12.0
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 12: Improving recognition accuracy
Recognition Modes
This section contains the following topics:
Using Recognition Modes 206
Switching recognition modes 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. In Normal Mode,
Dragon distinguishes dictation from commands by analyzing what you say
between pauses. For this reason, you should always pause before and after
you say a command.
For example, to bold the word "exciting" in the sentence: "Speech recognition
is an exciting technology".
1. Say "Start Normal Mode" or "Normal Mode On".
"Normal Mode" appears in the status box of the DragonBar.
2. Say "Speech recognition is an exciting technology period"
3. Pause briefly.
4. Say "Select exciting".
5. Pause again.
6. Say "Bold That".
You need to pause only briefly. You can adjust the length of the pause required
before Dragon recognizes commands on the Commands tab of the Options
dialog box.
Dictation Mode
To dictate rapidly without looking at your computer monitor
In Dictation Mode, Dragon interprets everything you say as dictation and only
Dictation Commands are recognized. Dictation Mode can be helpful if you want
to dictate as quickly as possible, or dictate without looking at the words
Dragon transcribes. Say "Start Dictation Mode" or "Dictation Mode On."
1. Say "Start Dictation Mode" or "Dictation Mode On".
"Dictation Mode" appears in the status box of the DragonBar.
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