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End-User Workbook for Dragon Nat urallySpe aking Version 12 Note: Closing all pro grams before i nstalling is recomm ended. This al so applies to so ftware updates: a fter downloadi ng an update, clos e all program s including Dragon it self before launchi ng the update’s installatio n.
End-User Workbook (March 2013) for Dragon NaturallyS peaking Version 12.0 and 12 .5 Unless indicated o therwise, the mate rial in this workbo ok applies to all e ditions of Dragon Nat urallySpeaki ng, and the scree nshots are from the Pr ofessional edition.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved iii Goals and Prer equisites Dragon NaturallySpea king lets you s peak naturally to perform actio ns such as creating or editing doc uments, using e-mail, f inding online maps, news, images, and more.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved iv T able of Contents Goals a nd P rerequisites ...... ............. .............. ........... .............. .............. ........... .............. ............. .............. .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved v The Microphone’s Commands and Sle ep State .............. .............. ........... .............. ............. .............. ........... ......... 44 The Importance of Hot Keys, including Microphone O n/Off .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved vi “Clicking” menus , buttons and other interfac e controls ...... .............. ........... .............. ........... .............. ............. 7 8 “Natural La nguage Commands” and the Command Br owser .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved vii Launching the Aco ustic and/or Lang uage Model O ptimization ..... ............ ............. .............. ........... .............. .. 1 18 Scheduling the Optim izations and Data Collection .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 1 Getting Started and Creating a User Profile Dragon NaturallySpea king is speaker-de pendent software. I t relies on information spe cific to you, including what words and p hrases you use often, how you sound , what audio devi ce you use, and what softw are settings you h ave .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 2 You may also wish t o check the audio setti ngs at the level of Windows: see th e “Recording devices” se ction of the C ontrol Panel. (I n the example illustrated here, both Bluetoo th and USB are availa ble.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 3 Dragon 12’s Upgrad e Wizard can automatical ly detect such profiles present on your computer. ( This wizard is avail able any time from the Win dows Start menu, und er Dragon NaturallySpeaking T ools.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 4 The wizard will ask you to specify a “ region”. Dragon will use that info rmation to choose yo ur profile’s underlying A uto-Formatting o ptions and Vocabular y .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 5 Step 3 : O n the next screen, indicate whic h type of audio source yo u are about to use. N ote: even in editions that support tra nscribing recordings (editions Premium and higher), we suggest sta rting with a microphone s ou rce ty pe.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 6 Note: If your PC has only on e audio so cket ( like on mobil e phones), y ou must use a USB ada pter ( or USB microphone) or a Y-sha ped adapter ( “spli tter” ).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 7 The Hardware Com patibility List o n the Nuance we bsite contains spe cifics such as the rec ommended settings for a particul ar model of micr ophone or recorder.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 8 Dragon’s transcripti on feature (avail able in editions Premiu m and higher) can be particularly us eful to exploit what yo u dictate while o bser ving s omething (such as during a f ield inspection) or a fter an event (such as a meeti ng or a class).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 9 Remember that p ersonalizing the Vocabula ry is one of the keys to getting Drago n’s full benefits! Having multiple sources wit.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 10 Step 4 : Click St art Volume Check and read the boxed text in a clear voice, the way you plan to speak when working with Dragon. Here, punctuation is recommended b ut not required.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 11 Step 5: If y ou do not choose to skip th e initial trainin g reading, Dragon then p resents a short pr o mpt; click Go, then read it al oud. When the “Select T ext” box appears, choose one of the text s and click OK.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 12 (Later, you will be able to designa te specific documents for a nalysis. You do NOT nee d to copy documents into your My Do cume.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 13 After you exit this scr een, Dragon 12 wil l automatical ly bring up its Interactive Tutorial, w hich contains short progressive simula tions and allows y ou to restart any lesson.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 14 The Help provides m ore details , including suggestions for optimi zing Dragon’s p erformance on your comp uter. For instance, in Dr agon 12, you can choose to disable the ability to ope n items from the Start menu or the desktop at any time, even i f they are not visible.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 15 IMPORTANT Now that your use r profile is created, y ou could start dictating. Before yo u do, however, w e recommend you take a look at the Help men u , which inclu des a like to User Gui des and to Technical Support/Customer S ervice.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 16 N o te: If you are using a Blu etooth microph o ne, make sure that it is n ot only powered up, bu t also active (that is , in “call mode”). On the Plantronics Calis to microphone, this is achieve d by pressing the headset’s butt on.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 17 Learning More a nd Getting Help Dragon NaturallySpea king offers so many tools, comma nds, and features that i t would be imp ossible to cover them all in detail in this w orkbook.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 18 You can als o open the Help at any ti me by saying comma nds such as give me help.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 19 The Dragon Side bar: “Wh at Can I Say” At any time, y ou can ask Dragon to di splay its Sidebar, a resizable vertica l window meant to help users dis co ver and remember imp ortant tips and comma nds.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 20 Step 1: O pen the Dra gon Sidebar. Voice commands for this include open Dragon Sidebar, show Dragon Sidebar, a nd what can I say. You ca n also use the Dra gonBar’s Help m enu. Step 2: Explor e the Sidebar and adjus t it to suit your prefere nces.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 21 The Interactive Tutorial Available fr o m the Drag onBar’s Help menu, the Int eractive Tutorial c ontains short progressive s imulations and aims to make the user practice i mportant habits for efficient dictati ng, correcting Dragon’s errors, and edi ting text.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 22 While going thr ou gh t he simulations, you m ust speak just the curre nt prompt (the gree n bolded text) and do s o in one breath (without pau sing within it).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 23 The User's G uides The latest User 's Guide is av ailable as a PDF on the Nu ance website alongside t he Quick Start G uide, the Calisto Bluetooth User G uide, and other res ources.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 24 Key points abou t learning more a nd getting help This w orkbook is meant to get you starte d efficiently and cover essenti al concepts and tips.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 25 Why P ersonalizing the V oca bulary is Essential Transcribing a pers on’s speech presents a coustic challenges, suc h as accent and a mbient noise.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 26 Customizing the V ocabulary—Using the V ocabulary Editor Dragon’s Vocabula ry Editor lets you view what ca n be transcribed .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 27 CAUTION When adding a n entry to the Vocabulary, be su re to spell and capitalize it c orrectly! Otherwise, it will a ppear misspelled in your documents eve ry time you dictat e it.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 28 The importanc e of Spoken For ms Radio programs often tell their listen ers “let us know how to pronounce y our name” becaus.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 29 Written Form: St. Clement's Hospital Spoken Form: Saint Clements H ospital Written Form: Sod dy-Daisy, TN.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 30 Step 2 In the Spok en Form fiel d, type what you will actually sa y. In some cases (as in our “cluss” example), you will enter one or m ore “made-up w ords” to represent the desired sound.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 31 Deleting “Wor ds” and Modifying W ord Properties If you encounte r a word or phrase that Drag on does not transcribe a s you.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 32 Note: Dragon’s a ctive Vocabulary com es with literally thousa nds of entries.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 33 Another example of a lternate writte n form is illustrated below: pre-employm ent instead of preemploym ent. Note: in the Vo cabulary Editor, entries w hose properti es were modified are mar ked with a “P” icon.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 34 Key points abou t the Vocabul ary Editor and Pro perties Yo u can access the Vocab ulary Editor with a co mmand like edit vocab ulary , through th e Accuracy Center, or throug h the Vocabulary menu of t he DragonBar.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 35 Importing Lists of V ocabulary Entries You now kn o w how to ad d words and phras es one by one in the V ocabulary Edit o r. If you have m any entries to add, this is not t he most effici ent method, particularly i f you already have some relevant lists i n electronic form.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 36 Step 3: Say impor t custom words, or use the Drago nBar’s Vocabulary m enu to pick “ Import list of words or phrases .” Step 4: O n the Add Words from Word Lists dia log, click the Add File button.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 37 Customizing the V ocabulary from Existing Documents You now kn o w about impo rting lists of entries into the Vocabula ry.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 38 Step 4: O n the Add Documents box, click Add Docum ent. On the resulti ng window, locate and select the relevant docum ent(s), then click Open.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 39 Once you click Nex t, Dragon gives you t he option to pr o vide acous tic training for the selected w ords.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 40 Customizing the V ocabulary from Y our E-Mail As you learned, Dra gon can adapt its Vocabulary base d on designated docum ents.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 41 Key points abou t customizing t he Vocabulary fro m e-mail: D ragon can quickly adapt i ts Vocabulary from y our use of certain email cl ients instal led on your computer,thanks t o a tool avail able in its Vocabulary menu an d Accuracy Center .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 42 Starting to Dictate: Controlling the Microphone When ready t o dictate, you must ensure that Dragon Natural lySpeaking is able t o hear you. Your mi crophone must be connected a nd positioned cor rectly of course, but the s oftware also needs t o know whether to “listen”.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 43 Note: If you set t he DragonBa r to "Al ways on top", it will cover secondary Drago n windows, such as the DragonPad and Help screens . For more detail s (including using v o ice c ommands to switch the Dra gonBar in and out of “Tray Icon only”), see the Help.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 44 The DragonBar includ es several menus, a message ar ea, and a microphon e icon which is hori zontal when the microphone is off. I f you click this icon, it becomes vertical : the microphone is on.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 45 Putting the micr ophone to sleep i s useful when you n eed to "put on hold" D ragon for a moment.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 46 Key points abou t controlling w hether Dragon “liste ns” D ragon “listens” wheneve r its microph o ne is on.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 47 Starting to Dictate: Y our First Dictation You can use Drago n Natural lySpeaking to dictate into vi rtually any Windows a pplication.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 48 only ”. Once yo u’ve highlighted new line in the Vocabula ry Editor, say or click P roperti es , then choose “capitalized” from the drop-down l ist “ Form at the next word ” .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 49 Did you forget to di ctate punctuation in t his paragraph? It can be harder to reme mber when we a re “composi ng out loud” but, wit h practice, i t will become second n ature.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 50 it ( check the “Anchor” check box, then close the O ptions dialog and dra g the indicator to t he desired place ).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 51 Dictating Prices, Units, Dates, T i m es, Addresses… Dragon NaturallySpea king follows spacing an d capitalization rules: fo r example, it inserts a space after com ma but none before, and it capita lizes at the beginning of sentences and paragraphs.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 52 TIP By default, Dragon a pplies its automatic format ting rules even if y ou pause within t he s egment (the option “ Allow pa uses in form atted phrases ” l ets you turn this off.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 53 Numbers Mode -- Dictating Numbers E xclusively When you are about to dicta te a sequence of numeric data, consider swit ching to Numbers Mode . When in this mode, the softwar e tries to recognize everyt hing it hears as num ber-related (or as a command).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 54 This can also be useful in ca ses where you want to p ut on the screen a word tha t would normally be interpreted as a symbol or a comma nd.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 55 Correcting Dr a gon’ s Errors in Y our Dict ated T ext Human beings s ometimes can’t recogni ze words correctl y—especiall.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 56 IMPORTANT : In Dragon’s commands, <xyz> represents th e relevant segment on the screen ( which could be more than on e word and could include numbers or pu nctuation marks).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 57 With this option s et, saying commands tha t start with “ correct” opens t he Spelling Window . So d o es using th e Correction butt on on the expanded DragonB ar, or pressing the Correction h otkey (the numeric minus by default, a s seen in the O ptions dialog).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 58 At its top is what wa s transcribed, and bel ow is a list of alternate transcri ptions, each preced ed by a number. Here is what y ou can do: If wha t Dragon should have transcribe d is listed : say choose n (the nu mber of the correct line).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 59 Exercise 1: Look at th e following sampl e, dictate it, then use the corr ect <xyz> c ommand to fix any erro rs. (This sample was des igned to create er rors! All the names he re could be spelled in different ways.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 60 Exercise 3: Dictate a deta iled paragrap h about people you k no w. Then select it and play it back. I f you find any misrecogniti ons, use the Correctio n button, hotkey , or commands to cor rec t them.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 61 Key points abou t correcting rec ognition errors Refining y our profile using the features ga thered in the Accuracy Center can pre vent many err o rs, because it helps D ragon become fami liar with how you sound and w hat words and phra ses you use often .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 62 Deferred Correction (editions Professional and above) As you have lear ned, correcting recogniti on errors helps Drago n NaturallySpeakin g adapt your profile, which allows it to transcri be more accurately for you.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 63 Step 3: When y ou are ready, start the applicati on in which you dictate d the docume nt and open the do cument. You can now use Playback and cor rect as usual. Once you hav e finished correcting misrec ognitions in your dictat ed document, you may delet e the associat ed .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 64 the Spelling wind ow and deletes the mis spoken segment in the document b efore typing what wa s intended. If the corr ect alternate a p pears in the choi ce list , he clicks it with his mo use (or uses down arrow a nd Enter) then cli cks OK.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 65 Editing T ext by V oice Dragon NaturallySpea king lets you use yo ur voice to move aro und within a document a nd edit the content s— whether or not tha t document was origi nally created by voice .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 66 select line , select next 3 paragraphs , se lect previous 5 words , sel ect next character … a s well as se lect rest of line .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 67 IMPORTANT : If thes e commands are enabled, Drag on will try to recognize as one of them a ny phrase starting w ith one of these ver bs followed by a word (or w ords) present in the tex t : e.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 68 Even in “unknown” t ext fields, one can use Drag o n efficiently— knowing the foll owing: 1.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 69 TIP : You can have different settings f or different applicati ons. Also, you can ha ve multiple Dictatio n Boxes open at one time.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 70 Say six o’cl ock The sentence sh ou ld n ow read “We could m eet at your offic e at 6:00.” 3) Say select i n t hrough next The s egment “in the B o ston area f or a few days the w eek after next” is highlighted.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 71 starting to speak is recommended. If you paused mid -command, just say scratch that , pause, and gi ve the complete co mmand again.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 72 F ormatting T e xt by V o ice Whether text was originall y dictated or typed, Drag on NaturallySpea king lets you use your voice to control font (Arial, Courier…), f ont style (bold, un der line…), font size, al ignment (center, right-a lign…), color, and more.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 73 Note that Dragon a lso has two specia l commands for quotes a nd brackets: you ca n say "Empty Quotes, " or "Empty Brackets" to have Drago n insert a pair of quotation marks or brackets so you can dictat e something withi n them.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 74 format that bold it alics format that caps bol d format that bull eted and plain Exercise: Dictate th e following to experim ent with giving format commands as you dictate and afterwa rds .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 75 Key points abou t formatting doc uments The “X that” commands a pply to the current selection o r, if there is no selectio n, to the last utt er ance (what was dicta ted since the speaker last paused).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 76 Controlling the Oper ating Syst em an d Applicati ons Dragon NaturallySpea king can do mu ch more than type and format yo ur dic.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 77 Note: These Deskt op search shortcuts , like the Web sear ch shortcuts, can b e disabled or enable d on the Com mands tab of Dragon’s O ptions dialog.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 78 If seve ral windows are open on y our computer, you ca n change which one is a ctive and in the foreground in several ways: Say “switch to” f ollowed imm ediately by the nam e of the desired applicatio n, folder, or document : e.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 79 TIP To close an open menu, y ou can just say cancel or press Escape ( equivalent to pr essing the Esc key a t the top left of y our keyboard).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 80 This workbook p resents several of Drag on’s dialog boxes, w hich often contain c ontrols labeled C ancel , Yes , No, or OK.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 81 “Natural Lang uage Commands” and the Com mand Browser Dragon comes with la rge sets of commands t hat let you order a ctions.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 82 To see all the c o mma nds and their variations ( optional words, alternate words, etc.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 83 How could you close t his dialog box? Special consi derations for Win dows 8 In Windows 8, Micr osoft introduced ma jor chan.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 84 TIP To see the expanded view of th e Start screen, you ca n give commands including “ show all appli cations .” On the Start scre en, if you type some k eys, the Search field aut omatically opens up, displaying the c haracters you typed; th e same is true if you dicta te.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 85 Key points abou t controlling yo ur computer by voice A t any time, no matter w hat is visibl e, you can open a Start menu or desktop it em by saying start, launch, show or open imm ediately followed by t he name of t he item.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 86 Using Dr ago n Natur allySpeaki ng with the Interne t What you can d o on the Web with Drago n depends on what Web brows er you are using . A key differenc e between Inter net Explorer and Mozil la Firefox is that Dra gon doesn’t have Full Text Control in Firefox.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 87 This Edit box* is controlled by an option, enabled by default for We b and Desktop sho rtcut commands.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 88 o F or Google Chrome, Dragon d oesn’t have browser co mmands (such as “g o to address bar”) or the ability to click li nks by saying their name.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 89 Accessing a sp ecific item on a Web page These commands requi re the setting "Ena ble commands in H TML windows," whic h is on by default and can be found on the Comma nds tab of the Optio ns dialog.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 90 Say click text field or edit box to move the insertion point to the fi rst text field on the screen. If you want to dictat e into the next text fi eld, you can say next control . Say click imag e to click on an imag e.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 91 Using Dr ago n Natur allySpeaki ng for E- m ail “Voice-typing” in it self is a great ben efit for e-mail usa ge, but for certain e-ma il applications, Dragon l ets you do much more.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 92 To see more comman ds, you can explore t he Command Browser’s “Context ” list and take advanta ge of the Sidebar as w ell as the Help: for instance, you co uld say “search Dragon help f or Outlook calenda r.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 93 When in a m essage, you can move betwe en its fields by sa ying Tab or Tab key , or by sa ying the followi ng commands nami ng t.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 94 Web-based email and the Dragon pl ug-in IMPORTANT : Whenever you use Dragon on t he Web (whether f or email or for somethi ng el.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 95 NOTE for Inter net Explorer: I f you installed Internet Ex plorer af ter installing Dragon 1 2 , you must insta ll Dragon files needed to use this feature in Inte rnet Explorer. To d o so, double-click the file se tup.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 96 TIP : Regardless of this fe ature and Dragon, it’ s prudent to leave the To field bl ank until you’re ready t o send! (Also prudent is s etting up some other pr otection, such as an automatic d elay before the program actua lly sends.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 97 The capabilities the plug-in provid es add to what functionali ty Dragon already ha s for the particular brows er. Remember that Drag on’s exis ting capabilities differ significantly among browse rs , both in terms of comma nds and in terms of text c ontrol.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 98 Dr a gon N atur a llySpeaking and Microsoft W ord In “ Controlli ng the Operating System and A pplications ”, you learned ab out Natural Langua ge Commands.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 99 Pictured below is a n example of a Help t opic listing commands for working in W ord documents. Many of Dragon’ s commands work for Wo rd 2003, 2007, 2 010 and 2013, such as : New fi le Save t he file.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 100 Microsoft Word 2007 and the Of fice Ribbon In addition to the Ribbon Interfac e (which organizes i tems by tabs instead of me nus), Word 2007 intro duced new capabilit ies for which Dragon now offers Natural Lang uage Commands, incl uding the ones bel ow.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 101 Microsoft Word 2010 and 2013 With Off ice 2010, Microsoft introduced some changes to t he application inte rface – in particular, the File tab.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 102 Dictating and editing in Microsoft Excel You can use Drago n to dictate and edit co ntent into Microsoft Excel spreadshe ets.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 103 Full Text Contr ol in Quick Edits You will wa nt to practice entering data int o a spreadsheet a nd navigate around t he spread.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 104 Key points abou t editing cells in Excel Yo u can navigate between cells using abs olute commands suc h as m ove to cell A1 or r elative movement comma nds such as move up one, mov e right two, etc.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 105 Boosting Productiv ity with Custom Commands In previous lesso ns, you learned various built- in voice commands t o perform acti.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 106 Step 5: In the Content fiel d, enter what you want Drag o n to paste whe n you say your comma nd. (You may find it helpful to enla rge or even maxim ize the Editor’s wind ow so that a larger C ontent field is visible.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 107 Step 6 : Once the comm and is named, edite d, described, gro uped, and formatted as you want it, click Save . Let’s test your co mmand. Say start DragonPa d , then say your c ommand’s name.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 108 After saying the comm and name, whic h pastes the “Dragon Template”, you can: type or dictate a sp ecific value i n each placeholder —> The placehold er is overwritten, and d elimiters are removed.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 109 Step 6: With y our command highlighted, click Edit in the Task pane ( or use the Script menu). The MyCommands Edito r will open, displaying th e command’s attri butes and content; you can now edit the command as d esired.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 110 Key points abou t custom comm ands I n the higher editions, y ou can quickly create c ustom commands t o insert blocks of text and/or graphics in your documents. This is done in the t ool MyC o mmands Editor , whic h you can bring up by saying add new com mand .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 111 P erforming Au dio Che cks and Acoustic T r ain ing As described earlier, personali zing Dragon’s vocabula ry is a small i nvestment o f time that makes a big difference in how a ccurately the softwar e can work f or you.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 112 Step 1: In the Vocabulary Edit or, locate the word yo u wish to train by entering it in the Writ ten Form field. ( If you have just ad ded the word, this will not be nec essary, as the word will al ready be displayed at t he top of the list.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 113 Key points abou t acoustic traini ng I n general, the best thing y ou can do to make Drag on recognize your sp eech even be.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 114 Using Multiple V ocabularies (editions Professional and up) Every Dragon Nat urallySpeaking user a utomatically has at least one Vocabula ry. Editions Pr ofessional and above, al low you to have several Voca bularies.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 115 Step 3 : Dragon will then offer t o perform a basic adapta tion of this new vocabul ary based on doc uments found on your computer, or sent email s (this is simila r to what Dragon offers when yo u create a profile) .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 116 Opening a Pa rti cular Voca bulary (and A udio Source) During your dicta tion session, you will be a ble to switch t o a different Vocabular y, by saying open re cent vocabulary , for ins tance.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 117 Key points abou t multiple Vocab ularies I f you dictate on two or m ore very different topi cs, using different c ustomized Vocab ularies will maximize your re cognition accuracy (in supported editi ons).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 118 Acoustic and Language Model Optimization Vocabulary customi zation and proper correcti on of recogniti on errors both help Dragon recog nize your dictations more a ccurately.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 119 Step 2: Check the c heckbox f or Acoustic Optimization and /or Language Model O ptimization as desired, th en click Go. Note: Language M odel optimization is ty pically much f aster than Acoustic Opti mization.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 120 In addition to A ccuracy Tuning, Dragon allows you t o enable and schedule a nother periodic task: the autom atic sending of an.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 121 The Data tab of t he Options dial og. Note that it in cludes the setting for the frequency at w hich Dragon makes a backup of your profi le (by default, Drago n does it every five times your pr ofile is saved).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 122 Renaming, Deleting, Copying or T r ansferri ng a User Profile As you learned, each person who uses Dragon Nat urallySpeaking creat es a User profile, whic h the software holds in a set of files that contai ns, among other thing s, acoustic and lexical dat a.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 123 The Manage Use r Profile dialog box also enables y ou to rename or delete a profile. Its Properties butt on also allows you to see a pr ofile’s Properties (such as i ts source(s), backup l ocation, and date of last back up).
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 124 Key points abou t exporting a nd copying a user prof ile I n editions Premium and a bove, exporting and imp orting profil es is done through the Manag e User Profiles dialog box—av ailable through the Dra gonBar’s Profile me nu or by saying m anage user profile s .
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 125 Pr acti ce Exercise: Creating a M em o by V oice Open DragonPad or another supporte d word processor. Us ing your new dictation and form atting skills, try to create the foll o wing do cument entirely by voice.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 126 What’ s New in V ersion 12.0? Here is a list of changes and additio ns compared to Dr agon 11.5. If you are upgrading from a previous relea se, please see also W hat's New in Dragon 11 and W hat's new in Dragon 1 1.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 127 Rich Internet Application support: enhanced experi ence for Gmail and Hotm ail In addition to its ex isting functi o nality for.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 128 Disable comm and functionality: Dragon has many powerful comma nd capabilities whic h you can choose to t urn off if and when you don’t need them. (This ca n be particularl y helpful for beginners or anyone who som etimes wishes to f ocus on producing text.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 129 When you save y our user profile, Drago n may offer to optimize the Language M odel based on the t ext data of your recent dicta tions. The Save User Profile dialog b o x will contain a checkb ox for performing “mai ntenance.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 130 Tip of the Day: The Tip of the Day ( which displa ys by default when you o pen a Dragon profil e and is availabl e from the Help menu) contains man y new tips. A lso, its redesigned wi ndow adds a Back butto n so that you can browse t hrough the tips in either direction.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 131 (Prem ium and above only) Enhanced Blue tooth wireless su pp ort: In this releas e you can gain accu racy if you have a ce rtified wideband Bluet ooth microph one (with USB dongle), such as th e 16 kHz Plantro nics Calisto II BT- 3 00.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 132 What’ s New in V ersion 11.5? If upgrading fr om a version prior to Drag on 11, please als o see What's N ew in Dragon 1 1 , below.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 133 Link to Support : The DragonBa r's Help menu now inc ludes a direct link to the Web page fo r Nuance Customer Service a nd Support.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 134 Modes Words Audio Sound Help (includes Accuracy Cen ter) Help Note : To access t he DragonBar me nus by voice, say " Switch to DragonBar " then the me nu name. Once a menu is open, you can ope n any of its items by say ing its nam e.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 135 New Results Displ ay, and the former Results Box When dictating, there ’s no need to wa it for Dragon to “catch up” with you — d ictating in long phrase s allows Drago n to transcribe more accurately than d ictating slow ly and with num erous hesitations.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 136 Dragon 11 includes e nhanceme nts to the Comma nd Browser that m ake it faster to use f ilter the displa y of commands by keywords. Also, to shorten the list of commands displayed fo r spec ific contexts, Global Comm ands are omi tted by defau lt.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 137 Index abbreviation , 22 accents , 3, 16 Accuracy Tuning , 7, 94, 98, 99, 100, 102 Acoustic Optimization , 7, 99 acronyms , iii,.
Copyright 2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved 138.
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