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Customizing Your Vocabulary—Using the Vocabulary Editor
Dragon’s Vocabulary Editor lets you view what can be transcribed from the computer’s active memory; it also
allows you to add new entries, as well as edit existing entries—including their Spoken Forms and Properties.
Let’s take a look at the Vocabulary Editor’s interface and its capabilities:
Step 1: Say Edit Vocabulary (you can also click View/Edit on the DragonBar’s Words menu or View or Edit
Your Vocabulary from the Accuracy Center). The Vocabulary Editor opens; its scrollable window lists
the entries currently in the active Vocabulary.
Take a moment to scroll through the list. You will see names of people, places, institutions and products, as
well as common words, phrases, and abbreviations. Most entries only have a Written Form (left column), but
some also have a Spoken form (right column)—this is an important feature, as you will see.
Step 2: Open the Display drop-down list and choose Words Containing Spaces.
Other Vocabulary displays include Words Containing Digits, Words Containing Capitalization, and Words with
Special Properties. By browsing these, you can learn more about what the software uses to transcribe your
dictation. You also get ideas about what entries you might add or edit.
Adding Vocabulary Entries: Words, Phrases, Acronyms…
You can quickly search for a particular Vocabulary entry by entering it in the Written Form field. If it appears
in the scrollable list, it is already in the active layer of the Vocabulary. If not, say or click Add to bring it in.
CAUTION When adding an entry to the Vocabulary, be sure to spell and capitalize it correctly! Otherwise, it
will appear misspelled in your documents every time you dictate it.
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