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Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.

For the latest version of the User’s Guide and other resources, please see:

http://support.nuance.com/userguides

The User’s Guide is also available on your installation disk,in the directory:

\documentation\enx\User Guide.pdf

INSTALL AND ACTIVATE DRAGON

Exit any open applications. If you're running an anti-virus program, turn

it off until after the installation completes. There can only be one version

of Dragon installed on your computer at a time.

1) Put the Dragon DVD into your DVD drive and follow the on-screen prompts.

2) Enter the serial number that is printed on the DVD sleeve.

3) Choose a Setup type. We recommend “Typical/Complete.” Click Next.

4) Continue to click Next, taking all the recommended options.

To start Dragon, double-click the Dragon desktop icon.

You will be prompted to activate your software. When prompted, first

click “Activate Now” and then “Activate Automatically.” You must be

connected to the Internet to activate. For more information see:

http://support.nuance.com/productactivation

CREATING OR UPGRADING A USER PROFILE

IF YOU ARE NEW TO DRAGON...

Before you can use Dragon, you will need to plug in your microphone into

either the mic-in jack or a USB port, depending on the model.

The first time you start Dragon, a series of screens will walk you through

the process of creating the best possible User Profile for

our

situation.

Don’t rush through it. It’s very important, since it will determine your

initial accuracy!

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11. For the latest version of the User’s Guide and other resources, please see: http://support.nuance.com/userguides The User’s Guide is also available on your installation disk,in the directory: \documentation\enx\User Guide.pdf INSTALL AND ACTIVATE DRAGON Exit any open applications. If you're running an anti-virus program, turn it off until after the installation completes. There can only be one version of Dragon installed on your computer at a time.
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One of the screens will offer to perform a basic personalization of the vocabulary based on your email and documents, to help Dragon prepare to recognize the particular words and phrases you use. Dragon offers many other ways to refine your profile so that it can work better and better for you - be sure to take advantage of them. If you USED DRAGON 9 OR 10...
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PERSONALIZING YOUR VOCABULARY Dragon has knowledge of a large number of words and abbreviations, but in order to dictate efficiently, you should let it learn what you use, including nicknames, jargon, capitalized phrases, the name of your street, etc. Personalizing your vocabulary will prevent many recognition errors. There are several ways of doing this, including using Dragon to analyze documents that are similar to what you plan to dictate.
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CONTROLLING THE MICROPHONE An important habit to practice: turn ON Dragon’s microphone when you want Dragon to hear you, and turn it OFF when you don’t. You can control Dragon’s microphone by: • Pressing its hotkey (by default the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad.) • Clicking the microphone icon in the Windows® system tray. • Clicking the microphone icon on the DragonBar.
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THE CORRECTION MENU When Dragon misrecognizes something you dictate you can correct it by saying the command “Correct That”. You can also say “Correct ” where stands for the text you want to correct. This will display the Correction Menu, which shows a list of alternatives. If what you intended to say is on the list say “choose” followed by the corresponding number: for instance “Choose 1.
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If a message asks whether you want to save the changes to your profile, say yes - that way you will preserve the refinements you made during your session, such as adding some words to the Vocabulary, correcting an error, changing an option, etc.
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