8.0
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and Training
- Starting to Dictate
- Working on your Desktop
- Programs, documents and folders
- Switching between open windows
- Opening and closing menus
- Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
- Selecting icons on the desktop
- Resizing and closing windows
- Scrolling in windows and list boxes
- Opening lists and making selections
- Pressing keyboard keys
- Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
- 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
- Working with Applications
- Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters
- Using the Command Browser
- Improving Accuracy
- Managing Users
- Setting Up Roaming Users
- Using Portable Recorders (Preferred and Professional)
- Automate Your Work (Preferred and Professional)
- Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Version 8 File Structure
- MSI Installation Options
- Index
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Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
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correction. The default is the SHIFT key plus the minus key (-) on the
numeric keypad. Preferred and higher editions.
■ Fast Playback: Changes the hot key that increases the play back speed. The
default is the SHIFT key plus the asterisk key (*) on the numeric keypad.
Preferred and higher editions.
Restore defaults
The Restore defaults button restores the values of the Hot keys tab to what they
were when you installed Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Click the Related Topics
button to see a list of the default hot keys.
If you are using a laptop computer that does not have a numeric keypad, you should assign
different hot keys before you use them, as the defaults will be difficult to use or may not work.
Text-to-speech options (Preferred and higher
editions)
Use the Text-to-speech tab to adjust the attributes of text-to-speech playback.
Changing these options only affects the current user; any other users keep their
existing settings.
Attributes
■ Volume: Adjusts the volume of text-to-speech playback.
■ Pitch: Adjusts the pitch of text-to-speech playback if supported by your version
of Text-to-Speech.
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