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Starting to Dictate
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Starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking
If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is not already running, you can start it by:
Double-clicking the Dragon NaturallySpeaking icon.
Selecting Programs>Dragon NaturallySpeaking from the Start menu.
Right-clicking the QuickStart taskbar tray icon and selecting Start
Dragon NaturallySpeaking, if the QuickStart option is enabled.
For more information on using the QuickStart option, see "Using
QuickStart" on page 24.
NOTE
Professional and Windows XP Home), but interactive dictation is not supported. Using a Remote
Desktop connection, you can access the DragonBar and transcribe dictation but you cannot use a
microphone attached to the remote machine to dictate.
Turning on the microphone
Before you can dictate, you need to turn on the microphone. You turn on the
microphone by:
Clicking the microphone icon on the DragonBar. You can click this icon again
to turn it off.
Pressing the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad to turn the microphone on,
and then press it again to turn the microphone off.
Clicking the microphone icon in the Windows task bar.
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ow that you've installed your software and completed training, you're ready to
dictate your first sentence.
You can start Dragon NaturallySpeaking over a Remote Desktop connection (Windows XP
Microphone
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