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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
l Use commands like "Activate TextEdit" to launch an application.
See Launching and quitting applications for more details.
l Use commands like "New file," "Close window," or "Switch to next application" to open and close windows or
change which window has focus.
See Navigating application windows for more information.
l Use commands like "Click OK" to control dialog box buttons by voice.
See Using dialog controls for more information.
l Use commands like "Click File menu" to access menus and menu items in any application.
See Menu Walking for more information.
l Use commands like "Press the keys Command S" to access keys and keyboard commands by voice.
See Key commands for more information.
l Use commands like "Move mouse up" and "Mouse click" to control your mouse by voice.
See Mouse commands for more information.
l Say "Open MouseGrid" to use a 3 x 3 grid to move your mouse to a particular area of the screen.
See MouseGrid for more information.
Related topics:
l Getting started with dictation
l Using the Dragon menu
l The Status Window
l Troubleshooting overview
What's New?
This topic describes enhancements and new features in Dragon Professional Individual for Mac version 6.
Faster and more accurate than ever
Dragon Professional Individual for Mac v6 expands the possibilities of speech recognition innovation with a next-
generation speech engine, significantly increasing accuracy over previous versions. Dragon uniquely brings
consistent, optimal accuracy to the Mac, with Deep Learning technology and adaptation techniques that continuously
adjust to your voice or environmental variations, even while you're dictating. Dragon v6 provides:
l Up to 14% improved accuracy out of the box without training
l Continuous learning—even during dictation—for individually adapted accuracy improvements that enhance
the user experience
l Optimal accuracy achieved for speakers with accents or in slight noisy environments such as in a cubicle
environment
Formatting and other recognition improvements, for minimal editing
Dragon delivers improved recognition of number and email address formatting, hyperlink formatting in auto-texts, and
place names based on how we naturally speak, resulting in fewer overall corrections. Examples include:
l "three double two five" → 3225
l "two point five million" → 2.5 million
l "oh point five" → 0.5
l "quarter of five" → 4:45
l "eight pounds fifty" → £8.50
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