Nuance comm K609A-WN9-11.0, K609A-GC3-11.0 manual Starting to dictate, Using Natural Punctuation

User Guide

Starting to dictate

To begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft® Word or Corel® WordPerfect®) and begin a new document. Make sure your text insertion point is at the start of the new document.

DragonPad

You can use the DragonPad, a simple word processor included with Dragon. To open the DragonPad, from the Tools menu on the DragonBar, click DragonPad.

TIP: Remember to click in the window you want to talk to before you speak.

Start talking.

As you speak, Dragon 11.5 indicates that it is processing by displaying a small Dragon logo at your insertion point, and when you pause, your dictated words appear in your document. Our research shows that this enables many users to dictate better, without being distracted by seeing the preliminary results accumulating in the Results Box, as in previous versions. The traditional Results Box is still available from the View tab of the Options dialog box. (From What’s new)

Don’t worry about mistakes at this point; Dragon improves as you use it.

Using Natural Punctuation

Dragon can automatically add periods and commas at the appropriate places in your dictation without you having to explicitly speak that punctuation. The Natural Punctuation feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is punctuated.

Natural Punctuation inserts only periods and commas. You have to dictate other punctuation marks. Even with Natural Punctuation turned on, you can still dictate periods and commas. As you become more adept at dictation and want more

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