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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
n Structured command samples — Select Start > Programs > Dragon Nat-
urallySpeaking 12 > MyCommands Samples. (Professional edition only)
n 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. Without activation, when you start Dragon for the sixth time, it will no
longer open and you won't be able to use the program until you activate it.
Nuance strongly recommends that you activate automatically.
To automatically activate Dragon
1. Start Dragon. This displays the Activation dialog box.
2. Click "Activate Now." This displays the Activation Screen.
You can also choose "Activate Later," which will prompt you to activate each
time you start Dragon. If you start the program five times without activating,
Dragon will be disabled.
3. Click "Activate Automatically." This automatically activates Dragon and
requires no further action from you.
To manually activate Dragon
1. Start Dragon. This displays the Activation dialog box.
2. Click "Activate Now." This displays the Activation Screen.
3. Click "Activate Manually." This displays the Enter Key dialog box.
4. To complete the manual activation, click on the URL listed at the top of the
dialog box. This URL opens the Nuance activation page.
5. On the Nuance activation page, click "Generate Activation Key" to create an
Activation Key.
6. Once activation key appears, select the entire number and copy it (CTRL+C).
Click the first field of the Enter Key dialog box and paste (CTRL+V). This
pastes the entire number into the Activate Key field
7. Click OK to complete the activation.
Notes
n You must be connected to the Internet to activate Dragon Professional.
The activation process sends only your product serial number and a
number that uniquely identifies the machine where Dragon is being
installed. No personal information is transmitted to Nuance.
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