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If not quite sure of what Jane actually said, he clicks Play Back to hear her recorded voice. If the input

is not “clean” (people sometimes make unintended sounds, stumble on a word…), he clicks Cancel and

deletes the misspoken segment in the document before typing what was intended.

If the correct alternate appears in the choice list, he clicks it with his mouse then clicks OK.

If the correct choice does not appear in the list, he types it in, then clicks OK or presses Enter.

When he has finished checking the document (and made any additions and/or cosmetic modifications as

warranted), Bob saves it. Now not only is the document finalized, but Jane’s Dragon profile has been refined

through the corrections performed, which will help the accuracy of her future dictations.

The following is only necessary if Roaming is not used: Bob exports Jane’s profile to the network (through the

Manage User Profiles dialog); from there, Jane can import her newly-refined profile.

Key points about deferred correction

 When you dictate in Word, WordPerfect or DragonPad, Dragon can save the recording associated

with your text so misrecognitions can be corrected later, as if you had just dictated it.

 If you choose to save your recorded dictation, you can use Correction and Playback features even

after you close the document: simply start the word-processor in which you dictated the

document, then open the document.

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 When saving your document’s recording, Dragon creates a file in the same directory as your text

document; both files have the same name, but the synchronized recording has the extension .dra.

 To be used for Correction, the .dra file must be in the same folder as the document itself.

 Dictation files can get very large, so only save them if necessary. Also, when you are finished

making corrections to a document, you may wish to delete the associated .dra file. (You will still

be able to edit the document normally, and you will save disk space.)

 This feature allows you to postpone Correction, and also to delegate it to a third party—your

assistant, for instance.

 The “Correctionist” must open the speaker’s profile but not speak into it. One can bring up the

Correction interface by clicking the Correction button on the DragonBar’s Extras bar, or pressing

the Correction hotkey (by default, the minus key on the numeric keypad).

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