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Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
"Wake Up" or "Listen to Me" before Dragon NaturallySpeaking will recognize
dictation or other commands.
Launch DragonPad: Opens DragonPad when Dragon NaturallySpeaking first
starts.
User Close
Automatically save user files: Saves your user files when exiting Dragon
NaturallySpeaking without displaying a dialog box asking you to confirm that
you want the user files saved.
Other options
Speed vs. Accuracy: Adjusts the number of words and phrases that the program
examines in order to find a word match. The more words examined, the greater
the possibility of an accurate match at the expense of using more memory and
taking a longer time to recognize your speech. You can use the Speed vs.
Accuracy slider to influence the performance of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. As
a general rule, you should move the slider farther to the right on faster
machines than on slower ones.
Use screen reader compatible menus: Allows a screen reader to read menu
items out loud to vision-impaired users. Some screen readers have trouble
reading menus unless this option is turned on. If this option is on, the small
icons next to menu items will disappear.
Use Active Accessibility for menu and dialog control: Specifies that Dragon
NaturallySpeaking should use Microsoft Active Accessibility features, which
are required by some versions of Windows to control the menus and dialog
boxes of certain applications by voice.
This option is dimmed if Active Accessibility is not installed or if your version
of Windows does not require it. Changing this option affects all users.
Launch in QuickStart mode on Windows startup: Allows Dragon
NaturallySpeaking to load in the background when you start your computer or
log in to your operating system, depending on your version of Windows. When
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is launched in QuickStart mode the microphone
icon appears in the system tray. When you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking in
QuickStart mode, it is available for use more quickly than when you start it in
normal mode.
Restore defaults
Clicking the Restore defaults button restores the values of the Miscellaneous tab to
what they were when you installed Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
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