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Installing
Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
See page 2
Essentials
Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your
computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft
Internet Explorer
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
®
, e-mail, chat, and virtually any other
Beginning
to dictate
See page 8
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Command
Quick
Reference
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- Page 1 A Lernout & Hauspie Company Essentials Quick Start When you see this... Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft ® Internet Explorer ® , 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 If installation does not begin automatically, use f you have an earlier version of Dragon Windows Explorer to find your CD-ROM drive; NaturallySpeaking, see page 15 for upgrade then double-click Setup.exe to start the installation. information. Follow the instructions on your screen to If you’re running a virus checker (for example, complete the installation.
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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.
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Page 7: Turning On The Microphone
Don’t worry if you make mistakes. You should try to If you are upgrading from a previous version, you read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if may want to See what’s new in version 5. Or, you can you read something incorrectly. - Page 8 Beginning to Dictate The DragonBar Dragon icon Microphone icon Manage Users NaturallySpeaking menu Volume display Display Help icon Welcome to the Microphone icon and volume display DragonBar Click on the microphone icon to turn speech recognition on and off. hen you see the DragonBar on your screen, Microphone is off.
- Page 9 Using the DragonBar Cling mode The DragonBar “clings” to the top left of the active ou can display and use the DragonBar in different window. When you drag the active window to a new ways, or modes. You can also specify whether or location on your screen, the DragonBar moves with it.
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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 e recommend that you start dictating in in different dialects, see the online Help. WordPad. - Page 11 pause before and after saying it, otherwise Dragon You can move to the top or bottom of the current NaturallySpeaking might interpret the command as page by saying “Page Up” (equivalent to pressing the dictation. key) or “Page Down” (equivalent to pressing PAGE UP key).
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Page 12: Deleting Words
Correcting Words Deleting Words When Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a mistake, To delete words you just dictated, pause briefly and it may be because the word you said is not in the say “Scratch That.” To delete words anywhere in your program’s vocabulary. -
Page 13: Dictating Numbers
You can then dictate the word or phrase you want To change the format for the next thing you dictate, to insert (you must also dictate the space following the say, for example, “Set Font Arial 12 Point Italic.” The inserted word). -
Page 14: Train Words
Numbers Mode again. You can also say “Stop From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Words, Numbers Mode” or “Numbers Mode Off.” For more then click Train Words. Follow the instructions on the information, see the online Help. screen to train the word Dragon NaturallySpeaking gets wrong. -
Page 15: Minimum System Requirements
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is optimized for many Train Your User Again popular processors, including the Intel Pentium III, ® ® Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium with MMX ™ , Intel Spend more time teaching Dragon NaturallySpeaking Celeron , AMD K6 -2, AMD K6-III with ™... - Page 16 Controlling the microphone SAY: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Go to Sleep Make the microphone stop listening temporarily. Command Wake Up Reactivate the microphone when Quick Reference it’s sleeping. Microphone Off Turn the microphone off. Getting Help SAY: Give Me Help Opens the online Help. About commands View Command List Opens the command list for the or What Can I Say...
- Page 17 Moving around in a document Correcting text SAY: SAY: Go to Bottom Move to the end of your document. Correct That Correct the last thing you said. Go to Top Move to the beginning of your Spell “g-l-a-s-s” Spell the next word, such as document.
- Page 18 Entering numbers FOR: SAY: FOR: SAY: FOR: SAY: “ open quote “ close quote/ begin quote end quote five or numeral five backslash slash/ twenty three forward slash one hundred seventy nine or one colon comma hundred and seventy nine caret —...
- Page 19 Formatting text Mailbox commands for e-mail SAY: SAY: Format That Bold Apply bold to either the last thing Check For New Mail Check the Inbox for new you said or selected text. or Refresh Mail messages. Format That Italics Apply italics to either the last thing Create Mail Create a new e-mail message.
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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 &...