Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13.0 Installation guide

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Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon Version 13 14
Webexperience 14
EnhancingAccuracy 14
CompatibilityAlerts 14
NewDragonBar 15
LearningCenter 15
InteractiveTutorialenhancements 15
ShorterProfileCreationProcess 15
SimplifiedAudioSetup 16
Open-endedcustomcommands(ProfessionalandLegaleditionsonly) 16
AlwaysreplacesAskMeasthedefaultfordeferredcorrection(ProfessionalandLegaleditionsonly) 16
OperatingSystemsupport 16
Chapter 2: Installing Dragon 17
InstallationandUserProfileCreation 17
Dragonsystemrequirements 18
Whatyoushouldknowbeforeinstalling 18
InstallingDragontoacustomlocation 18
InstallationPrerequisites 19
InstallingSoftware-TypicalInstallation 20
InstallingSoftware-CustomInstallation 21
Modifyingapplicationsettingsforallusers 23
Modifyingformattingoptionsforallusers 24
Creatingyouruserprofile 25
Settingup,positioning,andcheckingyourmicrophone 27
Trainingauserprofile 27
UpgradingUserProfiles 28
Defaultinstallationfolders 30
ActivatingDragonNaturallySpeaking 31
Chapter 3: Getting Started 33
WelcometoDragonNaturallySpeaking 34
WorkingwithWindows8andWindows8.1 36
AboutDragonNaturallySpeaking 39
HowDragonworks 40
ActivatingDragonNaturallySpeaking 41
Dragonsystemrequirements 42
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TopWaystouseDragon 43
UsingDragonNaturallySpeakingHelp 44
Hotkeys 45
UsingtheDragonNaturallySpeakingLearningCenter 45
UsingtheInteractiveTutorial 49
Startingtodictate 49
UsingtheCommandlineinterface 49
ElectronicMedicalRecord(EMR)applicationsrestrictions 50
AutoConfigurationBasedonSystemProfile 51
ContactingCustomerServiceandSupport 51
Chapter 4: Using the New DragonBar or Classic DragonBar 53
TheDragonBar 53
TheTextControlIndicator 59
DisplayingtheDragonBar 60
WorkingwiththeNewDragonBarorClassicDragonBar 63
Chapter 5: Using the Microphone 67
Chooseanaudiodevice 67
Positionyourmicrophoneproperly 68
Chapter 6: Using the Dragon Learning Center 71
UsingtheDragonNaturallySpeakingLearningCenter 71
TheDragonNaturallySpeakingLearningCenter 74
Chapter 7: Dictating Text 77
DictationBasics 77
Undoingactions 78
Correctingtexterrorsasyoudictate 79
Dictationcommands 80
Typingorspellingtext 81
Spellingwords 82
Dictatingnumbers 84
Chapter 8: Using the Dictation Box 88
UsingtheDictationBox 88
DictationBoxSettings 91
Chapter 9: Using DragonPad 94
AboutDragonPad 94
Changingthewaytextwrapsonyourscreen 94
Chapter 10: Making Corrections 96
Correctingdictation-workflow 96
Correctingtext-quickreference 100
Choosingthecorrecttext 101
Correctingmisrecognizedcommands 102
Chapter 11: Revising Text 104
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UsingDirectEditingcommands 104
Handlingmultipletextmatches 106
Revisingtext-quickreference 110
Chapter 12: Moving around in a document 114
Movingtheinsertionpoint 114
Movingtospecificwords 117
Movingtothebeginningorendofadocumentorline 117
Using"GoBack"tomovethecursor 118
Selecting text 120
Selectingtext-quickreference 120
Selectingcharactersandwords 120
Selectingspecificwordsorphrases 121
Selectinglinesandparagraphs 122
Selectingtextagain 123
Changinganincorrecttextselection 123
Deleting, Cutting, and Copying Text 125
Cutting,copying,andpasting 125
Deletingdictatedtext 125
Deletingcharacters,words,lines,orparagraphs 126
Deletingbybackspacing 126
Formatting 128
Formattingtext 128
Formattingnumbers 130
Settingfontname,size,andstyle 131
Aligningtext 131
Addingnewlinesandparagraphs 132
Hyphenatingwords 132
Joiningwords 132
SettingAuto-FormattingOptions 133
CreatingWordProperties 133
Chapter 13: Working in Programs 138
Scrollinginpopularprograms 139
UsingtheribboninterfaceinMicrosoftapplications 140
About spoken commands in word processing programs 142
Aboutspokencommandsinwordprocessingprograms 142
Dictatinginyourwordprocessor 142
Working with Microsoft Word 144
BasicdocumentcommandsinMicrosoftWord 144
Creating,opening,andclosingadocument 144
Savingadocument 145
Selectingtext 152
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FormattingtextinMicrosoftWord 152
Email Programs 155
Supportede-mailprograms 155
Workingine-mailprograms 155
Commandsforworkingwithe-mailmessages 156
Commandsformovingaroundine-mail 156
Dictatinge-mailandWebaddresses 157
DictatingE-mailandCalendarcommands 158
CommandsforWindowsLiveMail 160
Microsoft Outlook 162
WorkingwithMicrosoftOutlook 162
Readingandsendinge-mailwithMicrosoftOutlook 162
MakingappointmentsinMicrosoftOutlook 163
AddingcontactsinMicrosoftOutlook 164
WritingnotesinMicrosoftOutlook 165
UsingotherMicrosoftOutlookcommands 165
Dialogboxcommands 166
Movingaroundinamessagewindow 166
MicrosoftOutlook2010commands 167
Microsoft Excel 168
WorkingwithMicrosoftExcel 168
DictatinginMicrosoftExcelwithFullTextControl 168
BasiccommandsforMicrosoftExcel 169
Creating,opening,andclosingaspreadsheet 170
Editinginaspreadsheet 170
Saving,renaming,andmovingtoanotheraspreadsheet 170
Settingupaspreadsheet 171
Viewingthespreadsheet 171
Printing 171
Movingaroundaspreadsheet 171
Switchingbetweenopenspreadsheets 172
FormattingaMicrosoftExcelspreadsheet 173
WorkingwithcellcontentsinMicrosoftExcel 173
Chapter 14: Working with Web applications 176
AbouttheDragonWebExtension 176
BrowserrequirementsfortheDragonWebExtension 176
InstallingandenablingtheDragonWebExtension 177
HowtotelliftheDragonWebExtensionisEnabled 182
UsingWeb-basedEmail 183
EditingtextinasupportedWebapplication 186
UsingDragon'sWebcapabilitieswithouttheDragonWebExtension 189
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IfyouhaveproblemsusingWebapplicationsupport 190
Chapter 15: Working with Web browsers 194
WorkingwithaWebbrowser 194
SearchingtheWebbyvoice 195
Webbrowsercommands 199
InternetExplorercommands 204
Chapter 16: Working on Your Desktop 208
Startingandexitingprograms 208
UsingWindowsDesktopcommands 210
Controllingmenus 213
Selectingbuttonsanddialogboxoptions 213
Selectingtabsinadialogbox 214
Resizingandclosingwindows 214
Selectingandopeningicons 215
Scrollinginwindowsandlists 215
SearchingyourDesktopbyvoice 216
Switchingbetweenprogramsandwindows 217
Chapter 17: Controlling the Mouse and Keyboard 222
Controllingthekeyboard 222
Movingthemousepointer 224
Movecommands 224
Optionalmovecommands 224
Stoppingmousemovement 225
PositioningthemousepointerwithMouseGrid 225
Clickinganddraggingthemouse 226
Clickingthemouse 227
Draggingthemouse 227
Stoppingmousemovement 228
Chapter 18: Improving recognition accuracy 230
Top10waystoimproveaccuracy 230
UsingSmartFormatRules 232
AdjustingSpeedvs.Accuracy 238
The Dragon Accuracy Center 240
UsingtheAccuracyCenter 240
RunningtheAcousticandLanguageModelOptimizer 240
Recognition Modes 243
UsingRecognitionModes 243
Switchingrecognitionmodes 245
Teaching Dragon to Understand You Better 247
Trainingmisrecognizedcommands 247
Trainingindividualwordsandphrases 248
Contents
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Supplementaltraining 249
Personalizing your Dragon Vocabulary 250
AboutpersonalizingyourVocabulary 250
AddingwordsorphrasestoyourVocabulary 251
Learningfromspecificdocuments 252
Importinglistsofwordsorphrases 253
AddingwordswiththeSpellingwindow 253
LearnFromSentE-mails 254
AddingcontactnamestotheVocabulary 255
Deletingwords 256
UsingtheDon'tRecognizeThatWordCommand 256
Managing Vocabularies 258
AboutVocabularies 258
OpeningVocabularies 259
AddingaVocabularytoaUserProfile 260
DeletingVocabularies 261
RenamingVocabularies 261
ImportingVocabularies 261
ExportingVocabularies 262
Chapter 19: Using the Command Browser 264
AbouttheCommandBrowser 264
OpeningtheCommandBrowser 265
FindingcommandsintheCommandBrowser 266
TrainingcommandsintheCommandBrowser 268
The Dragon Glossary 270
Index 280
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Chapter 1: What's New in Dragon
Version 13
Web experience
TheDragonWebextensionnowgivesFullTextControlinChromeandFirefoxaswellasin
InternetExplorer,inmostwebsites.InordertouseDragoninthesupportedbrowsers,you
mustenablethisadd-on.
Therearesomedifferencesinfunctionalitybetweenbrowsers.
WhenyouareinInternetExplorer,Firefox,orChrome,seetheLearningCenterfor
commandsyoumightwanttosay,aswellastips.
Formoreinformation,seeInstallingandenablingtheDragonWebExtension.
Enhancing Accuracy
Inadditiontohigherout-of-the-boxaccuracy,Dragon13introducesenhancementstowhat
youcandotoincreaseyouraccuracy:
TheLearnFromSentEmailtoolnowalsoworkswithWeb-based emailsuchasGmailand
YahooMail,soyouhavemorepotentialsourcesfromwhichtoletDragonfamiliarizeitself
withthewordsandphrasesyoumightwrite.
TheVocabularyEditornowhasaSearchfieldandletsyousearchonmorethanjustwritten
forms.Also,itmakesiteasytoaddacustomDictationCommand.
Note:theWordPropertiesdialogbox(whichisaccessedthroughtheVocabularyEditor)now
usestheterm“printedform”insteadof“alternatewrittenform.”
For Canadian customers:whencreatingaprofile,youcannowpickCanadaasyourregion
sothatDragon'svocabularywillcontainspellingssuchas"honour"insteadof"honor."
Compatibility Alerts
Ifitsadd-inforasupportedapplication(suchasMicrosoftWord)becomesdisabled,Dragon
nowalertsyouofthisdisconnection.(Theseadd-insenableFullTextControl;theyareknown
as“compatibilitymodules.”)
ThiscanbeturnedoffontheMiscellaneoustaboftheOptionsdialog.
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Fordetails,seeTheOptionsdialogboxMiscellaneoustab.
New DragonBar
DragonnowincludesaredesignedDragonBar.TheNewDragonBarcanbedraggedtoa
differentlocationaswellasexpandedorcollapsedbyclickingonitsleftedge.Totakeupless
spaceonyourscreen,itautomaticallycollapseswhenyou’renotusingit.Youcanuseits
DragonBarmenutoturn off the auto-collapse,ifyouwish,ortoexit Dragon.
TheDragonBarfromversion12isstillavailable.Ifdesired,youcaneasilyswitchbetween
theNewDragonBarandtheClassicDragonBar.
Fordetails,seeTheDragonBar.
Learning Center
TheLearningCenteristhenewnameoftheHelpmenuitempreviouslycalledtheDragon
Sidebar(anarrowwindowlistingcommandsandadvice,soyoucanrefertoitasyouwork).
InDragon13,ithasbeenredesignedandenhanced.Itnowcontainspanelsyoucanopenor
closebyclickingontheirheading;thetoppanel,openbydefault,containsessential
commandsandadvice.
Bydefault,thiswindowissettoFloatingbutinashorterheight,tocoverlessofanywindow
thatmaybeunderit.
ForimportantdetailsonhowtocontroltheLearningCenterandhowtochangeitsbehavior
andappearance(fontsize,docking,width,etc.),besuretoreadUsingtheDragonLearning
Center.
Interactive Tutorial enhancements
TheInteractiveTutorialhasbeenredesignedandaugmented.Itsshort,progressive
simulationsnowalsointroducetheDragonBar,theLearningCenter,theVocabularyEditor,
andimportantoptions,aswellasbasicWebnavigationanduseofWeb-basedemail.
Itisautomaticallypresentedattheendoftheprofileupgradeprocessaswellasafteranew
profileiscreated.
Note:Inthesimulationsthatcontainthepunctuation“period”onecanusethepronunciation
“fullstop”instead.
Shorter Profile Creation Process
Forthefirstprofile,theprofilecreationwizardsimplyassignstheprofileanameratherthan
askingyoutoenteraname(ifyouwanttorenametheprofilelater,usetheManageProfiles
dialog).
ThestepwhereDragonproposedreadingatextaloudisnowomitted.(Asbefore,youcan
readatrainingtextaftercreatingyourprofile;seeReadtexttotrainDragontoyourvoice”in
theAccuracyCenter.)
ThestepwhereDragonofferedtoadaptitsvocabularybasedondocumentsandsent
emailsisnowomitted,andyoucanlaunchtheanalysisofdocumentsandemailsonceyour
profileiscreated.
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Simplified Audio Setup
Dragonnowdetectsaudiodevicesbetter.Inmostcases,whenDragonpresentsthelistof
detecteddevices,youcanjustpickthedeviceitshowsasrecommendedandcontinue.
Inaddition,theMicrophoneCheckisnowjustonescreenanditstextiseasiertoread.
Important:UsingmorethanoneinputdeviceisnowdonebypickingManage Dictation
SourcesontheDragonBar’sProfilemenu.Ifyouaddmultipleaudiosourcesinyourprofile,
youbenefitfromyourprofile’srefinements(suchaschanginganoption,correctinganerror,
oranalyzingemailstopersonalizethevocabulary)wheneveryouuseDragon,regardlessof
whataudiodeviceyou’respeakinginto(forinstance,youcouldcreateyourprofilewithabuilt-
inmicrophoneandlateraddaBluetoothheadsetmicrophoneas a source in that same profile.
Fordetails,seeUsingMultipleDictationSourceswithaSingleUserProfile.
Open-ended custom commands (Professional and Legal
editions only)
IntheProfessionalandLegaleditions,Dragonnowoffersnewflexibilityforcustomcommand
typesthatsupportvariablenames:theabilitytoendthecommand’snamewithany word or
phrase in the vocabulary,asopposedtoawordorphrasefromadefinedlistofcommand
variables.
Thiscanallowuserstohave,forinstance,commandsthatsearchforgivenwordswithintheir
company’sintranet(similartothebuilt-insearchcommandslike“searchWikipediafor…”).
Fordetails,seeCreatingopen-endedcustomcommands.
Always replaces Ask Me as the default for deferred
correction (Professional and Legal editions only)
Theoptiontoautomaticallycreatearecording(DRAfile)alongwithyourdictateddocument
(availableintheProfessionalandLegaleditionsonly)isnowsettoAlways,bydefault.
Ifyouwish,youcanchangeittoNeverorAskMeontheDatataboftheOptionsdialog.DRA
filescanbelarge,soonceyounolongerneedthemyoumaywanttodeletethem.
Fordetails,seeCorrectingdictationlater.
Note:Theoption‘Alwayspreservewavedata’hasbeenremovedfromtheOptionsdialog(it
wasontheDatatab,underAdvanced).
Operating System support
SupportforWindows8isenhanced.TheNewDragonBarcanbeusedinbothofWindows
8'sinterfaces(themoderninterfaceformerlyknownasMetro,aswellasthedesktop
interface).
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Chapter 2: Installing Dragon
Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:
InstallationandUserProfileCreation 17
Dragonsystemrequirements 18
Whatyoushouldknowbeforeinstalling 18
InstallingDragontoacustomlocation 18
InstallationPrerequisites 19
InstallingSoftware-TypicalInstallation 20
InstallingSoftware-CustomInstallation 21
Modifyingapplicationsettingsforallusers 23
Modifyingformattingoptionsforallusers 24
Creatingyouruserprofile 25
Settingup,positioning,andcheckingyourmicrophone 27
Trainingauserprofile 27
UpgradingUserProfiles 28
Defaultinstallationfolders 30
ActivatingDragonNaturallySpeaking 31
Installation and User Profile Creation
Introduction
ThischapterpresentshowtoinstallandsetupDragon,andthenhowtotrainDragonto
understandyourvoice.
Theinstallationprocesscheckstomakesureyoursystemmeetstheminimumsystem
requirementsneededforDragon.Thesesystemrequirementsarelistedintheinformation
thatcamewithyourcopyofDragon.Ifyoursystemdoesnotmeettheserequirements,
Dragonwillnotbeinstalled.
Plugging in the microphone
TouseDragon,youwillneedtopluginyourmicrophone.
Ifyouarenotsurehowtopluginyourmicrophone,consultthedocumentationthatcame
withyourmicrophone.
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Note:
Ifyoualreadyhavespeakersforyourcomputer,youcanalsousethesetoplaybackrecorded
speechinsteadofyourheadphones.
Dragon system requirements
Theinstallprocesschecksthatyoursystemmeetstheminimumrequirements;iftheyarenot
met,DragonNaturallySpeakingwillnotbeinstalled.
Note:
SupportsMicrosoft Office 2010 & 2013.Does not support dictation directly into Electronic
Medical Record (EMR) systems. For EMR support, please use Dragon Medical Edition.
-RAM:Minimum:2 GB for 32-bitWindows 7, 8 & 8.1.4 GB for 64-bitWindows 7, 8 & 8.1
and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012.
-CPU:Minimum:2.2 GHzIntel®dualcoreorequivalentAMDprocessor.Faster
processors yield faster performance.
-Free hard disk space:4GB
-Supported Operating Systems:Windows732-bitand64-bit;Windows8&8.1,32-bit
and64-bit;WindowsServer2008R2;WindowsServer2012.
-InternetExplorer9orhigherorthecurrentversionofChromeorFirefoxforOnlineHelp.
-Asoundcardsupporting16-bitrecording.
-ADVD-ROMdriveforinstallation.
-ANuance-approvedmicrophone.Seesupport.nuance.com/compatibilityformore
information.
-AnInternetconnectionforautomaticproductactivation(aquickanonymousprocess).
What you should know before installing
Installing Dragon to a custom location
ThedefaultinstallationdirectoryforDragonis:
C:\ProgramFiles\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking13
Duringtheinstallationprocedure,youcanchoosetoinstallDragontoadifferentdirectoryor
driveonyourmachine.
ChoosingadifferentdirectoryduringinstallationonlyinstallstheDragonprogramfilestothat
location.
RegardlessofwhereyouinstalltheDragonprogramfiles,Dragonalwaysinstallsthe
languagesandvocabulariesthatyouselectedduringtheinstallationtotheC:drive,aswellas
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creatingthelocationwhereuserprofileswillbecreated.Theseprofilescanconsumealarge
amountofdiskspaceonyourC:drive.
YoucancustomizeyourinstallationtoreducetheamountofdiskspaceusedonyourC:
drivebynotinstallingunwantedlanguagesandvocabularies.Formoreinformation,see
InstallingsoftwareCustomInstallation.
Upgrading the operating system to Windows 7 or Windows 8
IfyouupgradeamachinefromapreviousversionofWindowstoWindows7orWindows8
andthatmachinehasVersion11.xor12.xofDragoninstalled,thatversionofDragonwill
notworkafterupgrading.Allyouruserprofilesfromthesepreviousversionsremainintact
andcanbeupgradedwhenyouinstallDragonVersion13.
Coexistence with other Dragon products
Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon
YoucanhaveonlyoneversionofDragoninstalledonyoursystem.
Note:
Running a previous version of Dragon concurrently with Version 13 is not supported.
Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition
YoucaninstallDragonSDKClientEdition13onthesamemachinewhereDragon13is
installed.Inaddition,Dragon13andDragonSDKClientEdition13canshareuserprofiles
andvocabularies.
Youcanonlyrunoneproductatatime.Forexample,ifyouarerunningDragon,youcannot
runanyoftheSDKClienttoolsorsamples.
Note:
Coexistence of Version 13 with Dragon SDK Client Edition Version 11.x, or 12.x is not
supported.
Installation Prerequisites
Before installing the software (or modifying or upgrading it)
1. Closeallopenapplications.
2. Turnoffordisableantivirussoftware;theinstallationprocesscansometimestriggera
falsevirusreport.
Note:YoumusthaveAdministratorrightstoinstalloruninstallDragononWindows7or
Windows8.AdministratorrightsarenotrequiredtocreateaDragonuserprofileorusethe
softwareafterinstallation.
OnWindows7andWindows8systems,ifasanadministratoryouwanttocreateaDragon
userprofileforaWindowslimiteduser(userwithrestrictedprivileges),youmustlogon
usingthatWindowslimiteduseraccountbeforecreatingtheDragonprofile.
IfyoucreateaDragonprofileforalimitedWindowsuserwhileloggedinasaWindows
administrator,thelimiteduserwillnotbeabletoaccessthatDragonprofile.These
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restrictionsalsoapplytoanupgradeinstallation.
3. Choosethetypeofinstallationtocarryout.
Choosewhethertoinstalltheentireproductoronlyparticularfeaturesoftheproduct,as
explainedinthenextsection.
YoucanalsocarryoutanMSIinstallation.RefertotheonlineDragonSystemAdministrator
GuidePDForHelpfilefordetails.
Choosing type of installation
WhenyouinstallDragon,youcaneitherdoacomplete(typical)installationoracustom
installation.Nuancerecommendsyoudoacompleteinstallationunlessyouareexperienced
withtheproduct.Thetablebelowtellsmoreabouteachinstallationtype.
TYPE DESCRIPTION
Typical/
Complete
Installsallcomponents(includingallvocabulariesandlanguagesavailableinyour
editionofthesoftware).
Requiresthemaximumdiskspace.
Custom
Letsyouselectparticularcomponentstoinstall(including,dependingofyouredition
ofDragon,languages,vocabularies,andtheText-to-Speechfunction).
Cangreatlyreducethediskspacerequired.
Duringacustominstallation,intheProfessionalandMedicaleditions,youcan
modifysettingsthatarethenappliedtoalluserprofilescreatedwiththisinstallation,
includingWindowslimitedaccountusers.
Note
IfyoudecidenottoinstallsomeDragoncomponentsbyselectingCustominstallation,youcan
installthemlaterbyrunningtheSetupprogramagainandchoosingModify.
Ifyouareinstallingtheproductformultipleusers,youshouldchooseaCustominstallation
ratherthanaTypical/Completeinstallation.Tocarryoutacustominstallation,proceedto
InstallingsoftwareCustomInstallation.Otherwise,seeInstallingsoftwareTypical
Installation.
Installing Software - Typical Installation
To install all features of Dragon:
1. InserttheDragonDVDintoyourDVDdrive.
Iftheinstallationdoesnotstartautomatically,useWindowsExplorertofindanddouble-click
setup.exeontheDVD.
2. AftertheWindowsInstallerbegins,itinstalls:
n VisualC++Version9.0Runtime
3. AftertheWizardbegins,clickNexttoproceedtotheLicense Agreementpage.Readthe
textandselectI accept the terms...,thenclickNext.
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