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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
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.m-
icrosoft.com).
Note: To use Web application support, Dragon requires Internet Explorer
version 9 (32-bit mode only).
n DVD-ROM drive required for installation.
n An Internet connection for product activation.
What you should know before installing
Installing Dragon to a custom location
The default installation directory for Dragon is:
C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking12
During the installation procedure, you can choose to install Dragon to a
different directory or drive on your machine.
Choosing a different directory during installation only installs the Dragon
program files to that location.
Regardless of where you install the Dragon program files, Dragon always
installs the languages and vocabularies that you selected during the installation
to the C: drive, as well as creating the location where your users profiles will be
created. These profiles can consume a large amount of disk space on your C:
drive. For more information on the Dragon installation directories, see Version
12 File Structure.
You can customize your installation to reduce the amount of disk space used on
your C: drive by not installing unwanted languages and vocabularies. For more
information, see Installing software — Custom Installation.
Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7
Dragon Version 12 is compatible with all editions of Windows Vista.
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