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Go to Sleep

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Stop Listening

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Microphone Off

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say “

Shift Mouse Drag Up.

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Control

Alt

Right Shift

Right Control

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Содержание DRAGON MEDICAL - VERSION 10

Страница 1: ...Version 10 User Guide Dragon NaturallySpeaking Dragon Medical ...

Страница 2: ...e owners Designations used by third party manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products may be claimed as trademarks by those third parties Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks of Corel Corporation Lotus and Lotus Notes are registered trademarks of L...

Страница 3: ...er 22 Adapting to your writing style 23 Scheduling periodic optimizations 24 Upgrading Existing Users from Versions 8 x and 9 x 25 Version 10 File Structure 27 Accessing log files samples and tools 28 Setting command hot key backup options 29 C H A P T E R 3 Starting to Dictate 33 Starting Dragon 33 Turning on the microphone 34 Starting to dictate 35 Getting Help 39 Troubleshooting 41 The DragonBa...

Страница 4: ...ing text to speech 83 C H A P T E R 6 Formatting 85 Capitalizing text 85 Formatting text 89 C H A P T E R 7 Dictating Numbers Punctuation and Special Characters 93 Dictating numbers 93 Punctuation 104 Dictating hyphenated words 107 Dictating compound words 109 Dictating names 110 Dictating abbreviations and acronyms 110 Dictating e mail and Web addresses 113 Dictating special characters 114 Switch...

Страница 5: ... your documents as well as revise and format text Just think about what you want to say and then say it into the microphone Enter data into forms or spreadsheets Available in Professional and higher editions Most people can dictate numbers faster than they can type Using Dragon Professional or higher editions you can create custom voice commands to let you move from field to field on your form by ...

Страница 6: ...are brackets 3 This guide applies to the five English dialects that ship with Dragon US English UK English Australian English Indian English Southeast Asian English US English uses US spelling punctuation and time and currency formats We recommend US English for Canadian users since this dialect formats numbers including times telephone numbers and currency in North American formats All other dial...

Страница 7: ...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 is good for all these reasons but making it work well requires some effort from you Dragon learns about your voice and pronunciation as you use it When you use words the program doesn t know it will misrecognize them By correcting y...

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Страница 9: ...s the minimum requirements If your system does not meet the requirements the software will not be installed 512 MB RAM minimum Recommended 1 GB RAM For Windows Vista 1GB RAM is required 512 KB minimum L2 Cache Recommended 1 GB L2 Cache Minimum of 1 GB of free hard disk space Minimum 2 5 GB for Dragon Medical Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or higher or Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 or higher Wind...

Страница 10: ...ort Plugging in the microphone To use Dragon you will need to plug in your microphone If you are not sure how to plug in your microphone consult the documentation that came with your microphone If you already have speakers for your computer you can also use these to playback recorded speech instead of your headphones Multiple users on one computer Dragon is licensed on a per individual basis You a...

Страница 11: ...files from these previous versions remain intact and can be upgraded when you install Dragon Version 9 5 or higher Coexistence with other Dragon products Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon You can have only one version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking installed on your system Running Version 8 x or 9 x concurrently with Version 10 is not supported Coexistence with Dragon NaturallySpeaking SDK...

Страница 12: ...tor you want to create a Dragon user for a Windows limited user user with restricted privileges you must log on using that Windows limited user account before creating the Dragon NaturallySpeaking user If you create a Dragon user account for a limited user while logged in as a Windows administrator the limited user will not be able to access that user account These restrictions also apply to an up...

Страница 13: ...llation proceed to Installing software Custom Installation on page 11 Otherwise proceed with Installing software Typical Installation on page 9 Installing software Typical Installation To install all features of Dragon 1 Insert the Dragon DVD into your DVD drive If the installation does not start automatically use Windows Explorer to find and double click setup exe on the DVD TYPE DESCRIPTION Typi...

Страница 14: ...d begins click Next to proceed to the License Agreement page Read the text and select I accept the terms then click Next 4 Enter your User Name and Organization and the Serial Number supplied to your installation 5 Optional When the Setup Type page appears click the Change button and choose where to install the product If no earlier versions of Dragon are installed on your system the default direc...

Страница 15: ...tart it now 10Select Start All Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 The DragonBar appears on your desktop 11 optional If you have users from Version 8 x or 9 x that you would like to upgrade before proceeding refer to Upgrading Existing Users from Versions 8 x and 9 x on page 25 12If you have no previously existing users the New User Wizard starts immediately after you ...

Страница 16: ...rms then click Next 4 Enter your User Name and Organization and the Serial Number supplied to your installation 5 Optional When the Setup Type page appears click the Change button and choose where to install the product If no earlier versions of Dragon are installed on your system the default directory is C Program Files Nuance NaturallySpeaking10 For a list of directories created by installation ...

Страница 17: ... subfeatures on local hard drive Install when it is needed on a just in time basis These options are particularly useful for installing multiple languages and or multiple vocabularies For example see the selections for the Southeast Asian English vocabulary shown in the illustration below If you are using Dragon Medical you can choose to install for example the Surgery vocabulary under US English ...

Страница 18: ...ld install the US American English user files OPTION DESCRIPTION Modify the application s settings for all users Displays the Options dialog box at the end of the instal lation here you set several options for all users at once see online Help for details Useful for an installation in a shared area for example in an examining room where multiple healthcare providers can dictate Modify the administ...

Страница 19: ... on page 16 Setting formatting options on page 17 13If you chose to upgrade speech files earlier when the message about upgrading your user speech files pops up click OK The message might tell you that the installation will not be complete until after your system is restarted 14Check Yes check for program updates to download any updates after the setup completes and click Finish to complete the in...

Страница 20: ... Modifying administrative settings If you checked Modify the administrative settings during a custom installation the Administrative Settings dialog box opens immediately after the installation ends If you did a typical installation open the Administrative Settings dialog box by running Dragon NaturallySpeaking without opening a user and selecting Tools Administrative Settings In the Administrativ...

Страница 21: ...id not do a custom installation to set up formatting Run Dragon open a user and select Tools Formatting Then choose the General tab The Formatting dialog box for all versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking appears as shown below In Dragon Medical the Formatting dialog box offers a wider variety of options shown in the next illustration including NOTE Choose the options to apply to your dictated docum...

Страница 22: ...e you can begin using Dragon you must create a user for each person or healthcare provider who is dictating Your user files store acoustic information about your voice that Dragon uses to recognize what you say These files also store any changes you make to the standard vocabulary any specialized words names acronyms and abbreviations you add ...

Страница 23: ...e languages If you have purchased an edition with support for more than one language you can add languages by later choosing Custom during the installation and having the Dragon DVD available to install the language files for creating the user 3 Select your microphone or other audio input device from the Dictation source drop down list 4 Vocabulary Select the appropriate vocabulary from the drop d...

Страница 24: ...ly recognize your speech Completing initial training before you start dictating enhances initial recognition accuracy Choose the type of training to carry out None Choose to skip initial training Short Choose to read aloud from provided text Provides greater initial accuracy than None Special Choose if you have difficulty speaking a strong accent a speech impediment or stuttering If you skip initi...

Страница 25: ... bending it out of position or removing the headset Using a handheld microphone Hold the microphone one to three inches from your mouth and a little off to the side If the volume display on the DragonBarTM turns red try holding the microphone slightly farther from your mouth Using an array microphone Position the array 18 to 30 inches from pointed at your mouth Avoid blocking the path between your...

Страница 26: ... on your sound card and microphone you set the boost from the Level or Custom tab If you see a slider to set the boost move the slider all the way to the right for the maximum boost If you see a Boost checkbox select the checkbox 5 Proceed with Training a new user on page 22 Training a new user If you selected Short training when you created the user you are prompted to start General Training afte...

Страница 27: ...ectly The computer either ignores the mistake or positions the yellow arrow at the beginning of the text for you to reread it The progress bar shows how much text is left to dictate During training dictating punctuation is not necessary 4 When you ve read enough the New User Wizard displays a congratulations message Click OK and Dragon starts adapting to your voice 5 Proceed to Adapting to your wr...

Страница 28: ...how often and what time of day to run each optimization Instead of Daily Weekly and Monthly you can run the optimization At System Startup At Logon or when the system is idle 3 You might be asked to enter your Windows password 4 Under Data Collection you set whether or not to collect data and schedule when it should be collected If you choose to turn it on this process collects 500 MB of acoustic ...

Страница 29: ... can change them after you have finished creating the user as explained in these online Help topics Enabling Natural Language Commands Adjusting Speed vs Accuracy Upgrading Existing Users from Versions 8 x and 9 x If you chose to upgrade existing users during the installation the User Upgrade Wizard appears the first time you run Version 10 If you do not want to upgrade users right now you can exi...

Страница 30: ...ou do not set a location the files are placed in the default location see Version 10 File Structure on page 27 5 Optional If you want to make changes to the user locations base vocabularies and or acoustic models click the Advanced button and the Advanced Options dialog box opens In this dialog box you can make finer adjustments to how the wizard upgrades particular users You see a list of the use...

Страница 31: ... a user to dictate Version 10 File Structure File locations shown apply to installations in the default location Windows 2000 XP Pro XP Home Windows Server 2003 directory structure C Program Files Nuance NaturallySpeaking10 Ereg Help Program Tutorial optional C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Nuance NaturallySpeaking10 Custom Data Data Training Users C Documents and Settings user...

Страница 32: ...se files Accessing log files samples and tools You can open log files and samples from the desktop NaturallySpeaking log file dragon log Select Start Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 0 Show Dragon Log NaturallySpeaking setup files dgnsetup log Select Start Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 0 Show Setup Log Structured command samples Select Start Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 0 Sample...

Страница 33: ...d that opens the Spell dialog box You can choose to have Select bring up the Correction menu then indicate how it should display by checking off items under Correction Menu Commands tab Types of commands you can dictate Under the Commands tab you can choose the type of commands you want to be able to dictate Alongside Natural Language commands you might also want to enable mouse commands such as D...

Страница 34: ...ictation modes Open the Dragon menu on the DragonBar Wake microphone up from Sleep mode Take press to talk action Open the Dictation Box Play back audio Increase audio playback speed Transfer text from the Dictation Box Run Dragon in Hidden mode If your computer does not have a number pad you must set these hot keys to keyboard keys to use them Text to speech tab Readback voice Dragon Medical load...

Страница 35: ... usage options Under the Data tab you can choose to Store corrections in an archive for use by optimizer engines and set the maximum size that the archive is allowed to reach Maintain smaller user files to easily move to other computers Use only new training data when optimizing after training rather than using all data available for that user Set amount of extra space on the disk to reserve for h...

Страница 36: ...dical Edition only Under the Dictation Box tab you can Set the font size style and color of the text shown in the Dictation Box Set the ways you can paste such as using keys or commands Set whether the Dictation Box is hidden or visible Count the number of characters and display the total Store text in the clipboard after you transfer it from the Dictation Box Dictate Top Left Fast Forward Top Rig...

Страница 37: ...nteractive dictation is not supported Using a Remote Desktop connection you can access the DragonBar and transcribe dictation but you cannot use a microphone attached to the remote machine to dictate Double clicking the Dragon icon on the desktop Selecting Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 0 Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 0 from the Start menu If the QuickStart option is enabled right clicking the...

Страница 38: ...n in the Windows task bar The button and the volume meter on the DragonBar change to show if the microphone is off or on Once the microphone is off you cannot turn it on again by voice Sleeping and waking up To make Dragon stop listening temporarily 1 Say Go to Sleep or Stop Listening Then Dragon ignores everything except the Wake Up or Listen To Me commands 2 To reactivate the microphone say Wake...

Страница 39: ... from yellow to green as you speak indicating the volume of your dictation When Dragon recognizes what you said as a command the Results Box displays a bold blue border You can also anchor the Results Box permanently in one place From the Tools menu of the DragonBar click Options then click the View tab and enable the Anchor option Don t worry about mistakes at this point Dragon improves as you us...

Страница 40: ...on on and autopunctuation off or by selecting Tools Options from the menu of the DragonBar and clicking Automatically add commas and periods on the Formatting tab For more information on Natural Punctuation see Using Natural Punctuation on page 104 Dictating punctuation You can dictate punctuation at any time while you are using Dragon even when Natural Punctuation is enabled Use the following lis...

Страница 41: ...and until you completely undo the operation To stop a recognition in progress and turn the microphone off click the small red button inside the Results Box You can change the very last phrase you spoke by saying Bold That Cap That Correct That and so on you do not have to select the text first To remove a trailing space after a word you can say Delete Previous Character You can create a spoken for...

Страница 42: ...2 Start the Dictation Box by either Saying Show Dictation Box Select Tools Dictation Box from the DragonBar Use CTRL SHIFT D 3 When the Dictation Box displays you can dictate and edit text inside the Dictation Box using all Dragon commands 4 Once you are done dictating and editing the text say or click Transfer The text you dictated in the Dictation Box is transferred to the application For more i...

Страница 43: ... can print individual Help topics with the Print button in the Help window To open the online Help links just say their names The links will be displayed next to the application window and will give you examples of the most common commands that work in the application you are currently using The online help includes the following information not found in this user guide Creating and Managing Users...

Страница 44: ...le Commands from the Help menu on the DragonBar or say What can I say 2 The Sample Commands window opens displaying a selection of commands next to the window you are working in 3 To see additional commands that are available click Command Browser at the top of the Sample Commands window For more information see the online help The contents of the Sample Commands depending on which application is ...

Страница 45: ...utorial includes a number of lessons covering the basics of Dragon Troubleshooting If you are having problems using Dragon or if you are getting unexpected results please refer to the Resolving Problems and Tips sections of the online help The DragonBar The DragonBarTM gives you access to Dragon functions and features Microphone button and volume display When the microphone is on the Volume Displa...

Страница 46: ... work consistently When you are in a non standard window the Select and Say indicator goes out indicating that you may have some difficulty selecting and editing dictated text Also when you start dictating into a non standard window the DragonBar will display Dictating into a non standard window If you have difficulty in dictating or correcting in one of these non standard windows use the Dictatio...

Страница 47: ...ck button you hear a recording of your dictation A yellow arrow displays on your screen during playback following what you said Click the Fast Playback button to play the recording at a faster speed Click the Start Playback button to return to a normal speed Click the Stop Playback button to stop the recorded speech playback Skip Back and Skip Forward Use these buttons to skip backward or forward ...

Страница 48: ...ras toolbar say Show Extras Bar For a list of other voice commands that control Dragon see Controlling the DragonBar in the online help Using QuickStart The Dragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon gives you quick access to Dragon and recent users Right clicking the QuickStart icon displays the QuickStart menu This option is installed at the end of Dragon setup process SELECT TO Docked to Top mode defa...

Страница 49: ...ble QuickStart 1 In the DragonBar menu select Tools Options and click the Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box 2 De select Launch in QuickStart mode on Windows startup Redisplaying the DragonBar To display the DragonBar while the product is running in QuickStart mode right click on the microphone icon in the QuickStart taskbar tray and select Restore Previous DragonBar Mode Temporarily Disa...

Страница 50: ...one File Take any of the actions you would other wise take from the Dragon menu on the DragonBar Open User Manage Users Close User Open Recent User Manage Vocabularies Open Recent Vocabulary Save User Files Tools Open any option from the Tools menu Words Open any option from the Words menu Sound Open any option from the Sound menu Help Open any option from the Help menu Exit Shut down Dragon if it...

Страница 51: ... the Options dialog box See the online help for more information Starting a program To start a program from the Start menu say Start and then the name of the program exactly as it appears on the menu or submenu of the Start menu You can also say the name displayed below the icon on your desktop For example to start Microsoft Internet Explorer say Start Internet Explorer Opening documents and folde...

Страница 52: ...d is running you can switch to it by saying Switch to Microsoft word You can also switch between open windows by saying Switch to Previous Window same as pressing ALT TAB and Switch to Next Window same as pressing ALT SHIFT TAB SAY THIS TO Switch to Next Window Switch to the next application Switch to Previous Window Switch to the previous application Switch to Microsoft Word Make Microsoft Word t...

Страница 53: ...k for example if the word click is typed into your document you may have paused in the middle of the command 3 Say the name of a menu item to activate it for example say Save 4 To close a menu say Cancel To open the Start menu say Click Start or Click Start Menu If commands are often typed into your document instead of recognized as commands you can make Dragon recognize commands only when they ar...

Страница 54: ...he tab alone or preceded by Click In the dialog box pictured you could say Options or Click Options to select the Options tab You can also move between tabs by saying Go to Next Tab and Go to Previous Tab In some programs you may not be able to select dialog box items by saying their names If this happens the following method of selecting items may work say Tab Key repeatedly to move to the item y...

Страница 55: ...r Dragon types the icon name and Windows selects it 3 To select another icon say Move and then the direction up down left right and number of icons up to 20 For example Say Move Right 1 Move Down 2 or Move Up 3 After you select an icon you can say Press Enter to start or open the program and Press Shift F10 to display its right click menu as if you had right clicked the icon with the mouse You can...

Страница 56: ...n online Help window or list box by saying Move Down and Move Up and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks up to 20 For example say Move Down 4 or Move Up 10 SAY THIS TO Click Minimize or Click Control Menu pause Minimize Minimize the active window Click Maximize or Click Control Menu pause Maximize Maximize the active window Click Restore or Click Control Menu pause Restore Restore window to p...

Страница 57: ...election Pressing keyboard keys You can activate Windows menus and controls by pressing keys With Dragon you can press any key on your keyboard by voice You can press letters numbers modifier keys SHIFT CTRL and ALT and so on You can say Press Press Key or Type all three voice commands work the same way Scratch That will not erase keystrokes dictated with the Press Key commands You must select the...

Страница 58: ...et word alpha through zulu a as in Albert Alice alpha b as in Bill Buffalo bravo c as in Cathy Carl Charlie d as in David daughter delta e as in Edgar enter echo f as in Frank fancy foxtrot g as in George gopher golf h as in Henry helmet hotel i as in Iris Ireland India j as in John justice Juliet k as in Karen kitchen kilo l as in Larry lemon lima m as in Mickey magic Mike n as in Nancy nobody No...

Страница 59: ...u re pressing keys you can press any combination of the modifier keys SHIFT CTRL and ALT at the same time as another key such as a letter For example you can say Press Control Z undoes last action Press Alt F opens File menu Press Shift Tab moves backward through dialog box options Dragon ignores the command Press Control Alt Delete the keyboard shortcut for restarting a computer u as in Ursula un...

Страница 60: ...ens the Correction menu See the complete list below Num Lock must be on for the Press Keypad commands to work You can say Press Num Lock to turn Num Lock on Pressing other keys Here s a list of other keys you can press by voice SAY THEN Press Keypad 1 Keypad 9 you can say any number from 0 to 9 All Dialects Keypad Point US Canada Keypad Period Other Dialects Keypad Full Stop Keypad Slash Keypad As...

Страница 61: ...User Guide 57 Down Arrow Right Arrow Left Arrow Home Key End Key Page Up Page Down Insert Key Delete Key Control Key Shift Key Alt Key Print Screen Scroll Lock Pause Key Num Lock Caps Lock SAY THEN ...

Страница 62: ...all by voice Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid You can position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen by using MouseGrid You can move the pointer relative to the full screen or the active window To use MouseGrid 1 Say MouseGrid to place the MouseGrid over the full screen as shown below or say MouseGrid Window to place it over the active window For example 2 Say a grid number from 1 to 9 t...

Страница 63: ...lick the mouse or mark and drag the object See the following sections for instructions You can undo the last MouseGrid action by saying Undo That To close MouseGrid say Cancel Moving the pointer with the Mouse command You can move the mouse pointer up down left or right a short distance a few millimeters by using the mouse pointer commands You can combine moving the mouse pointer and clicking the ...

Страница 64: ... for example say MouseGrid 9 1 or Mouse 2 2 Say Mouse Click Mouse Double Click Mouse Left Click or Mouse Right Click When an object is selected you can mark and drag the object as described in the next section Marking and dragging objects You can mark an object and drag it to a different location by voice To mark and drag an object 1 Position the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag and ...

Страница 65: ...on to choose how fast the mouse pointer moves when you use a mouse motion command The mouse motion commands Here is a summary of the available mouse motion commands While the mouse is moving you can say any of the commands above You can also say Stop or Cancel to stop the mouse from moving Up Down Left Right Upper Left Lower Left Upper Right or Lower Right to change the direction in which the mous...

Страница 66: ...ou want the SHIFT CTRL or ALT key held down during the mouse drag use one of these commands before saying one of the drag commands in the preceding table For example to drag with the SHIFT key held down you could say Shift Mouse Drag Up To drag with the right ALT key held down the ALT key on the right side of the keyboard you could say Right Alt Drag Mouse Upper Left Left Middle requires three but...

Страница 67: ... when prompted to preserve the adjustments the program makes You must select a word before typing over it Using the backspace key and retyping or saying Scratch That will not enable the software to learn from corrections and improve recognition accuracy For accuracy to improve you must first select text and then correct it or overwrite it with the words you said Correcting mistakes There are a num...

Страница 68: ... word or words into the Spell dialog box and then say OK Selecting a large amount of text or an entire document and then saying Spell That can produce unpredictable results 2 Verify that the correct text appears in the document in place of the misrecognized text and continue to the next misrecognition Correcting text while playing back dictation 1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the d...

Страница 69: ...the Correction tab and increase the number in Show no more than n choices If you want to display your choices without the Correction menu taking up too much space on the screen select the Show only the choices option See the online help for more information When the Correction menu list appears you can also choose to Spell the word for example say Spell That q u i c k Selecting a large amount of t...

Страница 70: ...e recognition choices in the Correction menu appear in boldface where they differ from the word you ve selected applicable only when you select multiple word at one time If you select any leading or trailing spaces including paragraph marks along with the text you want to correct choosing one of the alternatives in the Correction menu deletes those leading and trailing spaces Correcting Punctuatio...

Страница 71: ...e punctuation see example to the right If Natural Punctuation is turned on when you select a phrase that Dragon has added punctuation to the choices will include punctuation changes see example here When you select a word that has adjacent punctuation the Natural Punctuation feature added the selection will extend to include that punctuation Selecting text by voice Using Select and Say You can rev...

Страница 72: ...e period or full stop you can say Select Again to select a different one 5 To replace the period or full stop with an exclamation mark say exclamation mark It is often easier for Dragon to find the matching text if you select a short phrase rather than individual words If you select some words that are already correct just say them again along with the ones you want to change Selecting the same te...

Страница 73: ...omputer will understand you better by saying US Canada Select who Through unclear or Select who will Through an unclear Other Dialects Select who To unclear or Select who will To an unclear Then dictate the correct text you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear The final corrected sentence reads With a little practice you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear steady voice and the...

Страница 74: ...ph or line You can select the current paragraph by saying Select Paragraph To select the current line say Select Line You can also select a number of paragraphs or lines up to 20 For example you can say Select Previous 5 Paragraphs Selecting a word or character You can select the current word by saying Select Word To select a character say Select Next Character or Select Previous Character You can...

Страница 75: ...aying Page Up equivalent to pressing the PAGE UP key or Page Down equivalent to pressing the PAGE DOWN key You can move to the top or bottom of your document by saying Go to Top or Go to Bottom Going 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 Line or Go to End of Line Back 2 20 Characters Last SAY THEN Go to Top Move to B...

Страница 76: ... between any of the words Dragon lets me talk instead of type To place the insertion point after a specific word To move the insertion point after the word talk in the sentence below say Insert After talk or Insert After lets me talk Dragon lets me talk instead of type Moving 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 Y...

Страница 77: ...rs up to 20 For example you can say Move Left 4 Characters or Move Back 6 Characters as delineated in the next table Copying cutting and pasting text You can move text from one place to another by using the Copy That Cut That and Paste That commands To copy cut or paste text 1 Select the text you want to copy or cut 2 Say Copy That or Cut That 3 Move the insertion point to where you want to paste ...

Страница 78: ...re you were before the mistake Just say Resume With followed immediately by the word or words to which you want to return Then continue dictating Any text after the new position of the insertion point will be replaced with your new dictation When using the Resume With command remember not to pause in the middle Say Resume With and then immediately say the words to which you want to return These wo...

Страница 79: ...You can delete the next or previous line by saying Delete Next Line or Delete Previous Line You can also delete a number of paragraphs or lines up to 20 For example you can say Delete Previous 5 Paragraphs See the complete list below Deleting the next or previous word or character You can delete the next or previous word by saying Delete Next Word or Delete Previous Word You can delete the next or...

Страница 80: ...mand in Dragon you can easily spell a word or phrase you want to dictate into your document This can be useful if you are dictating a word that is not likely to be in the Dragon vocabulary such as a proprietary term a proper name or a non English word Say for example Spell b u o n space g i o r n o The word you spelled appears right in your document You must say Cap if the word contains a capital ...

Страница 81: ... are not added to the vocabulary To dictate unusual text such as automobile license plate numbers or product codes you can also switch to Spell mode by saying Switch To Spell Mode and then dictate letters You can make the Spell dialog box appear whenever you use the Spell command by setting the Spell commands bring up the Spell dialog box option on the Correction tab in the Options dialog box See ...

Страница 82: ... to play the dictation that goes with the words you re correcting Then edit the text to match what you said You can set up Dragon to play back dictation automatically whenever you open the Correction menu On the NaturallySpeaking menu select Tools Options Correction tab On the Correction tab select Automatic playback on correction Sometimes there s no dictation to play back For example you cannot ...

Страница 83: ...the double chevron icon on the DragonBar to open the Extras toolbar To play back dictation To play back dictation do any of the following Select the text you want to play back and say Play That Back Click the Start Playback button on the Playback toolbar Move the insertion point to the text you want to play back and say any of the following commands SAY TO Play Back Line Play back dictation for th...

Страница 84: ...of the following Click the Correction button on the Playback toolbar Press the minus key on the numeric keypad This stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction menu There you can correct the text for the last phrase played back By default Dragon stores about 30 minutes of dictation 40 MB If you want to be able to store more dictation you can change the amount of disk space that s set as...

Страница 85: ...ion If you save your dictation you can open your file later and play back and correct the text as if you had just dictated it Correcting someone else s dictation You can play back someone else s dictation and correct the text to match the dictation You can do this in two ways Correct the dictation using your own user files Correct the dictation using the document author s user files Correcting wit...

Страница 86: ... correct using someone else s user files 1 Make sure you are not wearing the microphone headset or that the microphone is not turned on or plugged in This action ensures that you don t accidentally reduce the accuracy of someone else s user files by using your voice 2 Be sure the DragonPad Extras toolbar is displayed so you can see the playback command buttons 3 Open the user files of the person w...

Страница 87: ...ion menu does not play back dictation When you correct someone else s dictation be sure that the amount of disk space you have reserved for storing dictation is at least as large as the amount allocated for the user that created the text You allocate the disk space on the Data tab of the Options dialog box Saving dictation with documents can take up more than a megabyte of disk space per minute of...

Страница 88: ... say any of the following commands To stop text to speech do one of the following From the NaturallySpeaking menu point to Advanced and click Stop Playback Reading Right click in your document and click Stop Playback Reading from the shortcut menu Press the ESC key You can control the speed pitch volume and other text to speech settings From the menu click Tools Options and select the Text to Spee...

Страница 89: ...ialog box See the online help for more information Capitalizing text Capitalizing first letter of next word you dictate Dragon capitalizes many words automatically such as the first word in a sentence following a period question mark or exclamation mark It capitalizes the first word after you say New Paragraph not when you say New Line and it capitalizes proper names when these words are already i...

Страница 90: ...cutive words When you want to capitalize consecutive words for example if you re dictating a book title you can turn capitals on and then turn them off when you re finished This is usually easier than saying Cap before each word Another way to do consecutive capitalization is to dictate the words pause and then say Capitalize That or Cap That To capitalize the first letters of consecutive words 1 ...

Страница 91: ... to save the settings Capitalizing critical words for emphasis in Medical Edition In the Dragon Medical edition to indicate that you want words such as ALLERGY or CODE BLUE or DO NOT INTUBATE to be in all caps for emphasis 1 On the DragonBar select Tools Formatting 2 In the Formatting dialog box click the Capitalization tab 3 Click the appropriate check boxes to indicate where you want capitalizat...

Страница 92: ...All Caps Off to turn all capitals off Dictating next word in all lowercase letters When you re dictating you can enter a word in all lowercase letters by saying No Caps and then the word For example say No Caps Jennifer to get jennifer Dragon normally capitalizes this and other proper names Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters When you want to dictate consecutive words in lowercase...

Страница 93: ...fy any combination of font name size and style in that order These commands change text you dictate from then on or text you have selected To set a new style for text you are about to dictate use the Set Font and Set Size commands To change the style of text you have already selected use the Format That command Changing the font as you dictate While dictating you can change the font face size and ...

Страница 94: ... the previous sections You can specify any combination of font face size and style but you must specify these attributes in that order font face then size then style See the list of examples below Set Font Arial Set Font Arial 12 or Set Font Arial 12 Point Set Size 12 Bold Set Font Arial Bold Set Font Bold Helvetica Palatino Times Times New Roman SAY THEN Set Font Bold Italics Bold Italics Underli...

Страница 95: ...as described in the previous section For example say Format that Arial 18 Bold italics and underlining You can apply formatting to text in your document by selecting it and then saying Bold That Italicize That or Underline That You can also say Strikeout That To add bold italics and underlining 1 Select the text you want to change 2 Say Bold That Italicize That Underline That or Strikeout That To ...

Страница 96: ... use the following commands on selected text Format That Centered Format That Left Aligned and Format That Right Aligned Bulleted text To add bullets to text place your insertion point in the text and say Format that Bullet Style To remove bullets say Format that Bullet Style again ...

Страница 97: ...codes as you normally say them Dragon will display either a numeral 3 or the word three based on the context To force recognition of digits as numerals instead of text without using the Numbers Mode say Numeral before you say the digit for example say Numeral Three to get 3 When dictating numbers You can use or omit the word and as part of a number For example say one hundred fifty instead of one ...

Страница 98: ...ty three 12 537 twelve thousand five hundred and thirty seven 142 015 one hundred and forty two thousand and fifteen 35 23 thirty five point two three 0 03 All Dialects zero point zero three Outside US Canada nought point nought three 43 28 forty three point twenty eight percent sign 02460 oh two four six zero 02460 1458 oh two four six zero hyphen one four five eight 2 3 4 two and three fourths 1...

Страница 99: ...bers Mode Off or Switch to Normal Mode For more information on Numbers Mode and more ways to turn Numbers Mode on and off see the section Switching recognition modes on page 119 Dates You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say them Say oh or zero to enter 0 In dialects other than US Canada you can also say nought See also Automatic formatting of dates times telephone numbers on page...

Страница 100: ...int if you say a m or p m when dictating the time depending on the regional setting Say o clock or point zero zero to enter 00 The format of a m and p m depends on your computer s regional Windows settings See also Automatic formatting of dates times telephone numbers on page 98 TO ENTER SAY 8 30 eight colon thirty or eight numeric colon thirty 7 45 AM seven forty five a m 10 22 PM ten twenty two ...

Страница 101: ... 965 5200 nine six five fifty two hundred 617 965 5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two oh oh 1 800 555 1212 one eight hundred five five five one two one two 617 965 5200 open parenthesis six one seven close parenthesis nine six five five two zero zero 1 212 555 1212 one two one two five five five one two one two TO ENTER SAY 01628 894150 open parenthesis oh one six two eight close parenthesi...

Страница 102: ...in Windows In the Medical Edition only to indicate how to format times when you dictate o clock in the morning or a military time go to step 9 5 To have hyphens added to a phone number automatically click the check box labeled Format phone numbers Medical or Phone numbers all other editions 6 You can also click check boxes for Format other numbers Medical only and Prefer 5 million over 5 000 000 7...

Страница 103: ...orning 12To indicate the type of suffix that should automatically be applied when you dictate a military time oh eight hundred hours go to the Military time suffix drop down list and select one of these Keep hours Abbreviate as hrs or Remove hours 13Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box Fractions You can dictate most common fractions the way you would normally say them To dictate ...

Страница 104: ...cal to indicate you want first formatted as 1st second as 2nd and third as 3rd and so on 1 On the DragonBar select Tools Formatting 2 In the Formatting dialog box click the Numbers Units and Dates tab 3 Click the check box labeled Write one digit ordinals from third to ninth in hybrid form 3rd to 9th 4 Click OK to save the settings Roman numerals You can dictate Roman numerals by saying Roman nume...

Страница 105: ... II 1 On the DragonBar select Tools Formatting 2 In the Formatting dialog box click the Numbers Units and Dates tab 3 Click the check box labeled Use roman numerals for diabetes types 4 Click OK to save the settings L Roman Numeral fifty C Roman Numeral one hundred D Roman Numeral five hundred M Roman Numeral one thousand XXIV Roman Numeral twenty our XXXI Roman Numeral thirty one MCMXCVII Roman N...

Страница 106: ...by the letters and numbers that make up the postcode For Canadian postal codes say Postal code followed by the letters and numbers that make up the postal code Spacing and formatting will happen automatically To indicate that you want United Kingdom and Canadian postal codes formatted automatically in Dragon Medical refer to Automatic formatting of dates times telephone numbers on page 98 TO ENTER...

Страница 107: ...TO ENTER SAY 58 00 fifty eight dollars and zero cents 1 75 one dollar and seventy five cents 5 25 five dollars and twenty five cents 3 9 billion three point nine billion dollars 45 forty five euros 99 50 ninety nine euros and five cents 2 20 pound sterling sign two point two oh 5 million pound sterling sign five million TO ENTER SAY 58 00 dollar sign fifty eight 1 75 dollar sign one point seventy ...

Страница 108: ...cy amount say for example dollar sign fifty eight to enter 58 and so on Australian users can say fifty eight dollars to dictate 58 since the Australian default currency is in Windows Regional Settings Punctuation Using Natural Punctuation Dragon can automatically add commas and periods at the appropriate places in your dictation without your having to explicitly speak that punctuation This Natural...

Страница 109: ... tab of the Formatting dialog box By saying autopunctuation on and autopunctuation off Turning Natural Punctuation on and off by voice sets the option above in the Formatting dialog box If you disable Natural Punctuation by voice it stays disabled until you enable it again Dictating Punctuation You can enter the punctuation marks and symbols listed below in text you dictate For a list of all punct...

Страница 110: ...ng s as you dictate When you want to make sure that Dragon types a word with s say apostrophe ess after saying the word For words that open paren US Canada left paren US Canada left parenthesis All Dialects open parenthesis All Dialects close paren US Canada right paren US Canada right parenthesis All Dialects close parenthesis All Dialects apostrophe s apostrophe ess hyphen minus sign double hyph...

Страница 111: ...dictate To hyphenate words that Dragon doesn t hyphenate automatically just say hyphen wherever you want a hyphen TO ENTER SAY We took my brother s car We took my brother apostro phe ess car I met my friends children I met my friends apostrophe children TO ENTER SAY long lasting long lasting up to date schedule up to date schedule Tokyo based company Tokyo based company nine year old boy nine year...

Страница 112: ...ld normally be For example to type long lasting normally hyphenated say long then pause for a moment and then say lasting Or you can say long space bar lasting without pausing to insert a space in place of the hyphen Hyphens and dashes in Medical Edition In the Dragon Medical edition to indicate that you want a hyphen between a number and the word French or that you want a hyphen between a single ...

Страница 113: ...gon joins compound words such as note and book to form notebook automatically based on standard usage To dictate a compound word just say it as you normally would Compounding words as you dictate To compound words that Dragon doesn t join automatically just say No Space between the words You can also dictate consecutive words without spaces by turning No spaces on and then turning them off when yo...

Страница 114: ...y For example you can dictate Martin Luther King New York Times and Boston To dictate a name first try dictating the name Dragon automatically capitalizes the names it knows If Dragon incorrectly types the name correct it by keyboard or by voice see Correcting and Editing on page 63 If the program continues to type a name incorrectly after you ve corrected it several times train the word individua...

Страница 115: ...l 1 On the DragonBar select Tools Formatting 2 In the Formatting dialog box click the Numbers Units and Dates tab 3 Click the check boxes that indicate the usage you would like Rewrite cc after a number as mL Rewrite U after a number as units Write degree and degrees after a number as Insert a space between mm and Hg Write as percent Write out positive and negative before numbers and for blood typ...

Страница 116: ...check boxes on the tab 6 Click the Miscellaneous tab 7 Click the check boxes that indicate the usage you would like Here are some examples of check boxes on the tab new paragraph should insert one new line not two Dosage abbreviations with period Insert commas into oncology T N M expressions Replace with and Treat bracket as equivalent to parenthesis Write accented characters with their non accent...

Страница 117: ...h s g t h and u k Use the No Caps On and No Caps Off commands to enter an e mail or Web address in all lowercase letters For more information about controlling capitalization see Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters on page 88 You can create Text and Graphics custom commands for e mail and Web addresses you use often See the online help for more information Dragon Medical can autom...

Страница 118: ...he Dragon vocabulary To dictate these characters just say their names TO ENTER SAY ampersand or and sign asterisk at sign backquote copyright sign caret degree sign dollar sign or dollar euros or euro sign percent sign registered sign section sign trademark sign plus sign minus sign open euro quote close euro quote All Dialects hash sign or sharp sign US Canada number sign or pound sign US Canada ...

Страница 119: ... dictate a special character 1 Just say Spell plus the name of the character For example if you want to enter a double dagger sign into your document say Spell double dagger To add a special character to the vocabulary If you frequently want to dictate an unrecognized special character for example double dagger sign into your document you could add double dagger as a new word to the Dragon vocabul...

Страница 120: ... choose View Edit from the Words menu on the DragonBar This action opens the Vocabulary Editor 6 From the Display drop down list at the bottom of the Vocabulary Editor choose Custom Words Only You then see the special character you just entered under the Written form column as shown in this illustration 7 Click on the special character to select it In the illustration above the special character i...

Страница 121: ...ords dialog box For example say double dagger 11Click Done to close the Train Words dialog box 12The Vocabulary Editor might now have two words in the vocabulary with the same written form If one has a spoken form and one does not click on the word that does not have a spoken form and click Delete This leaves the word that does Type the way you would dictate the character for example double dagger...

Страница 122: ...o close the Vocabulary Editor Now when you dictate the character name in this example double dagger Dragon should enter the special character not the words You can perform this operation more quickly by directly opening the Vocabulary Editor and directly adding the written and spoken form You can change the formatting properties of a word such as whether Dragon should type a space before or after ...

Страница 123: ...y Spell mode is also useful for dictating internet or Web addresses Command mode The software interprets everything you say as a command and nothing is interpreted as dictated text Dictation mode The software interprets everything you say as dictation and nothing is interpreted as a command except for a few commands such as New Line and New Paragraph Hidden mode Like Normal mode but always sends r...

Страница 124: ... SAY Numbers mode Numbers mode On or Start Numbers Mode or Switch to Numbers mode Numbers mode Off or Stop Numbers mode or Switch to Normal mode Spell mode Spell mode On or Start Spell mode or Switch to Spell mode Spell Mode Off or Stop Spell Mode or Switch to Normal mode Command mode Command mode On or Start Command mode or Switch to Command mode Command mode Off or Stop Command mode or Switch to...

Страница 125: ...se 60 Coexistence with previous versions 7 Command Mode 119 commas automatically adding 104 Compound That 110 compound words 109 110 contractions See apostrophe s Copy That 73 copying text 73 Correct text Through text 2 69 Correct text To text 2 69 Correction menu 63 creating a new user 18 critical information capitalization of in Medical Edition 87 currency 103 Cut That 70 73 cutting text 73 D da...

Страница 126: ...ng font face size and style 89 removing formatting 91 fractions 99 G Give Me Help 39 Go to Beginning of Line 71 Go to Bottom 71 Go to End of Line 71 Go to Sleep 34 Go to Top 71 H help online 39 homophones tips for selecting 68 Hyphenate That 108 hyphenated words 107 dictating 107 hyphens 107 preventing 108 removing 108 selecting format in Medical Edition 108 I icons selecting 51 Indian English 14 ...

Страница 127: ...e 34 turning on and off 34 minus key 80 modes 119 money 103 mouse clicking 60 moving the pointer 58 59 61 MouseGrid 58 Move to Bottom 71 Move to Top 71 moving around a document before after specific words 72 to beginning end of line 71 by paragraphs or lines 72 scrolling 52 to top bottom of page 71 by words or characters 73 multiple users 6 N names dictating 110 Natural Punctuation 35 104 new user...

Страница 128: ...nal Settings control panel 95 Restore That 91 Resume With 74 revising text See Select and Say Right Align That 91 Roman numerals 100 S s 106 saving dictation 81 storage space for 83 Scratch That 70 74 scrolling 52 searching while selecting 68 Select Again 68 Select All 69 Select Document 69 Select text 67 Select and Say Select and Say Indicator 42 selecting text 67 again 68 characters 70 a documen...

Страница 129: ...on 99 setting automatic formatting 98 troubleshooting 41 typeface changing 89 U UK English 14 Uncapitalize 89 Uncapitalize That 89 Underline That 91 unselecting text 68 Upgrading 27 28 directory structure 27 user files creating 18 multiple users 6 users See user files W Web addresses 113 What Can I Say 40 windows switching between 48 words deleting 70 75 moving to next previous 73 placing insertio...

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