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Table Of Contents
- Dragon Professional for Mac User Guide
- Get started
- Using the Dragon menu
- The Status Window
- The Guidance window
- Recognition modes
- Preferences window
- Using profiles and dictation sources
- Using DragonPad
- FAQs
- What's New?
- Upgrading from Dragon Dictate 4 or Dragon for Mac 5: FAQ
- Activate and Register
- Use the microphone
- Dictate text
- Getting started with dictation
- Mixing dictation with typing
- Dictation overview
- Take it back
- Dictating punctuation and symbols
- Dictating letters
- Dictating numbers
- Correct mistakes
- Edit text
- Format text
- Auto Formatting
- To open the Auto Formatting window:
- Street Addresses
- UK and Canadian postcodes
- Web and email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Abbreviated titles
- Dates
- Times
- Use numerals starting with
- Partially format -illion numbers
- Prices and currencies
- ISO currency codes
- Units of measure
- Social Security Numbers
- All other numbers
- Common abbreviations
- Expand contractions
- Insert two spaces after period
- Allow pauses in formatted phrases
- Formatting
- Capitalization
- Spacing
- Aligning text
- Auto Formatting
- Transcription
- Control your computer
- Launching and quitting applications
- Navigating application windows
- OS X controls
- Working with the Finder
- Using dialog controls
- Key commands
- Menu Walking
- Mouse commands
- MouseGrid
- Create documents
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Working with TextEdit
- Navigating within a document
- To move the cursor to the first or last position in the current document
- To move the cursor a specified number of words from its current position
- To insert the cursor before a specified word or phrase
- To move the cursor to its previous position
- To move the cursor up, down, left or right
- To move the cursor to a new text field
- Related topics:
- Use applications
- Working with Mail
- Working with TextEdit
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Working with Safari
- Working with Firefox
- Working with Calendar
- Working with Messages
- Browse the web
- Dragon Web Extensions
- Installing Dragon Web Extensions
- Upgrading Dragon Web Extensions
- Setting up Dragon Web Extensions—Safari
- Setting up Dragon Web Extensions—Firefox
- Using Dragon Web Extensions to access links and other Web controls
- Disabling or Uninstalling Dragon Web Extensions—Firefox
- Disabling or Uninstalling Dragon Web Extensions—Safari
- Working with Safari
- Working with Firefox
- Posting to Facebook and Twitter
- Dragon Web Extensions
- Make Dragon more accurate
- Use email
- Working with email
- Working with Mail
- Working with webmail
- AutoTexts
- Manage Dragon Commands
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting overview
- Troubleshooting audio and recognition
- Troubleshooting Dragon Web Extensions
- Troubleshooting Commands
- Troubleshooting Vocabulary
- Issues with Upgraded Profiles
- Uninstall Dragon Professional Individual for Mac version 6
4. Click OK to save your changes.
You can't edit built-in vocabulary items.
Training a vocabulary item
If a vocabulary item is not being recognized correctly, you can train the Dragon to understand how you pronounce it.
1. Select the vocabulary item from the list.
2. Click the icon at the bottom of the list and select Train.
A popup pane explains the training process.
3. Click Train to begin.
The Vocabulary Training screen appears.
4. Say the word or phrase. The bar turns green when Dragon recognizes the word.
A dialog box confirms that the training is complete.
5. Click Close.
Dragon incorporates the recording into your voice model.
Deleting a user vocabulary item
1. Select the word in the vocabulary list.
2. Press the Delete key.
A dialog box appears, confirming that you want to delete the item.
3. Click OK to proceed
Exporting vocabulary items
You can export user vocabulary items to share them with another profile. For example, if you are using Dragon in an
office, you might have a specialized vocabulary you want to share with other users.
1. Select the item(s) you want to export from the vocabulary list.
2. Click the icon and select Export.
3. Name the file and decide where to store it.
An XML file is created.
Importing vocabulary items
1. Click the icon and select Import.
2. Choose an exported XML file.
Related topics:
l Using Correction
l Vocabulary Training
l Transcription Training
Voice Training
Voice Training helps Dragon learn how you speak. Read aloud one of the available Voice Training stories. As you read,
Dragon collects information about your speech – your individual accent, intonation, and tone. You can read as many of
the stories as you want.
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