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Installing
Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your
computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft
Word, Corel
any other program in which you normally type. Talking
to a program while Dragon NaturallySpeaking types
what you say is called "dictating."
Teaching
the program
how you speak
See page 4
Quick Start
®
WordPerfect
®
, e-mail, chat, and virtually
Beginning
to dictate
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Command
Quick
Reference
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- Page 1 A Lernout & Hauspie Company Quick Start When you see this... Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft ® Word, Corel ® WordPerfect ® , e-mail, chat, and virtually any other program in which you normally type. Talking to a program while Dragon NaturallySpeaking types what you say is called “dictating.”...
- Page 2 Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking f you want to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with Install Option Notes Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect , install ® ® ® Typical Recommended for most users. the word processor and run it at least once before Installs files appropriate for installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
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Page 3: Connecting Your Microphone
Connecting Your Insert the BLACK or BROWN plug into the LINE OUT jack on your computer sound card. If Microphone your sound card does not have a LINE OUT jack, use the SPEAKER or HEADPHONE jack. efer to the following diagram to connect your microphone to your computer. -
Page 4: Create A User
Teaching the Program How You Speak tart Dragon NaturallySpeaking, if it’s not already STEP 1: running. Here’s how: Create a User Double-click the desktop icon for Dragon NaturallySpeaking Name this user with your name or any other unique name. Or go to the Start menu, point to Programs, and click Dragon NaturallySpeaking. - Page 5 Choose a dictation source. If you will be Check your microphone volume by clicking Start dictating into a headset or handheld microphone Volume Check, then read aloud the text in the box. connected to your computer, choose “Microphone When the program beeps to indicate it has finished plugged into Mic-In Jack.”...
- Page 6 STEP 3: To advance through the first two screens, you must say the sentences without pausing. For the rest Train Dragon of the screens, it’s okay to pause in the middle of a NaturallySpeaking sentence. When the words turn black, it means the computer o two people sound exactly alike, so before you has heard and recognized them.
- Page 7 Don’t worry if you make mistakes. You should try to If this is your first time using Dragon read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if NaturallySpeaking, choose Start the Tutorial. If you you read something incorrectly. The computer will are upgrading from a previous version, you may want either ignore the mistake or display the yellow arrow to See what’s new in version 5.
- Page 8 Beginning to Dictate The DragonBar Dragon icon Microphone icon Start DragonPad icon Manage Users NaturallySpeaking menu Volume display Display Help icon Extras toolbar icon Welcome to the Microphone icon and volume display DragonBar Click on the microphone icon to turn speech recognition on and off.
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Page 9: Turning On The Microphone
The DragonBar with the Extras toolbar Playback toolbar Extras toolbar icon Transcribe a recording button Turning on the Extras toolbar icon Microphone Click on the icon to display an additional toolbar containing the following features (Preferred and higher editions): efore you can dictate, you need to turn the microphone on by clicking the microphone icon Transcribe a recording button on the DragonBar. -
Page 10: Starting To Dictate
Starting to Dictate N OTE If you are dictating in UK, Australian, Indian, or Southeast Asian English, you must say “full stop” in place of “period.” For more information on punctuation ou’ll start to dictate in the DragonPad, the built- in different dialects, see chapter 4 of your user’s guide. - Page 11 pause before and after saying it, otherwise Dragon Pause. NaturallySpeaking might interpret the command as Say “Select hello,” without pausing between dictation. “select” and “hello.” Pause again. Dictate this paragraph, saying all the commands as shown: Notice that when the words are selected, the program highlights them and displays a list of possible [New Paragraph] I’ll be staying at the Jackson hotel...
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Page 12: Deleting Words
If it didn’t work (for example, the word “select” is Changing Words with Select and Spell typed in your document), you may have paused in the middle of saying the command. Say “Select White When Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a mistake, House”... -
Page 13: Deleting Characters
Deleting Characters Formatting Words To delete backward one character at a time, say You can format words as you dictate, or later as you “Backspace.” This is like pressing the Backspace key review your document. For example, you can on your keyboard. capitalize words, change font size and style, and apply bold, italics, or underlining. -
Page 14: Train Words
Add a new word Add Words from Documents Sometimes, the program makes a mistake because the Teaching Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you write word you said isn’t in its vocabulary: for example, if will improve your accuracy. We all write differently, so you say an unusual name, such as “Rusinow.”... -
Page 15: Minimum System Requirements
selection of text to the program for about 20 minutes. Upgrading from an From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Advanced, earlier version of Dragon then click Train User. NaturallySpeaking Remember, you can always fix mistakes the old- fashioned way—with the mouse and keyboard. f you have version 3 or later of Dragon T IP If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is taking too long... - Page 16 Which commands work where? Commands with a circle (as well as numbers and Dragon NaturallySpeaking punctuation) work in almost all programs. Command Commands with a triangle work on what you just said. In the DragonPad and supported programs Quick Reference (see online Help) they also work on selected text.
- Page 17 Deleting text SAY: SAY: THEN (one): THEN (one): Select “It was” US/Canada: Select an entire Through “night” phrase, as in this example, “it was Delete Next Word a dark and stormy night.” Forward 2...20 Words Previous Character Select “It was” Other Dialects: Select an entire Back 2...20 Characters...
- Page 18 Copying, cutting, and pasting text SAY: SAY: Restore That Remove formatting from selected text. Cut That Cuts the selected text. Left Align That Left align the selected text. Copy That Copies the selected text to the clipboard. Right Align That Right align the selected text.
- Page 19 FOR: SAY: FOR: SAY: FOR: SAY: 9/12 nine [slash] twelve (or nine over < open angle > close angle bracket/ bracket/ twelve) less than greater than 130/70 one thirty over seventy minus sign plus sign Roman five percent sign question mark XXIV Roman twenty Roman four £...
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Page 20: Technical Support
A Lernout & Hauspie Company Technical Support Contact Dragon Dragon Systems offers free telephone support for 30 days, and unlimited Web-based support. Your free 30-day period Systems begins with your first call. You may buy additional telephone support after the free period. DRAGON SYSTEMS USA A Lernout &...
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