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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 11
Workflow
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 149
When proofreading with the help of a recorder, stop the recording while
correcting a mistake and then move on. The amount of time required to
proofread your document depends, of course, on the number of errors as
well as your typing speed. The key to efficiency here is to keep your
hands on the keyboard and use keystrokes, not the mouse, to correct
(see “Ways to correct your dictation” on page 144). You can also make
corrections by voice—listen to the recording, say “Select” plus the
incorrect words, then dictate the correct text.
Working with an assistant
Using speech recognition requires that someone correct the program’s
mistakes. If you have an assistant, you can delegate corrections to him or
her, leaving you free to concentrate on dictation. With Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
you can create a document that your assistant can
then proofread and edit.
An assistant will not be able to make all corrections accurately, however,
by proofreading the written output. From reading the dictated text, it’s
not always obvious how mistakes made by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
should be corrected. Also, if the computer skips a word or two in the
transcription, the meaning of the text could be changed in a way that
cannot be detected by proofreading. (“The tumor was not benign” could
be typed by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
as “The tumor was benign.”)
The assistant must listen to the sounds of the dictation to fix all mistakes
accurately.
Workflow outline for delegating corrections
This section details how people who delegate corrections can organize
their work. It applies to Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
Professional and
higher editions.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking® must be installed on all computers used for these
delegated correction procedures.
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
Professional and higher editions, you
can save a sound recording of your dictation along with transcribed text,
so you don’t have to use a recorder at all. Using this deferred correction
feature is simple. Just dictate into Microsoft
®
Word, Corel
®
WordPerfect
®
, or the DragonPad and save your document. Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
will create a second file with the same name as your
document, but with the extension “.dra.” This file contains the audio for
NOTE