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Appendix A: Modifying nsdefaults.ini
Option Description and user interface equivalent
the Tools menu.
Microphone on at startup=0
Default: 0 (deselected)
When the User Profile Opens Have the microphone on
but asleep check box:
If set to 1, the microphone is in Sleep mode when Dragon
starts.
If set to 0, the microphone is off when Dragon starts.
Use Screen Reader Compatible
Menus=0/1
Default: 0 (deselected)
Use menus that are compatible with screen readers
check box:
If set to 1, allows a screen reader program to read menu
items out loud to vision-impaired users.
If set to 0, some screen readers may not read Dragon’s
menu items accurately.
enx Use Active Accessibility=0/1
Default: 1 (selected)
Voice-enable menus, buttons, and other controls,
excluding check box:
If set to 1, users can control user interface elements by
voice.
If set to 0, voice control of user interface elements is
disabled for all applications.
To turn off voice control in specific applications, use the
drop-down menu or the Tracking Disabled App List
setting.
Tracking Disabled App List=
{<applications>}
Default: {} (no selection)
Voice-enable menus, buttons, and other controls,
excluding drop-down menu:
Disables voice control of user interface elements in specific
applications.
User Specific Time Before Mic
Sleep=<number>
Default: 5
Put the microphone to sleep after <n> minutes of
silence number box:
Determines the number of minutes of silence after which
Dragon puts the microphone into Sleep mode. Specify a
value between 5 and 120 minutes.
Note: Nuance does not recommend a value greater
than 10, as Dragon can misrecognize ambient noise
as speech.
AlertWhenSignalQualityIsPoor=0/1
Default: 1 (selected)
Alert when audio quality is low check box:
If set to 1, Dragon warns users when dictation audio quality
is low.
If set to 0, Dragon suppresses audio quality alerts.
Use Dictation Box=0/1
User Dictation Box for unsupported applications
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