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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing and Training
- Starting to Dictate
- Correcting and Editing
- Formatting
- Capitalizing text
- Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate
- Capitalizing consecutive words
- Dictating the next word in all capital letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters
- Dictating the next word in all lowercase letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters
- Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document
- Formatting text
- Capitalizing text
- Numbers and Punctuation
- Using E-Mail and Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Using Natural Language Commands
- Available Natural Language Commands
- The Sample Commands window
- The Command Browser
- Sample Commands
- Copying, moving, cutting, pasting, and deleting command samples
- Formatting command samples
- Spelling, grammar, and printing sample command samples
- Table sample command samples
- Microsoft Excel command samples
- Microsoft Outlook sample commands
- Microsoft PowerPoint sample commands
- America Online sample commands
- Hands-Free Computing
- Starting programs
- Opening documents and folders
- Switching between open windows
- Copying text to other programs
- Opening and closing menus
- Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
- Selecting icons on the desktop
- Resizing and closing windows
- Scrolling in windows and listboxes
- Pressing keyboard keys
- Activating commands by saying key names
- Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
- Hands-free tips
- Automate Your Work
- Workflow
- Speaking and Dictating
- Improving Accuracy
- Healthy Computing
- Using a Handheld Recorder
- Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Troubleshooting
- Commands List
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Controlling the microphone
- Controlling the DragonBar
- Controlling the DragonPad
- Adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces
- Selecting text
- Correcting text
- Deleting and undoing
- Moving around in a document
- Copying, cutting, and pasting text
- Capitalizing text
- Formatting text
- Entering numbers
- Entering punctuation and special characters
- Playing back and reading text
- Working with your desktop and windows
- E-mail commands
- Using Lotus Notes
- Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Working hands-free
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Index
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 7
What should I expect from
Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
One reason to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
is to create letters,
reports, and other documents by voice. Another is to speed up routine
tasks, such as entering data, launching applications, sending e-mail,
filling in forms, and working on the Web. Or maybe you need or prefer to
work on the computer with little or no use of your hands.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
is good for all these reasons, but making it
work well requires some effort from you. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
learns about your voice and pronunciation as you use it. When you use
words the program doesn’t know, it will misrecognize them. To get the
best results, you’ll need to correct the mistakes so that the program can
learn from its mistakes and improve its ability to recognize your way of
speaking.
Do I still need my keyboard and mouse?
Although you can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
to do almost
everything on your computer by voice, some things are still easier to do
by mouse or keyboard. Feel free to use a combination of voice, mouse,
and keyboard to get your work done—experiment to find methods that
work best for you. If using a mouse and keyboard is not an option, pay
special attention to “Hands-Free Computing.” on page 103.