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Improving Accuracy
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Launch the Command Browser
Click this link in the Accuracy Center to display the Command Browser,
the tool that lets you see all the commands available in your edition of
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
. In the Command Browser, you can also
create new commands customized to speed up your work. For more
information on the Command Browser, see page 98.
One minute to fewer errors
People’s speech can sound somewhat differently on different days
and at different times. A voice, for example, may sound more
gravelly in the morning than in the afternoon and more nasal in the
summer than in the winter. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
, however,
gives the best results if your voice consistently sounds the same. To
improve accuracy, retrain the program for a minute or two so it
recognizes how your voice sounds right then. This is the easiest and
fastest way to improve accuracy.
To retrain, from the Tools menu on the DragonBar, click Accuracy
Center. In the Accuracy Center, click “Perform additional training.”
Next, select a text to read from the list shown. Then click Record
and read the on-screen passages. This process is just like training
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
the first time. In this case, though, you
do not need to spend a long time reading. Just read for a minute or
two—about ten paragraphs. Click Finish and Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
will save your user files, newly adjusted to how
your voice sounds at this time. You should experience better
accuracy right away. Do this whenever Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
is making more errors than usual.
Note that to use this “one-minute training,” you must have
completed the full twenty-minute training once. Completing only
the five-minute initial training you did when you first created your
user file is not sufficient and the Finish button will be dimmed
(unavailable) until you complete the full training.
