A Lernout & Hauspie Company Quick Start When you see this... .. .you can talk to your favorite programs! Quick Start 03-208-50-01 Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft® Word, Corel® WordPerfect®, e-mail, chat, and virtually any other program in which you normally type. Talking to a program while Dragon NaturallySpeaking types what you say is called “dictating.
Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking I f you want to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Microsoft® Word or Corel® WordPerfect®, install the word processor and run it at least once before installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Install Option Typical Recommended for most users. Installs files appropriate for your processor, memory, and geographic region setting, including Help files and the online Tutorial. Requires 170 MB of disk space.
Connecting Your Microphone 2. Insert the BLACK or BROWN plug into the R 3. If your headset microphone includes an amplifier efer to the following diagram to connect your microphone to your computer. NOTE Not all systems use the same icons for input and output jacks. If you have questions, consult the user’s manual that came with your computer. LINE OUT jack on your computer sound card. If your sound card does not have a LINE OUT jack, use the SPEAKER or HEADPHONE jack.
Teaching the Program How You Speak S tart Dragon NaturallySpeaking, if it’s not already running. Here’s how: Double-click the desktop icon for Dragon NaturallySpeaking Or go to the Start menu, point to Programs, and click Dragon NaturallySpeaking. The first time you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the program automatically starts the New User Wizard. This wizard takes you step-by-step through the process of creating a personal speech profile called a “user.” STEP 1: Create a User 1.
3. Choose a dictation source. If you will be dictating into a headset or handheld microphone connected to your computer, choose “Microphone plugged into Mic-In Jack.” If you will be using another type of microphone, a mobile recorder, or a USB microphone, select the option that matches your dictation source from the drop-down list. 1. Check your microphone volume by clicking Start Volume Check, then read aloud the text in the box.
STEP 3: 2. To advance through the first two screens, you Train Dragon NaturallySpeaking must say the sentences without pausing. For the rest of the screens, it’s okay to pause in the middle of a sentence. N When the words turn black, it means the computer has heard and recognized them. If you keep reading the same words, and the computer still doesn’t get it, just click Skip.
Don’t worry if you make mistakes. You should try to read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if you read something incorrectly. The computer will either ignore the mistake or display the yellow arrow so you can try again. If this is your first time using Dragon NaturallySpeaking, choose Start the Tutorial. If you are upgrading from a previous version, you may want to See what’s new in version 5. Or you can simply The progress bar shows how much text you have left to dictate.
Beginning to Dictate The DragonBar Dragon icon Microphone icon NaturallySpeaking menu Start DragonPad icon Volume display Welcome to the DragonBar W hen you see the DragonBar on your screen, you can dictate into virtually any program. The DragonBar contains the following parts, starting from the left side: The Dragon icon Click on the icon (or right-click anywhere on the DragonBar) to display a menu that controls how the DragonBar looks and acts on your screen.
The DragonBar with the Extras toolbar Playback toolbar Extras toolbar icon Transcribe a recording button Extras toolbar icon Click on the icon to display an additional toolbar containing the following features (Preferred and higher editions): Transcribe a recording button Click this button to open the Transcribe dialog box, which you use to transcribe recordings of dictation made on portable recorders. Playback toolbar Contains buttons that you use to control the playback of your dictation.
Starting to Dictate Y ou’ll start to dictate in the DragonPad, the builtin word processor for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. If the DragonPad is not already open, click the DragonPad icon on the DragonBar to start it up. Make sure you click in the DragonPad window to make it active. When you begin to dictate, follow these guidelines: Speak clearly and pronounce each word. Try not to mumble or slur.
pause before and after saying it, otherwise Dragon NaturallySpeaking might interpret the command as dictation. Pause. Dictate this paragraph, saying all the commands as shown: Pause again. [New Paragraph] I’ll be staying at the Jackson hotel [period] Here’s the phone number where you can reach me [colon] [Go to Sleep] (under your breath) hmm, where did I put that number? ah, got it. [Wake Up] 202 555 0828 [period] Say “Select hello,” without pausing between “select” and “hello.
Changing Words with Select and Spell When Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a mistake, it may be because the word you said is not in the program’s vocabulary. In this case, the correct word won’t be on the Quick Correct list. Here’s what to do: 1. Select the mistake. 2. Say “Spell That.” 3. Spell or type the word in the Correction box. If the word has a capital letter, just say “cap” before that letter. 4. When the correct word appears in the Correction box, choose it by saying, for example, “Choose 1.
Deleting Characters To delete backward one character at a time, say “Backspace.” This is like pressing the Backspace key on your keyboard. To delete forward one character at a time, say “Delete Next Character.” (To delete the previous word, you can say “Delete Previous Word.” ) For variations on the Delete Next or Delete Previous commands, see the Command Quick Reference card at the back of this guide or the Command List of the online Help.
Add a new word Add Words from Documents Sometimes, the program makes a mistake because the word you said isn’t in its vocabulary: for example, if you say an unusual name, such as “Rusinow.” When you select the word in the DragonPad, “Rusinow” won’t appear in the Quick Correct list. Teaching Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you write will improve your accuracy. We all write differently, so the more the program knows about how you write, the more likely it is to type the right thing when you dictate.
selection of text to the program for about 20 minutes. From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Advanced, then click Train User. Remember, you can always fix mistakes the oldfashioned way—with the mouse and keyboard. TIP If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is taking too long to recognize something, you can make it stop by clicking the small red button inside the Results box. Get Help! If you ever get stuck, just click the Help button on the DragonBar or the DragonPad, or say “Give Me Help.
Which commands work where? Dragon NaturallySpeaking Command Quick Reference ● Commands with a circle (as well as numbers and punctuation) work in almost all programs. ▲ Commands with a triangle work on what you just said. In the DragonPad and supported programs (see online Help) they also work on selected text. ◆ Commands with a diamond work only in the DragonPad and selected programs (see the online Help).
SAY: ◆ Select “It was” Through “night” ◆ Select “It was” ■ TO: US/Canada: Select an entire phrase, as in this example, “it was a dark and stormy night.” To “night” Other Dialects: Select an entire phrase, as in this example, “it was a dark and stormy night.” Select That Select the last thing you said. ◆ Unselect That Unselect selected text. ◆ Select All/ Select all the text in your Select Document document.
Copying, cutting, and pasting text SAY: TO: TO: ■ Restore That Remove formatting from selected text. Copies the selected text to the clipboard. ■ Left Align That Left align the selected text. ■ Right Align That Right align the selected text. All to Clipboard Copies the entire document to the clipboard. ■ Center That Center the selected text. Paste That Pastes the text from the clipboard into the document at the insertion point. ● Cut That Cuts the selected text.
FOR: SAY: FOR: Roman five - minus sign + plus sign Roman twenty Roman four % percent sign ? question mark £ US/Canada: pound sterling sign Other Dialects: pound sign/pound # US/Canada: number sign/ pound/pound sign Other Dialects: hash sign/ sharp sign section sign ; semicolon (tab) tab key 130/70 one thirty over seventy V Entering punctuation and special characters SAY: FOR: SAY: & ampersand/ and sign * asterisk ’ apostrophe ’s apostrophe s § > SAY: open angle bracket
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