12.0

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!

Please see the card that comes in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking box. It includes important notes about

installing Dragon as well as sample lists of commands and what you can say to dictate special characters,

times, dates, postal codes and more. (The latest version of this quick reference guide is available for

download on the Nuance website.)

CAUTION: By default, in Dragon 12.0, 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. Note: In Dragon 12.5, the Sidebar is set

to “Floating” by default.

The Accuracy Center and Accuracy Assistant

The most important features 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 say 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 12 profiles, to help 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).