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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
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Correcting and Editing
You may have already noticed that the words Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
types are not always the words you said. As you
correct the program’s errors, though, it learns more about how you speak
and its accuracy improves.
Using the keyboard and mouse, it’s easy to correct the mistakes that
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
makes. Just edit your text the way you
would with any word processor. You don’t have to worry about whether
you are modifying a mistake made by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
, or
fixing some text where you said the wrong word, or revising your
document because you changed your mind about what you want to say.
Make all these edits just as you normally would, with keyboard and
mouse.
You must be sure, however, to select a word before typing over it. Using
the backspace key and retyping (or saying “Scratch That”) will not enable
the software to learn from corrections and improve recognition accuracy.
For accuracy to improve, you must first select text and then correct it or
overwrite it with the words you said.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
keeps track of the corrections you make and
adapts (changes) your user files so that the software can recognize your
speech more accurately. The program keeps track of all the corrections
you make, whether you type, dictate, or use the Correction menu
(described later in this chapter). It uses sophisticated techniques to
determine when to learn from your editing and when to ignore it. For
example, the program takes into account how closely your edits match
the sound of the words you dictated.