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Dragon Installation and User Guide
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n Dragon'sSmartFormatRulesdialogboxmayappearwhenyoucorrectauto-
formattedalphanumerictextusingtheCorrectioncommand,theSpellingwindow,or
thekeyboard.Fordetails,seeUsingSmartFormatRulesandAutomaticallyFormat
Text.
n Whenselectinganalternativeonthecorrectionmenu,say"Choose"andthenumber
ofthatalternative.Forexample,"ChooseTwo."Donotsay"ChooseNumeralTwo"or
DragonNaturallySpeakingwilltranscribethephraseasthetext"ChooseNumeral
Two"or"Choose2"dependingonhowyousetthenumberformattingoptionsonthe
Auto-formattingdialogbox.
n IntheSpellingwindow,ifoneoftherecognitionalternativesisnearlycorrect,youcan
say"Select"andthenumberofthealternative.Thealternativetextismovedintothe
textbox,soyoucaneditit.Asanoption,youcanpresstheSHIFTandALTkeysand
typethenumberofthealternativefromthekeyboard(notthenumerickeypad).
n Ifyouselectaphrasetocorrectthatincludespunctuationaddedtothesentence
automatically,thelistofcorrectionsthatappearsintheCorrectionmenuwillincludea
versionwithouttheautomaticallyinsertedpunctuation.
n TheAccuracyCenterprovidesacentrallocationfortakingadvantageofalltheDragon
NaturallySpeakingtoolsavailabletoensureexcellentrecognition.Formore
information,seeUsingtheAccuracyCenter.
n YoucanchoosetoalwaysplaybackrecordedspeechintheCorrectionmenu.Youcan
settherespectiveoptionontheCorrectiontaboftheOptionsdialogbox.
Correcting misrecognized commands
Ifyouspeakavalidcommandanditisnotrecognizedcorrectly,usethefollowingprocedureto
ensurethatDragonNaturallySpeakingrecognizesthecommandinthefuture.Whenvalid
commandwordsandphrasesappearintheResultsboxtheboxcontainsablueborder.Open
theCommandBrowserfromtheNewDragonBarorClassicDragonBarToolsmenuforlists
ofvalidcommands.
To correct a misrecognized command
1. Ifthewindowordialogboxcontainingthemisrecognizedcommandisnotactive(thatis,
thetitlebarisnothighlighted),clickinittomakeitactive.
2. Say"ScratchThat"(todeletetheunwanteddictation),"UndoThat",or"UndoLastAction"
toundoanunwantedaction.
3. Saythecommandagain.
Ifthecommandwasrecognizedasdictation,holddowntheCTRLkeyasyoustarttosaythe
commandagain.HoldingdowntheCTRLkeyforcesDragonNaturallySpeakingtorecognize
whatyousayasacommand.YoucanalsoswitchtoCommandMode.
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n Youcantraincommandstomatchyourpronunciation,ifnecessary.
n WhenDragonNaturallySpeakingrecognizesacommand,thebordersoftheresults
boxturnblue.Theonlyexceptiontothisiswhenyouusecommandsthatyouusually
saywithoutpausingduringdictation,suchas"newline","newparagraph","nocaps",
or"allcaps".
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