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IMPORTANT: The dictator’s profile must be accessible from both computers. Copying profiles onto

another computer is easy, but if the profiles are in a Roaming configuration, it is not necessary: their Master

copy resides on the network, making them usable from any connected computer.

Step 1: Jane dictates her reports. When she is finished, she saves the documents to a network location Bob can

access from his computer. When Dragon asks whether she wants to save the audio, she chooses Y

es. If

she wishes, she can now exit Dragon and/or her word processor, and shut down her computer.

Step 2: On his own computer, Bob starts Dragon; when prompted to open a User profile, he chooses Jane's.

Step 3: Bob starts the word processor Jane used, and opens the first report. He is now ready to perform

Correction in this document.

Step 4: Starting from the top, Bob looks for “abnormal” text and highlights it manually. On the expanded

DragonBar, he clicks the Playback icon (Bob should NOT use his voice here.)

Step 5: Watching the screen, Bob listens and as soon as he hears an error, he clicks the Correction button or

presses the Correction hot key, which brings up the Spell dialog.

If not quite sure of what Jane actually said, he clicks P

lay Back to hear her recorded voice. If the input

is not “clean” (people sometimes make unintended sounds, stumble on a word…), he clicks Cancel and

deletes the mis-spoken segment in the document before typing what was intended.

If the correct alternate appears in the choice list, he clicks it with his mouse then clicks OK.

If the correct choice does not appear in the list, he types it in, then clicks OK or presses Enter.

When he has finished checking the document (and made any cosmetic modifications as warranted), Bob saves

it. Now not only is the document finalized, but Jane’s profile has been refined through the corrections

performed, which will help the accuracy of her future dictation.

The following is only necessary if Roaming is not used: Bob exports Jane’s profile to the network (through the

Manage Users dialog); from there, Jane can import her newly-refined profile.

Key points about deferred correction

9 When you dictate in Word, WordPerfect or DragonPad, Dragon can save the recording associated

with your text so misrecognitions can be corrected later, as if you had just dictated it.

9 If you choose to save your recorded dictation, you can use Correction and Playback features later:

simply start the word-processor in which you dictated the document, then open the document.

9 You can postpone Correction, or delegate it to a third party—your assistant, for instance.

9 When saving your document’s recording, Dragon creates a file in the same directory as your text

document; both files have the same name, but the synchronized recording has the extension .dra.

9 Dictation files can get very large, so only save them if necessary. Also, when you are finished

making corrections to a document, you may wish to delete the associated .dra file; you will still be

able to edit the document normally, and you will save disk space.

9 The “Correctionist” must open the speaker’s profile but not speak into it. One can bring up the

Correction interface by clicking the DragonBar’s Correction button or pressing the Correction

hotkey (by default, the minus key on the numeric keypad).

9 To be used for Correction, the .dra file must be in the same folder as the document itself.