Dictating Into Your Recorder - ScanSoft DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING 8 Manual

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Using Portable Recorders (Preferred and Professional)
R E C OR D E R TYP E
Recording device plugged into
Line-In jack
Olympus recorder
Digital recorder using sound
files (.wav) on disk (includes
the Sony
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Depending on your system, it can take up to 60 minutes to adapt your user for
mobile recording. You do not have to sit at your computer while the program is
adapting to your recorded voice.

Dictating into your recorder

You can start dictating once you have trained Dragon NaturallySpeaking to
recognize your recorded speech.
When you dictate into your recorder, you should follow the same guidelines you use
when talking directly to the computer.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide
ICD- R100 recorder)
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H OW T O P R O C E E D
Be sure that the recorder is connected to the line-in
jack on your computer and (optionally) select the
Detect end of recording and automatically adapt
user files box. If you do this, choose the number of
seconds of silence before the wizard assumes that
the recording is finished. Then click Start Recording
and start your recorder to play back your dictation.
If you have the most recent version of the Olympus
DSS Player or DSS Player Plus installed on your
system, you will see an "Olympus DSS Player"
button. Click the "Olympus DSS Player" button and
follow the instructions on the screen.
Otherwise, transfer the.wav file to your computer's
hard disk and then use the Browse button to locate
the file. If you are not sure how to transfer recorded
data to your computer, see the documentation for
your recorder. Finally, click Next and follow the
instructions on the screen.
For more information on using the Olympus DSS
Player or DSS Player Plus with Dragon
NaturallySpeaking, see the documentation that
came with your recorder and the Knowledge Base
ScanSoft website: www.ScanSoft.com/
NaturallySpeaking/support/.
Transfer the .wav file to your computer's hard disk
and then use the Browse button to locate the file. If
you are not sure how to transfer recorded data to
your computer, see the documentation for your
recorder. Finally, click Next and follow the
instructions on the screen.
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