Nuance Dragon Dictate manual

1 Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 Reviewer’s Guide[...]

2 Thank you for your int erest in review ing Dragon Dictat e for Mac 3, the w orld’s most accurat e and best-selli ng speech recogniti on applicat ion for the Mac. We h ope that the follow ing pages wi ll serve as a helpful reference duri ng the course of your review . TABLE O F CONTENTS What’s New in Drag on Dictate for Mac 3 3-5 Sample Test s[...]

3 What’s New in Dra gon Dictate f or Mac 3? Summary: With improve d accuracy and performa nce, amazing t echno log y advances and powerful new voi ce commands, prev ious versions of Dragon Dict ate for Mac 3 del ivered a faste r, be tt er and simply smarter speech recognit ion solution for Mac users. St ill, Nuance has cont inued to explore wa ys[...]

4 More Contro l  Control in More Applications with Express Editor: Dragon Dict ate for Mac 3 gives you control i n mo re ap plicati ons, so that you can use your voi ce to get more done. Dragon Dict ate for Mac 3 deliv ers an Express Editor so t hat you can dict ate into a te xt field that does not have Full Te xt Control. After you finish dict [...]

5 And More…  Simpler In stallatio n Pro cess – Dragon Dictate f or Mac 3 ships on a si ngle DVD, making inst allation a breeze, thanks t o the included sta ndard A pple I nstaller. Centralized Speech En gine D a ta – By cent ralizing its speech engine dat a, Dragon Dictate f or Mac 3 saves valuable hard dri ve space for cust omers who may [...]

6 Sample tests for r eview of Dragon D ictate for Mac 3 Dragon Dict ate for Mac 3 is used b y a variet y of people – in all wa lks of life – to sav e time and to work s mar t er with their computers. You’ll find below some examples of how Dragon is used at home, in t he office, at school or on t he go, and some sug gestions for how to put Dra[...]

7 At home Y ou’ ve recent ly fo und a f aded copy of a favorit e family recipe t hat's been around for generati on s. Drag on Dictate for Mac 3 ca n help capture and preserv e this family tradition. Rat her than simply rewriting t he recipe by hand, Dragon all ows you to dictat e while you cook – t he ingredients, quant ities, temperatures[...]

8 Accuracy / D ragon Shortcuts f or Email / Smart Format Rules 1. [Send an email t o <INSERT N A ME OF SOME ONE IN Y OUR A DDRESS BO OK>] 2. “Chocolat e chi p cookie s” 3. [Tab key] 4. “I checked my not es for you earlier t his morning to find t he exact amount of sugar needed in t he cookie recipe [per iod]. Please not e that the recip[...]

9 In a small o ffice Imagi ne that y ou are a small business owner work ing in your home offi ce. You're responsible for mar keting, sales, ac counts receivable, account s payable and, of course , running t he bu siness . When you’re jug gling dozens of t asks, maki ng the most of every moment i s critical. Creating, formatti ng and editing [...]

10 At school Try to recall yo ur college days and t he headaches you experie nced writi ng lengthy papers. How man y hours did you spend hunched ov er a keyboard hunt ing an d pecking and trying t o squeeze out t he required number of pag es? How much anxiet y did you feel as a young st udent when you were faced w ith a blank pa ge? Researching, wr[...]

11 definiti on of the species [ period] [Capit alize int ernational board of botani cal nomenclature ] ” 11. [Select i nternational board of bota nical nomenclat ure ; itali cize that; go to end] Accuracy 1. [Open Microsoft Word] 2. [File New] 3. “Stat e un iversit y st uden t bl og en t ry for Thurs day Septemb er 18 two thousand eleven” 4. [...]

12 On the go Try using a Bl uetooth headset or your mobile device as a wireless microph one in this example. I f y ou cho ose to do the lat ter, just follow the on-screen i nstructions for addi n g a source to your user p rofile in Dragon Di ctate for Mac 3 a nd add your Android or iOS device as a w ireless microphone for use w ith Dragon Dict ate [...]

13 Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 compatibility wit h iWork Update 9.2 When using Drag on Dictate 2.0 and higher with iWork Updat e 9.2 (Keynote 5.2, Pag es 4.2, and Numbers 2.2), users ma y experience an issue whe n dictating certain chara cters that a re part of the extended charact er set called UTF-8. We are working to r esolve the issue. In t he int[...]

14 Press Contact and Pr ess Kit Press Con ta ct and Pres s Kit If you have an y questions, or need sup port during the rev iew process, please feel fre e to contact Linda Walsh direct ly. Press Con ta ct: Linda Walsh Direct or (InkHouse on be h alf of Nuance Comm unications) Linda@inkho us e.com Office: 781-966-4 117 Mobile: 508-25 9-5749 One Waysi[...]