User guide

Chapter 3: Getting Started
Chapter 3: Getting Started
This section contains the following topics:
About Dragon 50
Using Dragon Help 51
About dictation 52
About the Results Display 53
Using the DragonBar 55
The DragonBar 55
The Text Control Indicator 59
Displaying the DragonBar 59
Controlling the DragonBar 61
Using the Microphone 63
Choose a speech device 63
Position your microphone properly 65
Using the Dragon Sidebar 67
Using the Dragon Sidebar 67
The Dragon Sidebar tabs 70
Dragon Sidebar Tips 72
About Dragon
Dragon software is the premier product for large-Vocabulary continuous recognition of nat-
ural speech. With Dragon, you can create documents quickly and easily with your voice,
without being slowed by typing on your keyboard.
Dictate your documents
You can dictate, rather than type, into any program that accepts text. Dragon recognizes nat-
ural and continuous speech and converts it to text on the screen.
Format and edit by voice
You can use voice commands to format text and make corrections and to activate the but-
tons and menus in supported word processors, such as Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word,
DragonPad, WordPad, and other supported programs.
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