11.5

Learning More and Getting Help

Dragon NaturallySpeaking offers so many tools, commands, and features that it would be impossible to cover

them all in detail in this workbook. This lesson presents several ways to find more information as you start

using the software—be sure to take advantage of the available resources!

Note that we welcome comments about this user workbook and all aspects of Dragon’s documentation and user

interface (User Guide, Tutorial, Tip of the Day, Help menu, Performance Assistant, Sidebar...). Please use the

Feedback/Feature Request form at www.nuance.com/dragon/feature-request.

IMPORTANT: By default, the Dragon Sidebar is set to open automatically, docked to the right, when your

user profile opens. If you typically keep many desktop items on the right side of your screen, know that the

Sidebar may move them (like other Windows sidebars would). Before the Sidebar opens, you may wish to

rearrange your desktop items, or set your desktop to Auto-arrange.

The Accuracy Center and Accuracy Assistant

The most important features and tools of Dragon are accessible directly from the DragonBar's menus. The

Accuracy Center offers a central location to access many of them and get guidance on which one to use when.

Step 1: Say Open Accuracy Center. You can also click the DragonBar’s Help menu (or say Switch to DragonBar

then Click Help) then Improve my Accuracy.

Step 2: Click the link that interests you. You can also say its name immediately preceded by the word "click”.

("Require 'click' for HTML" is an option enabled by default in new Dragon 11 profiles. Enabling it helps prevent

unintended recognitions. See the Commands tab of the Options dialog.)

TIP You can activate links without saying their whole name: for instance, instead of “click add a list of

words to your vocabulary”, you could say just “click add a list”.

The link “Which tool to use first?” opens the Accuracy Assistant, which presents a set of questions to help

determine what you can do to increase accuracy in a given situation.

The Help and the Performance Assistant

The DragonBar’s Help menu gives you access to the on-screen Help topics (articles) and the Performance

Assistant (a collection of suggestions for what you can do to increase Dragon’s speed).

You can also open the Help at any time by saying commands such as give me help.