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Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 11User Guide

Installation and User Profile Creation6Plugging in the microphoneTo use Dragon, you will need to plug in your microphone.If you are not sure how to pl

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters96Times of day Dictate the time of day the way you would normally say it.US/Canada: Dragon autom

User Guide97Telephone numbers North American phone numbersSay US and Canadian phone numbers as you normally would, pausing briefly between each group

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters98 In dialects other than US/Canada, you can say “bracket” instead of “parenthesis.”See also Aut

User Guide991/10, and 1/16 or a multiple of these fractions, just say the fraction normally. If the denominator (bottom number in the fraction) is gre

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters100 Don’t pause after the word “Roman Numeral” when you’re dictating a Roman numeral. If you pau

User Guide101and numbers that make up the postal code. Spacing and formatting will happen automatically.Currency and coin You dictate your own currenc

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters102 Dragon uses the currency symbol ($, £, and so on) specified in your Windows Regional Setting

User Guide103PunctuationUsing Natural PunctuationDragon can automatically add commas and periods at the appropriate places in your dictation without y

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters104Dictating PunctuationYou can enter the punctuation marks and symbols listed below in text you

User Guide105You can use the Vocabulary Editor to view or change the formatting properties of the punctuation. Words that end with ’sTo dictate a word

User Guide7Installing on Windows VistaDragon Version 11 is compatible with all editions of Windows Vista. (Versions 9.5 and higher work on Windows Vis

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters106Including hyphens as you dictate To hyphenate words that Dragon doesn’t hyphenate automatical

User Guide107you can say “long space bar lasting” without pausing, to insert a space in place of the hyphen.Dictating compound words Dragon joins comp

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters108To compound words:1 Select the text you want to join. For example, if you want to join the wo

User Guide109If Dragon types the full word instead of the abbreviation or acronym, enters the wrong word, or includes incorrect punctuation, just corr

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters110 You can create Text and Graphics custom commands for e-mail and Web addresses you use often.

User Guide111For complete lists of special characters, see the online Help.Dictating uncommon special charactersIf you use uncommon special characters

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters1123 Say the name of the special character. (In this example, say “double dagger” to enter the ‡

User Guide1138 In the Spoken form field, type the name you want to dictate for this character and click Add. 9 Click Tr a in . The Train Words dialog

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters114have a spoken form in your vocabulary. It is okay to have two spoken forms for a single word

User Guide115Switching recognition modesDragon lets you use different recognition modes in your dictation. Dragon uses normal mode by default. In norm

Installation and User Profile Creation8 You must have Administrator rights to install or uninstall Dragon on Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters116To changes modes, you can:1 Select the Words menu on the DragonBar and click the name of the

117IndexAabbreviations 108acronyms 108All Caps Off 87All Caps On 87All Caps That 88All Caps [text] 87American English 12apostrophe ’s 105appli

Index118Dragon Log 30DragonBar 32, 40Extras toolbar on 42DragonPad 33Ee-mail addresses, dictating 109ESC key 80, 84Extras toolbar 42, 83Ffolders

User Guide119Move to Top 71moving around a documentbefore/after specific words 72to beginning/end of line 72by paragraphs or lines 73scrolling 52

Index120Select All 70Select Document 70Select [text] 68Select-and-SaySelect-and-Say Indicator 41selecting text 68again 68characters 71a documen

User Guide121Information, Sales, Services and Technical SupportPlease visit these sites: http://support.nuance.com/ http://www.nuance.com/help/conta

User Guide9 If you decide not to install some Dragon components by selecting Custom installation, you can install them later by running the Setup prog

Installation and User Profile Creation10If no earlier versions of Dragon are installed on your system, the default directory is:C:\Program Files\Nuanc

User Guide11Installing software — Custom InstallationTo install portions of Dragon or to install it for multiple user profiles:1 Insert the Dragon DVD

Installation and User Profile Creation12 If you decide not to install some Dragon components by selecting Custom installation, you can install them la

User Guide13pop up at the end of the installation, where you can make changes that affect all users dictating on this computer.9 Click Next.10On the R

Installation and User Profile Creation1412When the installation completes, proceed with any of the following sections that apply to your custom instal

User Guide15Modifying application settings for all usersIf you checked off Modify the application’s settings for all users during a custom installatio

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Installation and User Profile Creation16Modifying formatting options for all usersIf you chose to modify formatting options on the Custom Setup page d

User Guide17When you launch the software for the first time, the Profile Creation wizard starts and leads you through creating your user profile: If y

Installation and User Profile Creation183 When the Help Dragon understand how you pronounce words page appears, select your accent.The accents you can

User Guide19choosing Custom during the installation and having the Dragon DVD available to install the language files during the process of creating u

Installation and User Profile Creation20When Dragon finishes creating your user profile, it takes you through the next part of the process. Proceed to

User Guide21 Avoid having any source of noise or signal other than your voice directly facing the array within at least 15 feet. 9 After you have pos

Installation and User Profile Creation22Performing training either during or after creating a user profile enhances your recognition accuracy. In init

User Guide23 In the Read Training Text page, under Choosing text to read, choose a text to read aloud and click Next. When the Tex t D is pl a y pa

Installation and User Profile Creation24then schedule regular Acoustic and Language Model tuning, and optionally schedule Data Collection. Adapting to

User Guide25schedules, by default Dragon initiates Acoustic tuning every Monday at 2 AM and Language Model tuning every day at 3 AM.2 If you want to h

iiiContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction 1About this guide 2What should I expect from Dragon? 3CHAPTER 2 Installation and User Profile Creation 5What y

Installation and User Profile Creation263 Be sure that you check the Enable check box in the Select Time and Frequency dialog box or the collected dat

User Guide27Upgrading User Profiles from Versions 9.x and 10.xIf you chose to upgrade existing users during the installation, the User Upgrade Wizard

Installation and User Profile Creation28you do not set a location, Dragon places the profiles in the default location (see Version 11 File Structure o

User Guide29Windows XP Pro/XP Home/Windows Server 2003/2008 directory structureDragon Program directoryYou can specify this location during the instal

Installation and User Profile Creation30\Data\Training \results Roaming Users \UsersC:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Nuance\ NaturallySpeakin

CHAPTER313Starting to Dictateow that you’ve installed the software and completed training, you’re ready to dictate your first sentence.Starting Dragon

Starting to Dictate32Turning on the microphoneBefore you can dictate, you need to turn on the microphone. To turn on the microphone, you: Click the m

User Guide33Starting to dictateTo begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft® Word or Corel® WordPerfect®) and begin a new document. M

Starting to Dictate34feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is punc

User Guide35Starting new lines and paragraphWhile you are dictating, you can use the following commands to duplicate the action of pressing the ENTER

ContentsivCHAPTER 5 Correcting and Editing 63Correcting mistakes 63Selecting text by voice 68Moving around in a document 71Copying, cutting, and

Starting to Dictate36Using the Dictation BoxNormally you can dictate and use Dragon voice commands in any text window of any application. However, you

User Guide37SavingFrom the File menu, choose Save. You can also say “Click File” and then say “Save.” Remember, you have to pause between the “Click F

Starting to Dictate38“What Can I Say?”Saying “What Can I Say?” brings up the Dragon Sidebar with Dragon Tips displaying below it. The Dragon Sidebar d

User Guide393 To see commands for the Windows Desktop, click on the desktop and watch the commands in the Dragon Sidebar change. A list of Global comm

Starting to Dictate405 For more information, see the online help.TutorialTo start the Tutorial, choose Tut or ial from the Help menu on the DragonBar

User Guide41Microphone button and volume displayWhen the microphone is on, the Vol um e Di sp la y shows the sound level: Yellow means silence or tha

Starting to Dictate42Extras toolbar If the button is in your edition of Dragon, you can click the Extras button on the far right of the DragonBar to

User Guide43Changing the DragonBar positionTo change the position of the DragonBar, click the Dragon icon at the far left of the DragonBar. A menu dis

Starting to Dictate44Using QuickStartThe Dragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon gives you quick access to Dragon and recent users. Right-clicking the Qui

User Guide45Using QuickStartYo u a c c e s s QuickStart by right-clicking the Dragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon. This action displays QuickStart m

CHAPTER11Introductionragon NaturallySpeaking let you talk to your computer instead of typing. As you talk, your words are transcribed onto your screen

CHAPTER474Working on Your Desktop his chapter describes how to control almost everything on your computer with Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice commands

Working on Your Desktop48To open a document or folder from your Windows® desktop, just say “Start” and then the name below the icon. For example, to o

User Guide49Opening and closing menus You can activate any menu by saying the menu name.To open a menu:1 Open a program window (for example, Microsoft

Working on Your Desktop50Selecting buttons, tabs, and optionsWhen Dragon is running, you can select any button, check box, text box, or other dialog b

User Guide51Selecting icons on the desktopYou can use voice commands to select icons on the Windows® desktop.To select an icon on the desktop:1 Switch

Working on Your Desktop52Resizing and closing windowsTo resize and close windows, say “Click” and then one of the following window commands: “Click” i

User Guide53You can scroll horizontally by saying “Move Left” and “Move Right” and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20). For example, s

Working on Your Desktop54For similar-sounding letters (such as B, D, and V), you can use the International Communications Alphabet to spell the letter

User Guide55 You can say “Press c” or “Press Charlie” but you cannot say “Press Cathy” or “Press Carl.”Capitalizing a letterYou can capitalize a lette

Introduction2About this guideThis guide covers all editions of Dragon. Most information presented applies to all the editions, and the manua notes any

Working on Your Desktop56Pressing function and numeric keypad keysTo press a function key (F1 to F12), say “Press Function” and then the name of the k

User Guide57Pressing other keysHere’s a list of other keys you can press by voice:SAY THEN Press Up Arrow Down Arrow Right Arrow Left Arrow Home Key E

Working on Your Desktop58Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouseDragon provides hands-free mouse control with MouseGrid and the mouse motion v

User Guide59the Recycle Bin, say “4.” A smaller MouseGrid will appear in the chosen grid square. 3 To zoom in over the desired area, say another grid

Working on Your Desktop60To move the pointer:1 Say “Mouse” followed by the direction and number of times to move it (up to 10). For example, say “Mous

User Guide61Moving the pointer with the mouse motion commandsIn addition to the mouse movement methods described above, you can also move the mouse by

Working on Your Desktop62 “Click,” “Double Click,” “Right Click,” or “Left Click” to click the mouse buttons “Go to Sleep,” “Stop Listening,” or “Mi

CHAPTER635Correcting and Editinghen Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the wrong words, you should correct these mistakes. By giving the program the right

Correcting and Editing64You can change the hot key assignment on the Hot keys tab of the Options dialog box. You can also click the Correction button

User Guide65press the Correction hot key again. Playback continues automatically from the point where you stopped. 5 Continue until all the text is co

User Guide35 This guide also includes tips and notes to help you use the software more effectively. Tips and notes appear like this: If you pause corr

Correcting and Editing66 Capitalize it (say “Cap That,” in this example, to get “Clinic”) Say “Unselect That” to cancel the selection and close (dis

User Guide67is Thursday, I have a meeting at 11 o’clock.” If you want to change the comma to a period, say “Select Thursday comma.” If the correct pun

Correcting and Editing68Selecting text by voiceUsing Full Text Control®You can revise your dictation without correcting it by selecting the text using

User Guide69You can also say “Select Again” if Dragon selects a word that sounds like the word you want, but is not the correct one (for example, “two

Correcting and Editing70Selecting your whole document To select all the text in your document, say “Select Document” or “Select All.” This command is

User Guide71Selecting a word or character You can select the current word by saying “Select Word.” To select a character, say “Select Next Character”

Correcting and Editing72Going to the beginning or end of a line You can move to the beginning or end of the current line by saying “Go to Beginning of

User Guide73Moving up or down a paragraph or line You can move up or down a paragraph by saying “Move Up a Paragraph” or “Move Down a Paragraph.” You

Correcting and Editing74Copying, cutting, and pasting textYou can move text from one place to another by using the “Copy That,” “Cut That,” and “Paste

User Guide75or four sentences (100 characters) you said; you can’t use “Resume With” to return to an earlier part of your document.To go back as you d

Introduction4Do I still need my keyboard and mouse?Although you can use Dragon to do almost everything on your computer by voice, some things are stil

Correcting and Editing76Deleting the next or previous word or character You can delete the next or previous word by saying “Delete Next Word” or “Dele

User Guide77If you say “Spell” by itself, without any letters after it, the Spell dialog box opens.You can then speak the letters and Dragon will type

Correcting and Editing78Although Dragon never makes a spelling mistake, the mistakes it does make can be challenging to find and fix. Sometimes, what

User Guide79to-speech useful for checking your work. See Notes on correcting with another author’s user files on page 83.Playing back dictation in a d

Correcting and Editing80To stop playback:To stop playback, do any of the following: Click the Stop Playback button on the Playback toolbar. Click an

User Guide81Dictate now, correct laterWhen you dictate into the DragonPad, you can save your dictation with your text so either you or someone else ca

Correcting and Editing82Correcting with the document author’s user filesYou should use this correction technique if you do not need to correct by voic

User Guide83 Notes on correcting with another author’s user filesThis technique is effective if all work is done on a single computer. Consult your Dr

Correcting and Editing84Text-to-speech is available only in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word, and Corel WordPerfect. You can, however, copy and paste tex

CHAPTER856Formattingou can bold text, change font sizes and styles, capitalize text, and apply other formatting by voice.Many Dragon NaturallySpeaking

CHAPTER52Installation and User Profile Creationhis chapter presents how to install and set up Dragon, and then how to train Dragon to understand your

Formatting86Capitalizing textCapitalizing first letter of next word you dictate Dragon capitalizes many words automatically, such as the first word in

User Guide872 Dictate the words you want capitalized. For example, say: “success is a journey [colon] seven steps to achieving success in the business

Formatting88turn it off when you are finished. This is usually easier than saying “No Caps” before each word.To dictate consecutive words in all lower

User Guide89Changing font faceChanging font sizeSay “Set Size” and then a size from 4 to 100 points. For example, say “Set Size 18.” Then, continue di

Formatting90order (font face, then size, then style). See the list of examples below: “Set Font Arial” “Set Font Arial 12” or “Set Font Arial 12 Po

User Guide91To add bold, italics, and underlining:1 Select the text you want to change.2 Say “Bold That,” “Italicize That,” “Underline That,” or “Stri

CHAPTER937Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Charactershis chapter describes how to dictate numbers, punctuation, Web addresses, and a few ot

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters94 If you want to dictate only numbers, you can switch to “Numbers Mode.” See Switching recognit

User Guide95 If you are having problems dictating numbers, currency, times, or dates, make sure that your Regional Settings match the language (dialec