Tools To Improve Your Acoustics - ScanSoft DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING 8 Manual

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Improving Accuracy
"Which tool should I use"
If you are not sure where to begin or how to use the Accuracy Center, click the first
link, "Which tool should I use?" The Accuracy Assistant will display a series of
questions that will help you find the best tool for your needs.
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menu of the DragonBar.

Tools to improve your acoustics

Check your audio settings
You can check the volume level of your microphone and your sound card by clicking
or saying "Check your audio settings" in the Accuracy Center. This runs the Audio
Setup Wizard, which checks the volume level of your microphone and sound card.
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Run the Acoustic Optimizer
As you make corrections and perform additional training, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
stores this data in an archive and uses it to enhance recognition accuracy. The
Acoustic Optimizer accumulates this data from session to session. The Acoustic
Optimizer uses much more data to enhance the user file and is therefore more
accurate.
If you plan to run the Acoustic Optimizer, be sure that the "Store corrections in
archive" option is selected on the Data tab of the Options dialog box. Otherwise you
may see a message that there is not enough data for the Acoustic Optimizer to
process. The "Store corrections in archive" option should be selected.
Incorporating the acoustic data into your user files can take a hour or longer; plan to
run the Acoustic Optimizer at the end of your workday or when you don't need to
use the computer for other tasks.
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You can also access the Accuracy Assistant by clicking Improve my accuracy on the Help
You will need to run "Check your audio settings" if you change microphones or sound cards.
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