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Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 12
- Chapter 2: Installing Dragon
- Installation and User Profile Creation
- Dragon system requirements
- What you should know before installing
- Installation Prerequisites
- Installing Software - Typical Installation
- Installing Software - Custom Installation
- Modifying application settings for all users
- Modifying formatting options for all users
- Creating your user profile
- Setting up, positioning, and checking your microphone
- Training a new user profile
- Adapting to your writing style and scheduling tuning
- How Dragon automatically configures user profiles
- Upgrading User Profiles
- Version 12 File Structure
- Accessing log files, samples, and tools
- Activating Dragon
- Chapter 3: Getting Started
- Chapter 4: Dictating Text
- 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 unknown text fields
- Defining how the Dictation Box works in different applications
- Unexpected behavior or text in the Dictation Box
- Dictation Box Settings
- Using DragonPad
- Chapter 5: Making Corrections
- Chapter 6: Revising Text
- Chapter 7: Working in Programs
- Chapter 8: Working with Web applications
- 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
- Chapter 9: Working with Web browsers
- Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop
- 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
- Chapter 11: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard
- Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy
- Top 10 ways to improve accuracy
- Using Smart Format Rules
- Adjusting Speed vs. Accuracy
- The Dragon Accuracy Center
- Recognition Modes
- Teaching Dragon to Understand You Better
- Personalizing your Dragon Vocabulary
- 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
- Managing Vocabularies
- Chapter 13: Using the Command Browser
- Chapter 14: The Dragon Glossary
- Index
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.
The interactive tutorial:
Make friends with your Dragon
Dragon now features an interactive tutorial, which provides short, progressive
simulations so that you can practice the basics of dictation, correction,
spelling, and editing. The interactive tutorial is automatically presented at the
end of profile creation. You can also access it at any time from the DragonBar’s
Help menu.
To provide an optimal environment for beginners, some of Dragon’s usual
capabilities are disabled in the interactive tutorial. For instance, you cannot
use your voice to click buttons.
Say or click "Switch to DragonBar," then "Help," then "Interactive Tutorial."
More helpful Help menu:
Find everything you need in one place
The DragonBar’s Help menu provides access to many Help tools, including the
Accuracy Center, the Performance Assistant, Dragon's Help, the Tip of the
Day, the Sidebar, and the tutorials. You'll also find Web links for software
updates, the main Dragon page on the Web, Technical Support pages, and for
online registration.
The Help menu also includes a link for User Documentation, where you can find
user guides, including the Dragon Administrator Guide, the Dragon Workbook,
cheat sheets, and instructional videos. You can access the Help at any time by
saying "Give me help."
Note: at any time, you can also say "Search the help for <xyz>" to directly
open the Help window and launch a search for a word or phrase of your choice.
For example: “Search Dragon Help for open quote dictation box close quote”.
See Using Help.
Change the Sidebar font size
Now you can change the size of text in Dragon's Sidebar – make the text
smaller if you want to make the Sidebar thinner and prevent the text for the
commands from wrapping, or you can make the text larger to reduce eye
strain. See Using the Dragon Sidebar.
Enhanced Performance Assistant:
More helpful if you need to speed up Dragon
The Performance Assistant, a Help tool you can use to boost Dragon's and
your computer's speed, is now linked from the Accuracy Center and includes
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