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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
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.
Multiple users on one computer
Dragon is licensed on a “per individual” basis. You are permitted to install the
software on more than one computer (such as on a desktop and a laptop computer,
or on a work and a home computer), but you cannot use the software concurrently
on more than one computer. You are permitted to create multiple voice profiles, so
long as each voice profile is for you. If someone else wants to create a voice profile,
that person must purchase a separate Dragon license.
Volume license agreements are available.
Plugging in the microphone
To use Dragon, you will need to plug in your microphone.
If you are not sure how to plug in your microphone, consult the documentation that
came with your microphone.
Note:
If you already have speakers for your computer, you can also use these to playback
recorded speech instead of your headphones.
Dragon system requirements
During the installation process, the software checks that your system meets the
following requirements. If they are not met, Dragon will not be installed. Note that
at least 1GBof RAM is required for installation in Windows XP and at least 2GB of
RAM are required for other supported operating systems. See Operating systems
and RAM, below.
When you create a User Profile, Dragon recommends the Vocabulary that best fits
your computer's speed and memory. You can choose a smaller Vocabulary if you are
using a General Vocabulary, and you want faster recognition of your dictation and
do not need to use a Large Vocabulary.
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