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Before the words are added, you are given the option to provide acoustic training for them. You can skip this

step and provide training later just for those words that seem to need it, as explained in this workbook and in

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 guess

between words that sound alike.

Key points about customizing the Vocabulary from documents

9 Add Words From Documents is one of the Vocabulary tools accessible from the Accuracy Center.

9 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 what words appear near each other. You can also use

as input documents written by someone else, as long as they are similar to what you will dictate.

9 To be used in this tool, files must be of .txt, .rtf, .doc, .wpd, or .html formats.

9 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.

9 When presented with the unknown words the tool found in the texts, you can choose which ones to

add, and, thanks to the Edit button, modify their spelling and capitalization as well as give them a

Spoken Form if warranted.

9 After adding to the Vocabulary items you are likely to dictate, letting Dragon see how often and next

to what you are likely to dictate them helps pre-empt recognition errors.

9 Add Words From Documents is only one of the ways Dragon can adapt; you can learn others in this

workbook as well as in Dragon’s Help.