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What’s New in Version 11.5?
If upgrading from a version prior to Dragon 11, please also see What's New in Dragon 11, below.
Reminder:
The Feature Matrix, available on the Nuance website, lists the feature differences between the editions of Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
Improved User Profile Upgrade wizard: The wizard makes it easier to see how many profiles will be
updated. Important: To avoid making customers wait too long for their profile upgrade to complete,
Dragon processes only the most recent 30 minutes of acoustic data. (All corrections and new words
trained in upgraded profiles are migrated.) Nuance recommends that you run Accuracy Tuning as soon
as possible after the upgrade; this will ensure that the maximum amount of acoustic data is migrated to
your upgraded profile, thereby providing the best possible accuracy.
Using an iPhone or related device as a wireless microphone: Most people use Dragon by speaking
directly to their computers using the microphone included with their Dragon software purchase. But some
dislike being tethered to the PC. With the introduction of the free Dragon Remote Microphone
application, available in the iTunes app store, you can use your iPhone or related device as a wireless
microphone: as you dictate text or speak commands, the device transfers the audio data through a Wi-Fi
connection to Dragon on your computer. The Dragon Remote Mic app initially supports iPhones™, iPads™
and the iPod Touch™ 4 as wireless microphones running iOS 4.2, or later.
Improved interface for setting up a recorder source and transcribing audio files: The wizards make it
easier to properly set up a recorder as audio source and to transcribe recordings (including choosing
where the text will be transcribed). You can use a digital recorder, smartphone, or related device to
record your dictation for transfer to Dragon on your computer. Expanded Help and Tutorial links are also
provided.
Improved Dragon Sidebar: You can now shrink the Sidebar’s width to free up more of your screen.
Dragon remembers your width setting the next time you open it. Also, the Sidebar now provides new
information when you work in WordPad, the Vocabulary Editor, the Command Browser, or the Spelling
window. Note: At the bottom of the Sidebar are links to the Dragon Tutorial, in English editions of
Dragon.
“Undo all” for multiple text matches: Dragon 11 introduced the ability to apply commands such as “bold
<xyz>” and “capitalize <xyz>” to all visible instances of <xyz> in your text, thanks to the command
“choose all.” Saying “undo that” undoes the change for just the last instance of <xyz>. Dragon 11.5
introduces the "undo all" command to undo the change to all instances.
New commands for quotation marks and brackets: To speed up your editing, you can say "Quote That"
or "Bracket That" (or "Quote Selection" or "Bracket Selection”) and Dragon will enclose in quotation marks
or brackets what you selected, or last dictated. (Note: In UK English, “Bracket That” inserts the round
characters called parentheses in the US.) Also, you can say "Empty Quotes," or "Empty Brackets" to have
Dragon insert a pair of quotation marks or brackets so you can dictate something within them.
Commands to quickly post to Facebook or Twitter: Just select something you dictated or some text in
an editable document and say "Post that to Facebook," "Post that to Twitter," or "Tweet that." You can
also post something new that you dictate, by using the following commands: "Post to Facebook <xyz>,"
"Post to Twitter <xyz>," or "Tweet <xyz>," where <xyz> represents words you dictate along with the
command. For example, “Post to Facebook thank you to all who came out to support us today” or “Tweet
anyone know a great dentist in Burlington Vermont?” Dragon then brings up a dialog box where you can
complete or modify your text before it is posted.
Improved usability of the Spelling window: The Spelling window is revised to allow horizontal resizing,
to remember your last setting, and for improved readability.