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Step 4: On the Add Documents box, click Add Document. On the resulting window, locate and select the

relevant document(s), then click Open.

TIP You can select multiple

files at once by holding down the

Ctrl key or by pressing Ctrl A (the

Windows keyboard shortcut for

“select all”).

Dragon will now analyze the text contained in the designated documents. This may take a moment—if

there is a lot of text to analyze, you should run this tool when you do NOT need to use Dragon for

something else. Once Dragon indicates that the analysis is complete, click Next.

Dragon will then present you with a list of the “unknown” words it found, with a checkbox next to each

one, and the number of times each word was encountered (the words found most frequently are

presented at the top since they are most likely to be relevant, unlike those that only occurred a few

times.)

Step 5: Uncheck items you do NOT wish to add. (If the list is long, using the Uncheck All button will save you

time.)

TIP This list may include capitalized forms of common words (such as ‘Trainer’); these are usually

better left out of the Vocabulary since you can always say “cap” before a word (or capitalize after the

fact, thanks to “capitalize <xyz>”), but you may want to add to the vocabulary phrases that contain

them, such as ‘Senior Technical Trainer’ (remember, it’s a good idea to add to the Vocabulary the

phrases you usually want capitalized).

Step 6: Edit items as warranted: if you wish to modify an item (to make it lowercase, or expand on it, for

instance) or to give a spoken form to an item, make sure it’s highlighted then click Edit.

This opens the Edit Word window, which also presents a little context for the item.