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Once you click Next, Dragon gives you the option to provide acoustic training for the selected words. Feel free to

take this opportunity to pronounce them, but know that you can skip this step and provide training later just for

those words that seem to need it, as explained in this workbook and the Help.

Finally, Dragon will adapt its word-frequency and context information based on the text analyzed (unless you

unchecked the box “Adapt to writing style” on the first screen of this tool); this will allow it to better choose

between words that sound alike.

Key points about customizing the Vocabulary from documents:

 The analysis of specific documents is accessible from the Vocabulary menu and the Accuracy Center.

 This tool can analyze existing documents to learn about the “writing style” you plan to use—meaning,

which words are used with what frequency, and which words appear near each other. It’s OK to use as

input text written by someone else, if it’s reasonably similar to what you plan to dictate.

 To be used in this tool, files must be text files (see the type list in the Add Document window).

 The tool can process many files at a time. You may wish to re-run it whenever you create or find suitable

text. The more (relevant) text is processed, the more refined your profile can become.

 When presented with the unknown words the tool found, you can choose which ones to add. Thanks to

the Edit button, you can modify their spelling as well as give them a Spoken Form if warranted.

 After adding to the Vocabulary items you are likely to dictate, letting Dragon analyze text that contains

them helps pre-empt recognition errors.

 Analyzing specific documents is only one of the ways Dragon can adapt; you can learn other ways in this

workbook as well as in the Help.