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Chapter 3: Getting Started
Notes
n Before you start speaking, make sure the microphone is on and the
mouse cursor is placed in the window where you dictate.
n If your throat gets dry when dictating, you can sip water through a straw
to minimize noise that might interfere with recognition.
n If the borders of the Results box turn blue, then Dragon has interpreted
that dictation as a command rather than text to transcribe.
About the Results Display
Dragon's Results Display is streamlined to reduce distraction and to
encourage better dictation practices. Rather than the traditional floating
Results Box, a small Recognition-in-Progress icon displays as you dictate.
The simpler display is meant to encourage dictation in longer phrases and
sentences, which improves voice recognition.
When you pause, Dragon transcribes the text into your document.
You can set options to move the Results Display anywhere on the screen, keep
it in one place, change its color and font size, or make it disappear after a
recognition. And you can still display the traditional Results Box (see ), but
Nuance recommends that you use the new display to avoid distraction.
The table below compares how Dragon gives you feedback during dictation
with the new Results Display, which leaves preliminary results turned off, and
the more traditional method, which preliminary and final recognition results.
Speech status
Results display behavior
Preliminary results
turned off
Preliminary results
turned on
Recognition in progress
Dictation recognized and
displayed
Recognition complete.
If you prefer, you can also set
the Results Display to Never
Show, or to be hidden after a
timed delay.
Speech not recognized
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