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Customizing the Vocabulary—Using the Vocabulary Editor

Dragon’s Vocabulary Editor lets you view what can be transcribed from the computer’s active memory; it also

allows you to add new entries, as well as edit existing entries—including their Spoken Forms and Properties.

Let’s take a look inside the Vocabulary and discover the Vocabulary Editor’s interface:

Step 1: Say Edit Vocabulary (you can also click V

iew/Edit on the DragonBar’s Words menu or View or Edit

Your Vocabulary from the Accuracy C

enter). The Vocabulary Editor opens; its scrollable window lists

the entries currently in the active Vocabulary.

Take a moment to scroll through the list. You will see names of people, places, institutions and products, as

well as common words, phrases, and abbreviations. Most entries only have a W

ritten Form (left column), but

some also have a S

poken form (right column)—this is an important feature, as you will see.

Step 2: Open the Display drop-down list and choose Words Containing Spaces.

Other Vocabulary displays include Words Containing Digits, Words Containing Capitalization, and Words with

Special Properties. By browsing these, you can learn more about what the software uses to transcribe your

dictation. You also get ideas about what entries you might add or edit.

Adding Vocabulary Entries: Words, Phrases, Acronyms…

You can quickly search for a particular Vocabulary entry by entering it in the Written Form field. If it appears

in the scrollable list, it is already in the active layer of the Vocabulary. If not, say or click A

dd to bring it in.

CAUTION When adding an entry to the Vocabulary, be sure to spell and capitalize it correctly! Otherwise, it

will appear misspelled in your documents every time you dictate it.