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Using Portable Recorders (Preferred and Professional)

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

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After you have recorded approximately 15 minutes of your reading the selection, 
click Next.

 If you do not have enough available memory for 10 minutes of recording, a message box 

will warn you. Open the Pocket PC Main menu, tap Settings, tap the System tab, and then tap the 
Memory icon. Drag the Memory slider to the right until you have at least 12 MB of memory free for 
Storage.

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The screen that appears and what you do next depends on the recorder type you 
have selected.

Recording with ScanSoft Voice Recorder on a Pocket PC

If you are using the ScanSoft Voice Recorder on a Pocket PC, do the following 
on the Pocket PC:

Tap File and then tap Training.

Tap the name of the text file you want to record and then tap OK.

Tap the Record button on the screen or press your device's Record button 
and begin reading the text on the screen or from a print-out. Read for at 
least 10 minutes. Do not stop the recording when you make a mistake. 
You will get a message when enough training data is collected.

Attach the Pocket PC to your computer.

RECORDER TY PE

HO W T O P R OCEED

Sony

®

 IC Recorder

Click the “Sony Memory Stick Voice Editor” or 
“Sony Digital Voice Editor” button and follow the 
instructions on the screen. 

Panasonic IC recorder

Click the “Panasonic Voice Editor” button and 
follow the instructions on the screen.

Pocket PC

In the "Select training recording" screen, select the 
location of your training file. Click Next to adapt 
the file.

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Страница 5: ...to your writing style 16 C H A P T E R 3 Starting to Dictate 17 Starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking 17 Turning on the microphone 17 Starting to dictate 18 Getting Help 21 Troubleshooting 22 The DragonBa...

Страница 6: ...Word 76 Working with Microsoft Excel Preferred and higher 80 C H A P T E R 8 Dictating Names Numbers Punctuation Special Characters 83 Dictating numbers 83 Punctuation 91 Dictating hyphenated words 9...

Страница 7: ...sing Portable Recorders Preferred and Professional 151 Installing recorder software 152 Creating a user adapted to your recorded speech 153 Dictating into your recorder 157 Transcribing recorded dicta...

Страница 8: ...a Options 189 A P P E N D I X A Version 8 File Structure 191 A P P E N D I X B MSI Installation Options 195 InstallShield setup exe options 197 MSI options specific to NaturallySpeaking 199 I N D E X...

Страница 9: ...end e mail messages You can cut and paste inside 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 spr...

Страница 10: ...utheast 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 numb...

Страница 11: ...ranscribed by Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 when you synchronize with your PC This functionality is installed separately from Dragon NaturallySpeaking See the online help for more information Preferred a...

Страница 12: ...e effort from you Dragon NaturallySpeaking 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 your mistakes you...

Страница 13: ...tandard Edition to 2 5 GB US English Medical Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or higher Windows XP Pro Windows XP Home Windows ME is supported only for Standard and Preferred editions 16 bit Creative Labs...

Страница 14: ...use the SPEAKER or HEADPHONE jack If you already have speakers for your computer you can also use these to playback recorded speech instead of your headphones Installing the software Before installin...

Страница 15: ...M drive Follow the on screen instructions during installation 2 Provide your customer information including the serial number supplied with your Dragon NaturallySpeaking installation 3 Choose your des...

Страница 16: ...aking launches at system startup time and adds the Dragon NaturallySpeaking QuickStart icon to the Windows task bar For more information on the QuickStart option see Using QuickStart on page 24 Instal...

Страница 17: ...agon NaturallySpeaking over the Internet when updates are available Click Finish to complete the installation The program may ask you to reboot your computer Activating Dragon NaturallySpeaking The fi...

Страница 18: ...u choose Activate Manually the activation process will direct you to the ScanSoft product activation web site where you will be prompted to complete several steps to activate Dragon Naturally Speaking...

Страница 19: ...is instance you will need the Dragon NaturallySpeaking CD to install the language files before you can create the user Vocabulary Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses a vocabulary to recognize words correctl...

Страница 20: ...out of place Dragon NaturallySpeaking may not be able to hear you clearly and may make more mistakes Consistent position is also important Make sure that you position the microphone the same way each...

Страница 21: ...ng a book or paper in front of your face Avoid having any source of noise or signal other than your voice directly facing the array within at least 15 feet Check your volume When the Adjust Your Micro...

Страница 22: ...yellow arrow shows you where to start reading To take breaks while you re training the program click Pause To advance through the first two screens you must say the sentences without pausing For the...

Страница 23: ...mistakes or laugh You should try to read exactly what you see on the screen but it s okay if you read something incorrectly The computer will either ignore the mistake or display the yellow arrow so y...

Страница 24: ...ese documents include Microsoft Word Corel WordPerfect text files HTML files and rich text files rtf Adapting to your writing style can add 5 to 30 minutes to user training Make sure all other program...

Страница 25: ...uickStart option see Using QuickStart on page 24 You can start Dragon NaturallySpeaking over a Remote Desktop connection Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home but interactive dictation is not su...

Страница 26: ...t a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect and begin a new document Make sure your text insertion point is at the start of the new document Remember to click in the window you want...

Страница 27: ...tion without you having to explicitly speak that punctuation The Natural Punctuation feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by focusing on what you are saying rather than how your...

Страница 28: ...Scratch That to undo a sequence of phrases To undo the effects of a command say Undo That If Undo That fails to undo an action try repeating the command until you completely undo the operation To stop...

Страница 29: ...n enabled you can say Save Document Getting Help To access the online Help for Dragon NaturallySpeaking click the Help menu on the DragonBar and choose Help Topics Alternately you can say Give Me Help...

Страница 30: ...k box is selected on the Startup Shutdown tab of the Options dialog box Tutorial To start the Tutorial choose Tutorial from the Help menu on the DragonBar The Tutorial includes a number of lessons cov...

Страница 31: ...ecorder transcription and playing back your dictation Correction Clicking the Correction button opens the Correction menu to teach the computer what you said See Chapter 5 Correcting and Editing Trans...

Страница 32: ...ith voice commands For example to show the Extras toolbar say Show Extras Bar For a list of other voice commands that control Dragon NaturallySpeaking see Controlling the DragonBar in the online help...

Страница 33: ...ckStart without re starting Windows by selecting Start Programs Startup Dragon NaturallySpeaking Using QuickStart You access QuickStart by right clicking the QuickStart taskbar tray icon This displays...

Страница 34: ...commands select Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 0 Sample Commands from the Start menu Professional editions only Tools select Programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 0 Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools...

Страница 35: ...llaneous tab of the Options dialog box See Miscellaneous options on page 184 for more information Starting a program To start a program from the Start menu say Start and then the name of the program e...

Страница 36: ...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 Opening and closing menus...

Страница 37: ...mmands are often typed into your document instead of recognized as commands you can make Dragon NaturallySpeaking recognize commands only when they are preceded by saying Click To do this select the R...

Страница 38: ...the desktop You can use voice commands to select icons on the Windows desktop To select an icon on the desktop 1 Switch to the Windows desktop To do this by voice minimize all open applications and pl...

Страница 39: ...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 You can scroll horizontally by saying Move Left...

Страница 40: ...ress 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...

Страница 41: ...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 l...

Страница 42: ...nu Press Shift Tab moves backward through dialog box options Dragon NaturallySpeaking ignores the command Press Control Alt Delete the keyboard shortcut for restarting a computer Pressing function and...

Страница 43: ...keys Here s a list of other keys you can press by voice Keypad Plus turns the microphone on or off Keypad Star opens the NaturallySpeaking menu on the DragonBar Keypad Enter SAY THEN Press Up Arrow Do...

Страница 44: ...ition the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen click the mouse buttons and drag objects all by voice Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid You can position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen b...

Страница 45: ...ce commands to click 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 t...

Страница 46: ...by voice To mark and drag an object 1 Position the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag and then say Mark for example say MouseGrid 9 1 Mark 2 Move the mouse pointer to where you want to dra...

Страница 47: ...the speed at which the mouse is moving Click Double Click Right Click or Left Click to click the mouse buttons Go to Sleep Stop Listening or Microphone Off to turn the microphone off To specify which...

Страница 48: ...ySpeaking User s Guide 40 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...

Страница 49: ...ust 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...

Страница 50: ...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 Pre...

Страница 51: ...up too much space on the screen select the Show only the choices option See Correction options on page 178 When the Correction menu list appears you can also choose to spell the word in this example...

Страница 52: ...oosing one of the alternatives in the Correction menu deletes those leading and trailing spaces Correcting Punctuation Note the following when correcting punctuation When you select a phrase more than...

Страница 53: ...new words to replace the selected text To use Select and Say 1 Dictate the sentence below US Canada Let s meet for lunch on Tuesday period Other Dialects Let s meet for lunch on Tuesday full stop 2 Sa...

Страница 54: ...instead of too Unselecting words If the wrong text is selected say Unselect That You can also unselect words by moving your insertion point by mouse or voice to another part of your document For examp...

Страница 55: ...elected the Scratch That and Cut That commands don t work nor can you overwrite the selection by dictating new text This prevents you from accidentally deleting a large part of your document To remove...

Страница 56: ...ying 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 t...

Страница 57: ...entence below say Insert After talk or Insert After lets me talk Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets me talk instead of type Moving up or down a paragraph or line You can move up or down a paragraph by sayi...

Страница 58: ...aying Scratch That When you say this command Dragon NaturallySpeaking deletes the last thing it typed into your document This may be a full sentence a phrase or just one word if that s all you said be...

Страница 59: ...Wednesday 2 To correct the sentence return to the last correct words you remember dictating For example say Resume With meet for lunch Remember not to pause in the middle 3 Then dictate the rest of th...

Страница 60: ...multiple times up to 20 by saying for example Backspace 5 Spelling as you dictate With the Spell command in Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can easily spell a word or phrase you want to dictate into your...

Страница 61: ...ark to get MacMillan in your document Spelling a word adds that word to the active vocabulary Words that contain numbers are not added to the vocabulary To dictate unusual text such as automobile lice...

Страница 62: ...on for later correction Professional and higher editions Playing back dictation from the Correction menu When you re working in the Correction menu click the Play Back button or say Play That Back to...

Страница 63: ...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 y...

Страница 64: ...dictate into the DragonPad you can save your dictation with your text so either you or someone else can correct it later You must create and edit your file in the DragonPad to be able to play back di...

Страница 65: ...ct on another If you correct dictation using the author s user files you must not correct by voice or you may reduce that person s recognition accuracy You can however improve the author s recognition...

Страница 66: ...ear a line a paragraph and so on and then say Read That Select the text you want to hear and then select Read That from the Advanced submenu or right click in your document and click Read That from th...

Страница 67: ...b of the Options dialog box Correct command brings up Correction menu Automatic playback on correction box With these settings Dragon NaturallySpeaking will automatically play back the author s dictat...

Страница 68: ...5 Correcting and Editing Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 60...

Страница 69: ...tter of the next word you dictate Dragon NaturallySpeaking capitalizes many words automatically It capitalizes the first word in a sentence following a period question mark or exclamation mark It capi...

Страница 70: ...en 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...

Страница 71: ...alizes this and other proper names Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters When you want to dictate consecutive words in lowercase letters for example names of computer files or e mail ad...

Страница 72: ...eady selected use the Format That command Changing the font as you dictate While dictating you can change the font face size and style by saying Set Font followed by the font attributes you want For e...

Страница 73: ...f you re changing only the font size use the Set Size commands not the Set Font command Changing the font later You can go back and change the font face size or style of text by selecting it and then...

Страница 74: ...t to change 2 Say Restore That to remove formatting Aligning text You can change how text is aligned by placing your insertion point in the text and saying Center That Left Align That or Right Align T...

Страница 75: ...of version 9 is supported Please check our Web site for the correct version information www ScanSoft com NaturallySpeaking support Microsoft Outlook versions 2000 XP and 2003 Professional and higher...

Страница 76: ...Check For New Mail or Check For E Mail You must be connected to the Internet to check your e mail You can say Mail Message Memo or E Mail interchangeably in any of the e mail commands Opening and clos...

Страница 77: ...t Subject or BCC to move to the respective field by that name 4 Say Go to Subject Field pause and dictate the subject of your message for example Planning a trip to see you 5 Say Go to Body Field paus...

Страница 78: ...e Just say the name of a link to click on it To use this feature you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 0 or later installed You can use voice commands to Go to any Web page on the Favori...

Страница 79: ...e the Add Favorites dialog box Entering a Web address in the Address bar You can dictate Web addresses URLs by saying Go to Address Follow these steps To enter a Web address 1 Say Go to Address to mov...

Страница 80: ...box you can dictate text In text boxes you can also correct recognition mistakes by voice just as you do when you re dictating into a document Clicking links buttons and images You can click the text...

Страница 81: ...ou could say Click News and Events Sometimes saying Click first is more reliable than just saying the link text alone 3 If more than one link matches what you said for example if there are two links o...

Страница 82: ...r example to click the button pictured below say Search You can also say Click and then the button name For example you could say Click Search or Click Search Button To unselect the button you must se...

Страница 83: ...or line at a time SAY TO Type Text or Edit Box Go to the first place on a Web page where you can enter text Click Check Box or Check Box Number all check boxes on the page and go to the first one Clic...

Страница 84: ...id commands is so large you should just try saying what you want to do If you get unexpected results say Undo That to undo the action and try a different way to say the command Alternatively you can o...

Страница 85: ...u want to do you can always say Undo That NaturallySpeaking has built in commands that work with Corel WordPerfect as well as global commands that work in all applications You can also use the Command...

Страница 86: ...e or paragraph Move the insertion point to either before or after the word line or paragraph you want to select and say Select Next Previous Word Line Paragraph TO SAY Change text properties Set Word...

Страница 87: ...ou want to create a table Say Add a Table or Create a number of rows and columns Table for example Create a Five by Seven Table Add rows and columns Say Add a New Row Column or Add number Rows Columns...

Страница 88: ...t into a cell overwrite the current contents of a cell or format the entire contents of a cell When you select a cell and begin dictating a yellow background appears to indicate that the dictated text...

Страница 89: ...OMMAND FUNCTION Press Left Right Up Down or Move Left Right Up Down Move to the next cell If you are currently editing the cell saying any of these commands completes the cell entry and moves to the n...

Страница 90: ...the contents of the selection right aligned left aligned or center aligned Color Shade This Cell Open the Format Cell dialog box with the Patterns tab selected so you can choose a color Format This C...

Страница 91: ...eaking will display either a number 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 di...

Страница 92: ...her Dialects by saying Format That Spelled Out TO ENTER SAY 1 one numeral one 5 five numeral five 17 seventeen 23 twenty three 179 one hundred seventy nine one seventy nine 5423 five thousand four hun...

Страница 93: ...ch 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 101 Dates You can dictate most dates the way yo...

Страница 94: ...pes the point 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 W...

Страница 95: ...e fraction normally TO ENTER SAY 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 9...

Страница 96: ...t pause after the word Roman Numeral when you re dictating a Roman numeral If you pause Dragon NaturallySpeaking may enter for example Roman numeral three instead of III Postal and ZIP Codes Dragon N...

Страница 97: ...Postcode followed 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...

Страница 98: ...e pound sterling sign fifty eight to enter 58 and so on In US Canada you must say pound sterling sign to enter since pound sign means in the U S vocabulary In all other dialects you can say pound sign...

Страница 99: ...tate other punctuation marks Even with Natural Punctuation turned on you can still dictate periods and commas As you become more adept at dictation and want more control over where punctuation appears...

Страница 100: ...more information see Changing word properties on page 128 TO ENTER SAY comma period dot point each one has different spacing characteristics question mark exclamation mark All Dialects exclamation po...

Страница 101: ...e second example shown here You can add s to a word by selecting it and then saying it again with apostrophe ess Dictating hyphenated words Many hyphenated words and phrases are already in the Dragon...

Страница 102: ...replacing it with a space To remove a hyphen 1 Say Select hyphen 2 Say Space Bar Preventing hyphens You can prevent Dragon NaturallySpeaking from entering a hyphen by pausing where the hyphen would n...

Страница 103: ...mpound That This command removes all spaces between selected words Or if no words are selected it removes all spaces in the last utterance Any tabs or line breaks are also removed To compound words 1...

Страница 104: ...t in your document by voice or by keyboard Dictating e mail and Web addresses Dictate e mail and Web addresses as you would normally say them Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically formats them for yo...

Страница 105: ...wercase letters on page 63 You can create Text and Graphics custom commands for e mail and Web addresses you use often See Automate Your Work Preferred and Professional on page 167 Dictating special c...

Страница 106: ...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...

Страница 107: ...pecial character a spoken form choose View Edit from the Words menu on the DragonBar This opens the Vocabulary Editor 6 From the Display drop down list at the bottom of the Vocabulary Editor choose Cu...

Страница 108: ...Words dialog box For example say double dagger 11 Click Done to close the Train Words dialog box 12 The Vocabulary Editor now has two words in the vocabulary with the same written form One has a spok...

Страница 109: ...ween words numbers and commands In addition to normal mode there are four additional modes Numbers mode The software recognizes only numbers commands and punctuation If you are dictating only numbers...

Страница 110: ...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 S...

Страница 111: ...aking You use the Command Browser to View and train both global and application specific commands Global Commands are the commands Dragon NaturallySpeaking recognizes regardless of the context Applica...

Страница 112: ...y commands for all applications supported by the Command Browser Starting the Command Browser To open the Command Browser click Command Browser from the Tools menu on the DragonBar To launch the Comma...

Страница 113: ...ick the pull down menu for the Current command context and select the appropriate application context The Command Browser displays all the commands supported in the selected context 2 Click the Only A...

Страница 114: ...t uses that word 5 Press the space bar or click Add until you have added as much of the specific command as you can to the Current list of words box 6 When you are finished adding keywords click or sa...

Страница 115: ...f commands valid in the chosen context in this case all those commands that contain the words set that and bold Expanding commands Some commands will not be fully expanded either due to their complexi...

Страница 116: ...arts of the command you don t have to say for the command to work Optional statements are shown in brackets Scroll down the list of Global Commands and select close the list This expands to close list...

Страница 117: ...eferred and higher Dragon NaturallySpeaking comes with a limited set of custom commands that you can use as is to fit your needs You can view these custom commands only in the Preferred and higher edi...

Страница 118: ...any variables The displayed command name corresponds to the MyCommand name in the MyCommands Editor Creating a new command You can automate your work by creating custom commands that let you type tex...

Страница 119: ...alog box or see the MyCommands section listed below You can also base a new command on an existing command For more information see Modifying a command below You can also use Tools Add New Command fro...

Страница 120: ...e button 6 Confirm that you want to delete the command The command disappears from the Command Browser You cannot delete many application specific commands Natural Language Commands or other built in...

Страница 121: ...This displays the groups where custom commands are available By default the groups Dragon User defined and all are available Use the plus icon to expand the commands For example 3 Select one or more c...

Страница 122: ...ands it contains in addition to any custom voice commands that were already in your voice command file You can also edit commands that are contained in the imported file Changing the command group and...

Страница 123: ...commands to modify by selecting the box to the left of the command name A check appears when you select the command You can select an entire group by selecting the box to the left of the group name 4...

Страница 124: ...9 Using the Command Browser Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 116...

Страница 125: ...f the most important factors in using the program productively The Accuracy Center The Accuracy Center provides a home page for taking advantage of all the Dragon NaturallySpeaking tools available to...

Страница 126: ...un Check your audio settings if you change microphones or sound cards Run the Acoustic Optimizer As you make corrections and perform additional training Dragon NaturallySpeaking stores this data in an...

Страница 127: ...Acoustic Optimizer Scheduler window is divided into two parts Left Pane The left window pane is an expanding list similar to the list tree in the Windows Explorer Use this list to select a particular...

Страница 128: ...our operating system requires a password to run such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP a dialog box will appear asking for your Windows user name and password 3 In the Open Select Frequency dialog box sel...

Страница 129: ...e Command Browser see page 103 Tools to improve your vocabulary When Dragon NaturallySpeaking gets a word wrong it s often because the word is not in the vocabulary This is more likely if the word is...

Страница 130: ...s or in a sequence of words that are all capitalized or have initial caps such as a book title It does not expect to find capitals in the middle of words or sentences To Add Words from Documents You m...

Страница 131: ...ulary Your speech files will be updated and saved automatically 6 You can optionally select new words to train so that the program can better recognize your pronunciation of the words you are added to...

Страница 132: ...curacy when writing e mail leave this option selected 3 Once e mail processing is complete the dialog box displays a list of contact names to add to your vocabulary Check the contacts you would like t...

Страница 133: ...mmonly used words in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary You can open Vocabulary Editor to find out whether a word is in the active vocabulary If it s not there you can add it If it is you can cre...

Страница 134: ...If so see View or edit your vocabulary on page 125 4 Click Add 5 Click Close to close the Vocabulary Editor Notes If the spoken form is blank you must say the written form for the word to be recogniz...

Страница 135: ...different written and spoken forms Look in the Vocabulary Editor window for more examples To delete a custom word from your vocabulary Normally you do not need to delete words from the active vocabul...

Страница 136: ...t on the Words menu on the DragonBar The Vocabulary Editor displays 2 Find the word whose properties you want to modify and select it 3 Click the Properties button to open the Word Properties dialog b...

Страница 137: ...Tools menu of the DragonBar click or say Accuracy Center 2 In the Accuracy Center click or say Run the Vocabulary Optimizer This displays the Vocabulary Optimizer dialog box 3 Select E mail to have D...

Страница 138: ...be useful if you dictate on several unrelated topics for example if you dictate medical reports part of the time and dictate a e mail at other times In this case you could create separate vocabularie...

Страница 139: ...llySpeaking recognizes your speech The Performance Assistant is presented as a series of questions As you answer questions about how you normally use Dragon NaturallySpeaking and click or say the corr...

Страница 140: ...1 0 Improving Accuracy Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 132...

Страница 141: ...up multiple dictation sources for a user Creating a new user When someone new wants to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking that person needs to follow the steps described in this section to create a new user...

Страница 142: ...ing you need to open your own user before you start using the program Or if you have more than one user of your own for example you have a separate user for your portable recorder always remember to s...

Страница 143: ...contain up to 128 characters including spaces Special characters are not allowed in user names 4 To close the Manage Users dialog box click Cancel You cannot rename the currently open user If you hav...

Страница 144: ...peech files You can change the frequency of automatic backups or turn this feature off On the NaturallySpeaking menu click Tools Options Data tab Using the Automatically back up user files every n sav...

Страница 145: ...xample Elmo Restored1 4 Open the restored user to begin working with it Delete the older version in this example the user named Elmo and rename the one you just restored Changing the backup location Y...

Страница 146: ...g menu select Manage Users 2 In the Manage Users dialog box select the user you want to import or export 3 Click the Advanced button and then select Import or Export depending on what action you want...

Страница 147: ...the users click Next 3 For the users selected the Upgrade Wizard lets you specify to upgrade only the selected user all users in the directory you selected or choose which users should be upgraded Onc...

Страница 148: ...abulary and training but use the dictation style most convenient for you at that moment This ability is especially useful for a roaming user that you use for dictation at different locations using a v...

Страница 149: ...ragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 141 5 Select the user you just modified and click Open If you have not previously trained the user with the new dictation source the New User wizard appears and yo...

Страница 150: ...1 1 Managing Users Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 142...

Страница 151: ...les containing the same vocabulary words and acoustic information Roaming User Concepts The Roaming User feature works by employing a single network or master user that can be opened from multiple net...

Страница 152: ...NaturallySpeaking with that user all the changes you saved are available to you regardless of which computer on the network you use for dictation You have a laptop tablet or other portable computer f...

Страница 153: ...on to the right of the Network directory box 2 Use the Browse for Folder dialog box to open a location where you want to store the network roaming user It should be in a location accessible to all com...

Страница 154: ...lect this box to prevent making the files that contain the acoustic data from the latest ion available to the Acoustic Optimizer when the program synchronizes the local and the network roaming user Th...

Страница 155: ...ser and the local directory for the local roaming user are set see the procedures in the section Setting up the Roaming User feature 4 Click OK 5 Open either the Open User or the Manage User dialog bo...

Страница 156: ...k Save to Roaming The program will save the user in the location specified as the Network directory in the Administrative Settings dialog box 5 Repeat the process for any other local users you want to...

Страница 157: ...r vocabulary while words deleted from the local roaming user are removed from the network roaming user vocabulary Acoustic data files with a DRA extension is copied from the local roaming user and add...

Страница 158: ...imization 4 Say New Task or click the New Task button If your operating system requires a password such as Windows NT Windows 2000 or Windows XP a dialog box will appear asking for your Windows user n...

Страница 159: ...ese steps whenever you want to use your recorder with Dragon NaturallySpeaking Dictate into your recorder Transcribe the recorded dictation Correct mistakes Supported recorders Dragon NaturallySpeakin...

Страница 160: ...came with your recorder This functionality is installed separately from Dragon NaturallySpeaking See the online help for more information on installing Palm OS using Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transc...

Страница 161: ...ur device Installing Palm OS support Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred and higher you can dictate into any device that supports the Palm OS and have your recording transcribed by Dragon NaturallySpea...

Страница 162: ...ick or say New The New User Wizard guides you through the steps of creating a user As you complete the steps click Next whenever you are ready to continue 3 On the Create User screen enter a unique na...

Страница 163: ...away from your computer Printing out the text you selected to read may greatly help reading the text while using a handheld recorder Olympus Digital recorders Go to step 4 Pocket PC device used as dig...

Страница 164: ...order on a Pocket PC do the following on the Pocket PC Tap File and then tap Training Tap the name of the text file you want to record and then tap OK Tap the Record button on the screen or press your...

Страница 165: ...Olympus recorder If you have the most recent version of the Olympus DSS Player or DSS Player Plus installed on your system you will see an Olympus DSS Player button Click the Olympus DSS Player butto...

Страница 166: ...ed command set When you are dictating into a recorder most of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice commands cannot be used effectively because they require that you see the results on a computer screen...

Страница 167: ...t connect your recorder or in some cases your recorder s memory card to your computer Connect your recorder in the same way as you did when you created a user trained for your recorded speech The foll...

Страница 168: ...ecific options and click the Advanced button For a more detailed description of the options see the The Advanced Settings dialog box on page 162 Transcribe From dialog box If you have recorded using s...

Страница 169: ...ibe button You can only transcribe the nwv format with this dialog You can also select the memory location of the Pocket PC folder if the file you want is not displayed in the list You can store recor...

Страница 170: ...pen dialog box displays Locate the files you want to transcribe and click the Transcribe button to begin transcription Recorders plugged into the Line In jack If your dictation source is Recording dev...

Страница 171: ...accepts text Commands You can choose either the All Commands Restricted Commands or Dictation Only option All Commands enables all Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands during transcription Any command r...

Страница 172: ...to pause for more than the number of seconds you choose At the end of your dictation be sure that you record silence for at least that number of seconds Troubleshooting If text doesn t appear on the s...

Страница 173: ...en the user you created for the Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder if it is not already open 2 Make sure the recorder is connected to the serial port of your computer 3 Click the Microphone button on the...

Страница 174: ...1 3 Using Portable Recorders Preferred and Professional Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 166...

Страница 175: ...tion Step by Step commands are useful for controlling applications and for multistep tasks Professional and higher editions Advanced Scripting which allows people familiar with programming languages s...

Страница 176: ...n see Working with Custom Commands Preferred and higher on page 109 Creating new commands There are two ways to create a new command Using the Command Browser For more information see Creating a new c...

Страница 177: ...te the command in the Command Browser By default the groups Dragon and User defined are available To create your own group select User defined and type over it with a group name of your choosing The n...

Страница 178: ...d you want The available Command Types depend on your version 7 Create the content for your command See the sections below for more information For information on Macro Recorder commands or Advanced S...

Страница 179: ...s 3 Click Save to save your new command 4 Switch to the application you want and test your new command by saying its name For example switch to Microsoft Word and say home address Your address should...

Страница 180: ...Step command begin by following the steps in Creating new commands on page 168 Then do the following 1 Select Step by Step in the Command Type list 2 Select a type of step from the list in the lower...

Страница 181: ...5 Continue adding steps repeat items 2 through 4 above To edit a step select it and click Edit To delete a step select it and click Delete 6 Click Save to save your new command 7 Switch to the applic...

Страница 182: ...ragon NaturallySpeaking to use them as templates for your own commands The sample commands are fully commented Getting more information on structured commands For more information on structured comman...

Страница 183: ...sing The Availability defines where the command will be available Global The command will be available in every application Application specific The command will be available in the application you sp...

Страница 184: ...1 4 Automate Your Work Preferred and Professional Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 176...

Страница 185: ...keys customize how text is formatted start Dragon NaturallySpeaking with the microphone on change how frequently your user files are backed up and make many other changes to the standard behavior To o...

Страница 186: ...if you pause after saying the command Spell the Spell dialog box will appear even if this box is not selected Automatic playback on correction Select this box to automatically enable the playback of...

Страница 187: ...t setting Enable Natural Language Commands Allows the use of Natural Language commands that you can use with a variety of applications such as Microsoft Word Corel WordPerfect AOL and Microsoft Excel...

Страница 188: ...w you to use mouse motion commands such as Move Mouse left Faster and Slower Click the Speed button to select a mouse motion speed between 2 slowest and 25 fastest Restore defaults Clicking this butto...

Страница 189: ...s the length of time before the Results box disappears after a recognition From a list you can choose to never hide it or never show it or you can set a delay after which it automatically hides itself...

Страница 190: ...tation recognition Changes the hot key that forces words to be recognized as dictation words rather than commands The default is the SHIFT key DragonBar menu Changes the hot key that opens the Natural...

Страница 191: ...alled Dragon NaturallySpeaking Click the Related Topics button to see a list of the default hot keys If you are using a laptop computer that does not have a numeric keypad you should assign different...

Страница 192: ...Speaking loads the text to speech engine the first time you use a text to speech command after starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking The text to speech engine should not affect performance so generally yo...

Страница 193: ...tems out loud to vision impaired users Some screen readers have trouble reading menus unless this option is turned on If this option is on the small icons next to menu items will disappear Use Active...

Страница 194: ...ttings Properties sheet Automatically format text Turns on different forms of automatic number formatting which lets you dictate numbers in a natural manner and different forms of word formatting such...

Страница 195: ...go near the water Dragon NaturallySpeaking will transcribe Do not go near the water In some situations the formal expression of a contraction may be ambiguous For example the phrase It s always could...

Страница 196: ...ing to explicitly speak that punctuation Dictation with this feature turned on should duplicate the same natural pauses for commas and periods that you typically use in conversational speech If commas...

Страница 197: ...not selected before you run the Acoustic Optimizer you may see a message that there is not enough data for the Acoustic Optimizer to process Be sure that this option is selected whenever you use Drag...

Страница 198: ...s your document and the extension of DRA Since each DRA file takes up approximately 1 5 MB of disk space per minute of saved dictation you should delete the file when you no longer need it for correct...

Страница 199: ...l supported Windows operating systems The directory structure before upgrading to V8 C Program Files Dragon NaturallySpeaking Custom Data Help Program Results Training Tutorial optional installation U...

Страница 200: ...stall Dragon NaturallySpeaking C Windows Speech VText dll Vdict dll WrapSAPI dll XTel Dll Xcommand dll Xlisten dll Xvoice dll spchtel dll speech cnt speech dll vcauto tlb vcmd exe vcmshl dll vtxtauto...

Страница 201: ...A P P E N D I X Version 8 File Structure Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 193 Data Data Training Users C Windows Profiles username Application Data ScanSoft NaturallySpeaking Results...

Страница 202: ...A P P E N D I X Version 8 File Structure Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 194...

Страница 203: ...and line options specific to how InstallShield Setup setup exe calls msiexec exe Command line options specific to NaturallySpeaking setup using msiexec exe MSI Installer location Dragon NaturallySpeak...

Страница 204: ...e a r u c m o p v x Logfile Specifies the location of an installation logfile and specifies the nature of the information to be logged i Status messages w Nonfatal warnings e All error messages a Sta...

Страница 205: ...er msiexec exe installation If you run setup exe rather than msiexec exe to install NaturallySpeaking you can specify any Windows Installer command line options using the v option For example for MSI...

Страница 206: ...rguments to Windows Installer See above for details This option is requred when trying to extract the msi files EXTRACTFILE S c xyz The directory to which the msi mst files will be extracted Long path...

Страница 207: ...Feature1 Featu re1 The value of the ADVERTISE property is a list of features delimited by commas that are to be advertised To install all features as advertised use ADVERTISE ALL on the command line...

Страница 208: ...essary Note case This should not be uppercased REINSTALL Feature1 Feature2 or ALL The value of the REINSTALL property is a list of features delimited by commas that are to be reinstalled To reinstall...

Страница 209: ...nce of the REINSTALL property For example to launch a minor upgrade without using setup exe you must set the following properties through the command line REINSTALL ALL REINSTALLMODE vemus Therefore t...

Страница 210: ...n on the properties of all subfeatures unless those subfeatures have an additional override also specified Subfeatures are indented from their parent features and any information in parentheses is not...

Страница 211: ...Guide 203 Tutorial TutDEU German Tutorial TutENX English Tutorial TutESP Spanish Tutorial TutFRA French Tutorial TutITA Italian Tutorial TutNLD Dutch Tutorial Speech DEU German DEUGeneral German Gener...

Страница 212: ...Gastroenterology GeneralPractice US English Medical GeneralPractice Medical US English Medical No Specialty MentalHealth US English Medical MentalHealth Neurology US English Medical Neurology ObGyn U...

Страница 213: ...ve Defaults to 1 which restricts access to roaming user only and prevents dictating with a non roaming local user by accident Roaming User Copy Dragon Log 0 or 1 Copies the Dragon log file from the lo...

Страница 214: ...e below describes each option Roaming User Max Container Size 500MB Controls the maximum size for each container directory in the master user directory Defaults to 500 MB max of 10000 MB ASW Override...

Страница 215: ...Sets the installation directory to C ns8 SERIALNUMBER abcde fgh hij klmo pq The serial number A serial number is required for all installations ADDLOCAL ALL ADDLOCAL ALL installs all features locally...

Страница 216: ...A P P E N D I X MSI Installation Options Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 208...

Страница 217: ...tomating your work 167 B backing up a user 136 BACKSPACE key 52 back up location changing 137 Bold That 66 bookmarks See Favorites British English 8 bulleted text 66 buttons selecting 29 C Cap That 63...

Страница 218: ...ency 90 dictating times of day 86 spelling and punctuation conventions 2 dictate now correct later 56 Dictation Mode 101 dictation sources multiple 133 140 154 dictation saving for later playback 56 d...

Страница 219: ...oftware 152 International Communications Alphabet 32 Internet addresses 96 Internet Explorer adding a favorite Web page 71 clicking check boxes list boxes and radio buttons 74 clicking images 74 click...

Страница 220: ...8 3 New User Wizard 133 153 new user creating 10 No Caps Off 63 97 No Caps On 63 97 No Caps That 63 No Caps text 63 No Space 95 No Space Off 95 No Space On 95 numbers 83 changing formats 84 currency 8...

Страница 221: ...84 removing Version 5 7 Restore That 66 Restoring 137 restoring a user 137 restricted command set 158 Resume With 50 159 revising text See Select and Say Right Align That 66 Roaming User 143 creating...

Страница 222: ...ypeface changing 64 U UK English 8 Uncapitalize 63 Uncapitalize That 63 Underline That 66 unselecting text 46 Upgrading 7 26 138 191 directory structure 191 URLs dictating 71 user files creating 10 15...

Страница 223: ...Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 215 Index Y years 85 Z ZIP codes 88...

Страница 224: ...Index Dragon NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 216...

Страница 225: ...Partner contact them directly for technical support The answers to many Dragon NaturallySpeaking technical support questions can be found on our Web site at www ScanSoft com NaturallySpeaking support...

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