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Q U I C K S T A R T
Training Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
No two people sound exactly alike, so you
have to spend some time training Dragon
NaturallySpeaking to understand your
pronunciation.
You do this by reading part of a book or a story
aloud into your microphone (you can choose
from several texts). As you read, the program
learns how you pronounce different sounds
and saves this information in your speech
files.
A yellow arrow shows you where to start reading.
Q: I made a mistake. What should I do?
Don't worry. You should try to read exactly
what you see on the screen, but it's okay if you
read something incorrectly. The computer will
either ignore the mistake or display the yellow
arrow so you can read the text again. You can
also click Back Up to reread something you
misread, but this is not required.
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Q: I've read the same word three times, but
the yellow arrow keeps pointing to it.
If you keep reading the same words, and the
yellow arrow won't advance, just click Skip
Word.
Q: I can't get beyond the first screen
("Welcome to the world of continuous speech
recognition").
To advance through the first two screens, you
must say the sentences without pausing. For
the rest of the screens, it's okay to pause in the
middle of a sentence.
If you still cannot advance, you can try
running the Audio Setup Wizard again. Click
Cancel to close the training dialog box (and
click "Yes" to close without saving changes),
and then click Back to return to the Adjust
Microphone page. After running the Audio
Setup Wizard again, click Next to return to
the training program.
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You can take breaks while you're
training the computer. Just click Pause.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Essentials
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