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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
Where are my transcriptions?
Dragon automatically saves your files in Documents/Dragon/Transcribed Files, or the Destination you chose
before starting transcription. Click Open Transcribed Files Folder to open the folder in a Finder window.
By default, transcribed files will share the name of the audio file you selected. For example, if you selected a file called
Notes08Jul.wav, Dragon would create the text file Notes08Jul.rtf.
Deleting a Transcription speaker
1. In the Speaker dropdown menu, select Edit Speaker List…
A popup window appears.
2. Select the speaker from the list.
3. Click Delete Speaker.
A confirmation dialog appears.
4. Click OK to continue.
5. Click Done to return to the main Transcription window.
Exiting Transcription mode
To return to Dictation mode, do one of the following:
l In the Transcription window, click Switch to Dictation.
l Click the icon in the menu bar and select Switch to Dictation…
Related topics:
l Transcription Training
l Revising text
Transcription Training
If you want to improve the accuracy of Dragon’s transcription, use Transcription Training to teach Dragon to
understand your recordings. You will need an audio sample in mp3, mp4, wav, aif, aiff, m4v, and m4a format that is at
least 6 minutes long.
To switch to Transcription mode, do one of the following:
l Say "Switch to Transcription mode."
l Click the icon in the menu bar and select Switch to Transcription…
The Transcription window appears, and the Status Window and Guidance Window are hidden.
Once you are in Transcription mode:
1. Click the icon in the menu bar and select Improve Recognition > Transcription Training…
A Finder window opens.
2. Browse to your sample audio file, select it, and click Open.
Dragon transcribes the audio. This process may take several minutes. When the transcription is complete,
the first utterance is selected, and a popup dialog appears with an audio player.
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