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Dragon Installation and User Guide
Note: Note:
Ifyouupgradedasingleprofilefromanearlierversion,Dragonopensthatprofile.Ifyou
upgradedmultipleprofiles,itdisplaysallupgradedprofilesintheOpenUserProfiledialog
box.
To create a user profile
Proceedthroughthewizard,fillingintheinformationitrequestsandclickingNexttoproceed.
Note:
ThewizardasksforregionoftheworldyouliveintohelpDragontranscribeyourspeechin
accordancewithregionaldifferences.
Dragonletsyouhaveprofilesinmultiplelanguages.Ifyoureditionsupportsmorethanone
language,youcaninstalladditionallanguagesbychoosingCustomduringtheinstallationand
havingtheDragonDVDavailabletoinstallthelanguagefilesduringtheprofilecreation
process.
Dragonautomaticallychoosesaspeechmodeltouseasthefoundationforyourprofileanda
vocabularyitusestorecognizewordsbasednotonlyontheirsoundbutalsoontheircontext.
Ifyouwanttoselectaparticularspeechmodelandvocabulary,youcanclicktheAdvanced
button.
WhentheChooseanaudiodevicepageappears,Dragonscansyoursystemandpresentsa
listfromwhichyouselectyourtypeofaudiodevice.Next,Dragonhasyoupositionandcheck
yourmicrophone.WhenDragonasksyoutoreadashorttextaloudsothatitcancheckyour
audioinputandmakesomeadjustments,clicktheStartbuttonandreadthetextasifyou
weredictatingtothesoftware(thistakesabout30seconds).
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