Starting to Dictate, Starting Dragon | Nuance comm K609AGC3110

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Starting to Dictate

Now that you’ve installed the software and completed training, you’re ready to dictate your first sentence.

Starting Dragon

If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is not already running, you can start it by:

nDouble-clicking the Dragon icon on the desktop.

nSelecting Start > Programs > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5 > Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11.5.

nIf the QuickStart option is enabled, right-clicking the QuickStart taskbar tray icon and selecting Start Dragon. For more on using the QuickStart option, see Using QuickStart on page 44.

NOTE: You can start Dragon over a Remote Desktop connection (Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home), but interactive dictation is not supported. Using a Remote Desktop connection, you can access the DragonBar and transcribe dictation but you cannot use a microphone attached to the remote machine to dictate.

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Contents

User Guide Page Iii Contents Formatting Introduction Conventions used in this guide About this guide What should I expect from Dragon? What if I can’t use a keyboard and mouse? Do I still need my keyboard and mouse? Multiple users on one computer Plugging in the microphone Installing on Windows Vista/Windows What you should know before installingInstalling Dragon to a custom location Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition Before installing the softwareCoexistence with other Dragon products Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon Choose the type of installation to carry out Choosing type of installation To install all features of Dragon Installing software Typical Installation Installing software Custom Installation \Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11 Modify the administrative settings OPT ION Description Modifying administrative settings Modifying application settings for all users Modifying formatting options for all users To create a user profile Creating your user profile User Guide Installation and User Profile Creation Using a headset microphone Setting up/positioning your microphone Using an array microphone Checking microphone volume/sound quality To train a new user Training a new user profile Installation and User Profile Creation Adapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning Scheduling data collection Help us improve Dragon Let Dragon automatically improve your accuracy How Dragon automatically configures user profile Upgrading User Profiles To upgrade existing users User Guide Windows Vista and Windows 7 directory structure Version 11.5 File Structure Cleaning up after uninstalling Accessing log files, samples, and tools Installation and User Profile Creation Starting Dragon Starting to Dictate Sleeping and waking up Turning on the microphone Starting to dictate Using Natural Punctuation Starting new lines and paragraph Dictating punctuation Tips for dictating text Using the Dictation Box Saving Getting HelpPrinting and saving your dictated text Printing To open the Dragon Sidebar What Can I Say? MS Outlook commands Global commands Desktop commands Tutorial TroubleshootingDragonBar Full Text Control indicator Microphone button and volume display Extras toolbar Changing the DragonBar position Controlling Dragon with voice commands To Temporarily Disable QuickStart Using QuickStartTo enable QuickStart To shut off/permanently disable QuickStart Phone On/Off Profile Using QuickStartPage Shorter names for popular programs Programs, documents, and foldersStarting a program Opening documents and folders from the Start menu Switching between open windows To switch between open programs or windows To open a menu Opening and closing menus Selecting buttons, tabs, and options Using Windows Desktop commands User Guide To select an icon on the desktop Selecting icons on the desktop Say Move Right 1, Move Down 2, or Move Up Resizing and closing windows Scrolling in popular programs To make a selection from an open list Scrolling in windows and list boxesOpening lists and making selections To open a list box Pressing letters Pressing keyboard keys Capitalizing a letter Pressing key combinations Pressing numbers Pressing function and numeric keypad keys Pressing other keys To use MouseGrid Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouseMoving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid Moving the pointer with the Mouse command To click the mouse Clicking the mouseMarking and dragging objects To move the pointer Dragging the mouse Moving the pointer with the mouse motion commands Enabling the mouse motion commands Mouse motion commands Working on Your Desktop To correct text with the keyboard Correcting mistakes Correcting text while playing back dictation Correcting text using voice commands Using the Correction menu Spell That Numbered list of alternative recognitions Add that to Vocabulary Make That a CommandPlay That Back All Caps That To use Full Text Control Using Full Text ControlSelecting text by voice Correcting Punctuation Unselecting words Selecting the same text again Selecting your whole document Selecting a longer phrase Selecting a word or character Selecting an entire paragraph or line Going to the beginning or end of a line Moving around in a documentGoing to the top or bottom of a page or document To place the insertion point after a specific word Placing the insertion point before or after a specific wordMoving up or down a paragraph or line To place the insertion point before a specific word Deleting the last words you dictated Copying, cutting, and pasting textDeleting text Moving right or left a word or character To delete text Going back as you dictateDeleting specific words To go back as you dictate Deleting the next or previous word or character Deleting the next or previous paragraph or line Spelling as you dictate Correcting and Editing Playing back dictation from the Correction menu Playing back your dictation Playing back dictation in a document To skip backward or forward To play back dictationTo stop playback To stop playback and correct a mistake Dictate now, correct laterCorrecting your own dictation Correcting someone else’s dictation Correcting with the document author’s user files To correct using someone else’s user filesCorrecting with your own user files Correcting and Editing To start text-to-speech, do one of the following Using text-to-speech To stop text-to-speech, do one of the following Formatting To capitalize the first letters of consecutive words Capitalizing textCapitalizing first letter of next word you dictate Capitalizing consecutive words Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters Dictating next word in all capital lettersDictating consecutive words in all capital letters Dictating next word in all lowercase letters To capitalize or uncapitalize text Formatting textChanging the font as you dictate To dictate consecutive words in all lowercase letters Changing a combination of font face, size, and style Changing font faceChanging font size Changing font style To change the font Changing the font laterBold, italics, and underlining To remove formatting Aligning textBulleted text To add bold, italics, and underliningPage 101 Dictating numbers 102 Dates Using Numbers mode103 Times of day 104 Telephone numbers outside North America 105Telephone numbers North American phone numbers Fractions 106Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers Roman numerals 107 UK and Canadian Postal Codes 108Postal and ZIP Codes US ZIP Codes Currency in US/Canada US English dialect 109Currency and coin 110 Enabling and disabling automatic punctuation Punctuation111 112 Characteristics Including ’s as you dictate Dictating hyphenated words113 Words that end with ’s Preventing hyphens 114Including hyphens as you dictate Removing hyphens Compounding words later Dictating compound words115 Compounding words as you dictate To compound words Dictating namesDictating abbreviations and acronyms 116 117 Dictating e-mail and Web addresses Dictating common special characters Dictating special characters118 119 Switching recognition modes 120 121 Index 122 123 124 125 126 127 Information, Sales, Services and Technical Support