Dragon Natspeak Getting Started

Dragon
NaturallySpeaking ™
Professional
Getting
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Dragon Systems
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Contents
About This Guide ix

Contained in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Intended Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Readme File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Multimedia Quick Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Quick Reference Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1: Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking 1

Professional Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2: Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Processor Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Memory (RAM) Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Hard Disk Space Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Additional System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Before You Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Viewing the Readme and Registering Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. . . . . 12
Uninstalling Dragon NaturallySpeaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking Over an Earlier Version. . . . 13
Installing Optional Components Later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Getting Started
Chapter 3: Running Dragon NaturallySpeaking

the First Time 15
Starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Creating User Speech Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Speech Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
More About Speech Models and Vocabularies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
More About Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Specifying Direct or Recorded Dictation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Testing and Configuring Audio Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Positioning Your Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
When to Run Audio Setup Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
About Sound System Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
First Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Second Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Training Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
When to Run General Training Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Customizing Your Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
More About Vocabulary Builder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
When to Run Vocabulary Builder Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Learning to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
What’s Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 4: Starting to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking 29

Starting to Dictate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Correcting Recognition Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Revising Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Exploring the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
What Are the Speech Features?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using the Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Menus and Toolbar Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Features That Are Visible While You Dictate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Learning More About Dragon NaturallySpeaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Tip of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Quick Reference Card and What Can I Say? Appendix . . . . . . . . . 38
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using Help by Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dialog Box Help Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Saving Your User Speech Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
More about User Speech Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Backing Up and Restoring User Speech Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Dictating in Your Word Processor with Dragon NaturalWord . . . . . . . . 41
Dictating in Other Applications with Dragon NaturalText . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Controlling Applications by Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Switching Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Controlling Menus and Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Copying Text to Other Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recording and Transcribing Dictation with Dragon NaturallyMobile . . 45
When to Use Dragon NaturallyMobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
How to Use Dragon NaturallyMobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Creating and Adapting User Speech Files for Your Portable
Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Dictating into Your Portable Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Dictating into Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder. . . . 48
Transcribing Recorded Dictation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Correcting the Transcription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Appendix: What Can I Say? 53

How to Say Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Controlling the Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Dictating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using Dictation Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dictating Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reformatting Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Dictating Web and E-mail Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Dictating Punctuation and Special Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Selecting Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Revising Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Deleting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Selecting and Deleting Characters, Words, and Paragraphs . . . 59
Undoing Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Moving Around in a Document or Text Window . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Formatting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting Font Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using the Correction Dialog Box to Correct Recognition
Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Starting Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Switching Between Running Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Controlling Menus and Dialog Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Playing Back Dictation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using Text-to-Speech to Read Back Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Controlling the Mouse Pointer with MouseGrid . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Controlling the Mouse Pointer with Mouse Commands . . . . . . 70
Entering Keystrokes by Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Index 73
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About This Guide
Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking™, the world’s most acclaimed

large-vocabulary continuous-speech dictation system. With Dragon
NaturallySpeaking you can dictate to your computer instead of using the
keyboard to enter and revise text.
Contained in This Guide

This guide, Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional Getting Started,
provides the information you need to install, set up, and begin using Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. It also lists the commands you can say and provides
reference information on how to dictate text, numbers, and special
characters.
This guide does not fully describe how to use all the features and functions
of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Refer to related online and printed
documentation to learn more about the software.
Intended Audience
This guide is for experienced personal computer users who are already
familiar with Microsoft® Windows®.
This guide assumes that you are using Windows 98, Windows 95, or
Windows NT™ 4.0.
Related Documentation
Dragon Systems® provides the following online and printed documentation
in addition to this Getting Started guide:
Readme File
The online Readme contains last-minute information that is not included in
other product documentation. You can read this document at the end of
installation or any time after installation by choosing Readme from the
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Programs menu.
Multimedia Quick Tour

The multimedia Quick Tour provides an essential introduction to using
Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It shows you how to use the microphone,
dictate text, correct recognition errors, and revise text. We recommend that
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you view the Quick Tour when prompted to do so the first time you start
Dragon NaturallySpeaking and again later by choosing Quick Tour from
the Help menu.
Online Help
The online Help is the most complete source of information about Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. It is task-oriented, easy to access, and you can open and
use it by voice. Help provides instructions, conceptual information, and
multimedia examples.
Quick Reference Card

The Quick Reference card lists in a concise form the commands,
punctuation marks, and special characters you can say while using Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
Document Conventions
Although you can perform most tasks by speaking to Dragon
NaturallySpeaking, you may at times prefer to use your keyboard or mouse.
For that reason, some procedures in this book show you how to perform a
task by speaking, by mouse, and by keyboard.
The following typographical conventions are used in this guide.
When you see It means
L Say Copy All to Say the word(s) in bold.

Clipboard
L Say Select <text> Say the word(s) in bold, where <text> is the
word or phrase you want to select.
8 Click OK Use the mouse to click a screen object.

7 Press Ctrl+Esc Press the indicated keys simultaneously.
When you see a list of options it means that you can perform the same
action in different ways. For example, you can open the File menu using
three different methods:
L Say Click File
8 Click File
7 Press Alt+F
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Technical Support
If you need to, you can contact Dragon Systems Technical Support in the
following ways:
World Wide Web www.dragonsys.com

(WWW) Provides extensive technical support informa-
tion, including frequently asked questions, hard-
ware compatibility list, a technical information
database, and a users discussion forum.
E-mail support@dragonsys.com
Fax 617-527-4576
617-965-7670
(The technical support representative will ask for
Telephone
your product serial number, located on the CD-
ROM case and/or the outside of the box.)
The technical support representative may ask you to provide some or all of
the following information:
■ Any error message text
■ Program log file (dragon.log) normally located in the NatSpeak folder

(attach it if you send e-mail to technical support)
■ Computer name and model

■ Processor type (Pentium, Pentium II, etc.)
■ Operating system (Windows 98, 95, NT 4.0)
■ Amount of memory (RAM)

■ Amount of free hard disk space
■ Microphone name and model
■ Sound card name and model
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Chapter 1 Introducing Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the world’s most widely

acclaimed speech-recognition product. You can use Dragon
NaturallySpeaking to compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft
letters, edit proposals, and more, all by speaking naturally to your computer
instead of typing.
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking you speak at a normal pace and what you
say appears as text in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking document window or
another application. You use simple voice commands to revise text, move
around your document, and control your computer.
With Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can:

■ Dictate continuously, speaking naturally without pausing between
words.
■ Say voice commands while you dictate, simply by pausing before and
after saying the command.
■ Correct recognition errors as soon as they occur by saying Correct

That, or later by saying Correct and the word or words you want to
correct.
■ Spell naturally while correcting, using the Spell That command
followed by the names of the letters.
■ Dictate numbers, including fractions, currency, telephone numbers,

and times of day, plus Web and e-mail addresses in a natural way. For
example, you can dictate $250.95 by saying “two hundred fifty dollars
and ninety five cents” or dictate 4:05 p.m. by saying “four oh five pm”.
■ Select any text in the document window by saying Select and the word
or words you want to select.
■ Create dictation shorthands for words or phrases you dictate frequently
(such as e-mail addresses).
■ Start programs and switch between running applications by voice.
■ Control features and functions of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking word

processor, Microsoft Word 97, and most other programs by voice.
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Professional Features
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional provides the following features:
High Recognition Accuracy

■ Improves with use—With regular use and training you can achieve a
high level of recognition accuracy. There are many ways to increase
recognition accuracy, but you do not have to be concerned that
anything you do might diminish it.
■ Adapts to your voice—Dragon NaturallySpeaking learns your way of
speaking so you can speak in your own dialect and accent.
■ Multiple users—Supports multiple users on a single computer. Each

person can customize Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize his or
her voice and create a personal vocabulary.
■ Significantly enhanced recognition accuracy with BestMatch™

speech models— Larger acoustic and language models for
dramatically improved recognition accuracy on fast computers with
plenty of memory. Acoustic models provide information about the
sounds of words; language models provide information about how
words are typically used. Using the larger BestMatch™ models and
vocabularies may dramatically increase recognition accuracy.
Powerful Vocabulary Features

■ Large vocabulary—Dragon NaturallySpeaking comes with a large
general English active vocabulary of the words that most people use
every day. (The active vocabulary size indicates the number of words
stored in computer memory at one time.) Dragon NaturallySpeaking
also has a backup dictionary of over 230,000 words.
■ Multiple personalized vocabularies—You can create and personalize

as many different vocabularies as you like, each one for dictating in a
different subject area. For example, you might want to create a separate
vocabulary for law, sports, finance, or travel.
You can also share vocabularies with other users by using the export
and import features.
■ Optional larger vocabulary sizes—The base general English
vocabulary supplied with Dragon NaturallySpeaking is available in
different sizes, including BestMatch 64K+. The base vocabulary is the
starting point for vocabularies that you create and personalize by using
Vocabulary Builder.
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Chapter 1: Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
■ Vocabulary tools to personalize your vocabulary—Vocabulary

Builder™, Vocabulary Editor™, and Find New Words. These tools let
you customize your active vocabulary to significantly enhance
recognition accuracy. With these tools you can add the words you use
most often to the active vocabulary.
Integration with Other Applications

■ Dragon NaturalWord™—Lets you use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to
dictate directly into supported word processors, such as Corel®
WordPerfect® 8 and Microsoft Word 97.
■ Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word 97—A rich set

of commands lets you control Microsoft Word 97 in a natural manner.
With these powerful commands you can format text, create and modify
tables, and perform many other functions.
■ Dragon NaturalText™—Lets you dictate directly into almost any
Windows application on your desktop, such as an e-mail or spreadsheet
program. Just turn on the microphone and start talking. Dragon
NaturalText enables you to use a subset of the features and commands
of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
■ Select-and-Say™ editing in supported applications—You can

select text for replacement or correction by simply saying it. Works in
several applications, including WordPad, Notepad, Microsoft Chat 2.1
and 2.5, Microsoft Outlook™ text editing windows, and GoldMine®
4.0.
Voice Commands
■ Voice commands—Dragon NaturallySpeaking includes a full set of
voice commands for editing text and controlling your application.
■ Scripting language—The Dragon NaturallySpeaking scripting
language enables you to automate tasks, improve productivity, and
customize Dragon NaturallySpeaking to your unique needs.
■ Create and modify commands with command wizards—The New

Command wizard lets you create your own voice commands to
automate tasks. You can create commands that type text and keystrokes
or commands that run scripts you write in the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking scripting language. For example, you could create
commands to enter your full mailing address, set margins and apply
font styles automatically, open and address an e-mail message to one
of a specified list of people, copy text from Dragon NaturallySpeaking
to another application, or start another application.
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Using the Edit Command wizard you can make changes to commands
you create and edit standard Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands.
System and Application Control by Voice

■ Hands-free mouse control with MouseGrid™ and mouse
commands—Lets you position the mouse pointer anywhere on the
screen by using MouseGrid voice commands, or move the mouse
pointer short distances without turning on MouseGrid.
■ Hands-free control of the keyboard—Use the keystroke commands

to achieve the effect of pressing any key or key combination on the
keyboard by voice.
■ Start and switch applications by voice—Use voice commands to
start applications and open documents on the desktop and Start menu.
You can also switch between running applications by voice.
■ Control menus and dialog boxes by voice—Select menus and menu

items by voice and select and set dialog box items by voice.
Mobile and Transcribed Dictation

■ Dictate into your recording device—Use Dragon NaturallyMobile™
to dictate into a Dragon Systems-certified recording device and then
use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transcribe and edit your recorded
dictation.
■ Dictate into a software sound recorder—Use the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder, which is the software recorder
included in Dragon NaturallyMobile. You can dictate to your computer
just as if you were dictating into a recording device and then use
Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transcribe your recorded dictation.
Error Correction
■ Correct recognition errors at any time—With Dragon
NaturallySpeaking you do not have to correct recognition errors as they
occur. You can dictate freely, ignoring any errors, and then go back and
correct errors later. You choose the method that is most natural for you.
■ Correct with natural spelling—You can correct recognition errors by

spelling words simply and continuously using standard letter names.
Playback and Text-to-Speech

■ Dictation playback—To make correcting recognition errors easier,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking records your speech as you dictate. To
check your work by listening to your dictation, you can say commands
that play back a line, paragraph, selection, or the whole document. You
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can stop playback at any time, correct errors, and then continue
playback.
■ Text-to-Speech—This utility reads aloud (in a computer voice) the

text that is in your document window. You can use voice commands to
have a line, paragraph, selection, or the whole document read back to
you.
Other Features
■ MMX™ compatibility—Dragon NaturallySpeaking is designed to
benefit from computational performance gains provided by processors
that support MMX technology.
■ 3DNow!™ compatibility—Dragon NaturallySpeaking is designed to
benefit from computational performance gains provided by processors
that support 3DNow! technology.
■ Add-ons and Updates—Dragon NaturallySpeaking product add-ons

and updates are available periodically. For up-to-date information, visit
the Dragon Systems Web site, www.naturalspeech.com.
■ Multimedia Quick Tour and online Help—Provide demonstrations

of how to dictate and perform basic tasks. Start learning the product
with the Quick Tour. Then use the online Help for detailed instructions
and further information.
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Chapter 2 Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
This chapter describes system requirements, how to install Dragon

NaturallySpeaking the first time, and how to upgrade from an earlier
version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
System Requirements
Speech-recognition software such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes
heavy demands on your computer’s processor and memory. The following
sections describe the minimum requirements for Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. For improved performance use a faster computer with
additional memory and hard disk space.
Processor Requirements
To run at minimum performance levels, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
requires at least a 133 MHz Pentium® class processor.
Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with optional features and with other

programs, such as word processors, increases the demands on your system
and requires a faster processor to ensure good response times. For example,
you should have at least a P200 class processor to use BestMatch
technology and you should have at least a P233 class processor to take full
advantage of BestMatch 64K+ technology.
Memory (RAM) Requirements

The following minimum amounts of memory (RAM) are required to run
Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
■ 32 MB for running on Windows 98 or Windows 95
■ 48 MB for running on Windows NT 4.0
Optional components, including NaturalWord support for word processors,

natural language commands for Microsoft Word, BestMatch technology
for improved recognition, and the Text-to-Speech utility each require
additional memory to ensure good response times. As a general rule, you
should have an additional 16 MB of memory for each component (when the
components are used together). For example, on a Windows 98 or
Windows 95 system, you should have at least 64 MB of memory to use
BestMatch technology, and you should have at least 96 MB to take full
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advantage of all BestMatch technology features with NaturalWord and

Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word.
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking New User Wizard recommends that you

use BestMatch technology only if your system has sufficient processor
speed and memory capacity. It also recommends the level of BestMatch
technology that is best suited to your system’s processor and memory.
Increasing the amount of memory on your system can often improve

recognition speed and accuracy and may enable you to take full advantage
of BestMatch technology.
Hard Disk Space Requirements

Dragon NaturallySpeaking requires this minimum amount of hard disk
space:
■ Approximately 85 MB free hard disk space to install Dragon

NaturallySpeaking, including the Help files. You should install the
Help files since they provide the most complete documentation of the
product.
■ An additional 95 MB of free hard disk space is required after

installation to run Dragon NaturallySpeaking and train your user
speech files. This requirement includes space for one set of user files.
The following hard disk space requirements are additional to these basic
requirements:
■ + 10 MB for each additional user; 15 MB for each additional

BestMatch user; 25 MB for each additional BestMatch 64K+ user
■ + 10 MB to back up each Standard Model user; 15 MB to back up each

BestMatch user; 25 MB to back up each BestMatch 64K+ user
■ + 8 MB for Dragon NaturalWord for Microsoft Word 97, including
Natural Language Commands
■ + 8 MB for Dragon NaturalWord for Corel WordPerfect 8
■ + 18 MB for the Text-to-Speech utility

■ + 38 MB for BestMatch technology support including BestMatch
64K+ technology
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Additional System Requirements

■ Windows 98, Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3.
■ Industry-standard 16-bit sound card or built-in audio system with input
quality equal to or greater than the Creative Labs® Sound Blaster 16®.
Visit the Dragon Systems Web site (www.dragonsys.com) for an up-
to-date list of supported hardware.
■ If you are not using a microphone with an earphone, you will need
speakers for the multimedia Help system, Quick Tour, Text-to-Speech
utility, and dictation playback. Speakers are not required for speech
recognition.
■ CD-ROM drive for installing from a compact disc.
A high-quality microphone is supplied with the product. Depending on the

microphone model, an optional universal adapter may also be included.
Before You Install

You should complete the following steps before installing Dragon
NaturallySpeaking:
■ If you are running a virus checker, turn it off. The installation process
puts files on the hard disk and modifies them, which can incorrectly
trigger a virus report with some virus detection software.
Install an appropriate sound card if you have not already done so. Refer
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to your sound card documentation for instructions.
Tip ■ Optionally, assemble and connect the microphone that comes with
Refer to your sound system Dragon NaturallySpeaking. If you connect it now, make sure you insert
documentation to identify
the microphone jack.
the plug into the Microphone Input jack (not the Line Input jack) on
your sound card or computer. If you prefer, you can connect the
microphone after starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the first time.
The Audio Setup wizard will help you connect and test the microphone.
■ If you plan to use Dragon NaturalWord, install the word processor you
want to use before installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Dragon
NaturalWord.
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Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking the First

Time
Use the following instructions to install Dragon NaturallySpeaking for the
first time. If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is already installed on your
computer, refer to the section titled “Upgrading from an Earlier Version of
Dragon NaturallySpeaking” later in this chapter.
To install Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
1 Start Windows.
2 Put the disc in the CD-ROM drive. The Windows AutoRun program starts
the installation automatically and the Setup wizard guides you through the
installation steps.
If your computer does not have AutoRun enabled, follow these steps to
install Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
1 Start Windows.
2 Put the disc in the CD-ROM drive.
3 On the Start menu, click Run.
4 Type D:\SETUP, or the appropriate letter for your CD-ROM drive, then
press Enter. The Setup wizard guides you through the installation steps.
The Setup wizard creates a folder named NatSpeak and installs all Dragon
NaturallySpeaking files in this folder and its subfolders, unless you specify
a different folder.
Note You can install different editions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking on

the same computer, but you must install them in different folders
and cannot run them at the same time.
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Setup Options
The Setup wizard asks if you want to install the following components:
■ Dragon NaturallySpeaking program files—The files that run
Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You must install these files.
■ Dragon NaturallySpeaking Help files—The files that make up the

Help system, including the multimedia Quick Tour. You should install
these files since Help provides the most complete information about
using the product.
■ Dragon NaturallySpeaking Text-to-Speech files—The files that

enable you to run a utility that reads selected text in a computerized
voice.
■ Dragon NaturallySpeaking BestMatch Technology Option—The
files that provide enhanced speech-recognition accuracy for those who
have fast computers with a large amount of memory (RAM). You
should install the BestMatch files only if your computer meets the
requirements listed earlier in this chapter (if your computer meets the
requirements, the BestMatch component will automatically be checked
at installation time).
■ Dragon NaturalWord modules—The files that enable you to dictate

directly into supported word processors, such as Corel WordPerfect 8
and Microsoft Word 97. Setup only displays options for the supported
word processors you have installed.
Viewing the Readme and Registering Online

The Setup wizard next asks if you want to view the Readme and register
Dragon NaturallySpeaking online.
Dragon Systems recommends that you view the Readme at this time, since
it contains last-minute information that is not available elsewhere. If you
choose not to view the Readme you can read it later by choosing Readme
on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Programs menu.
Dragon Systems recommends that you register Dragon NaturallySpeaking
online now if possible. To register online, select the Register Dragon
NaturallySpeaking Online check box and fill out the provided form.
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Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Dragon

NaturallySpeaking
If you have an earlier version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you have the
following choices:
■ Uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking, keep your user speech files, and
install the new version.
■ Install Dragon NaturallySpeaking on top of the earlier version and keep

your user speech files.
■ Uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking completely, delete your user

speech files, install the new version, and create new user files.
The first two options are similar, so you can usually use either approach if
you want to save your user speech files. However, Setup always updates all
optional components that are currently installed, even if you do not select
to install them. Therefore, if you want to remove a component that you had
in your earlier version you must uninstall the old version and then install
the new version. Do this, for example, if you have changed word processors
and do not want to keep NaturalWord support for your previous word
processor.
Your user speech files contain information about your voice, your
vocabulary, and your use of words. If you do not keep these files, you will
lose all this information and you will need to run all the initial startup steps,
including the Audio Setup wizard and General Training. You will also lose
all new words you may have added and the results of running Vocabulary
Builder. Refer to the section “Saving Your User Speech Files” in chapter 4
for more information about these files.
Note You can upgrade speech files that do not use Best Match
technology, including all files from Dragon NaturallySpeaking 1.0
and 2.x, but they will not be upgraded to use BestMatch technology.
If you want to take advantage of the BestMatch speech model and
vocabulary and do not have existing BestMatch users, you must
create a new user and run General Training again from the
beginning.
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Uninstalling Dragon NaturallySpeaking

1 Uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking by running the Uninstall program:
8 On the Start menu, point to Programs, then Dragon NaturallySpeaking,
and then click Uninstall Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
2 When prompted, you can choose to save your user speech files or to delete
them. If you plan to install another version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking,
save your user files to avoid doing General Training again.
3 Follow the instructions in the “Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking the
First Time” section of this chapter to install the new version. If you kept
your user speech files, the Setup wizard detects these files during
installation.
Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking Over an Earlier

Version
If you prefer, you can also install Dragon NaturallySpeaking directly on top
of an earlier version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. This approach lets you
keep your user speech files, updates all currently installed components, and
installs optional components that you do not have.
Follow the instructions in the “Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking the

First Time” section earlier in this chapter to install the new version. Since
you have an existing set of user speech files, the Setup wizard detects these
files during installation.
Installing Optional Components Later

If you choose not to install certain components now, you can install them
later. For example, you could install Dragon NaturalWord after installing
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
To install an optional component such as Dragon NaturalWord later, follow

If you want to install Dragon these steps:
NaturalWord, make sure
you install your word 1 Start Windows and make sure Dragon NaturallySpeaking is not running.
processor first.
2 Put the Dragon NaturallySpeaking disc in the CD-ROM drive.
3 If you have AutoRun enabled and the AutoRun program displays the
AutoRun dialog for Dragon NaturallySpeaking, click Install Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
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If you do not have AutoRun enabled, Click Run on the start menu and run
D:\Setup (use the appropriate letter for your CD-ROM). The Setup wizard
guides you through the installation steps.
4 When the Setup wizard prompts you to select components for installation,
deselect all options except for the one you want to add. The deselected
options will not be removed; all currently installed components will be
reinstalled.
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Chapter 3 Running Dragon NaturallySpeaking
the First Time
After you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking the first time, the New User
wizard guides you through all the steps you should take to begin using
Dragon NaturallySpeaking. These steps include the following:
■ Creating a set of user speech files
■ Specifying whether you will be dictating directly into the computer or

into a recording device
■ Testing and configuring your sound hardware with the Audio Setup
wizard
■ Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize your voice
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Customizing your vocabulary with Vocabulary Builder
Learning to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking with the Quick Tour
The wizard guides you The following sections explain these steps in greater detail. If you are
through these steps, so you
are not required to read this
interested, read these sections as an overview before you start Dragon
chapter first. NaturallySpeaking for the first time. Otherwise, simply start Dragon
NaturallySpeaking and follow the instructions on the screen. For additional
information, click the Help button at any time.
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Starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking

To start Dragon NaturallySpeaking:
8 On the Start menu, point to Programs, then Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Professional, and then click NaturallySpeaking Professional
Edition.
After starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking the first time, the “Welcome to

Dragon NaturallySpeaking” page of the New User wizard appears. Click
Next to proceed.
Creating User Speech Files

After the welcome page, the New User wizard prompts you to enter a name
for a set of user speech files. User speech files contain information about
your voice, your pronunciation, and use of words. Dragon
NaturallySpeaking needs this information to adapt to your unique way of
speaking and to recognize your speech correctly. A set of user speech files
is sometimes referred to as a “user.”
To assign a name to your user speech files, simply enter a unique name that
you will remember. You can use your own or any other name and you can
enter a space between the first and last name, but you cannot include a
comma, forward slash, back slash, quotation mark, or equal sign in a name.
Click Next. Dragon NaturallySpeaking prepares the new user speech files.
Speech Model
The New User wizard automatically selects the best speech model that your
computer can run effectively. A speech model provides Dragon
NaturallySpeaking with information about the sounds of words. Better
speech models provide better speech-recognition accuracy but require
more computer memory and a faster processor. Dragon Systems
recommends that you accept the selection made by the wizard.
Vocabulary
The New User wizard automatically selects the best vocabulary that your
computer can run effectively. A vocabulary consists of the words you can
say that Dragon NaturallySpeaking will recognize. Larger vocabularies
provide better speech-recognition accuracy but require more computer
memory and a faster processor. Dragon Systems recommends that you
accept the selection made by the wizard.
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More About Speech Models and Vocabularies

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Speech model is another term for an acoustic model, which is a
mathematical representation of the sounds of words. Dragon
This section is for advanced NaturallySpeaking uses the speech model in recognizing your words. The
users—you can skip it if you BestMatch speech model improves recognition accuracy but is more
prefer.
demanding on your computer’s memory and processor.
The Vocabulary option refers to the type of base vocabulary you can select.
Vocabularies can differ in the number of words they contain, the subject
matter from which they are taken, and the language model associated with
them.
A language model consists of statistical information about how often words

are used alone and in combination with one another. The BestMatch
vocabularies provide larger language models and better recognition
accuracy but are more demanding on your computer’s memory and
processor.
Refer to the online Help for more information about choosing a speech
model and vocabulary.
More About Users

You can create additional users at any time. This enables more than one
person to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the same computer and yet
keep the information about each person separate. Each person who uses
Dragon NaturallySpeaking should create an individual set of user speech
files.
If you are going to dictate into a tape recorder or other recording device you
will need to create a separate user for each recording device you plan to use.
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Specifying Direct or Recorded Dictation

The New User wizard next prompts you to select a user type by specifying
whether you will be dictating directly into the computer or into a recording
device.
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If you are going to dictate directly into the computer and not into a
recording device, select “Directly to the computer” and click Next.
You can skip this section if Dragon NaturallySpeaking needs to know if you are going to use recorded
you are not using a
recording device with
dictation because there is a significant difference in the nature of the sound
Dragon NaturallySpeaking. signal produced by dictating directly to the computer and that produced by
recording devices.
You need to specify precisely how you will transfer recorded dictation to
your computer:
■ You can connect the recorder cable to the Line In jack on your
computer. This is an analog transfer. (If your computer does not have a
Line In jack, use the Microphone jack instead.)
■ If you have a digital recorder you may be able to copy the recording
from the recorder’s memory to the computer. This is a digital transfer.
Instructions for doing so are provided with your recording device.
Select the appropriate option and click Next.
Note To help Dragon NaturallySpeaking compensate for differences in

recording devices, create a different user for each tape recorder or
recording device you plan to use.
Testing and Configuring Audio Settings

The New User wizard next prompts you to run the Audio Setup wizard to
test and configure your sound system. Your sound system consists of your
microphone, speakers, and sound card or built-in sound hardware. The
Audio Setup wizard also provides instructions on positioning your
microphone correctly.
Click the Run Audio Setup wizard button and follow the instructions on the
screen. When you are finished, click Next to continue.
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Positioning Your Microphone
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Positioning the microphone correctly is one of the most important steps you
can take to enhance recognition accuracy. If the microphone element
Tip moves away from the best position, your recognition accuracy may
Positioning the microphone deteriorate significantly.
correctly and consistently
helps ensure good To position the microphone:
recognition accuracy.
1 Squeeze the foam rubber wind screen so that you feel the microphone
element.
2 Make sure the front of the microphone element points toward your mouth.
The front may be indicated by a colored dot, the word “Talk,” or some other
label.
3 Position the microphone element so that the back of your thumb, which you
are using to squeeze the element, just touches one corner of your mouth.
4 Keep the microphone at the corner of your mouth and not directly in front
of your mouth.
Give yourself some time to get used to wearing the microphone, and
position it consistently every time you use it.
When to Run Audio Setup Again

You can run the Audio Setup wizard again at any time from the Tools menu
in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window.
Run the Audio Setup wizard again when:
■ You are prompted to do so after creating an additional user.

■ You change your microphone, sound card, or sound system.
■ You want to dictate in a different acoustic environment, such as a room

with extraneous noise.
■ You want to change how loudly you speak, such as for a demonstration.
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About Sound System Quality

The quality of the sound signal produced by different sound cards, built-in
sound systems, microphones, and recording devices varies significantly.
Speech-recognition software is very sensitive to the quality of these
devices.
If the Audio Setup wizard determines that your sound signal quality is
unacceptable, you may have a sound card or sound system that is not
classified as “Dragon Systems Certified Hardware.” Dragon Systems
continually tests sound cards and computers for use with speech-
recognition software. Poor quality sound cards or sound systems may
introduce noise to the signal that goes to Dragon NaturallySpeaking,
preventing high levels of speech-recognition accuracy, and causing Dragon
NaturallySpeaking to respond slowly.
If you need to purchase a new sound card or other hardware, check the
Support section of the Dragon Systems Web site (www.naturalspeech.com)
for an up-to-date list of recommended hardware.
Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking

The New User wizard next prompts you to train Dragon NaturallySpeaking
to the sound of your voice and your pronunciation of words. Since everyone
pronounces words differently, training helps Dragon NaturallySpeaking
understand your voice.
Click the Run Training Program button to run General Training. When you
are finished, click Next to continue.
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General Training consists of two stages: a brief initial stage and a longer,
more complete stage.
Note If you are creating a user for recorded dictation the wizard runs
Mobile Recorder Training instead of General Training. If this is the
case, simply follow the prompts and instructions provided by the
Mobile Recorder Training wizard. Click the Help button in the
wizard for more information about a step.
First Stage
In the first stage of General Training you read a few paragraphs aloud.
When you are done, General Training does an initial calibration.
You can stop at the end of the first stage of training and put off the second
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Attention
stage until another time. However, if you stop at this point your recognition
accuracy and performance speed will not be optimal, and you will be
required to start training from the beginning the next time you run Dragon
You must say the first two NaturallySpeaking.
sentences in the first stage
of training without pausing You cannot save your user speech files until you complete both the first and
between words. second stages of General Training.
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Second Stage
In the second stage of General Training you read aloud for about 20 to 30
minutes. After General Training has collected enough data about your
speech, it indicates that you can stop reading. You can stop at this point or
continue if you prefer. When you are done, General Training processes the
speech data for an additional 5 to 15 minutes.
General Training gives you the choice of reading passages from Arthur C.
Clarke’s science fiction novel, 3001: The Final Odyssey; David Barry’s
humorous book, Dave Barry in Cyberspace; or Scott Adams’s humorous
book, Dogbert’s Top Secret Management Handbook.
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Training Guidelines
Keep the following guidelines in mind when you run General Training:
Speak naturally (but not
conversationally), in your ■ Position your microphone carefully before you begin.
normal tone of voice. It is
not necessary to speak ■ Speak in your normal voice at a comfortable pace, articulate all words,
loudly.
and take your time.
■ Read the words exactly as they appear. If you make a mistake just keep
going. If General Training fails to recognize your words it places a
yellow arrow where you should start reading again.
■ You do not need to say punctuation marks, although you can say them
if you prefer.
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Do not say any capitalization commands, such as “Cap.”
If General Training gets stuck on a word and does not let you proceed,
If General Training is click the Skip Word button.
unable to recognize a word
and move on, click the Skip ■ To take a break, click the Pause button and resume when you are ready.
Word button.
■ Click the Demo button to hear an example of good dictation technique.
■ Although you can pause to take a break, you must complete General
Training in a single session.
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When to Run General Training Again

You can run General Training again at any time. You will have a greater
number of training texts to choose from and supplemental training sessions
can be as short or as long as you like. Only a few minutes of supplemental
training may help improve recognition accuracy.
Run General Training again when you:
■ Have used Dragon NaturallySpeaking for a few days. By then, you will
be accustomed to dictating and this supplemental training will reflect
your own dictation style.
■ Change your sound card or microphone.

■ Change the location or noise conditions where you dictate.
In these cases you do not have to run the full General Training;
supplemental training should be sufficient.
Customizing Your Vocabulary

The New User wizard next prompts you to run Vocabulary Builder to
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customize the standard Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary to reflect the
words you use and your writing style.
Running Vocabulary You will need to find one or more documents that represent the type of text
Builder is recommended,
but not required. you want to dictate (for example, e-mail messages, memos, reports,
correspondence, and documents you are working on currently). Then, you
run Vocabulary Builder and it processes the documents. After that, you can
add and train any new words that Vocabulary Builder found in the
documents.
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To run Vocabulary Builder, follow these steps:
1 In the New User wizard, click the Run Vocabulary Builder button. The
Vocabulary Builder window appears.
2 Click the Add Document button.
3 Find and select the document(s) you want and click the Open button. You
can select multiple documents from the same folder. To add documents
from different folders, click the Add Document button again.
Use any combination of the following formats: Text files (.TXT), Rich Text
Format files (.RTF), Corel WordPerfect files (.WPD), Microsoft Word files
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(.DOC), and HTML files (.HTM and .HTML). If necessary, convert your
document(s) to one of these types.
Use the spelling checker Notes Check spelling before you process documents through Vocabulary
before running documents
through Vocabulary Builder. Builder. This prevents Vocabulary Builder from interpreting
misspelled words as new words to add to the vocabulary.
Vocabulary Builder processes .TXT files most quickly.
To ensure faster processing and greater recognition accuracy, it is
recommended that you remove formatting such as bullets, table
formatting, captions, and boilerplate text.
While there is no limit on the size or number of documents,
Vocabulary Builder only analyzes the first 500,000 words.
4 Click the Begin button to begin processing.
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If Vocabulary Builder finds any new words in the document(s), it displays

them in the New Words from Documents dialog box.
The New Words from Documents dialog box lists any unknown words
found in the selected documents. The list may include misspellings,
typographical errors, capitalized words that are not at the beginning of
sentences, acronyms, and other word forms.
5 Optionally, select any words you think you are likely to dictate and want
added to the active vocabulary. For more information and a description of
dialog box items, click the Help button.
6 If you selected new words, click the Train and Build button. If you did not
select any words, click the Build button. (The button text changes from
“Build” to “Train and Build” when you select words.)
7 Continue to follow the instructions on the screen.
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More About Vocabulary Builder

Vocabulary Builder customizes the standard Dragon NaturallySpeaking
vocabulary to more closely match your writing style and the subject area in
which you dictate. It adds the words you choose to the active vocabulary
and customizes the language model associated with the vocabulary.
The words in the active vocabulary are the ones that Dragon
NaturallySpeaking can recognize correctly, without requiring you to do
anything extra such as correcting the words in the Correction dialog box. A
language model consists of statistical information about how often
individual words are used in a subject area as well as how often words are
typically used together; a language model contrasts with an acoustic model,
which consists of information about the sounds of words.
Just as General Training helps Dragon NaturallySpeaking learn how you

pronounce words, Vocabulary Builder helps Dragon NaturallySpeaking
learn your writing style.
When to Run Vocabulary Builder Again

When you feel comfortable using Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can run
Vocabulary Builder again with additional documents to customize your
vocabulary again.
Note When you run Vocabulary Builder a second time, it removes all the
information about your writing style and word frequency it
gathered when you last ran the tool and replaces it with the new
information. However, it does keep any words that you added to the
vocabulary previously. Refer to the online Help for more
information.
If you want to dictate in more than one subject area (such as law, medicine,
real estate, or sports), you should customize a vocabulary for each subject
area.
For each new vocabulary, select representative documents that you or

others have written about the subject and process them through Vocabulary
Builder. When you want to dictate a document in a subject area, simply
switch to the appropriate vocabulary before you start dictating.
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Learning to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Next, the New User wizard prompts you to run the multimedia Quick Tour,
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which takes about 15 minutes to view.
The tour shows you how to dictate using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It

Run the Quick Tour—it is includes sections on the following topics:
the fastest way to learn the
basics! ■ Positioning and using the microphone
■ Making sure you are dictating into an active window
■ Understanding how Dragon NaturallySpeaking processes text in the

Results box
■ Dictating text
■ Correcting recognition errors
■ Moving around a document

■ Revising text
■ Deleting text
■ Formatting text
■ Controlling menus and dialog boxes
■ Getting Help
Viewing the Quick Tour is a quick and easy way to begin learning how to
dictate to your computer with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It is strongly
recommended that you run it when you first start and again after you have
used Dragon NaturallySpeaking for a few days.
What’s Next?
On its last page, the New User wizard displays a few tips and prompts you
to exit. Click Finish to exit the wizard. The Dragon NaturallySpeaking
window appears.
The New User wizard guides you again whenever you or someone else
creates an additional user. Because the wizard only displays the screens that
you need, you will not always see all the screens described in this chapter.
To learn more about dictating with Dragon NaturallySpeaking, refer to the

next chapter, “Starting to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking.”
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Chapter 4 Starting to Use Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
This chapter helps you start to dictate with Dragon NaturallySpeaking and
introduces some of its basic features and functions. The chapter includes
the following sections:
■ Starting to dictate
■ Correcting recognition errors

■ Revising text
■ Exploring the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window
■ Learning more about Dragon NaturallySpeaking

■ Saving, backing up, and restoring user speech files
■ Dictating in your word processor using Dragon NaturalWord
■ Dictating in other applications using Dragon NaturalText

■ Controlling applications by voice
■ Recording and transcribing dictation with Dragon NaturallyMobile
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Starting to Dictate
After you exit the New User wizard the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window
opens. You are now ready to start dictating with Dragon
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Tip
NaturallySpeaking.
Find some text with which you would like to practice and try dictating it
Many people find it easier to with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Or, try composing text in your head and
start by reading text already
written before trying to
then dictating your thoughts.
compose and dictate text
simultaneously.
Use the following guidelines:
■ Speak in a way that is natural and not stressful for you, pausing as you
do normally.
■ Pronounce each word clearly and completely, but do not exaggerate

your pronunciation. Avoid slurring your words.
■ Speak at your normal speed.
■ Do not speak loudly or whisper.
■ Speak in long phrases rather than short phrases or individual words.

■ When dictating most numbers, currency values, times of day,
telephone numbers, and Web and e-mail addresses, speak as you
normally would in conversation. For example, you can say “three
thousand six hundred and fifty seven point oh three” to enter 3657.03
or “Bob C at www dot naturalspeech dot com” to enter
BobC@www.naturalspeech.com.
■ Run the Quick Tour for a quick introduction to dictating, if you have
not already done so.
Here are some useful commands to try out:

■ To start a new paragraph, say “New Paragraph”.
■ To start a new line, say “New Line”.
■ To enter a punctuation mark, say its name. For example, say

“exclamation point” or “question mark”.
■ To temporarily deactivate the microphone, say “Go to Sleep”. To
reactivate it, say “Wake Up”.
■ To turn the microphone off, say “Microphone Off”. To turn it back on,
click the microphone button or press the microphone hot key (usually
the plus [+] key on the numeric pad).
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Chapter 4: Starting to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Correcting Recognition Errors

Occasionally, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may not recognize your words
correctly and may enter an incorrect word or words into your document.
This is a speech-recognition error. You can correct speech-recognition
errors in a variety of ways.
One easy way to correct a recognition error is to correct it immediately
➥
Tip
using the Correct That command:
1 Say Correct That immediately after Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a

You can also use a hot key recognition error. The Correction dialog box opens and displays the words
to bring up the Correction
dialog box. Normally, it is
Dragon NaturallySpeaking recognized. It also displays a list of different
the minus (-) key on the possible interpretations of what you said.
numeric keypad.
2 If the correct text is listed as one of the numbered choices, simply choose
it. For example, if the correct text is the second choice, say Choose 2.
The Correction dialog box closes and the correct text is entered into your
document.
3 If the correct text is not listed as one of the numbered choices, spell or type
the correct text and then say Click OK or use your mouse to click the OK
button.
For example, suppose you are dictating an itinerary for a trip and say
“Tomorrow we fly to Montana for a natural history tour”, but Dragon
NaturallySpeaking enters “Tomorrow we fly to Montana for a natural
history to work”.
To correct the mistaken words:
1 Use the Correct That command to open the Correction dialog box with the
words you just said:
L Say Correct That
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2 In the Correction dialog box choose the item number that has the correct
words:
L For example, say Choose 2
The Correction dialog box closes and “Tomorrow we fly to Montana for a
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Tip
natural history tour” is entered into your document.
Correcting recognition errors this way helps Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Correcting phrases can be continually improve its recognition of your speech. Any of the commands
more effective than
correcting individual words,
that bring up the Correction dialog box, such as “Correct That” and
especially short words. “Correct” followed by the word or words you want to correct, help Dragon
NaturallySpeaking improve the accuracy with which it recognizes your
speech. You must save your speech files when prompted (before you exit
Dragon NaturallySpeaking) to keep these improvements.
Notes Use the commands that bring up the Correction dialog box only to
correct speech-recognition errors; do not use them to revise what
you want to say.
If you use the correction dialog box to correct a word that was not
in your vocabulary, Dragon NaturallySpeaking adds it to your
vocabulary. If you save your speech files before you exit, the word
will be in your vocabulary the next time you run Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
For more information about correcting errors, run the Quick Tour and refer
to the online Help.
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Revising Text
If you change your mind about what you want to say, you are revising or
editing text, not correcting a speech-recognition error. To revise your
dictation, select the text you want to change and say your changes. This is
the Select-and-Say™ method of revision.
To revise what you want to say:
1 Say Select and the words you want to change.
➥
Tip
2 Say the new words.
For example, suppose you are dictating an itinerary for a trip and you say
Selecting phrases can be “We will arrive at the airport on Saturday morning”.
more effective than
selecting individual words, To revise the text:
especially short words.
1 Select the words you want to change:
L Say Select airport on Saturday morning
2 Say the new words:

L Say train station on Sunday afternoon
Revising text this way has no effect on the accuracy with which Dragon
NaturallySpeaking recognizes your speech. It is simply a quick and easy
way to change your words.
Note You can also fix a recognition error using this Select-and-Say
method, but doing so does not help Dragon NaturallySpeaking
improve the accuracy with which it recognizes your speech. To
improve recognition accuracy use the Correct That command
instead.
For more information about revising text, run the Quick Tour and refer to
the online Help.
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Exploring the Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Window
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking window is similar to the Microsoft
WordPad application.
When you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the window contains the
standard menu bar, a toolbar, and a status bar. You can move the mouse
pointer over the menu commands and toolbar buttons to see:
■ Status bar messages that describe what the commands and buttons do
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Tip
■ Button ToolTips that tell you the names of the commands
Because the default view is for a text file you will not see the format bar or
To keep formatting ruler unless you choose them from the View menu. To keep any formatting
changes, save your
document as an RTF file.
changes you make in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window, save your
document as an RTF file.
What Are the Speech Features?

Along with the standard buttons, icons, and dialog boxes, you will see some
speech features.
Here is an illustration of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window including

some dictated text.
Microphone icon
Results box
Volume meter
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Using the Microphone

On the right side of the toolbar you will notice the Microphone icon and
volume meter. A second Microphone icon (not pictured) is on the Windows
taskbar.
You must turn the microphone on to dictate and use voice commands. You
cannot turn the microphone on by voice but you can turn it off by voice.
To turn the microphone on:

8 Click the Microphone icon on the toolbar or taskbar
7 Press the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad
To turn the microphone off:

L Say Microphone Off
8 Click the Microphone icon on the toolbar or taskbar
7 Press the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad
Menus and Toolbar Buttons

The User menu contains commands for managing user speech files.
■ New—Creates a set of user speech files.
■ Open—Opens an existing set of user speech files and lets you delete
and rename existing files.
■ Save Speech Files—Saves user speech files, including acoustic,
vocabulary, and other speech information from the current session.
There is also a Save Speech Files button on the toolbar.
■ Back Up—Makes a copy of the current set of user speech files.
■ Restore—Creates a new set of user speech files from the backup copy.
■ Current User Name—The check mark next to a user name indicates
that it is the current user. If there is more than one user name, you can
switch users by choosing a name here.
The Vocabulary menu contains commands for creating a new vocabulary

and for opening an existing vocabulary.
■ New—Creates a new vocabulary.

■ Open—Opens an existing vocabulary and lets you delete, rename,
import, and export existing vocabularies.
■ Current Vocabulary Name—The check mark next to a vocabulary

name indicates that it is the active vocabulary.
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The Tools menu contains utilities that help you increase recognition
accuracy and performance. Some of these utilities have buttons on the
toolbar.
■ Train Words—Lets you train the pronunciation of a single word,

phrase, or command. There is also a Train Words button on the toolbar.
■ Find New Words—Searches for new words (not found in the active
vocabulary or the backup dictionary) in the current document. You can
add these words to the active vocabulary prior to dictating them. There
is also a Find New Words button on the toolbar.
■ Vocabulary Editor—Lets you view, add, delete, modify, and train
vocabulary words.
■ Vocabulary Builder—Customizes a vocabulary (by adding words and

modifying the language model) for a particular subject area based on
documents that you select.
■ Audio Setup Wizard—Tests and adjusts audio settings.

■ General Training—Trains Dragon NaturallySpeaking so it adapts to
your voice input from a microphone.
■ Mobile Recorder Training—Trains Dragon NaturallySpeaking so it

adapts to your voice as played through a recording device.
■ Transcribe—Plays a recording from a recording device or .wav file

and processes it through Dragon NaturallySpeaking. You can
transcribe a recording in the background while you perform other tasks.
■ Sound Recorder—Runs the Dragon Sound Recorder, which you can
use to record your speech in a sound file (.wav file format).
■ New Command Wizard—Lets you create custom voice commands to

automate tasks.
■ Edit Command Wizard—Lets you edit your own or standard Dragon

NaturallySpeaking voice commands.
■ Play That Back—Plays back a recording of dictated text in your own
voice.
■ Read That—Reads screen text aloud in a computer voice.
■ Stop Playback/Reading—Stops playback or reading.

■ Options—Opens a dialog box where you can specify preferences for
the Results box, hot keys, and other settings.
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Features That Are Visible While You Dictate

While you are dictating and correcting, the following features of Dragon
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Tip
NaturallySpeaking also appear:
■ Results box—Small window that displays the words you just said as
Run the Quick Tour to see Dragon NaturallySpeaking processes them. When Dragon
illustrations of these
features. NaturallySpeaking finishes processing, it enters the results into your
document as text. Notice that the results also appear in the status bar at
the bottom of the window.
■ Correction dialog box—Dialog box that you use to correct speech

recognition errors. To display it, say Correct That, Spell That and the
letters of the word, or Correct followed by the words you want to
correct.
You can also display the Recognition History—a list of the most recent
words recognized by Dragon NaturallySpeaking—by clicking anywhere in
the status bar at the bottom of the window.
Learning More About Dragon

NaturallySpeaking
Use the Tip of the Day, Quick Tour, Quick Reference Card, What Can I
Say? Appendix, and online Help, to learn more about Dragon
NaturallySpeaking.
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Tip
Tip of the Day
Tip of the Day contains many suggestions for enhancing performance and
You can view all tips from
the online Help.
using Dragon NaturallySpeaking more efficiently. It displays automatically
when you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking unless you clear this option. You
can also open Tip of the Day from the Help menu and you can view and
print all tips from the online Help.
Quick Tour
If you have not already done so, run the multimedia Quick Tour, which
takes only about 15 minutes to view. The tour introduces you to the basic
features and functions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. To run the Quick
Tour:
L Say Click Help, then say Quick Tour
8 Click Help, then click Quick Tour
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Quick Reference Card and What Can I Say? Appendix

The Quick Reference card lists the voice commands you can say in a
condensed form. When you see a command separated by slashes, it
indicates that you have a choice.
For example, “Move Left/Right/Up/Down 1–20” indicates that you can say
“Move Left 5”, “Move Right 16”, “Move Up 20”, and similar
combinations.
The What Can I Say? Appendix at the end this guide provides a more
detailed functional description of the commands and information about
dictating numbers, special characters, and more.
Online Help
The online Help is the primary tool for learning how to use Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. Help provides instructions, examples, and conceptual
information. The online Help is the most complete source of information
about Dragon NaturallySpeaking; it provides detailed information you will
not find elsewhere.
The easiest way to use Help is to leave it open while you use Dragon
NaturallySpeaking. When you open Help you can arrange the desktop so
that the Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Help topic windows display side by
side. You can print individual Help topics or copy them to another
document for printing.
Using Help by Voice

You can open and use Help by voice or by mouse and keyboard. To use
Help by voice make sure you turn on the microphone. Then, use variations
of the following commands to move around Help:
➥
To open Help by voice:
L Say Give Me Help
Tip To select an item by moving the insertion point down in the Help Topics
To use Help by voice, make
sure you first turn on the
dialog box:
microphone. L Say Move Down One or Move Down Five
To select an item by moving the insertion point up in the Help Topics dialog
box:
L Say Move Up One or Move Up Five
To open a selected book in the Help Topics dialog box:

L Say Click Open
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To display a selected Help topic from the Help Topics dialog box:
L Say Click Display
To select the Index, Contents, or Find tabs in the Help Topics dialog box:
L Say Click Index or Click Contents or Click Find
Once you have opened a Help window from the Help Topics dialog box
you can say “Click” and the name of any large button.
To go back to the Help Topics dialog box:
L Say Click Help Topics
To go back to the previous topic:

L Say Click Back
To open the Options menu and print out the current Help topic:
L Say Click Options, then Click Print Topic, then Click OK
You can also switch back and forth between Help and the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking window by voice.
To bring up any of the active windows:

L Say Switch to followed by the application or document name, or say
Switch to Next Window until the window you want is active.
To switch between the most recently active windows:
➥
Tip
L Say Switch to Previous Window
Dialog Box Help Buttons

Say What Can I Say? to
display all the commands
Almost all Dragon NaturallySpeaking dialog boxes have Help buttons that
that you can say. provide help for the dialog box and associated tasks. A few dialog boxes
that are common to all Windows applications do not have a Help button.
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Saving Your User Speech Files

Your speech files change when you use the Vocabulary Editor or
Vocabulary Builder, train words, run training, or correct misrecognitions.
If your speech files have changed, Dragon NaturallySpeaking prompts you
to save the files before you exit, before you change users or vocabularies,
or after you have run Vocabulary Builder. In most cases you should save
your user speech files when prompted. If you do not want to retain the
results of your current session you can choose not to save your speech files.
More about User Speech Files

Your user speech files contain:
■ Acoustic information about the sound of your voice and your
pronunciation of words, collected when you run General Training,
whenever you train specific words using the Train Words dialog box,
or when you run Mobile Recorder Training (using a recording device).
■ Acoustic information about how you pronounce specific words based

on corrections you make in the Correction dialog box.
■ Vocabulary information, such as words you have added to the active

vocabulary using Vocabulary Builder, Find New Words, Vocabulary
Editor, and the Correction dialog box. This includes dictation
shorthands you have added in Vocabulary Editor.
■ Word-usage information about how often you use particular words.
This information is created when you customize a language model for
a vocabulary by running Vocabulary Builder.
■ Voice command information, including new commands you have

created by running the New Command wizard and modifications to
commands you have made by running the Edit Command wizard.
■ Audio information about your sound system, such as your microphone,

speakers, and sound card or built-in sound system. This information is
collected by the Audio Setup wizard.
■ Audio information about the sound of your voice as recorded on a
recording device. This information is collected by the Audio Setup
wizard when you create a user specifically for use with a recording
device.
You and other people who use Dragon NaturallySpeaking on your

computer can create additional users at any time. For each new user you
must run the New User wizard. All vocabularies, new words, and new
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commands created for a user are available to only that user, although you
can import and export vocabularies from one user to another.
You must create a separate user for each different model of recording
device you use for dictation.
Backing Up and Restoring User Speech Files

The Back Up command on the User menu lets you save a copy of the
current user’s speech files to a fixed backup location in the NatSpeak folder
on your hard drive. The Restore command restores the last backup that was
made and saves it with a different name, for example, “David - Restored1.”
You must open the restored user to begin working with it.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically backs up speech files for the
current user every fifth save. In the Options dialog box you can change how
often these files are backed up or you can disable this feature. See the online
Help for more information.
Dictating in Your Word Processor with

Dragon NaturalWord
Dragon NaturalWord enables you to dictate directly into supported word
processors, such as Corel WordPerfect 8 and Microsoft Word 97. With
Dragon NaturalWord you can dictate text, say voice commands, and access
the functions and menus of your word processor. Dragon NaturalWord uses
most of the same commands as Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
Dragon NaturalWord also includes Natural Language Commands for

Microsoft Word, a rich set of commands that let you control Microsoft
Word 97 in a natural manner. With these commands, you can format text,
create and modify tables, and perform many other functions by speaking
naturally. The Natural Language Commands require significant additional
memory, so you can disable them in the Options dialog box if you want.
➥
(You cannot change this setting if you have created any custom voice
commands.)
Tip Dragon NaturalWord adds a Dragon NaturallySpeaking menu to the word
Learn to dictate first in the
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
processor’s menu bar. From there you can access all the functions of
window before trying Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
Dragon NaturalWord.
You should learn to dictate in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking word
processor before using Dragon NaturalWord. This will familiarize you with
natural speech dictation in an application specifically designed for speech
input.
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To run Dragon NaturalWord with your word processor:
1 Start your word processor.
2 On the NaturallySpeaking menu in you word processor, click Use

NaturalWord. Dragon NaturallySpeaking starts.
3 The Open User dialog box appears. Select your user name and click the
Open button.
4 Click the microphone icon in the toolbar or on the Windows taskbar.
5 Click where you want to enter text.
6 Start dictating. The Results box appears after you begin to dictate.
For more information about Dragon NaturalWord and Natural Language

Commands for Microsoft Word, refer to the online Help.
Dictating in Other Applications with Dragon

NaturalText
You can use Dragon NaturalText to dictate directly into almost any
Windows application on your desktop (such as an e-mail or spreadsheet
program) and use a subset of Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice commands.
When Dragon NaturalText is enabled, a speech bubble icon next to the
➥
microphone icon on the taskbar is highlighted. The highlighted bubble icon
indicates that you can dictate into the currently active application.
Tip You should learn to dictate in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking word
Learn to dictate first in the
processor before using Dragon NaturalText. This will familiarize you with
window before trying natural speech dictation in an application specifically designed for speech
Dragon NaturalText. input.
To use Dragon NaturalText:
1 Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking. A microphone icon and speech bubble

icon appear in the Windows taskbar.
2 Start the application into which you want to dictate.
3 Click the microphone icon on the taskbar or press the microphone hot key
(normally, the plus [+] key on the numeric keypad) to turn on the
microphone.
4 Click where you want to start dictating.
5 Start dictating. The Results box appears after you begin to dictate.
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With Dragon NaturalText you can use any command listed on the Quick
Reference Card or in the What Can I Say? Appendix that is not marked with
an asterisk (*). Commands with the word “That”, such as “Scratch That”,
“Correct That”, and “Spell That”, work only on the last thing you said. You
cannot use them to delete, change, or correct selected text in most
applications. These commands are marked with a dagger († ) in the What
Can I Say? Appendix.
Also, some of the Select, Correct, and Insert commands do not work in
most applications, but you can use them in several applications. These
applications include Notepad, WordPad, Microsoft Chat 2.1 and 2.5,
GoldMine 4.0, and Microsoft Outlook text editing windows. Applications
in which these commands work are called Select-and-Say enabled
applications.
You can disable Dragon NaturalText dictation and continue to use Dragon
NaturallySpeaking commands to control most applications, for example to
open menus and click buttons. To disable NaturalText dictation, click the
Dragon NaturalText icon (the speech bubble) on the Windows taskbar. This
does not disable dictation in Dragon NaturallySpeaking Microsoft Word
97, Corel WordPerfect and Select-and-Say enabled applications. To turn
NaturalText dictation back on, click the icon again.
For more information about Dragon NaturalText, refer to the online Help.
Controlling Applications by Voice

When Dragon NaturallySpeaking is running you can start and control most
applications by voice.
Starting Applications
You can start an application or open a document or folder that is on your
Start menu or desktop by voice. Say Start followed by the name that
appears on the Start menu or below the icon on the desktop.
For example, to start My Computer:

L Say Start My Computer
You can use this method to start applications that appear anywhere on your
Start menu, including the Programs menu.
Note To run certain Windows features, such as the Run command, you
must say Click Start Menu and then the menu names you want until
you reach the application. For example, to start the Find Files or
Folders tool, say Click Start, Find, Files or Folders.
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Switching Applications
To switch between running applications, including minimized applications,
say Switch To followed by either the application or document name that
appears on the taskbar or on the window’s title bar.
For example, If Netscape® Navigator® is running and you want to switch
to it from another application:
L Say Switch to Netscape
To return to Dragon NaturallySpeaking:

L Say Switch to NaturallySpeaking
You can also use the following commands to switch between windows:
Switch to Previous Window
Switch to Next Window
Controlling Menus and Dialog Boxes

You can use voice commands to select most menu items and control most
dialog boxes.
To open a menu say Click followed by the menu name. To select an item
from a menu, say Click followed by the menu item or just say the menu
item.
For example, to save a document in most applications:

L Say Click File, Click Save
or
L Say Click File, Save
To select a text box, check box, or other item in a dialog box, say Click
followed by the item name. Selecting a check box alternately checks and
unchecks the box.
For example, to change the print orientation from portrait to landscape in

many applications:
L Say Click File, Click Printer Setup, Click Landscape, Click OK
After you move the cursor to a text box you can dictate the text you want
to enter.
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Note In some applications you may not be able to select certain dialog
box items by saying “Click”. If this is the case, you may be able to
move around the dialog box by saying Tab key. You can also say
Go to Next Tab or Go to Previous Tab to move between tabs in a
dialog box such as a property sheet.
See “Controlling applications by voice quick reference” in the online Help

for more information about controlling applications by voice.
Copying Text to Other Applications

To copy dictated text to another application, such as your e-mail program:
1 Say Copy All to Clipboard, or select the text and say Copy That.
2 Open the other application. If it is already open you can say Switch to
followed by the application name or say Switch to Next Window as many
times as necessary to get to the application.
3 Say Paste That.
4 To return to Dragon NaturallySpeaking, say Switch to NaturallySpeaking.
Recording and Transcribing Dictation with

Dragon NaturallyMobile
Dragon NaturallyMobile lets you dictate into a portable recorder and then
use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transcribe the recorded dictation. Dragon
NaturallyMobile also includes a software recorder, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder, which lets you use your computer to
record dictation and saves it in a .wav file.
When to Use Dragon NaturallyMobile

You should use Dragon NaturallyMobile when you want to do any of the
following:
■ Dictate away from your computer with a Dragon Systems-certified
portable analog or digital recorder. The Dragon Systems Web site
(www.dragonsys.com) contains current information about certified
recorders.
■ Record your dictation now but transcribe and correct the transcription
later. You can use either the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound
Recorder or your portable recorder to record your dictation.
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■ Let someone else transcribe your recorded dictation and correct the
transcription.
■ Transcribe .wav files created by a portable recorder or created by the

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder. You use the Transcribe
tool to transcribe .wav files.
■ Transcribe recorded dictation as it is played back from your portable

recorder into your computer’s sound card.
How to Use Dragon NaturallyMobile

Using Dragon NaturallyMobile consists of up to four basic tasks:
1 Create and adapt a set of user speech files for use specifically with your
portable recorder.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking needs this information to recognize your voice

after it has been recorded with a portable recorder. This step is not required
to dictate into Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder. When you
dictate into Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder, you use the same
user speech files you use to dictate into Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
2 Record your dictation by either:
■ Dictating into your portable recorder
■ Dictating into Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder
3 Transcribe the recorded dictation.
4 Correct the transcription using the Playback toolbar.
It is possible to have one person dictate and another person transcribe the
dictation. The following sections describe how to perform the above tasks.
For complete information about Dragon NaturallyMobile, refer to the
online Help in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking application.
Creating and Adapting User Speech Files for Your Portable

Recorder
1 On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking User menu, click New to run the New
User wizard.
Give the new speech files a name that will help you distinguish them from
the user speech files you use when you dictate directly in Dragon
NaturallySpeaking and Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder.
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2 In the Select User Type dialog box, select Into a Recorder and choose the
method you will use to transfer recorded dictation to your computer. For
more information, click the Help button.
3 If necessary, the New User wizard prompts you to run the Audio Setup
wizard. Click the Run Audio Setup Wizard button and follow its
instructions. For more information, click the Help button in the wizard.
4 The New User Wizard prompts you to train Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

Click the Run Training Program button. When the Training wizard opens,
follow the instructions on the screen to train Dragon NaturallySpeaking to
recognize how your voice sounds when you dictate into a portable recorder.
For more information, click the Help button in the wizard.
5 Complete the New User wizard. You can run the Vocabulary Builder at this
time, or run it at a later time. Alternatively, you can skip this step entirely
and import an existing vocabulary you have already personalized with
Vocabulary Builder.
Dictating into Your Portable Recorder

Follow these guidelines when dictating into your analog or digital recorder:
■ If you dictate into a built-in microphone, rather than a headset

microphone, always hold your recorder the same distance from your
mouth. Keep it at the same distance you used in the Audio Setup wizard
when you created a separate set of speech files for this recorder.
■ Although Dragon NaturallySpeaking works well with the built-in
microphones of some approved recorders, you may experience even
higher accuracy by connecting a headset microphone to your recorder.
This will eliminate the distance variations inherent in using a built-in
microphone.
■ Do not change the recording volume setting on your recorder. Use the
same setting you selected when you created a new user for this
recorder. If you change the volume setting, run the Audio Setup wizard
again.
■ Speak clearly and in the same way as when you dictate directly to your
computer.
■ You can use all voice commands; however, Dragon Systems
recommends that you use only the Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dictation Commands or the restricted command set.
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The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Dictation Commands are listed in the

What Can I Say? Appendix, on the Quick Reference card, and in the
online Help.
The restricted command set consists of all Dictation Commands and

the commands “Scratch That” and “Resume With”. These are the most
practical commands to use when you are dictating into a recorder
without the visual aid of the Results box. The “Resume With”
command is particularly suited for dictation into a recorder because it
lets you correct certain mistakes while you are dictating (if you
misspeak or change your mind about what you want to say soon after
dictating a phrase). The “Scratch That” and “Resume With” commands
are described in the online Help.
Later, when you transcribe the recording, you can choose to have
Dragon NaturallySpeaking ignore all but the Dictation Commands or
the restricted command set. This prevents potentially damaging
recognition errors (for example, a phrase recognized incorrectly as
“Delete Previous Paragraph”). Preventing such errors is particularly
important when you are transcribing, since you may not be monitoring
the process.
Dictating into Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder

1 Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder by clicking Sound
Recorder on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools menu. To run the tool as
a stand-alone application, click Programs, then Dragon NaturallySpeaking,
and then click Sound Recorder.
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2 If you run Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder as a stand-alone

tool, click Run Audio Setup Wizard on the Tools menu. In the wizard,
choose Complete Setup and follow the instructions on the screen. When
prompted to select a speech input type, select Live Input. If you are already
running Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can skip this step.
3 If Dragon NaturallySpeaking is running, make sure its microphone icon is

off. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder needs control of the
microphone to record and play your dictation.
4 Position your microphone. It is a good idea to do a test recording.
5 On the Tools menu, click Record. Or, click the Record button on the Sound
Recorder toolbar.
6 Dictate your text. Use only the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Dictation

Commands or the restricted command set.
The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Dictation Commands are listed in the What

Can I Say? Appendix, on the Quick Reference card, and in the online Help.
The restricted command set consists of all Dictation Commands and the
commands “Scratch That” and “Resume With”. These are the most
practical commands to use when you are dictating into a recorder without
the visual aid of the Results box. The “Resume With” command is
particularly suited for dictation into a recorder because it lets you correct
certain mistakes while you are dictating (if you misspeak or change your
mind about what you want to say soon after dictating a phrase). The
“Scratch That” and “Resume With” commands are described in the online
Help.
Later, when you transcribe the recording, you can choose to have Dragon
NaturallySpeaking ignore all but the Dictation Commands or the restricted
command set. This prevents potentially damaging recognition errors (for
example, a phrase recognized incorrectly as “Delete Previous Paragraph”).
Preventing such errors is particularly important when you are transcribing,
since you may not be monitoring the process.
7 When you finish dictating, click Stop on the Tools menu. Or, click the Stop
button on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder toolbar.
8 On the File menu, click Save As, enter a name for the recording in the File
Name field, and then click Save. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound
Recorder automatically saves the recording as a .wav file in the following
format: PCM, 11,025HZ, 16 Bit, Mono (21Kb/sec).
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Transcribing Recorded Dictation

You or another person can transcribe your dictation. Dragon
NaturallySpeaking provides two methods for transcribing recorded
dictation:
■ You can use the Transcribe tool.
■ You can play the recording directly into the Dragon NaturallySpeaking
word processor, Microsoft Word, or Corel WordPerfect.
You must use the Transcribe tool when you transcribe a recording
contained in a .wav file. Also, the Transcribe tool lets you specify the types
of commands to recognize during transcription and automatically detects
the end of the dictation and turns off the microphone.
If you do not need these features you do not need to use the Transcribe tool.
Simply start Dragon NaturallySpeaking or the word processor in which you
want the transcription to appear, open the user that you trained for the
recorder, turn the Dragon NaturallySpeaking microphone on, and press the
O
playback button on your recorder. When the transcription is complete be
sure to turn the microphone off.
Attention The following steps describe how to use the Transcribe tool to transcribe
If you are transcribing a recorded dictation.
.wav file created by a
portable recorder, transfer 1 If you are transcribing a .wav file created by a portable recorder, transfer
the file to your computer
before you start this
the file to your computer. If you are transcribing a recording by playing it
procedure. back through your computer’s sound card, connect a cable from your
If you are transcribing a portable recorder to the line input jack or microphone jack on your
recording by playing it back computer’s sound card.
through your computer
sound card, connect a line 2 Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
from your portable recorder
to the line input jack or 3 Open the user that you trained for the recorder. If you are transcribing
microphone jack on your dictation recorded on a portable recorder, the user must be the one you
computer sound card
before you start this created and adapted for use with your portable recorder. If you are
procedure. transcribing a .wav file created by Dragon Sound Recorder, the user must
be the one that was active when you recorded the file.
4 On the Tools menu, click Transcribe.
5 In the Transcribe Recording dialog box specify the source of your

transcription, the destination application to display the transcription, and
the type of commands to recognize when transcribing. For more
information, click the Help button in the dialog box.
6 Click OK and switch to the window in which you want the transcribed text
to appear (if other than the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window).
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7 If your selected source is Through the Line Input Jack, press the playback
button on your portable recorder to start the transcription. If the selected
source is a .wav file, the transcription starts automatically.
The transcription will appear on the screen as Dragon NaturallySpeaking

converts the recorded words to text and carries out commands in the
recording, depending on the Selected Commands option. If you are
transcribing into the Dragon NaturallySpeaking word processor, you can
use your computer for other purposes while transcription takes place. If you
are transcribing into any other program, you must not do other work while
transcription takes place.
The following section tells you how to correct any recognition errors in the
transcription.
Correcting the Transcription

After Dragon NaturallySpeaking has transcribed a recording, you or
someone else may need to correct the transcription. There are many ways
you can do this. Some of the basic techniques are explained here.
While making corrections you can play back the dictation to hear what was
said and compare it with the text that Dragon NaturallySpeaking entered.
The Playback toolbar in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window has buttons
for playing back text, stopping playback, and changing playback speed. It
also includes the Correct button which lets you open the Correction dialog
box for selected text.
Slower/
Stop Skipback
Playback Faster/ Correct

Skipforward
To use the Playback toolbar buttons to review and correct a transcription in

the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window:
■ Click in the transcribed text where you want to start, and then click the
Playback button.
■ To stop playback, click the Stop button.
■ To go faster or skip ahead, click the Faster button.
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■ To go slower or skip back, click the Slower button.
■ To correct a section of text, select it, and then click the Correct button.
The Correction dialog box opens with the selected text.
To use the keyboard to review and correct a transcription in the Dragon

NaturallySpeaking window:
■ Click in the transcribed text where you want playback to start, and then
press Ctrl+Shift+S.
■ To stop playback, press Ctrl+1 or ESC.
■ To go faster or skip ahead, press the right arrow key.

■ To go slower or skip back, press the left arrow key.
■ To correct text that is currently being played back, press the down
arrow key or the correction hot key (usually the minus key [–] on the
numeric keypad ). The Correction dialog box opens with the selected
text.
You can have selected text play back automatically when you open the
Correction dialog box. To specify this setting, click Options on the Tools
menu. Then, click the Miscellaneous tab and select Automatic Playback on
Correction.
You can also use the standard Dragon NaturallySpeaking correction

commands to correct the transcription by voice. However, if you are
correcting someone else’s transcription, you must use your own user
speech files when making corrections by voice, and you cannot play back
that person’s dictation. Therefore, in many cases, it is best to use the
keyboard to correct someone else’s dictation.
After you have corrected all transcription errors, click Save As on the File
menu, enter a file name, and click Save to save the transcribed text as a
document file.
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Appendix What Can I Say?
This appendix lists the commands you can say while using Dragon
NaturallySpeaking and covers how to dictate numbers, special characters,
and more. It does not include the Natural Language commands for Word
97. This appendix uses the following marks:
* Commands marked with an asterisk work only in the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking, Microsoft Word, and Corel WordPerfect main
windows, unless otherwise noted.
† Commands marked with a dagger always work on the last thing you
said in all applications. In Select-and-Say enabled applications, these
commands also work on the currently selected text.
How to Say Commands

The following rules apply to all commands except Dictation Commands:
Remember to pause briefly before and after saying a command so that it is
recognized as a command rather than as dictation.
To force words to be recognized as commands, press and hold down the
Ctrl key. To force words to be recognized as dictation, press and hold down
the Shift key.
Controlling the Microphone
Command Explanation
Microphone Off Turns microphone off.
Go to Sleep Temporarily turns microphone off; say Wake Up to
turn it back on.
Wake Up Say only after you have said Go to Sleep.
Tip: You can turn the microphone on (or off), by clicking the Microphone
icon or pressing the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad.
Using Help
Command Explanation
What Can I Say? Displays all the commands you can say.
Give Me Help Displays Help Topics.
Switch to Previous Switches between the last two active windows.
Window
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Dictating Text
Turn on the microphone and speak naturally in phrases or complete
sentences. Say punctuation and special characters to enter them in your
document.
Using Dictation Commands

Say these commands as you dictate, with or without pausing before or after
you say them:
Command Explanation
New Line Adds one carriage return and does not automatically
capitalize the next word you dictate.
New Paragraph Adds two carriage returns and capitalizes the next
word you dictate.
Tab Key Moves the insertion point to the next tab stop.
All Caps <word> Capitalizes all the letters in the next word you say. For
example, say All Caps boat to dictate “BOAT.”
All Caps On Turns on/off capitalization of all letters in the next
All Caps Off words you say.
Cap <word> Capitalizes the first letter in the next word you say.
For example, say Cap boat to capitalize the first letter
of the word “Boat” in the middle of a sentence.
Caps On Turns on/off initial capitalization of significant words
Caps Off you say next. Smaller words, such as the articles “a,”
“an,” and “the” are generally not capitalized.
No Caps <word> Enters the next word you say in all lowercase letters.
For example, say No Caps Paris to enter “paris” with
an initial lowercase letter.
No Caps On Turns on/off all-lowercase spelling of significant
No Caps Off words you say next.
No Space Does not put a space before the next word you say.
<word> For example, say on No Space line to enter “online.”
No Space On Turns on/off entry of words without putting spaces
No Space Off between them.
† In all applications, these commands work on the last thing you said; in Select-and-Say en-
abled applications, they also work on the selected text.
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Appendix: What Can I Say?
Dictating Numbers
You can dictate most numbers the same way you normally speak them, and
Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically formats them. (The automatic
number formatting option must be on.) Use these examples to see typical
ways to dictate numbers. See the online Help for more information.
To enter Say
4 four or Numeral four
23 twenty-three
179 one hundred and seventy-nine
5423 five thousand four hundred twenty-three
-1703 minus seventeen hundred and three
1,703 one comma seven oh three
142,015 one hundred forty-two thousand and fifteen
0.03 zero point oh three
3 7/8 three and seven eighths
11/32 eleven slash thirty-two
965-5200 nine six five fifty-two hundred
617- 965-5200 six one seven nine six five five two hundred
$45 forty-five dollars
$99.50 ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents
$5 billion five billion dollars
$3.9 million three point nine million dollars
8:00 eight o’clock
8:30 p.m. eight thirty pm
July 4, 1998 July four comma nineteen ninety-eight
May 15, 2003 May fifteen comma two thousand and three
IV Roman four
XXIV Roman twenty Roman four
Tips: Say Numeral before a number from 0–9 to ensure that it gets typed as
a numeric character, not a word.
You can dictate fractions with denominators from 1–10 and 16 by
saying the name of the fraction. You must say the slash character to
dictate fractions with larger denominators.
Reformatting Numbers
Use these commands to convert a number or currency amount between
numeric format (for example, “100”) and text format (for example, “one
hundred”):
†Format That Spelled Out
†Format That Number
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Dictating Web and E-mail Addresses

Dictate Web and e-mail addresses as you would normally say them. (The
automatic Web and e-mail formatting option in the Options dialog box
must be on.) Say No Caps On before dictating a Web or e-mail address to
make sure it is all lowercase. For example, say “No Caps On www dot
natural speech dot com No Caps Off” to dictate www.naturalspeech.com.
Tip: Dragon NaturallySpeaking already understands many domain types,
such as .com, but it does not know the names of many companies. If
it fails to understand part of an address, use the Correction dialog box
or Vocabulary Editor to add it to your vocabulary.
Dictating Punctuation and Special Characters

Say the following words to enter punctuation marks and special characters.
Note If a character (such as ') appears more than once, Dragon

NaturallySpeaking treats the character differently depending on
what you say. For example, an apostrophe immediately follows the
preceding text, while an open-single-quote is preceded by a space.
To enter Say
& ampersand or and-sign
' apostrophe
' begin single quote or open single quote
' close single quote or end single quote
(Your word processor may format quotation characters.)
's apostrophe ess
* asterisk
@ at sign
` backquote
\ backslash
^ caret
> close angle bracket or right angle bracket
> greater than
} close brace or right brace
] close bracket or right bracket
) close paren, close parenthesis, right paren, or right
parenthesis
: colon
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To enter Say
: numeric colon
, comma
, numeric comma
-- dash
$ dollar sign
. dot or point
. period
... ellipsis
= equal sign
! exclamation mark or exclamation point
- hyphen or numeric hyphen
- minus sign
{ left brace or open brace
[ left bracket or open bracket
( left paren, left parenthesis, open paren, or open
parenthesis
< less than
< left angle bracket, or open angle bracket
# number sign or pound sign
" begin quote, begin quotes, open quote, or open quotes
" close quote, close quotes, end quote, or end quotes
(Your word processor may format quotation characters.)
% percent sign
+ plus sign
? question mark
; semicolon
/ slash or forward slash
space bar
(tab) tab key
~ tilde
_ underscore
| vertical bar
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Selecting Text
To select text, say:
Command Explanation
* Select <text> <text> means currently visible, contiguous words.
* Select Again Searches for another instance of the selected text in
the same window.
* Select <start-text> means the first word(s) you want to
<start-text> select.
Through <end-text> means the last word(s) you want to select.
<end-text>
Note These commands also work in Select-and-Say enabled

applications.
Revising Text
To revise selected text, just dictate the replacement text.
* To revise all text starting at a word until the end of the document say
Resume With, then the last word you want to keep, then the replacement
text.
Deleting Text
To delete text, say:
Command Explanation
†Scratch That Deletes the last words you said or the selected text.
Scratch That Deletes up to the last 10 things (utterances) you said.
1–10 Times You can also repeat Scratch That up to 10 times in a
row.
*Delete That Deletes the last words you said or the selected text.
* These commands work only in Dragon NaturallySpeaking and NaturalWord applications.

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Selecting and Deleting Characters, Words, and Paragraphs

To select or delete the text, say:
Say Then Then Then
Select Forward 1–20 Character(s)

Delete Next Word(s)
Back Paragraph(s)
Last
Previous
Select Forward Character
Delete Next Word
Back Paragraph
Last
Previous
Backspace
Backspace 2–20
Undoing Actions
To undo an action, say:
Command Explanation
Undo Last Action Reverses the last editing action, if possible, or the
Undo That last undo. You can undo most editing and
formatting actions as well as text you just dictated.
Some applications do not support this command.
Moving Around in a Document or Text Window

To move the insertion point, say:
Command Explanation
*Insert Before <text> <text> means currently visible, contiguous words.
*Insert After <text> <text> means currently visible, contiguous words.
*Insert Before That That means currently selected text.
*Insert After That That means currently selected text.
Note These commands also work in Select-and-Say enabled

applications.
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To move around in a text window:
Say Then Then Then
Go to Top
Bottom
Go to Top of Selection
Move to Start Line
Beginning Paragraph
Bottom Document
End
Move Left 1–20
Right
Up
Down
Move Left 1–20 Character(s)
Back Word(s)
Right
Forward
Move Left a Character
Back Word
Right
Forward
Move Up 1–20 Line(s)
Back Paragraph(s)
Down
Forward
Move Up a Line
Back Paragraph
Down
Forward
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text

To cut, copy, or paste text, say:
Command Explanation
*Copy That Copies selected text or the words you said last.
Copy All to Clipboard Copies the entire document.
*Cut That Cuts selected text or the words you said last.
Paste That Inserts the thing you last copied or cut.
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Formatting Text
To format selected text or word(s) you just said:
Command Explanation
*Italicize That Italicizes selected text or the words you said last.
*Bold That Bolds selected text or the words you said last.
*Underline That Underlines selected text or the words you said last.
*Restore That Removes bold or italics from text.

*Format That Plain
*Format That
Regular
*Center That Centers the current paragraph.

*Left Align That Left-aligns the current paragraph.
*Right Align That Right-aligns the current paragraph.
† Cap That Capitalizes selected text or the words you said last.
† All Caps That Capitalizes all the letters in the selected text or the
words you said last.
† No Caps That Removes all capitalization in selected text or the
words you said last.
† Compound That Combines the selected words or words you just

* Format That said.
Without Spaces
† Hyphenate That Replace spaces with hyphens in the selected words
*Format That With or words you just said.
Hyphens
Tip: Repeating the Bold That, Italicize That, and Underline That
commands switches these attributes on or off.

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You can also use the following commands to change the formatting of
selected words or words you just said:
Say Then
*Format That Capitals
Initial Caps
Cap
Caps
All Caps
No Caps
Uppercase
Lowercase
Centered
Left Aligned
Right Aligned
Bullet Style
To start or end a bulleted list:
Say Then
Click Format Bullet Style
Say New Line to continue the bulleted list.
Setting Font Attributes

Use these commands to set font attributes for selected text or the word(s)
you dictate next. Say the command followed by at least one attribute:
Command Face Size Style

*Set Font Arial 4–120 Bold
*Format That Courier Italics
Courier New Plain
Times Plain Text
Times New Roman Regular
Underline
*Set Size 4–120
*Format That Size
Examples:
Set Font Arial
Format That 8 Italics
Tip: When you set font attributes they stay in effect until you change them.
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Notes Not every font size between 4 and 120 is available. If one size does
not work, try another.
To set just the font size, you must say Set Size or Format That Size
followed by the new size. You cannot say Set Font 10, you must say
Set Size 10 or Format That Size 10.
Using the Correction Dialog Box to Correct Recognition Errors

Use these commands to open the Correction dialog box.
Command Explanation
†Correct That Brings up the Correction dialog box to allow you to
correct words you just said or selected text.
* Correct <text> For <text> say the words you want to correct. They
must be visible on screen.
* Correct <start-text> means the first word(s) you want to

<start-text> correct.
Through <end-text> means the last word(s) you want to
<end-text> correct.
†Spell That For <abc> say the letters A–Z, the numbers 0–9,
<abc> apostrophe, dash, hyphen, space bar, Cap. You can
use other punctuation words if you precede them with
a brief pause.
Note C ommands in this table marked with an asterisk (*) also work in
Select-and-Say enabled applications.
Tip: You can also press the minus (-) key on the numeric keypad to open
the Correction dialog box.
Use these commands in the Correction dialog box:
Command Explanation
Choose 1–10 Selects the numbered item, closes the Correction
dialog box, and enters the correct text in your
document.
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More commands to use in the Correction dialog box:
Say Then Then Then
Select Line
Select Next Character
Forward Word
Previous
Last
Back
Select Next 1–20 Character(s)
Forward Word(s)
Previous
Last
Back
Go to Top of Line
Move to Start
Beginning
Bottom
End
Move Left a Character(s)
Back 1–20 Word(s)
Right
Forward
Cut That
Delete
Delete Next 1–20 Character(s)
Forward Word(s)
Previous
Last
Back
Backspace
Backspace 2-20
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To enter text in the Correction dialog box:
Say Example
letters A–Z say “g” or “s”, or use the International
Communications Alphabet listed on page 71.
numbers 0–9 say “five” or “eight”.
Cap
space bar
apostrophe
hyphen
dash
question mark
slash
other punctuation words: (pause) comma (pause)
say with a brief pause
before and after
Starting Applications
To start an application or open a document or folder anywhere on the Start
menu or desktop, say Start followed by the name of the menu item or icon.
You can also say Click Start Menu and say the names of items on the menu.
Switching Between Running Applications

To switch between programs, say:
Command Explanation
Switch to Next Window Switches to the next window in the
Windows tab order (like pressing Shift-Alt-
Tab).
Switch to Previous Window Switches to the previously active window
(like pressing Alt-Tab).
Switch to <application Switches to the specified application.
name>
Tip: If a window’s title bar shows both the application name and the
document name, you can say Switch to followed by either the
application name or the document name.
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Controlling Menus and Dialog Boxes

Say Click followed by the name of any menu, menu command, or item in a
dialog box. To close a menu without taking action, say Cancel.
Tip: You can select items from an open menu without saying Click.
Notes Click commands may not work for some dialog box items; in these
cases say Tab key until the item is selected.
To move around, select, and delete text in dialog box text boxes,
use the movement and selection commands for characters and lines.
Examples:
Click Start Menu (or Click Start)
Click File
Open (or Click Open)
Click OK
To move between tabs in a dialog box such as a property sheet, say:
Command Explanation
Click Next Tab Selects the next tab in the tab
Go to Next Tab order and opens it.
Move to Next Tab
Click Previous Tab Selects the previous tab in the
Go to Previous Tab tab order and opens it.
Move to Previous Tab
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Playing Back Dictation

Use these commands to play back dictation:
Command
*Play That Back Plays back the selected text, the words you said
last, or from the insertion point.
*Play Back Line Plays back the selected line, the line said last, or
the line that contains the insertion point.
*Play Back Paragraph Plays back the selected paragraph, the paragraph
said last, or the paragraph that contains the
insertion point.
*Play Back Document Plays back the selected document, the document
dictated last, or the document that contains the
insertion point.
*Play Back Window Plays back the text in view.
*Play Back to Here Plays back text from the top of the window to the
*Play Back Up to Here insertion point.
*Play Back from Here Plays back text from the insertion point to the
*Play Back Down bottom of the window.
from Here
Tips: To stop playback, click the Stop Playback button or the Microphone
icon.
To stop playback and correct, press the minus (-) key on the numeric
keypad.
Saying “Back” is optional. For example, you can say “Play
Paragraph”.
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Using Text-to-Speech to Read Back Text

With text-to-speech (speech synthesis) the text is read back to you in a
computerized voice.
Command Explanation
*Read That Reads the selected text. If no text is selected, reads
the contents of the clipboard. You can select text
by voice (for example, say Select Last Paragraph)
or by mouse and say Read That.
*Read Line Reads the selected line or the line that contains the
insertion point.
*Read Paragraph Reads the selected paragraph or the paragraph that
contains the insertion point.
*Read Document Reads entire document.
*Read Window Reads the text in view.
*Read to Here Reads text from the top of the window to the
*Read Up to Here insertion point.
*Read from Here Reads back text from the insertion point to the
*Read Down from bottom of the window.
Here
Tip: To stop reading, click the Stop Playback button or Microphone icon,
or click anywhere in the document.
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Controlling the Mouse Pointer with MouseGrid

Use MouseGrid to move the mouse pointer. Say the following commands
to turn on MouseGrid:
Command Explanation
MouseGrid Turns on the full-screen MouseGrid.
MouseGrid Window Turns on MouseGrid in the current window.
Mouse Window
<number> When MouseGrid is on, moves the MouseGrid and
resizes MouseGrid to fit the selected box. You can
say up to 5 numbers at a time. For example, say
MouseGrid 1, 3, 6.
Undo That Reverses the last grid change.
Cancel Turns off MouseGrid.
Go
When the mouse pointer is positioned correctly, say one of the following
commands:
Command Explanation
Click Presses the left mouse button once.
Double Click Presses the left mouse button twice.

Left Click Presses the left mouse button once.
Right Click Presses the right mouse button once.
Mark Marks an object to be moved.
Drag Moves an object to a new location.
Control Drag Moves a copy of the object to a new location.
Shift Drag Moves a shortcut of the object to a new location.
Tip: You can combine MouseGrid commands without pausing. For

example, say:
MouseGrid 1 5 2 Mark
and then say
MouseGrid 9 Drag
This repositions the mouse pointer 3 times, selects the object at that
location, and drags it to the lower-right corner of the screen.
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To close MouseGrid automatically, say “Go” at the end of the command.

For example, say MouseGrid Window 1 Go.
Controlling the Mouse Pointer with Mouse Commands

Use the Mouse commands to move the mouse pointer a short distance (up
to 10 pixels):
Then
Say Then Then
(optional)
Mouse Up 1–10 Click
Down Double Click
Left Left Click
Right Right Click
Mark
Drag
Control Drag
Shift Drag
Entering Keystrokes by Voice

Say the following commands to enter any key or key combination on the
keyboard by voice:
Say Then
Press <key name>
Type
For <key name> say the name of any key or key combination on the
keyboard.
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Examples:
Say Then Say Then

Press a Press F1
Type b Type down arrow
Alpha left arrow
Bravo Page Down
a as in Alice Shift Key
b as in Bill Control Key Alt Key
Enter Alt Key Shift Key
Control Key
Enter Key Caps Lock
Back Space Key Pad 1
1 Num Pad 2
2
Optionally, you can also use the International Communications Alphabet:
For Say For Say

a Alpha n November
b Bravo o Oscar
c Charlie p Papa
d Delta q Quebec
e Echo r Romeo
f Foxtrot s Sierra
g Golf t Tango
h Hotel u Uniform
i India v Victor
j Juliet w Whiskey
k Kilo x X-ray
l Lima y Yankee
m Mike z Zulu
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Optionally, you can also use the following alphabet to enter letters:
Say Then Then

Press a as in alpha/Albert/Alice
Type b as in bravo/Bill/Buffalo
c as in Charlie/Cathy/Carl
d as in delta/David/daughter
e as in echo/Edgar/enter
f as in foxtrot/Frank/fancy
g as in golf/George/gopher
h as in hotel/Henry/helmet
i as in India/Iris/Ireland
j as in Juliet/John/justice
k as in kilo/Karen/kitchen
l as in Lima/Larry/lemon
m as in Mike/Mickey/magic
n as in November/Nancy/nobody
o as in Oscar/Otto/over
p as in papa/Paul/people
q as in Quebec/Quentin/question
r as in Romeo/Rachel/Robert
s as in Sierra/Sam/Singapore
t as in tango/Terry/Tyler
u as in uniform/Ursula/usual
v as in Victor/Valerie/visit
w as in whiskey/Wendy/wake
x as in x-ray/Xavier/Xerxes
y as in Yankee/Yolanda/Yvonne
z as in Zulu/Zachary/zookeeper
72 ■
Index
A switching tabs, 66
switching windows, 65
Actions, undoing, 59 text-to-speech, 68
Addresses undoing actions, 59
dictating Web and e-mail, 56 using help, 53
Alpha-bravo alphabet, 71 voice commands reference, 53
Applications Copying text, 45
controlling by voice, 44 Correcting text
Select-and-Say enabled, 43 recognition errors, 31
starting by voice, 43, 65 revising dictated text, 33
switching by voice, 44, 65 Correction dialog box
Audio settings commands in, 63
testing and configuring, 18 described, 37
Audio Setup entering text in, 65
when to run it again, 19 using, 31
B D
Backing up user speech files, 41
Desktop, starting objects by
voice, 43
C Dialog boxes, controlling by
Commands voice, 44, 66
controlling menus and dialog Dictation
boxes, 66 correcting dictated text, 33
controlling the microphone, 53 correcting recognition errors, 31
Correction dialog box, 63 guidelines, 30
cutting copying and pasting into Dragon Sound Recorder, 48
text, 60 into portable recorder, 47
deleting text, 58, 59 numbers, 53, 55
dictating, 54 playing back, 67
editing and formatting text, 62 playing back with text-to-
entering keystrokes by voice, 70 speech, 68
formatting text, 61 punctuation, 56
Give Me Help, 38 special characters, 56
mouse pointer, 69 starting to dictate, 30
MouseGrid, 69 transcribing recorded
moving around a document, 59 dictation, 50
playing back dictation, 67 Web and e-mail addresses, 56
revising text, 58 with NaturallyMobile, 45
selecting text, 58, 59 with NaturalText, 42
starting and switching with NaturalWord, 41
applications, 65
■ 73
Dictation Commands G
listed, 54
General Training, 20
using with portable recorders, 48
See also Training Dragon
using with sound recorder, 49
NaturallySpeaking
Direct or recorded dictation
New User wizard option, 18
Documents, moving around, 59
Documents, opening by voice, 43
H
Dragon NaturallyMobile, See Hard disk space requirements, 8
NaturallyMobile
features, 2 I
learning to use with the Quick Installation
Tour, 27 before you install, 9
product description, 1 installing the first time, 10
registering, 11 optional components, 13
related documentation, ix over an earlier version, 13
starting, 16 setup options, 11
starting to use, 29 upgrading, 12
training, 20 International Communications
using the first time, 15 Alphabet, 71
window, 34
menus and toolbar, 35
microphone icon, 35 K
speech features, 34 Keystrokes
Dragon NaturalText, See controlling transcription
NaturalText playback, 52
Dragon NaturalWord, See entering by voice, 70
NaturalWord
Dragon Sound Recorder, See Sound
Recorder L
Language model, 17
E
Errors M
correcting recognition errors, 31 Memory requirements, 7
revising dictated text, 33 Menus
controlling by voice, 44, 66
Tools, 36
F User, 35
Find New Words, 36 Vocabulary, 35
Folders, opening by voice, 43 Microphone
positioning, 19
using the icon, 35
74 ■
Index
Mouse pointer commands, 69 R

MouseGrid commands, 69
RAM requirements, 7
Readme file, 11
N Recognition errors, correcting, 31
Recorded dictation
NaturallyMobile
NaturallyMobile, 45
correcting transcriptions, 51
New User wizard option, 18
dictation, 45
playing back, 51, 67
how to use, 46
transcribing, 50
Playback toolbar, 51
Registering Dragon
transcribing recorded
NaturallySpeaking, 11
dictation, 50
Restoring user speech files, 41
user speech files, 46
Restricted command set
when to use, 45
using with NaturallyMobile, 48
NaturalText
using with sound recorder, 49
defined, 3
Results box, 37
dictation, 42
Resume With
starting, 42
using with Dragon Sound
NaturalWord
Recorder, 49
defined, 3
dictation, 41
Revising text, 33, 58
starting, 41
Numbers
changing format, 55
dictating, 53, 55
S
Scratch That
using with Dragon Sound
O Recorder, 49
Online Help, 38
Select-and-Say enabled
dialog box Help buttons, 39
applications, 43
using by voice, 38
Sound Recorder
.wav file formats, 48
using, 48
P Sound system
Playback toolbar, 51 certified hardware, 20
Processor requirements, 7 quality, 20
Punctuation, dictating, 56 Special characters, dictating, 56
Speech model
definition, 17
Q New User wizard selection, 16
Quick Reference Card, 38 Speech synthesis commands, 68
Quick Tour, 27, 37 Start menu
starting items by voice, 43
■ 75
starting Windows built-in U

entries, 43
Uninstalling, 13
Support, technical, xi
User speech files
switching applications, 65
backing up and restoring, 41
System requirements, 7
creating, 16
creating additional users, 17
T definition, 40
hard disk requirements, 8
Tabs, selecting by voice, 45, 66 saving, 40
Technical support
contact information, xi
Text V
cutting, copying, and pasting, 60
Vocabulary
deleting, 58, 59
customizing, 23
formatting, 61
definition, 17
revising, 58
New User wizard selection, 16
selecting, 58, 59
Vocabulary Builder
setting font attributes, 62
definition, 26
Text-to-speech commands, 68
how to run, 23
Tip of the Day, 37
when to run again, 26
Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Vocabulary Editor
first stage, 21
definition, 36
guidelines, 22
New User wizard, 20
second stage, 22
when to run General Training
W
again, 23 Web address for Dragon
Training NaturallyMobile, 21 Systems, xi
Transcribe tool, 50 Windows
Transcriptions using NaturalText, 42
correcting, 51 using NaturalWord, 41
making, 50 windows
playing back, 51 switching, 65
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About This Guide ix

Chapter 1: Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking 1

Chapter 2: Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7

Chapter 3: Running Dragon NaturallySpeaking

Chapter 4: Starting to Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking 29

Learning More About Dragon NaturallySpeaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Appendix: What Can I Say? 53

Dictating Punctuation and Special Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking™, the world’s most acclaimed

Contained in This Guide

Multimedia Quick Tour

Quick Reference Card

The following typographical conventions are used in this guide.

When you see It means

L Say Copy All to Say the word(s) in bold.

8 Click OK Use the mouse to click a screen object.

World Wide Web www.dragonsys.com

■ Program log file (dragon.log) normally located in the NatSpeak folder

■ Computer name and model

■ Operating system (Windows 98, 95, NT 4.0)

■ Amount of memory (RAM)

■ Microphone name and model

■ Sound card name and model

Welcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the world’s most widely

With Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can:

■ Correct recognition errors as soon as they occur by saying Correct

■ Dictate numbers, including fractions, currency, telephone numbers,

■ Start programs and switch between running applications by voice.

■ Control features and functions of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking word

High Recognition Accuracy

■ Multiple users—Supports multiple users on a single computer. Each

■ Significantly enhanced recognition accuracy with BestMatch™

Powerful Vocabulary Features

■ Multiple personalized vocabularies—You can create and personalize

■ Vocabulary tools to personalize your vocabulary—Vocabulary

Integration with Other Applications

■ Natural Language Commands for Microsoft Word 97—A rich set

■ Select-and-Say™ editing in supported applications—You can

■ Create and modify commands with command wizards—The New

System and Application Control by Voice

■ Hands-free control of the keyboard—Use the keystroke commands

■ Control menus and dialog boxes by voice—Select menus and menu

Mobile and Transcribed Dictation

■ Correct with natural spelling—You can correct recognition errors by

Playback and Text-to-Speech

■ Text-to-Speech—This utility reads aloud (in a computer voice) the

■ Add-ons and Updates—Dragon NaturallySpeaking product add-ons

■ Multimedia Quick Tour and online Help—Provide demonstrations

This chapter describes system requirements, how to install Dragon

Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with optional features and with other

Memory (RAM) Requirements

■ 48 MB for running on Windows NT 4.0

Optional components, including NaturalWord support for word processors,

advantage of all BestMatch technology features with NaturalWord and

The Dragon NaturallySpeaking New User Wizard recommends that you

Increasing the amount of memory on your system can often improve

Hard Disk Space Requirements

■ Approximately 85 MB free hard disk space to install Dragon

■ An additional 95 MB of free hard disk space is required after

■ + 10 MB for each additional user; 15 MB for each additional

■ + 10 MB to back up each Standard Model user; 15 MB to back up each