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Chapter 3: Getting Started
Starting Dragon from the Windows Start Screen:
WhenusingWindows8,clicktheDragonNaturallySpeakingtiletostartDragon.In
Windows8.1,youstartDragonfromtheAppsView.YoucanstartDragonfromtheStart
ScreenonWindows8.1ifyouhaveaDragontileontheStartScreen.Bydefault,the
DragontilewillnotbeontheStartScreen,andunlessyoupinit,youwillnotbeabletostartit
fromthatscreen.
Command and control
n InWindows8,thereisnoStartmenuonthedesktopinterface,butequivalent
functionalityisprovidedbytheCharmsbarandtheStartscreen.Toaccessthoseby
voice,youcanusethecommandsopenCharmsbar”and“openStartscreen.”To
seetheexpandedviewoftheStartscreen,youusethecommand“showall
applications.”(Note:inWindows8.1thereisaStartbuttononthedesktop).
n ToperformactionsinWindows8,youcanalsotakeadvantageofDragon’sabilityto
presskeys.Forexample,youcansaythecommands“pressWindowsh”(this
accessesWindows8’sSharefeature)and“pressWindowskey.”
n YoucandictateintheSearchfield.(Afterenteringyoursearchtermorterms,you
couldusethecommandpressEnter.”)Notethat,fromtheStartscreen,dictating
doesnotautomaticallybringupSearch.Thisissupportedinthe"AllApps"screen
only.
n ThefollowingarecommandsforWindows8andincludecommandsadded
forWindows8.1:
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