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Table Of Contents
- Copyright
- Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 13
- Web experience
- Enhancing Accuracy
- Compatibility Alerts
- New DragonBar
- Learning Center
- Interactive Tutorial enhancements
- Shorter Profile Creation Process
- Simplified Audio Setup
- Open-ended custom commands (Professional and Legal editions only)
- Always replaces Ask Me as the default for deferred correction (Professional a...
- Operating System support
- Chapter 2: Installing Dragon
- Installation and User Profile Creation
- Dragon system requirements
- What you should know before installing
- Installing Dragon to a custom location
- 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 user profile
- Upgrading User Profiles
- Default installation folders
- Activating Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Chapter 3: Getting Started
- Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Working with Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
- About Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- How Dragon works
- Activating Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Dragon system requirements
- Top Ways to use Dragon
- Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Help
- Hot keys
- Using the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Learning Center
- Using the Interactive Tutorial
- Starting to dictate
- Using the Command line interface
- Electronic Medical Record (EMR) applications restrictions
- Auto Configuration Based on System Profile
- Contacting Customer Service and Support
- Chapter 4: Using the New DragonBar or Classic DragonBar
- Chapter 5: Using the Microphone
- Chapter 6: Using the Dragon Learning Center
- Chapter 7: Dictating Text
- Chapter 8: Using the Dictation Box
- Chapter 9: Using DragonPad
- Chapter 10: Making Corrections
- Chapter 11: Revising Text
- Chapter 12: Moving around in a document
- Chapter 13: Working in Programs
- Scrolling in popular programs
- Using the ribbon interface in Microsoft applications
- About spoken commands in word processing programs
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Email Programs
- Microsoft Outlook
- Working with Microsoft Outlook
- Reading and sending e-mail with Microsoft Outlook
- Making appointments in Microsoft Outlook
- Adding contacts in Microsoft Outlook
- Writing notes in Microsoft Outlook
- Using other Microsoft Outlook commands
- Dialog box commands
- Moving around in a message window
- Microsoft Outlook 2010 commands
- Microsoft Excel
- Working with Microsoft Excel
- Dictating in Microsoft Excel with Full Text Control
- Basic commands for Microsoft Excel
- Creating, opening, and closing a spreadsheet
- Editing in a spreadsheet
- Saving, renaming, and moving to another a spreadsheet
- Setting up a spreadsheet
- Viewing the spreadsheet
- Printing
- Moving around a spreadsheet
- Switching between open spreadsheets
- Formatting a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
- Working with cell contents in Microsoft Excel
- Chapter 14: Working with Web applications
- About the Dragon Web Extension
- Browser requirements for the Dragon Web Extension
- Installing and enabling the Dragon Web Extension
- How to tell if the Dragon Web Extension is Enabled
- Using Web-based Email
- Editing text in a supported Web application
- Using Dragon's Web capabilities without the Dragon Web Extension
- If you have problems using Web application support
- Chapter 15: Working with Web browsers
- Chapter 16: 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 17: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard
- Chapter 18: Improving recognition accuracy
- Chapter 19: Using the Command Browser
- The Dragon Glossary
- Index
Chapter 18: Improving recognition accuracy
wordorphraseforthespokenform.
Forexample,ifyouwantedDragontotypetheword"U.N.C.L.E."intheheaderofyour
letters,thewrittenformcouldbe"U.N.C.L.E."andthespokenformcouldbe"UNCLE."That
way,Dragonwouldstilltypeonlytheword"uncle"whenyoudictateitasusual,becauseit
alsoexistsintheVocabulary.
Alternately,ifyouwantedtoaddpunctuationtoawordthatalreadyexistsintheVocabulary
everytimeyouusedthatword,youwouldchangethepropertiesoftheexistingword.For
moreinformation,seeWordPropertiesintheDragonHelp.
Learning from specific documents
YoucanusetheLearnfromSpecificDocumentswizardtopersonalizeyourprofileby
addingwordsfromspecificfoldersordocumentstoyourvocabulary.Dragon
NaturallySpeakinganalyzesthedocumentstoupdatethevocabularywithinformationabout
yourwordusage.
Caution
Tomaintainaccuracy,Dragonmustonlyanalyzecontentinthelanguageinwhichyouruser
profilewascreated.Besuretoselectonlydocumentsinthelanguageofyourcurrentprofile.
To add words from specific documents
1. Say"OpenAccuracyCenter"andthen"LearnFromSpecificDocuments"orclick
Vocabulary>LearnFromSpecificDocumentsontheNewDragonBarorClassic
DragonBar.
2. IntheLearnfromSpecificDocumentswizard,selectfromthefollowingoptions:
n FindKnownWordswithUnknownCapitalization:SelectthisoptiontohaveDragon
lookforwordsonyoursystemthatareinitsVocabularybutwhichusedifferent
capitalization,suchasDesktop.Thisoptionisturnedoffbydefault.
n AdapttoWritingStyle:SelectthisoptiontohaveDragonanalyzewordcombinations
toimproveitscapacitytoanticipateyourwritinganddictationstyle.Thisoptionis
turnedonbydefault.
3. ClickNexttocontinue.TheLearnfromSpecificDocumentsscreenopens.
4. Doanyofthefollowing:
n ClickAddFolderifyouwantDragontoscanaspecificfolder,suchasyourMy
Documentsfolder.ClickIncludeSubfoldersintheBrowseforFoldersdialogboxif
therearesubfoldersyouwanttoanalyze.
n ClickAddDocumentifyouwantDragontoscanspecificdocuments.
n ClickRemoveDocumentifyouaddadocumentandthendecidethatyoudon'twant
Dragontoincludeitinthescan.
n ClickViewDocumentifyouwanttoreviewadocumentyouaddedbefore
proceeding.
5. ClickNexttocontinue.ADocumentAnalysiswindowopens,displayingastatusbar
duringthescan.Dragonconfirmswhethernewwordswerefoundanddisplaysa
summaryoftheresults.
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