Nuance DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING ESSENTIALS 5 Quick start guide

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Quick Start

When you see this...

...you can talk

to your favorite

programs!

Installing

Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

See page 2

Teaching

the program

how you speak

See page 4

Beginning

to dictate

See page 8

Command

Quick

Reference

See inside back cover

Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your

computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft

Internet Explorer

, e-mail, chat, and virtually any other

program in which you normally type. Talking to a

program while Dragon NaturallySpeaking types what

you say is called “dictating.”

Quick Start 03-101-50-01

Essentials

f you have an earlier version of Dragon

NaturallySpeaking, see page 15 for upgrade

information.

1. If you’re running a virus checker (for example,

McAfee

VirusScan

or Symantec

™

Norton

AntiVirus

™

), turn it off. Sometimes installation

can trigger a false virus report.

2. Put the Dragon NaturallySpeaking CD into

your CD-ROM drive. Setup begins automatically.

If installation does not begin automatically, use

Windows Explorer to ﬁnd your CD-ROM drive;

then double-click Setup.exe to start the installation.

3. Follow the instructions on your screen to

complete the installation.

The product CD Key you’ll need to complete the

installation is located on a sticker on your CD sleeve.

4. Dragon Systems recommends that you register

online now, if you can, so we can notify you of

product upgrades and other offers.

5. If installation prompts you to restart your

computer, select Yes to restart before you launch

Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

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Installing Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

NEW in version 5:

e-mail

ictate into popular e-mail programs with

special built-in voice commands. Dragon

NaturallySpeaking works with these and other

popular e-mail applications:

America OnLine

4.0 or 5.0

QUALCOMM

Eudora

Pro 4.3

Microsoft Outlook

97, 98, or 2000

Microsoft Outlook Express 5

Netscape

Messenger

in Netscape

Communicator

4.73

Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 5 also has

many new and improved commands for surﬁng

the web with Microsoft Internet Explorer. For

more information, see the online Help.

Connecting Your

Microphone

efer to the following diagram to connect your

microphone to your computer.

Not all systems use the same icons for input and

output jacks. If you have questions, consult the user’s

manual that came with your computer.

1. Insert the RED or PINK plug into the MIC

input jack on your computer sound card. Sound cards

vary, but the microphone jack is usually red and has a

picture of a microphone. If your sound card does not

have a MIC jack, use the LINE IN jack.

2. Insert the BLACK or BROWN plug into the

LINE OUT jack on your computer sound card. If

your sound card does not have a LINE OUT jack,

use the SPEAKER or HEADPHONE jack.

3. If your headset microphone includes an ampliﬁer

box, install batteries in the box. See your microphone

documentation for complete instructions.

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Positioning Your

Microphone

o talk to programs using Dragon

NaturallySpeaking, you need to speak into the

microphone that came with your software. It’s very

important that the microphone be in just the right

position, so that Dragon NaturallySpeaking can

hear you loud and clear. Whenever you use Dragon

NaturallySpeaking, start by making sure your

microphone is in the right position.

If the microphone is out of place, Dragon

NaturallySpeaking won’t be able to hear you as

clearly and may make more mistakes.

It’s a good idea to sip water when you do a lot

of dictating, so you don’t get hoarse. If you drink through

a straw, you won’t have to move the microphone out of

place.

Positioning a Headset Microphone

Position the microphone about a half-inch

from your mouth and a little off to the side. The

microphone should not touch your mouth, but it

can be almost touching your lips.

It’s okay to touch the foam covering while you’re

adjusting the microphone, but don’t touch the

microphone while you’re talking.

The side of the microphone that you should speak

into may be marked with a colored dot or the word

“Talk.”

If you need to move the microphone out of the

way, you can lift the “boom” up and over your

head, rather than

bending it out of

position or removing

the headset.

Positioning

a Handheld

Microphone

Hold the microphone

one to three inches

from your mouth and

a little off to the side.

If the volume display

on the DragonBar

turns red, try holding

the microphone

slightly farther from

your mouth.

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tart Dragon NaturallySpeaking, if it’s not already

running. Here’s how:

Double-click the desktop icon for Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

Or go to the Start menu, point to Programs, and

click Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

The ﬁrst time you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking,

the program automatically starts the New User

Wizard. This wizard takes you step-by-step through

the process of creating a personal speech proﬁle called

a “user.”

A user stores information the program needs to

recognize your speech, for example, information about

how you pronounce different words. If more than one

person will be using Dragon NaturallySpeaking on

this computer, each one must create a unique user.

The rest of this section explains each step in the New

User Wizard. If you have difﬁculty with any step, this

section can help answer your questions.

STEP 1:

Create a User

1. Name this user with your name or any other

unique name.

2. Choose a language (dialect). The English version

of Dragon NaturallySpeaking 5 ships with ﬁve

dialects: US English, UK English, Australian English,

Indian English, and Southeast Asian English. Choose

the dialect that most closely matches your accent

when you speak English.

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Teaching the

Program How

You Speak

Some commands behave differently for different

dialects depending on the Regional Settings of your

computer. If you have problems dictating times or

currency, set the Regional Settings in your Windows

Control Panel to match the language dialect you

selected in this step. See your user’s guide for more

information.

Important

3. Choose a dictation source. If you will be

dictating into a headset or handheld microphone

connected to your computer, choose “Microphone

plugged into Mic-In Jack.” If you will be using

another type of microphone, select the option that

matches your dictation source from the drop-down

list.

If you are using a microphone not supplied with

your program, check the Hardware Compatibility List on

the Dragon Systems website (www.dragonsystems.com)

to see if your version supports the microphone you plan

to use.

4. Choose a vocabulary. Most adult users should use

the default choice, “General.” Younger speakers of

U.S. English (aged 9–15) should select the “Teens”

vocabulary. Most users should not need the Advanced

option.

STEP 2:

Check your audio

settings

efore beginning this step, make sure your

microphone is properly connected and positioned.

If your computer has more than one sound card,

you will be asked to select one in this step.

1. Check your microphone volume by clicking Start

Volume Check, then read aloud the text in the box.

When the program beeps to indicate it has ﬁnished

checking the volume, click Next.

2. Check your sound quality. Click Start Quality

Check and then read aloud the text in the box. When

the program beeps to indicate it has ﬁnished checking

the volume, click Next.

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STEP 3:

Train Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

o two people sound exactly alike, so before you

can start talking to the computer, you have to

teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you pronounce

different words.

It usually takes only about ﬁve minutes to teach the

computer how you speak, but you have to do this the

ﬁrst time you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You do

this by reading aloud part of a book or a story into

your microphone (you can choose from several texts).

Information about your voice is saved in the user ﬁle

you just created.

1. A yellow arrow shows you where to start reading.

To take breaks while you’re training the program, just

click Pause.

2. To advance through the ﬁrst two screens, you

must say the sentences without pausing. For the rest

of the screens, it’s okay to pause in the middle of a

sentence.

When the words turn black, it means the computer

has heard and recognized them. If you keep reading

the same words, and the computer still doesn’t get it,

just click Skip.

3. Click Next to continue.

4. Choose a text to read aloud. In Dragon

NaturallySpeaking version 5, you only need to read

for about ﬁve minutes to train the computer to

recognize your speech. Sometimes, a new text will

begin at the end of the one you chose; this is because

the program needs a little more information about

how you speak.

You can take breaks while you’re training the

computer. Just click Pause.

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Don’t worry if you make mistakes. You should try to

read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if

you read something incorrectly. The computer will

either ignore the mistake or display the yellow arrow

so you can try again.

The progress bar shows how much text you have left

to dictate. Make sure you read until you can click the

Finish button. Otherwise, the computer will not save

your training for this user. When you are done

reading, click Finish.

STEP 4:

Congratulations! YouÕre

ready to dictate.

hen you’re ﬁnished dictating, you will receive

a message saying “Congratulations! You have

ﬁnished the training. Click OK, and General Training

will spend a few minutes adapting and saving your

speech ﬁles.” Click OK and wait for the program to

ﬁnish adapting to your voice.

When adaptation is complete, you will see this next

screen.

If you are upgrading from a previous version, you

may want to See what’s new in version 5. Or, you can

simply Begin dictating.

When you have made your choice, click Finish.

Then open your favorite word processor or e-mail

program and start dictating.

Turning on the

Microphone

efore you can dictate, you need to turn the

microphone on by clicking the microphone icon

on the DragonBar. You can click this icon again to

turn it off.

Or you can press the plus (+) key on the numeric

keypad to turn the microphone on, and then press it

again to turn the microphone off.

After you click the microphone icon, remember to

click in the window you want to talk to before you

speak.

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Welcome to the

DragonBar

hen you see the DragonBar on your screen,

you can dictate into virtually any program.

The DragonBar contains the following parts, starting

from the left side:

The Dragon icon

Click on the icon (or right-click anywhere on the

DragonBar) to display a menu that controls how the

DragonBar looks and acts on your screen. See the

online Help for more information.

NaturallySpeaking menu

The NaturallySpeaking menu on the DragonBar

contains all the menu commands that you can use

while working in Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Some of

these commands are also available from other parts of

the DragonBar, for example, opening the online Help.

Microphone icon and volume display

Click on the microphone icon to turn speech

recognition on and off.

Microphone is off.

Microphone is on and ready to dictate.

The volume display indicates how well the program is

hearing your voice.

Display Help icon

Click on the icon to open the Dragon

NaturallySpeaking online Help.

Manage users

Click Users to display a menu that contains a list of

your users, and a command that opens the Manage

Users dialog box.

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Beginning

to Dictate

The DragonBar

Dragon icon Microphone icon Manage Users

NaturallySpeaking menu Volume display Display Help icon

Using the DragonBar

ou can display and use the DragonBar in different

ways, or modes. You can also specify whether or

not the DragonBar always appears on top of the active

window.

To change the DragonBar mode

Click on the Dragon icon on the left side of the

DragonBar, or right-click anywhere on the DragonBar

to open the DragonBar shortcut menu. Then, on the

DragonBar shortcut menu, click the mode you want.

The DragonBar has ﬁve modes:

Floating mode

The DragonBar appears in a window you can drag

around the screen.

Docked to top mode

The DragonBar always stays at the top of the screen.

This is the mode in which the DragonBar appears the

ﬁrst time you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

Docked to bottom mode

The DragonBar always stays at the bottom of the

screen. If the Windows taskbar is visible at the bottom

of the screen, the DragonBar appears just above it.

Cling mode

The DragonBar “clings” to the top left of the active

window. When you drag the active window to a new

location on your screen, the DragonBar moves with it.

In Cling mode, you do not see the Users button.

Tray icon only mode

The DragonBar is not visible on the screen and you

do not have access to the NaturallySpeaking menu.

A microphone icon in the Windows system tray

indicates that Dragon NaturallySpeaking is running.

To return to the last DragonBar mode, right-click on

the microphone icon and click Restore Previous

DragonBar Mode in the shortcut menu.

To make the DragonBar appear

always on top

Click on the Dragon icon on the left side of the

DragonBar, or right-click anywhere on the

DragonBar, to open the DragonBar shortcut menu.

Then, on the DragonBar shortcut menu, click Always

on Top.

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Starting to Dictate

e recommend that you start dictating in

WordPad. If WordPad is not already open, start

it up from the Start menu. Make sure you click in the

WordPad window to make it active. Then check to

make sure that the microphone is on. You are now

ready to dictate.

When you begin to dictate, follow these guidelines:

Speak clearly and pronounce each word. Try not

to mumble or slur.

Speak in phrases or complete sentences,

not…like…this.

Think through what you’re going to say before you

say it.

Your ﬁrst words may take a moment to appear on the

screen while Dragon NaturallySpeaking warms up.

When you talk, text shows up in the small Results

box while Dragon NaturallySpeaking ﬁgures out what

you said.

At times the computer will type something that

sounds like what you said but isn’t quite right. People

sometimes misunderstand each other in the same way.

But the computer is not a person, so it won’t help to:

YELL!!!

T a a a a l k s l o o o o o w w w l y y y y…….

Or. Say. Only. One. Word. At. A. Time.

In fact, the computer does better when you speak in

long phrases, using your “natural” voice.

Adding Punctuation

You must tell the computer where to put the

punctuation.

If you are dictating in UK, Australian, Indian,

or Southeast Asian English, you must say “full stop” in

place of “period.” For more information on punctuation

in different dialects, see the online Help.

Dictate the text below and say “comma,” “period,”

and “question mark” to add the punctuation marks.

Harriet [comma] I heard that you are starting a

new job in San Francisco [period] Congratulations

[exclamation mark] When does the new job start

[question mark] I would love to have lunch with

you before you leave [period]

Adding Paragraphs, Line Spaces,

and Tabs

To start a new paragraph, say “New Paragraph.” To

start a new line, say “New Line.” To line up text using

tabs, say “Tab Key.”

New Paragraph, New Line, and Tab Key are examples

of Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands. You must

say commands quickly, without pausing in the middle

of saying a command.

Dictate the text below, making sure to say the

commands as shown.

date [Tab Key] [Tab Key] city [New Paragraph]

June 15 [Tab Key] [Tab Key] Los Angeles [New Line]

June 16 [Tab Key] [Tab Key] San Francisco [New Line]

June 17 [Tab Key] [Tab Key] Seattle [New Line]

You can see a list of Dragon NaturallySpeaking

commands and punctuation marks in the detachable

Command Quick Reference card at the back of this

guide. You will ﬁnd more command lists, including

punctuation and special characters, in the online

Help.

More About Commands

Commands are words that tell a program to do

something. For example, “Go To Sleep” is a command

that tells Dragon NaturallySpeaking to stop listening

temporarily. When you say a command, you must

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pause before and after saying it, otherwise Dragon

NaturallySpeaking might interpret the command as

dictation.

Dictate this paragraph, saying all the commands as

shown:

[New Paragraph] I’ll be staying at the Jackson hotel

[period] Here’s the phone number where you can

reach me [colon] [Go to Sleep]

(under your breath)

hmm, where did I put that number? ah, got it.

[Wake Up] 202 555 0828 [period]

Remember to pause before saying the “Go To Sleep”

command. If the program types the words “Go To

Sleep” or other similar words, say “Undo That,” and

then try saying the command again, pausing brieﬂy

before and after.

The detachable Command Quick Reference card in

the back of this guide lists the commands you may

ﬁnd most useful.

Becoming an expert? There are more commands

you can try. Click the Help icon and click View Command

List.

Changing Words

It’s normal for the computer to misunderstand some

words, especially at ﬁrst. Fixing the mistakes Dragon

NaturallySpeaking makes may slow you down a bit,

but once you get the hang of dictating, it’s a lot faster

than typing.

The next section tells you how to move around your

document to select, correct, delete, insert, and format

words you dictate.

Moving Around Your Document

You can move around your document by voice to

select text, correct mistakes, and format text. In order

to select a word or phrase, you need to move the

insertion point before or after the word or phrase you

want.

You can move to the top or bottom of the current

page by saying “Page Up” (equivalent to pressing the

PAGE UP key) or “Page Down” (equivalent to pressing

the PAGE DOWN key).

You can move to the top or bottom of your document

by saying “Go to Top” or “Go to Bottom.” You can

move to the beginning or end of the current line by

saying “Go to Beginning of Line” or “Go to End of

Line.”

To move forward one word at a time, say “Move

Forward a Word.” To move back a word, you can

say “Move Back a Word.” You can move forward,

backward, left, or right by characters or words.

To move up one line at a time, say “Move Forward a

Line.” To move back a line, you can say “Move Back

a Line.” You can move forward, backward, up, or

down by lines or paragraphs.

You can also say, for example, “Move Back Five Words”

or “Move Down Two Paragraphs.” You can move the

insertion point from 2 to 20 characters, words, lines,

or paragraphs at a time.

For variations on the Move commands, see the

Command Quick Reference card at the back of this

guide or the Command List of the online Help.

Selecting Words

To select forward one word at a time, say “Select

Next Word.” To select the previous word, you can say

“Select Previous Word.” You can select by characters,

words, lines, or paragraphs.

You can also say, for example, “Select Previous Five

Words” or “Select Next Two Paragraphs.” You can

select from 2 to 20 characters, words, lines, or

paragraphs at a time.

To undo a selection, say “Unselect That.” The

selection disappears.

When text is selected, the next thing you say replaces

the selected text. If the wrong thing happens,

immediately say “Undo That” to undo the last action.

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Correcting Words

When Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a mistake,

it may be because the word you said is not in the

program’s vocabulary. You can correct only the last

word or phrase you dictated. For example, dictate this

sentence:

I have always wanted to see the White House

[period]

1. Pause when you see the program make a mistake.

2. Say “Spell That” or “Correct That.” The

Correction box opens.

3. If you see the word or phrase you want in the list,

you can choose it by saying, for example, “Choose 3.”

You can choose any number that appears in the list.

4. Or, you can spell or type the word or phrase in

the Correction box. Say each letter at normal speed,

without pausing. If the word has a capital letter, just

say “cap” before that letter. Spelling will erase the list

of choices and bring up new ones as you spell.

5. When the correct word appears in the Correction

box, choose it by saying, for example, “Choose 1.” You

can choose any number that appears in the list.

You can move around the Correction box by voice,

and dictate special characters. For more information,

see the online Help.

Deleting Words

To delete words you just dictated, pause brieﬂy and

say “Scratch That.” To delete words anywhere in your

document, move to the words and select them, and

then say “Delete That.”

Say (without pausing):

I’m looking forward to seeing you [period]

Pause brieﬂy and say “Scratch That” to delete the

entire phrase. If the entire phrase is not deleted, you

can keep repeating “Scratch That” (up to 10 times).

Dictate the sentence below, without pausing.

Meet me at the front entrance to the

Smithsonian [period]

Say “Move Back Five Words.” Then say, “Select Next

Word.” The word “front” is selected.

Say “Delete That.” The word “front” disappears.

Say “Go to Bottom” to move to the end of your

document and resume dictating.

Deleting Characters

To delete backward one character at a time, say

“Backspace.” This is like pressing the Backspace key

on your keyboard.

To delete forward one character at a time, say “Delete

Next Character.” (To delete the previous word, you

can say “Delete Previous Word.” )

For variations on the Delete Next or Delete Previous

commands, see the Command Quick Reference card

at the back of this guide or the Command List of the

online Help.

Inserting Words

When you want to insert words anywhere in your

document, you can use the Move commands to move

the insertion point to the beginning of that word.

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You can then dictate the word or phrase you want

to insert (you must also dictate the space following the

inserted word).

Dictate this sentence:

I ran into an old friend at the Lincoln Memorial

[period]

Say “Go To Beginning of Line.”

Say “[Cap] Last week [spacebar].”

Then say, “Move Forward Five Words.” The insertion

point moves to just before “friend.”

Say “college [spacebar].”

The sentence now reads:

Last week I ran into an old college friend at the

Lincoln Memorial [period]

Capitalizing Words

You can capitalize words as you dictate, or later as you

review your document. To capitalize the last thing you

said, say “Cap That.” To make the last thing you said

appear in all capitals, say “All Caps That.” To make

the last thing you said appear in all lowercase, say “No

Caps That.”

To turn capitals on for the next thing you dictate, for

example, a book title, say “Caps On.” When you are

ﬁnished dictating the title, say “Caps Off.” You can

also turn all caps, or no caps, on and off the same way.

For a list of capitalization commands, see your

Command Quick Reference card or the online Help.

Formatting Words

You can format words as you dictate, or later as

you review your document. For example, you can

change font size and style, and apply bold, italics, or

underlining.

To format the last words you dictated, pause and say a

formatting command, for example, “Set Font 12 Point”

or “Format That Bold.”

To change the format for the next thing you dictate,

say, for example, “Set Font Arial 12 Point Italic.” The

change will apply to any text you have selected and

from that point onward. You can say any combination

of font face, size, and style.

To format words anywhere in your document, ﬁrst

select the words and then say a formatting command.

Dictate this sentence:

We spent all morning at the [Caps On] National

Portrait Gallery [Caps Off] [period]

Say “Select Previous Three Words.” The words “National

Portrait Gallery” are selected.

Say “Format That Italics.” The selection now reads

“National Portrait Gallery.”

Next, say “Move Back Four Words.” The insertion

point moves to before “all.”

Say “Select Next Two Words.” The words “all morning”

are selected.

Say “Format That Bold.” The selection now reads “all

morning.”

Say “Restore That” to remove the bold formatting.

Experiment with other formatting commands, such

as “Format That Underlined.” You can ﬁnd lists of

formatting commands in the Command Quick

Reference card or the online Help.

In WordPad and Microsoft Chat 2.1 and 2.5, you

can also say

“Bold That,” Italicize That,”

“Underline

That”

to format selected text.

Dictating Numbers

Any time you need to dictate a series of numbers and

do not want Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize

them as words, you can turn on Numbers Mode. To

turn Numbers Mode on from the NaturallySpeaking

menu, point to Words and then click Numbers Mode.

You can also say “Start Numbers Mode” or “Numbers

Mode On.” To turn Numbers Mode off, click

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Numbers Mode again. You can also say “Stop

Numbers Mode” or “Numbers Mode Off.” For more

information, see the online Help.

Improving Your Accuracy

Now that you’re dictating comfortably, you probably

want the program to make even fewer mistakes.

Here are some things you can do to improve your

recognition accuracy.

Add a New Word

Sometimes, the program makes a mistake because the

word you said isn’t in its vocabulary: for example, if

you say an unusual name, such as “Rusinow.” When

you correct the word, “Rusinow” won’t appear in the

Correction box.

From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Words,

then click Add Individual Word. Then type or spell

the word you want, and click Add. This way you

automatically add it to the Dragon NaturallySpeaking

vocabulary so that the program will recognize it the

next time.

Want to see what’s in the vocabulary? Here’s

how. On the DragonBar, point to Advanced, then click

Edit Vocabulary.

Train Words

You can teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking to

understand a word you just added, or a word it keeps

getting wrong. If you’ve tried the previous steps, and

the word is still not recognized, the program might

need some special training. Here’s how:

From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Words,

then click Train Words. Follow the instructions on the

screen to train the word Dragon NaturallySpeaking

gets wrong.

Add Words from Documents

Teaching Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you write

will improve your accuracy. We all write differently, so

the more the program knows about how you write,

the more likely it is to type the right thing when you

dictate.

Teaching Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you write is

much easier than teaching it how you speak. All you

have to do is let the program read some documents

you’ve already written on the computer.

From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Words,

and then click Add Words from Documents. For a

description of this feature, click the Help button in

the Add Words from Documents box.

This step isn’t required to get started, so you

can save it for another time. For more information on

Add Words from Documents, see the online Help.

Vocabulary Builder

™

can give you more control

over the words you add. From the NaturallySpeaking

menu, point to Advanced, then click Build Vocabulary

and follow the instructions on the screen.

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Train Your User Again

Spend more time teaching Dragon NaturallySpeaking

how you speak. If Dragon NaturallySpeaking

continues to make many mistakes and doesn’t seem

to be getting better, it may help to go back and read a

selection of text to the program for about 20 minutes.

From the NaturallySpeaking menu, point to Advanced,

then click Train User.

Remember, you can always ﬁx mistakes the old-

fashioned way—with the mouse and keyboard.

If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is taking too long

to recognize something, you can make it stop by clicking

the small red button inside the Results box.

Get Help!

If you ever get stuck, just click the Help button on

the DragonBar, or say “Give Me Help.” You’ll ﬁnd

some good advice, and some useful tips and shortcuts,

too. The Command List is a good place to start, since

it lists all the Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice

commands.

Minimum System

Requirements

Windows

98, 2000, Millennium, or Windows NT

4.0 (with Service Pack 6 or greater)

266 MHz processor

64 MB RAM

150 MB free disk space (Compact installation)

Dragon Systems-certiﬁed sound card—see list at

www.dragonsys.com/support/techsupp/index.html

CD-ROM for installation

Noise-canceling headset microphone

Dragon NaturallySpeaking is optimized for many

popular processors, including the Intel

Pentium

III,

Intel Pentium II, Intel Pentium with MMX

™

, Intel

Celeron

™

, AMD K6

-2, AMD K6-III with

3DNow!

™

, AMD Athlon

™

, and more.

Upgrading from an

earlier version of Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

f you have version 3 or later of Dragon

NaturallySpeaking installed on your computer, you

can choose to upgrade it to version 5. To upgrade

from an earlier version, answer “Yes” when installation

asks if you want to upgrade. The installation will

upgrade your speech ﬁles and vocabulary ﬁles to the

latest version. Any words you have added to your

vocabulary in the earlier version will be retained. You

will be prompted to retrain your existing user(s),

which takes approximately ﬁve minutes in version 5.

Once your speech ﬁles have been upgraded to

version 5, they cannot be used by previous versions of

Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

Uninstalling Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

o uninstall the product, click the Windows Start

menu, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.

Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon, select

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 5, click Add/Remove, and

select the Remove option. You’ll be given the

opportunity to save your speech ﬁles in case you want

to reinstall.

NOTE

TIP

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Detach this card for quick reference to

Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands.

▲

About commands

When Dragon NaturallySpeaking hears certain

phrases, it performs an action instead of typing the

words into your document. These phrases are called

“voice commands,” or just “commands.”

Following is a list of the most popular Dragon

NaturallySpeaking commands. For a complete list,

see the online Help.

To make commands work:

Don’t

pause in the middle of saying a command. If

the command is

“Scratch That,”

for example, don’t

pause between the words “scratch” and “that.”

pause brieﬂy before saying the command. The

pause lets Dragon NaturallySpeaking know that

the phrase is a command.

What if I say a command, but itÕs typed as

dictation?

If you pause correctly, but Dragon NaturallySpeaking

still types your command as dictation, you can force it

to recognize what you say as a command by holding

down the

CTRL key while you speak.

What if I dictate text, but itÕs interpreted as a

command?

If you dictate text, but Dragon NaturallySpeaking

interprets your words as commands, you can force it

to type your words as dictation by holding down the

SHIFT key while you speak.

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Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Command

Quick Reference

Controlling the microphone

Go to Sleep Make the microphone stop

listening temporarily.

Wake Up Reactivate the microphone when

it’s sleeping.

Microphone Off Turn the microphone off.

Getting Help

Give Me Help Opens the online Help.

View Command List Opens the command list for the

or What Can I Say online Help.

Adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces*

New Line Press the Enter key once.

New Paragraph Press the Enter key twice.

Tab Key Press the Tab key.

Space Bar Press the space bar.

No Space “glass” Type the next word without a

space before it. In this example,

“window No Space glass” =

windowglass.

No Space On Stop putting spaces between

words.

No Space Off Start putting spaces between

words.

* You need not pause before these commands.

Selecting text

Select Next Word

Forward

2...20

Words

Previous Character

Back

2...20

Characters

Paragraph

2...20

Paragraphs

Select That Select the last thing you said.

Unselect That Unselect selected text.

Select All/ Select all the text in your

Select Document document.

THEN (one):THEN (one):

SAY:

TO:SAY:

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Moving around in a document

Go to Bottom Move to the end of your document.

Go to Top Move to the beginning of your

document.

Go to Beginning Move to the start of the current

of Line line.

Go to End Move to the end of the current

of Line line.

Moving up or down

Move Up 1 Line

Back

2...20

Lines

Down 1 Paragraph

Forward

2...20

Paragraphs

Moving right or left

Move Right 1 Word

Forward

2...20

Words

Left 1 Character

Back

2...20

Characters

Deleting text

Delete Next Word

Forward

2...20

Words

Previous Character

Back

2...20

Characters

Paragraph

2...20

Paragraphs

Copying, cutting, and pasting text

Cut That Cuts the selected text.

Copy That Copies the selected text to the

clipboard.

Copy All to Copies the entire document to the

Clipboard clipboard.

Paste That Pastes the text from the clipboard

into the document at the insertion

point.

TO:SAY:

THEN (one):THEN (one):

SAY:

THEN (one):THEN (one):

SAY:

THEN (one):THEN (one):

SAY:

TO:SAY:

Correcting text

Correct That Correct the last thing you said.

Spell “g-l-a-s-s” Spell the next word, such as

“glass.”

Spell That Spell the last thing you said, in

“g-l-a-s-s” this case, “glass.”

Correction dialog box commands

Choose 2 Select an alternative from the

numbered list and enter it in your

document, in this example, choice

number 2.

Select 3 Select an alternative from the

numbered list for editing, in this

example, choice number 3.

Erasing and undoing

Scratch That Erase the last thing you said. You

can say “Scratch That” up to 10

times.

Delete That Delete selected text.

Undo That Undo the last action (useful for

undoing commands).

Backspace Press the Backspace key. You can

say, for example, “Backspace 2”

for any number

2...20.

Capitalizing text

Cap “glass” Start the next word with a capital,

in this example, “Glass.”

All Caps “glass” Type the next word in all capitals,

in this example, “GLASS.”

No Caps “Jack” Type the next word in all

lowercase, in this example, “jack.”

Caps On Turn initial caps on.

Caps Off Turn initial caps off.

All Caps On Turn all capitals on (like pressing

the

CAPS LOCK key).

All Caps Off Turn all capitals off.

No Caps On Turn all lowercase on.

No Caps Off Turn all lowercase off.

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Entering numbers

5 ﬁve or numeral ﬁve

23 twenty three

179 one hundred seventy nine or one

hundred and seventy nine

5423 ﬁve thousand four hundred twenty

three

5,423 ﬁve [comma] four twenty three

12,532 twelve thousand ﬁve hundred thirty

two

January 22, 1960 January twenty two [comma]

nineteen sixty

4/9/2000 four [slash] nine [slash] two

thousand

8:30 eight [colon] thirty

4:45 AM four forty ﬁve a m

3:00 PM three o’clock p m

617-965-5200 six one seven nine six ﬁve ﬁfty two

hundred

(01628) 894150 open parenthesis oh one six two

eight close parenthesis space bar

eight nine four one ﬁve oh

$45 US/Canada: forty ﬁve dollars

Other Dialects: dollar sign forty ﬁve

£ 45 US/Canada: pound sterling sign

forty ﬁve

Other Dialects: forty ﬁve pounds

1/2 one half

3 7/8 three and seven eighths

Start Numbers Mode or Numbers Mode On

Tell Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize your

dictation as numbers, typed as numerals.

Stop Numbers Mode or Numbers Mode Off

Resume normal recognition of text and numbers.

Entering punctuation and special characters

& ampersand * asterisk

’ apostrophe ’s apostrophe s

@ at sign ` backquote

‘ open single quote/ ’ close single quote/

begin single quote end single quote

SAY:FOR:SAY:FOR:

TO:

SAY:

TO:

SAY:

SAY:FOR:

“ open quote “ close quote/

begin quote end quote

\ backslash / slash/

forward slash

: colon , comma

^ caret — dash

. dot/ . US/Canada: period

point Other Dialects:

full stop

$ dollar sign ... ellipsis

= equal sign Û euro sign/euro

! exclamation point - hyphen

{ US/Canada: open } US/Canada: close

brace/left brace brace/right brace

Other Dialects: Other Dialects:

open curly bracket/ close curly bracket/

left curly bracket right curly bracket

[ US/Canada: ] US/Canada:

open bracket/ close bracket/

left bracket right bracket

Other Dialects: Other Dialects:

open square close square

bracket/left bracket/right

square bracket square bracket

( All Dialects: ) All Dialects:

open parenthesis/ close parenthesis/

left parenthesis right parenthesis

Outside US/Canada: Outside US/Canada:

open bracket/ close bracket/

left bracket right bracket

< open angle > close angle

bracket/ bracket/

less than greater than

- minus sign + plus sign

% percent sign ? question mark

£ US/Canada: pound # US/Canada:

sterling sign number sign/

Other Dialects: pound/pound sign

pound sign/pound Other Dialects:

hash sign/

sharp sign

§ section sign ; semicolon

(space) space bar (tab) tab key

~ tilde _ underscore

| vertical bar :-( frowny face

:-) smiley face ;-) winky face

SAY:FOR:SAY:FOR:

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Mailbox commands for e-mail

Check For New Mail Check the Inbox for new

or Refresh Mail messages.

Create Mail Create a new e-mail message.

or New Message

Open Mail Open the selected e-mail message.

or Open That

Close Mail Close the selected e-mail message

or Close That window. This command does not

close your main e-mail program.

It does not work in Netscape

Messenger.

Sending, replying to, forwarding, and printing e-mail

Reply Mail or Reply to the sender of the current

Reply To Message message.

Reply To All Reply to all recipients of the

current message.

Forward Mail Forward the current message.

Send Mail Sends the current message.

Print Mail Prints the current message.

Delete Mail Deletes the current message.

Moving around in an e-mail message

Go to To Field Move to the To ﬁeld. In AOL only,

or To you can say “Send To.”

Go To CC Field Move to the CC ﬁeld. In AOL only,

or CC you can say “Copy To.”

Go To BCC Field Move to the BCC ﬁeld.

or BCC

Go To Subject Field Move to the Subject ﬁeld.

or Subject

Go To Body Field Move to the Body ﬁeld.

or Body

Go To First Field Move to the ﬁrst ﬁeld of the view.

or First

Go To Next Field Move to the next ﬁeld of the view.

or Next

Go To Previous Field Move to the previous ﬁeld of the

or Previous view.

Go To Last Field Move to the last ﬁeld of the view.

or Last

TO:SAY:

Formatting text

Format That Bold Apply bold to either the last thing

you said or selected text.

Format That Italics Apply italics to either the last thing

you said or selected text.

Format That Apply underlining to either the last

Underlined thing you said or selected text.

Restore That Remove formatting from selected

text.

Left Align That Left align the selected text.

Right Align That Right align the selected text.

Center That Center the selected text.

Starting, stopping, and switching programs

Start Start a program or document on

Internet Explorer

your Start menu or desktop, in this

example, Internet Explorer.

Start

Mail

Start your default e-mail program.

Click Start menu Open the Windows Start menu.

Switch To Switch to a running program, in

Internet Explorer

this example, Internet Explorer. The

name must be in the program’s title

bar.

Switch To Switch to the next open window

Next Window on your screen.

Switch To Switch to the previous open

Previous Window window on your screen.

Click Close Close the current window or

program.

Controlling windows and menus

Click File Click a menu, button, or control, in

this example, “File.”

Click Maximize Maximize the current window to

take up the full screen.

Click Minimize Minimize the current window to the

taskbar.

Click Restore Restore the current window to its

normal size.

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Technical Support

Dragon Systems offers free telephone support for 30 days,

and unlimited Web-based support. Your free 30-day period

begins with your ﬁrst call. You may buy additional telephone

support after the free period.

Before calling Technical Support, please collect the following

information (if you cannot ﬁnd it, Technical Support can

help):

your product serial number (located on your CD sleeve)

any error message text

sound card name and model

program log ﬁles (dragon.log and dgnsetup.log) (attach

them if you send e-mail to Technical Support)

Dragon Systems, L&H, NaturallySpeaking, Vocabulary Builder, Vocabulary

Editor, and the L&H and Dragon Systems logos are registered trademarks or

trademarks of L&H in the United States and/or other countries. All other names

and trademarks referenced herein are trademarks of L&H or their respective

owners.

Contact

Dragon

Systems

DRAGON SYSTEMS USA

A Lernout & Hauspie Company

320 Nevada Street

Newton, Massachusetts 02460

USA

TEL +1-617-965-5200

FAX +1-617-527-0372

E-MAIL [email protected]

WEB www.dragonsystems.com

DRAGON SYSTEMS UK

A Lernout & Hauspie Company

Seagate House

Globe Park

Marlow

Buckinghamshire SL7 1LW

United Kingdom

TEL +44 (0) 1628 894150

FAX +44 (0) 1628 894151

E-MAIL [email protected]

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TEL +32-57-228-888

FAX +32-57-208-48

WEB www.LHSL.com

Web www.DragonSystems.com/support

Includes product updates, hardware

compatibility information, answers to

frequently asked questions, and

discussion forums.

Telephone 617-965-7670

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