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CHAPTER 2
Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Correcting someone else's dictation
You can play back someone else's dictation and correct the text to match
the dictation. You can do this in two ways:
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You can correct the dictation using your user files.
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You can correct the dictation using the document author's user files.
Correcting with your user files
You should use this correction technique if you regularly correct another
person's text by voice and it is not important to maximize the author's
recognition accuracy.
When you use your user files, you can correct the dictation just as you
would correct your own dictation, using any combination of voice
commands and keyboard typing. Even though you are correcting
someone else's dictation, your work won't reduce recognition accuracy
for either you or the person who dictated the text. But your corrections
to the other person's dictation won't improve recognition either.
Correcting with the document author's user files
You should use this correction technique if you do not need to correct by
voice and it is important to maximize the author's recognition accuracy.
This technique works if all work is done on a single computer. Consult your
Dragon NaturallySpeaking reseller about ways to dictate on one computer and correct
on another.
If you correct dictation using the author’s user files, you must not correct
by voice, or you may reduce that person’s recognition accuracy. You can,
however, improve the author’s recognition accuracy if you make
corrections by using the keyboard and mouse with the Quick Correct list
or Correction dialog box. See the following procedure for details.
To correct using someone else's user files:
1 Make sure you are not wearing the microphone headset, or that the
microphone is not turned on or plugged in. This will ensure that you
don't accidentally reduce the accuracy of someone else's user files by
using your voice.
2 Make sure the DragonPad Extras toolbar is displayed so you can see the
playback command buttons.
3 Open the user files of the person whose text you will correct.
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