START TO DICTATE

TURN ON THE MICROPHONE
Before you can dictate, you need to turn on the microphone. You turn on the microphone by doing one of the following: Clicking the microphone icon on the DragonBar.
You can click this icon again to turn it off. Pressing the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad to turn the microphone on, and then pressing it again to turn the microphone off. Clicking the microphone icon in the Windows system tray.
To begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft Word) and begin a new document. Make sure that your cursor is located within the document and simply start talking. As you talk, text will display in the Results box while Dragon NaturallySpeaking determines what you said. The Results box is a small yellow window that appears on-screen as you dictate. For example, if you say talking to a computer, the program will display talking to a computer in the Results box and then write the words talking to a computer into your application:
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GETTING MORE INFORMATION

The Dragon NaturallySpeaking includes a User Manual and extensive online help. To access the online help, click the Help menu on the DragonBar and choose Help Topics. Alternately, you can say Give Me Help.

GETTING SUPPORT

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INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AND CREATE A USER PROFILE
1) If you're running a virus checker, turn it off before installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking. 2) Put the Dragon NaturallySpeaking DVD into your DVD drive and follow the on-screen prompts. 3) When prompted, enter the serial number that came with your software. 4) Next, choose a Setup Type. We recommend Typical/Complete. Typical/Complete ensures that all the proper files are installed on your computer.
When prompted, first click Activate Now and then Activate Automatically. You must be connected to the internet to activate the product. For more information on activation, please see: http://support.nuance.com/productactivation

INSTALL DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING
CREATING A USER PROFILE WITH THE NEW USER WIZARD
The New User Wizard starts automatically the first time you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking. To create a user profile:
STEP 1: Enter your user information
Give your user a unique name and select your microphone type from the drop-down list:
Click Next to continue. 5) When prompted to enable the QuickStart option, click Next. You can enable the QuickStart option after you become more familiar with the product. 6) Continue to click Next, taking all the recommended options. 7) Click Finish to complete the installation.
For your initial training, select None and click Next. You can perform additional training after you become more familiar with the product.
STEP 2: Check the microphone and train the user

PLUG IN YOUR MICROPHONE

Before you can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you will need to plug in your microphone.
The New User Wizard describes how to set up your microphone. When you click Next, you will be prompted to check your volume and sound quality. Make sure to read exactly what the program displays. Click Next to continue. When the New User Wizard asks if you want to Adapt Dragon NaturallySpeaking to your writing style, select Skip this step and click Next.
STARTING DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING
To start the program, double-click the Dragon NaturallySpeaking desktop icon.
STEP 3: Setup Accuracy Tuning
ACTIVATE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING
The first time you start the product, you will be prompted to activate your software. It is important to activate the software. If you dont, the program will stop working after you start it fives times.
The New User Wizard prompts you to periodically run Accuracy Tuning. Accuracy Tuning will make your dictation more accurate. To schedule a time for Accuracy Tuning to run, click Configure. To get more information on Accuracy Tuning and Data Collection, click the Help button.

STEP 4: You are ready to dictate
The New User Wizard will ask whether youd like to start the Tutorial, see whats new in the product, or begin dictating. We recommend that first time users view the tutorial. Once youve made your choice, click Finish. Once you click Finish, the DragonBar will appear on the top of your screen. You can now dictate into almost any Windows-based program on your computer.

Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11. For the latest version of the Users Guide and other resources, please see: http://support.nuance.com/userguides The Users Guide is also available on your installation disk,in the directory: \documentation\enx\User Guide.pdf
INSTALL AND ACTIVATE DRAGON
Exit any open applications. If you're running an anti-virus program, turn it off until after the installation completes. There can only be one version of Dragon installed on your computer at a time. 1) Put the Dragon DVD into your DVD drive and follow the on-screen prompts. 2) Enter the serial number that is printed on the DVD sleeve. 3) Choose a Setup type. We recommend Typical/Complete. Click Next. 4) Continue to click Next, taking all the recommended options. To start Dragon, double-click the Dragon desktop icon. You will be prompted to activate your software. When prompted, first click Activate Now and then Activate Automatically. You must be connected to the Internet to activate. For more information see: http://support.nuance.com/productactivation
CREATING OR UPGRADING A USER PROFILE
IF YOU ARE NEW TO DRAGON.
Before you can use Dragon, you will need to plug in your microphone into either the mic-in jack or a USB port, depending on the model. The first time you start Dragon, a series of screens will walk you through the process of creating the best possible User Profile for your situation. Dont rush through it. Its very important, since it will determine your initial accuracy!
One of the screens will offer to perform a basic personalization of the vocabulary based on your email and documents, to help Dragon prepare to recognize the particular words and phrases you use. Dragon offers many other ways to refine your profile so that it can work better and better for you - be sure to take advantage of them.
If you USED DRAGON 9 OR 10.
The first time you start Dragon 11, the software will automatically detect any version 9 or 10 User Profiles on your computer and start the User Profile Upgrade Wizard. Upgrading one profile can take 10-15 minutes. If you do not want to upgrade your Profiles now, you can close the wizard and launch it later from the Windows Start menu: Start>All Programs>Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11>Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools>Upgrade Users 1. The first screen of the wizard lists the User Profile(s) that were found. Modify the list as needed so it contains only the profile(s) you want to upgrade now. Click Next. 2. Choose the destination for your upgraded User Profile(s). Nuance recommends that you use the default location. Click Next. 3. On the Upgrade User Profiles page click Begin to start the upgrade process. For more information about upgrading from a previous version, click the Help button on the dialog box. You can also check the Users Guide.
BEFORE YOU START DICTATING.
After creating or upgrading your User Profile, please view the Tutorial to get started with the basics of using Dragon We also recommend you take a look at the Whats New section in the Dragon Help.
PERSONALIZING YOUR VOCABULARY
Dragon has knowledge of a large number of words and abbreviations, but in order to dictate efficiently, you should let it learn what you use, including nicknames, jargon, capitalized phrases, the name of your street, etc. Personalizing your vocabulary will prevent many recognition errors. There are several ways of doing this, including using Dragon to analyze documents that are similar to what you plan to dictate. Simple tools for this are available from the DragonBar menus and gathered in the Accuracy Center. For example, see Improve my accuracy in the DragonBars Help menu.

THE DRAGON SIDEBAR

The Dragon Sidebar displays a selection of popular commands, including commands that are available at any time, called Global commands. The top pane contains several tabs that list commands with clickable links to the relevant Help topics. The lower pane contains tips. Dragon offers several options for the Sidebar. Right-clicking the Sidebar displays a menu in which you can choose to print the content, hide the Mouse tab, hide the Tips pane, and more.
You can bring up the Sidebar from the Help menu, or by saying commands such as Open Dragon Sidebar or What Can I Say? 3
CONTROLLING THE MICROPHONE
An important habit to practice: turn ON Dragons microphone when you want Dragon to hear you, and turn it OFF when you dont. You can control Dragons microphone by: Pressing its hotkey (by default the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad.) Clicking the microphone icon in the Windows system tray. Clicking the microphone icon on the DragonBar. On/Listening: Dragon is ready to accept dictation and commands Off: No dictation available

YOUR FIRST DICTATION

Start a word processor and make sure that your cursor is within the document, then turn on the microphone and start dictating in a clear and natural voice, neither yelling nor whispering; remember to say punctuation period, open quote and commands like new paragraph. As you dictate, a small Dragon icon indicates that the software is processing your speech. There is no need to wait for Dragon to catch up with you. Just dictate at a natural pace. Aim to dictate in longer phrases and full sentences, since this gives Dragon some context and leads to much better results than slow, halting speech. Pause briefly before and after commands and remember to turn the microphone off when you dont want Dragon to transcribe.
AUTOMATIC FORMATTING AND CAPITALIZATION
You will see that Dragon automatically handles a lot of formatting, including prices, dates, times, phone numbers and percentages (see Autoformatting Options in the DragonBars Tools menu.) If you want to capitalize a particular word, just say cap or all caps just before it.

CORRECTING ERRORS

Personalizing the vocabulary using the tools mentioned earlier will prevent many recognition errors, however, some errors are inevitable. By properly correcting Dragons errors, you can help it learn from them, so errors are less likely to happen again. You can experiment with when to correct and how to correct. Dragon lets you do it entirely by voice, but also allows typing over, pressing the Correction hotkey, and more. Explore the Correction tab of Dragons Option dialog (found under the Tools menu of the DragonBar) to see what you prefer for a given situation. Also see the Help. 4

THE CORRECTION MENU

When Dragon misrecognizes something you dictate you can correct it by saying the command Correct That. You can also say Correct <xyz> where <xyz> stands for the text you want to correct. This will display the Correction Menu, which shows a list of alternatives. If what you intended to say is on the list say choose followed by the corresponding number: for instance Choose 1. You can also say Spell that to open the Spelling window, where you can spell out or type what Dragon should have recognized. See the Help for details on the Correction menu and the Spelling window.
LEARNING MORE AND GETTING HELP
At first, you should focus on getting used to dictating fluently and on refining the vocabulary. Over time, you can learn to do more and more by voice. At anytime, you can search the Help with a direct command such as Search Dragon Help for symbols. You can also get to the help from Dragons Help menu. The Nuance website contains many resources, including the latest documentation, FAQs, tips, instructional videos, lists of compatible microphones and recorders, partners who provide customization services, as well as contact and policy information for Technical Support. http://support.nuance.com
SHUTTING DOWN THE PROGRAM
Its best to exit Dragon at least once a day. One way to do this is to open the DragonBars Profile menu and choose Exit Dragon. 5
If a message asks whether you want to save the changes to your profile, say yes - that way you will preserve the refinements you made during your session, such as adding some words to the Vocabulary, correcting an error, changing an option, etc.

SAMPLE COMMANDS

Control the Mic
Go to sleep Wake up Microphone off
Global Commands (available no matter what is active)

Get Help

Give me help Search Dragon Help for <xyz> Show Dragon Sidebar Help

Search the Web

Search the web for <xyz> Find a website about <xyz> Search Amazon for <xyz> Search videos for <xyz> Search news for <xyz> Search maps for <xyz>

Search the Computer

(requires a desktop search engine) Search the computer for <xyz> Search documents for <xyz> Search email for <xyz>
(Note: The Search commands are not available in the Basics Edition.)

Select Text

Select that Select <xyz> Select next <n> words Select again Select previous paragraph Select document Select all Unselect that

Edit Text

Resume with Delete line Delete last <n> words Delete that Backspace <n> Undo that Cut that Copy that Paste that Scratch that

Move the cursor

Move left <n> characters Move down <n> lines Go to end [of line] Go to top | bottom Page up | down Insert before <xyz>

Add lines and spaces

New line New paragraph Press Enter Press Tab key Tab <n> times

Correcting text

Correct <xyz> Correct that

Spelling Out

Spell that Spell <cap a b t hyphen 5>

Move and Select

Go to end of line Go to top of document Select the next <number>words

Format

Bullet selection Make this uppercase Bold the previous <number>words Cap that, All caps on Capitalize the previous line Underline this word

Work with windows

Switch to previous window List windows Maximize window Show Desktop List windows for <program name>
Switch to next window List all windows Minimize window Restore windows

Move the mouse

Move mouse up Move mouse right Move mouse up faster Move mouse down slower Stop

Position the mouse

MouseGrid (full screen) MouseGrid Window (active window) MouseGrid <1 to 9> Cancel

Click the mouse

Mouse click Mouse double click Mouse right click

Drag the mouse

Drag mouse down faster Mouse drag lower right very fast Mouse drag up very fast

Start and exit programs

Start <program name> Start OpenOffice Writer Start Firefox Close Window
Start Microsoft Word Start Internet Explorer Start Mail

Punctuation and symbols

To Enter.

. , ! ( s @

dot | point | period | full stop comma exclamation point | exclamation mark open paren apostrophe ess close quote at sign

$ + _ ; ? ;-)

dollar sign | dollar | dollars plus sign underscore hyphen semi colon question mark winky face

NUMBERS, DATES, TIMES

You can change the way Dragon formats numbers, dates, and time by setting the options on the the Auto-formatting dialog box. To open this, click Tools>Auto-Formatting Options in the DragonBar. To Enter.
5,423 0.03 11/32 781-565-5000 $99.50 8:30 p.m. 200 kg mm May 15, 2003 MMIV Boston, MA Wayside Dr.
four twenty three one hundred seventy nine five thousand four hundred twenty three five comma thousand four twenty three zero point zero three eleven over thirty two seven eight one five six five five thousand ninety nine dollars and fifty cents eight thirty pm 200 kilograms five feet 3 inches 50 millimeters May fifteen comma two thousand three (note: saying comma is optional) Roman numeral two thousand four Boston Massachusetts 02460 One Wayside Drive

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