Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 Professional manual

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. (You may wish to st art the Windows Task Manager and ver[...]

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. This workbook ass umes that Dragon Natura llySpeaking 12 i s now installed on you r PC. [...]

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. By reducing k eyboard and mouse usage, you can gain productivity AND avoid p hys[...]

Copyright  2013 Nuance Commun ications, Inc. All ri ghts reserved iv T able of Contents Goals a nd P rerequisites ...... ............. .............. ........... .............. .............. ........... .............. ............. .............. ........... .............. .... iii Efficiency and Ha nds-Free Usag e ..... .............. ........[...]

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.) This is accessibl e by right-clicking the loudspeaker icon on[...]

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.) The Upgrade Wizar d will list all available profiles. Use its Remove butto [...]

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 . For instance, thi s will affect whether D ragon uses the spelling “ colour” instead of “col or” as wel[...]

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. This is because, by dictati ng directly t[...]

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” ).  In editions Home a nd higher, you can use as a microphone a s upported iOS or An droid smartphone (or oth[...]

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. About the Dra gon Re mote Micropho ne app as source The smartphone ( or other device on which you do wnloaded t he a[...]

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). O nce you have set up you[...]

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 within a p rofile means that, no matter which audi o input devic e you use, the same Vocabulary will be used — and r efined — each tim e you use Drag[...]

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. When Dragon lets you know it has heard enough, click Next. The next screen is similar. TIP : It?[...]

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. (If later you wish to rea d another text to further tr ai[...]

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 cuments folder i n order to have Dragon analyze the m!) Feel free to skip this step, but as so on as possible aft er your profile is created, advantage of[...]

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. We recommen d that all users tak e advantage of it. After you exit the Interactive Tut orial, the[...]

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. Y [...]

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. Also, it’s a good idea to begin personal[...]

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. Please see your micro phone’s use[...]

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. This lesson pres ents several ways t o find more informati on as you start using the softwar e—[...]

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. You can use the Help window’s Tabl e of Contents, Index, a nd Search tabs. F or instance, entering the w ord “punctuation ” in the Search field brings u p topics including “Dictating pu n[...]

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. (It can be made very thi n.) If a maj or application such as Mi crosoft W[...]

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. You can make its font size S[...]

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. It i nclude[...]

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). O therwise, If Dragon hears u nsusable audio inp ut, it presents the following informati on message: The Tutorial The[...]

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. The DragonBar’ s Help menu gives di rect access to t he website’s User Documenta t[...]

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. O ther resources include the Help, the Sidebar, the Ac curacy Center an d its Accuracy Assis tant, the Performance Ass istant, a[...]

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. There i s also a lexical challenge: for the trans cription to be pr ecisely accurate, familiar ity with the terms used is necess[...]

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 f rom the computer’s acti ve memory; it also allows you to ad d new entries, a s well as edit existing entri es—including their S poken Forms and [...]

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. Some of the "wo rds" in the Vocabulary Edito r aren't single words. Of course i s[...]

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” because s ome names could be pronounced in s everal ways a nd some are not pronounced “the w ay they are wri tten” (due to silent let ters, for instance[...]

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. Spoken Form: S oddy Daisy Tennessee Written Form: Tre nton-Mercer Airp ort Spoken Form: Trenton Mercer Airp ort Adding Spoke n Forms allows you to dictat e in the way[...]

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. Step 3: Say Add or press Enter. Note: If you ente red a “made-up word ” in th[...]

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 would like, remember that it might warrant a sp o ken form or longer entr y in the Voca bulary and Dragon may n eed to learn ab out how and how frequ[...]

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. As y ou browse the Vocabulary Editor, you will s ee many you are ve ry unlikely to ever about w hat you are dicta te, but don’t spend time deleting them u nless they actuall y cause a conflict! T[...]

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.  I n the Vocabulary Edito r, custom-added entr ies are[...]

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. Dra[...]

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. The Add Fil e window appears. Locate t he file containing yo ur list and c[...]

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. Another efficient way to boost y our accuracy is to let D ragon analyze text that is simila r to what you are li kely to dictate: the Add W ords From Docum[...]

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. TIP You can select multi ple files at once by holding down th e Ctrl key or by pr essing Ctrl A (the Windows keyboar d shortcut for ?[...]

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. Feel free to take this opport unity to pronounc e them, but know that yo u can skip this step and provide t raining later just for those words t hat seem to need it, a s [...]

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. It also has the a bility to quickly learn fr om your usage of seve ral e-mail programs: Lotus Notes, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Exp ress, and Windows [...]

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 .  This to ol performs two [...]

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”. T[...]

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. Rem[...]

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. You can n ow click the icon to turn the micr ophone off. This is just one way to [...]

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. However, leaving it in that state for a long time is not recomm ended, so do turn the microphone off i f you will not be dictating for a whi le (and are physicall y able [...]

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. Re member to turn th e m icrophone off ( or put it into its sleeping state i f appropriate) whe n you are not dic tating, like before answ ering the phone, s[...]

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. Furthe r in this workbook, you will learn h o w to start p rograms by voice (but one doesn’t n eed to have start ed a program by voice in ord[...]

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 ” . The Results Disp lay and its Options Exercise 2: Study the f ollowing text sam ple then di[...]

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. TIP You can take advant age of Dragon’s optio n to automatically insert comma s and periods as [...]

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 ). You can als o change how long it remains on the scree n.  Speaki ng in longer, continu ous phrases provides c ontextual clues and thus helps Dragon choose b[...]

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. In this less on , you lea[...]

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. ) If you need to dictate seq uences of 7, 10 or 11 digits and do NOT want them formatted as p[...]

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). Step 1: Say numbers mod[...]

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. For instance, i f you wanted to be sure th at Dragon types the wo rd “comma” instead of the cha racter comma, you could s ay “ spel[...]

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—especially if the spea ker and the list ener come from different regions, if the speaker is disc ussing an unfami liar subject, or if the wo rds are not well a[...]

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). When you give the ‘ cor rect <xyz> ’ command, be sur e to say what appears on th e scr[...]

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). As you wil[...]

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). You ca n also pick the c orrect cho[...]

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. ) Until further n otice, the BHDP meeting w ill be held i[...]

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. Note: As you use Dragon more, experiment with h ow to correct, and whe n t[...]

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 . Be sure to ex pl[...]

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. B ut what if you have n o time to perform correctio ns before [...]

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 .DRA [...]

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. If the corr ect choice does not app[...]

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 . As you lea rned, the softwar e transcribes your dictation wherev er the inser[...]

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 . Note: You can use s imilar commands to dele te ( de lete line , dele te next three words …) a nd copy ( copy li ne , copy rest of li ne …) You c[...]

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.g. “bold measures” or “c ut corners.” Since Dragon recognizes com mands only i[...]

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. If dictating short entries, you may w ant to just use w hat d oes work in all text fields : dictate normall y (most applications al low this) and, if a nd when necessary, sa y ‘[...]

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. The Help contains m ore details. Replacing an d Inserting Words The select c ommands are very useful wh en you wish to cha nge some of the text on[...]

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. Say in your area on Tuesday July fi fteenth Let?[...]

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.  The commands that qu ote your text ( select <xyz> , b old <xyz> , corre ct <xyz>, insert after <xyz>… ) work thanks [...]

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. Note: In o[...]

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. TIP The Command Browser’s [...]

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 . I’m pleas ed to say I finally read The Grapes of Wrath . I t was TERRIFIC! Al thou gh [...]

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).  Rem ember to pause briefly before and afte r saying these comman[...]

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 dictated text: i t lets you use your voi ce to find information, open a s pecific website, sta rt programs, open deskto p items, swit ch b etween ope n w[...]

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. Their option also controls the Help search shortcut (“ sear ch Dragon Help for …”) Opening and Clos ing Programs and Wi[...]

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.g., switch to DragonPad , switch to Lotus[...]

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). If you use Office 2 007, familia rize yourself with the “Ribbon ” and its ScreenTips ( revealing the item’s name), Quick Access T[...]

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. As you foll ow the instructions and p erform the exercises i n each chapter, you ma y wish to take the opportunity t o practice accessing the c ontrols[...]

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 directly a nd in a natural mann er, instead of going through men us, submenus, a nd dialog boxes: for insta nce, saying “ Insert P age Break ” in[...]

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.), open t he Command Browser and use its Context li st and Keyword Fi lter box to display just the com mands that contain a particula r word or words and are active in a pa rticular appli[...]

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 changes for end- users compared to pr evious operating system releases (some of t hese changes may feel stra nge at least initi ally), but Windows 8 does [...]

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. Y[...]

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. In version 12, th ese two powerf ul capabiliti [...]

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. This lesson[...]

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. Note: If you turn this opti on off, you may not see any action ri ght away after giving one of these comma nds; this is normal since the sea rch engine its elf needs a moment [...]

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. In this brow ser, you can only use gl obal commands ( press alt d , press ente r , press Escape , press control t , press F5 , [...]

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. IMPORTANT : Dragon is always looking to matc h what it hears to poss[...]

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. (Note: on the Web, s ome items may b e designed to look li [...]

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. This lesson introdu ces important com mands and tips for using D ragon with e-mai l, includi[...]

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.” Commands for y our ins talled email progr am You can start [...]

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 the desired field: move to To [ field] move to CC | BCC [field] move to Subject | Bo dy [field] Note: In these com mands, the w o rd “ field” is op[...]

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 else), your experience will depend on several fa ctors, including:  The design of the particular web page at that time  The particula r settings i[...]

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.exe on you r original Dragon 12 i nstallation medium (f or m[...]

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.) See commands and information for the p[...]

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. One is relevant t[...]

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. Si nce Microsoft Word is an a pplication many p eople use, this chapter lists built-in commands fo r this word proces[...]

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. Save file a s.  Create a 3 by 7 table  Add page numbers [a t[...]

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. Note: To click t he O[...]

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. The other tabs ca n be accessed by voice by just sayin g their name, but f or the File tab you must sa y “ file t ab ” (or “ [...]

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. Many Excel-specific commands are b uilt into the higher editions ; the Dragon Side bar window shows some, and the Comman d Browser lets y ou discover t[...]

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 spreadsheet and wi thin cells, as w ell as dictate and corr ect text using commands li ke “ correct <xyz>” (se e Full Text Control , call ed Selec[...]

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.  I f you want to menti o n a cell i n a command (such as m ove to cell [...]

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 actions such as formatting t ext, searching the I nternet, creati ng a new e-mail, creating a new appointment… The highe r editions of Drag o n al so al[...]

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.) TIP If the text you want already exists in el ectronic f[...]

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. ( Co mma nds you create yourself follow t he usual rule: you must pause before and [...]

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.  accept the default v alue —> Delimiters are NOT automati [...]

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. Remember: the Description field is useful for enterin[...]

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 .  I f th[...]

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. In addition, whe n misrecognitions do ha ppen, using [...]

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.) Step 2: Click t he word in the lis[...]

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 better is to use the software regularly, pe rsonalizi ng the Vocabulary (editi ng Spoken Forms or Word Properties as warranted, designating s pecific do[...]

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. The adv antage of having severa l Vocabularies is being a b[...]

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) .. This automatic process may t ake a while, and is not as po[...]

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. If you have multiple V ocabularies for t he same User profile, this will be reflec[...]

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). Each Vocabulary ca n be customized using the tools in the Acc uracy[...]

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. “Accuracy Tu ning” is a functi onality you can use t o further “tune” your profile’s accurac[...]

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. Scheduling the Opt imizations an d Data Colle ction For convenienc[...]

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 ano nymous data on your usa ge of Dragon (such as whi ch optional setting s you have, which commands you us e often, how often y ou make correc tions, w[...]

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). Key points abou t Optimization  A coustic and Language Mo del O[...]

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. When you add a per[...]

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. Aft er you have creat ed the sample si gnature block shown i n the[...]

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 1.5 . Options to require " Click": Now say[...]

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 Web browsers, D ragon 12 includes b rowser extensions—also kn own as plug-i ns or add- o ns—for tw o popular Web-based a pplications: Gma il and [...]

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. ) Turning off the[...]

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.” This process takes l ittle time. Note: Languag[...]

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. Not e[...]

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. You must plug the mic rophone’s dongle [...]

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. Reminder: The Feature M atrix , a vailable on the Nuance website, lis ts the feature difference s betwee n the editions of Drago n Natural[...]

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. Updated application sup port: Internet Explorer 9 c ommands are add ed for using the One Box (which combine s Web address entry a nd the sea[...]

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. Dragon's control m enu, acce[...]

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. As you speak,[...]

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. You can easily include them i[...]

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, 16, 18 audio system event , 2 backup , 101, 109 Boilerplate Commands , 86, 88 bullets , 61, 62 choose all , 45 Command Browser , 14, 15, 57, 62, 64, [...]

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