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1 4 Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
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Miscellaneous options
Use this tab to set miscellaneous options. Unless otherwise indicated, changing an
option only affects the current user; any other users keep their existing settings.
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Pause required before commands: Adjusts the time interval considered to be a
pause before you speak commands. The default setting is 250 milliseconds (.25
second). You should normally leave this at its default setting.
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Speed vs. Accuracy: Adjusts the number of words and phrases that the program
examines in order to find a word match. The more words examined, the greater
the possibility of an accurate match at the expense of using more memory and
taking a longer time to recognize your speech. You can use the Speed vs.
Accuracy slider to influence the performance of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. As
a general rule, you should move the slider farther to the right on faster
machines than on slower ones.
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Use Active Accessibility for menu and dialog control: Selecting this check box
specifies that Dragon NaturallySpeaking should use Microsoft Active
Accessibility features, which are required by some versions of Windows to
control the menus and dialog boxes of certain applications by voice.
This option is dimmed if Active Accessibility is not installed or if your version
of Windows does not require it. Changing this option affects all users.
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Require "Click" to select menu or control: requires you to speak the word
"Click" to select a menu command or Windows control. By default, this feature
is turned off.
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Use screen reader compatible menus: allows a screen reader to read menu items
out loud to vision-impaired users. Some of screen readers have trouble reading