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Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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If you share your computer with family members, friends, or colleagues,
they can also use Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Simply create a new set of
“user speech files” for each person who wants to talk to the computer.
Find out how in Chapter 6, “Creating New Users and Managing Users.”
After you become comfortable talking to your computer, you may want
to take the convenience of dictating a step further by using a portable
recorder with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. This option is available if you
have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred or Professional. We
recommend that you buy the Dragon NaturallyMobile™ recorder (a
handheld digital recorder offered by Dragon Systems) but you can also
use a recorder you already own. For more information, see Appendix A,
“Using Dragon NaturallyMobile.”
If you have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, you can expand the
power of using speech by creating your own voice commands. Find out
how in Chapter 7, “Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Commands” (Professional edition only).
The Professional edition also lets you create and customize additional
vocabularies for dictating in different subject areas. For more
information, see “Creating specialized vocabularies” on page 44.
What should I expect from
Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
One reason to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking is to do your writing more
quickly. Another is to reduce the stress associated with keyboarding. Or
maybe you just like the idea of being able to lean back in your chair, put
your feet up on the desk, and still get work done.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is good for all these reasons, but making it
work well requires some effort from you. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
actually learns about your voice and pronunciation as you use it. When
you use words the program doesn’t know, it will make mistakes, and
you’ll have to stop and correct them.
It may take a while before you feel comfortable and productive using
Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You can find out more about how to make
