. See the topic Expanding commands for information on how to view all parts of a command. Note: Previous command searches appear in the Keyword Filter list . You can select a previous search from this list to automatically display the results of that search, without having to open the Keyword Filter dialog box and set up the search criteria again.
Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser 3. Locate the command you want to train and select it. See the topic Finding Commands in the Command Browser for information on how to find a specific command. 4. Click or say one of the following buttons on the Command Browser task pane: Button Result Lets you immediately train the selected command. Follow the directions on the Train Words dialog box that appears. Adds the command to a list of commands of the Train List for later training.
Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide Chapter 14: The Dragon Glossary Use this glossary for a list of terms specific to Dragon. Active vocabulary (definition) A list of about 150,000 words that Dragon loads into your computer’s random access memory for immediate use during dictation. These are the words that Dragon is most likely to recognize on the first try, without requiring you to do anything extra such as correcting the words with the Correction menu.
Chapter 14: The Dragon Glossary n n n n Add new or frequently used words and teach Dragon about how frequently you'll use them with the Learn from Specific Documents, Learn From Sent E-mails, and Import lists of words or phrases tools Use the Correction menu to correct the error Correct dictation errors using the mouse or keyboard (the microphone can be on, off, or asleep) Use the Spelling window to spell the word Remember to save your User Profile to keep your changes.
Index words to the Vocabulary Index 214-215, 218-219 words with the Spelling window 218 1 11 kHz and 22 kHz audio sound card requirements 3 A Accessinglogfiles 23 accuracy 191, 201-203 Accuracy Assistant improving 203 191, 202-203, 218-219 using Accuracy Center 191, 202 using the Speed vs.
Index basic text dictation 51 BestMatch Technology 223 boldface 78 applying with multiple text match-79 ing boldface, applying 98, 100 browsers compatibility 145 using 164 buttons, selecting by voice 177 the DragonBar 37 Canadian postal codes capitalizing text centering text characters selecting Choose a speech device Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon 4 Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition 4 combining words Command Browser 102 229, 231, 233 230 finding commands
Index dictation 54 displaying Help on 37 applications Dragon Sidebar 46 DragonBar 37, 159, 176, 187-188 173 37 e-mail 121 Internet Explorer 159 Firefox and Internet Explorer 164 menus 176 for moving in windows 179 the mouse Gmail 149 windows Hotmail 151 Copy command if not recognized 74 187-189 173 95 copying 227-228 Internet Explorer 7 167 using Direct Editing 78 Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox 164 using multiple text matching 79 Microsoft Excel copying Vocabu
Index currency 58 dictating 58 cursor dictating about 28 basic techniques 51 moving back to last location 89 dictating the word "select" 93 moving the insertion point 86 e-mail and Web addresses 123 moving to specific words 88 guidelines for 95 in Excel with Full Text Control 135 Military time 200 Cut command cutting 28 using Direct Editing 78 numbers 58 using multiple text matching 79 quick reference 28 results display 29 D time dates dictating 58 deleted words res
Index Dictation Source (definition) 236 digital audio recorder using with Dragon 40 Direct Editing commands 78 disambiguation formatting or editing multiple words 79 opening 171 selecting lines and paragraphs in 92 switching between 181 Don't recognize that word using 222 dragging the mouse 189 the mouse pointer 190 Dragon exiting 37 system requirements 1 Dragon Remote Microphone application 39 Dragon Sidebar 43 tabs 46 tips 49 using 43 Dragon Voice Shortcuts 241 modes 37
Index Exit frames Dragon 38 exiting switching Internet Explorer and Firefox 164 programs 171 Full Text Control indicator exporting G Vocabularies 228 F Firefox commands 164 switching between frames 164 folders opening 174 fonts setting face, size, and style 100 all caps 78 applying to multiple words 79 Auto-Formatting 193 bold 78 commands 98 in Microsoft Excel 139 italics 78 multiple instances of words 79 numbers text text in Microsoft Word 100 running again 212 Glob
Index Help iPad using by voice 27 Hotmail commands for 151 sending e-mail 151 using wtih Web application sup- 151 port hyphenating words 102 I selecting and opening importing Vocabularies 39 iPhone setting up as a wireless microphone 39 iPod Touch setting up as a wireless microphone italics icons 39 98, 101 applying 98 178 applying with Direct Editing 78 227 applying with multiple text match-79 ing 227 improve my accuracy 191, 202 Include Global button 232 increasing accuracy
Index lines 101 adding new 101 selecting 92 list boxes 177 controlling by voice 177 scrolling in by voice 179 listing open Dragon windows 181 open windows 181 working with content Microsoft Hotmail 151 Microsoft Infopath scrolling in 108 Microsoft Office scrolling in 108 using the ribbon 108 Microsoft Outlook adding contacts commands for M 140 129-132 131 129-132 121 Email and Calendar commands 124 supported applications 121 making appointments 131 working in 121 reading
Index minimum and recommended system requirements 2 minimum processor cache 2 minimum RAM 2 minimum system requirements 1 misrecognized commands 74 mobile device Mozilla Firefox commands 164 switching between frames 164 using tabs 169 multiple text matches correcting and editing Multiple text matching commands choosing a speech device 39 applying to multiple words modes naming using 206, 208 recognition (using) 206 mouse clicking 189 mouse pointer 187-188 dragging 189 moving
Index Normal Mode 206, 208 Outlook 129-132 switching to 208 adding contacts using 206 commands for numbers 58, 100 changing format 100 131 129-132 E-mail and Calendar commands 124 making appointments 131 dictating 58 reading and sending e-mail 130 forcing recognition of 58 scrolling in 108 207-208 working with 129 switching to 208 writing notes 132 using 206 Outlook Express 127 Numbers Mode commands for O P Office scrolling (in Microsoft) 108 using the ribbon 108
Index processor cache 2 programs 98, 102, 220, 226 spaces between words 102 exiting 171 text formatting starting 171 Vocabularies 226 switching 173 words from the Vocabulary 220 switching between open programs and windows 181 renaming 226 226 requirements Read text to train Dragon to your voice 212 reading and sending e-mail minimum and recommended sys- 1 tem for Dragon resizing windows Gmail 149 Hotmail 151 Microsoft Outlook 130 Windows Live Mail 127 recognition 98 Voca
Index ribbon using Microsoft Office 108 Rich Internet Application Support menus 176 tabs in a dialog box 178 selecting text 90-91, 93 enabling 146 again 93 resolving problems with 155 characters and words 90 using 143 93 using with Gmail 149 correcting incorrectly selected text using with Hotmail/Windows Live Mail 151 Rich Internet Application support (definition) 236 right aligning text 101 Roman numerals dictating 58 S Sample Commands using 43 Scratch That command 95 Sc
Index size setting font 100 Smart Format Rules disabling display 193 using 193 sound card audio requirements 3 supplemental training 212 switching 225 between open programs and win-181 dows between windows 173 to a different Vocabulary 224 system requirements 1 T spaces removing between words 102 tabs 178 selecting in a dialog box special folders opening 174 telephone numbers 178 58, 198 dictating speech status, results display 29 text 58 72, 95-96, 98, 101 aligning speech
Index in the Sidebar 43 using word processors 112 tools 23 training 210-211 Vocabularies 214, 218, 225-227 adding 225 adding individual words to 215 creating new 214, 218, 227 additional 212 deleting 226 commands 210 exporting 228 supplemental 212 importing 227 training individual words and phrases 211 opening 224 Tray Icon only mode personalizing 38 troubleshooting with RIA Support Type command 155 185 U UK postcodes 98 applying with Direct Editing 78 applying
Index switching between frames 164 formatting text 119 troubleshooting 145 scrolling in 108 selecting text in 118 working with 113 Web application support using with Gmail 149 using with Hotmail 151 Web application support (definition) 236 windows navigating between 175 switching between open programs and windows 181 word categories adding 215 word processors 112 tips for using 112 Word Properties creating Windows words 103 5, 90-91, 102, 214-215, 218 controlling 173 Desktop
Index working with Microsoft Excel 135 working with Microsoft Outlook 129 working with Microsoft Word 113 wrapping text 67 writing notes Microsoft Outlook 132 Z Zip codes dictating 58 252
