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Key points about acoustic training
 In general, the best thing you can do to make Dragon recognize your speech even better is to use the
software regularly, personalizing the Vocabulary (editing Spoken Forms or Word Properties as warranted,
designating specific documents for Dragon to analyze, running or scheduling the Accuracy Tuning
process…) and correcting misrecognitions as warranted.
 In certain cases (if a certain word is consistently misrecognized, or if overall accuracy is lower than you
expected), you will want to provide Dragon some additional acoustic data.
 You can train Vocabulary entries from the Vocabulary Editor (either one at time or several at once).
 When providing acoustic training, remember to speak as you typically do when you dictate to Dragon. It’s
important to avoid the temptation to over-enunciate or speak loudly when training a word or phrase in
isolation.
 At any time, if you feel that the accuracy is not as high as usual, you can access Dragon’s Microphone
Check—through DragonBar’s Audio menu or the Accuracy Center, or by saying a command such as
Check Audio.
 You can improve the overall accuracy of your dictations by reading aloud one of Dragon’s acoustic
training texts. Consider reading at least one training text as soon as possible.