C H A P T E R
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
9
2
Installing and Training
f you haven’t yet set up Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
, this chapter will
guide you through each step of the process, from plugging in the
microphone to training the computer to recognize your voice. It also
covers dictating your first sentence and explains the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
controls, buttons, and menus that appear on-screen
as you work.
System requirements
The recommended system requirements needed to run Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
properly are:
■
Intel
®
Pentium
®
II 400 MHz processor (or equivalent AMD
TM
processor)*
■
128 MB RAM
■
300 MB free hard disk space
■
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, Millennium, 2000, 98, or Windows
®
NT
®
4.0 (with SP-6 or greater)
■
Creative
®
Labs Sound Blaster
®
16 or equivalent sound card
supporting 16-bit recording
■
Microsoft
®
Internet Explorer
®
5 or higher (free download available
at www.microsoft.com
■
CD-ROM drive (required for installation)
■
ScanSoft-approved noise-canceling headset microphone (included)
■
Speakers (required for playback of recorded speech and text-to-
speech features)
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
6 has been optimized for a variety of
popular processors, including the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4, Pentium
®
III,
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