11.5

Important options: Natural Language Commands and Speed vs. Accuracy

After you create your profile, the program may present you with a special message if it determined that your

computer’s characteristics wouldn’t allow optimal performance. This message informs you that Dragon has

adjusted the defaults for two of its options as follows:

 The Speed versus Accuracy slider was moved toward speed.

 The Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Corel WordPerfect

were disabled. (The lesson “Controlling your Desktop and Applications” addresses these large sets of

flexible commands. Note: not all editions and languages of Dragon contain these commands.)

Later, you can easily reverse these changes through Dragon’s Options dialog, depending on your particular

needs: you can enable or disable the Natural Language Commands for any of these four applications

individually, and you can experiment with various settings of the Speed-versus-Accuracy slider (seen in the

picture below).

The Help provides more details, and its Performance Assistant offers many suggestions for optimizing Dragon’s

speed on your computer.

Now that your user profile is created, you could start dictating. Before you do, however, we strongly

recommend that you take a look at the Tutorial and, if you have used a previous version of Dragon, the

What’s New.

Also, it’s a good idea to begin personalizing the Vocabulary as soon as possible, since this plays a crucial role

in accuracy and efficiency—this workbook will cover its most important aspects.