Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 User Manual
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1. Dragon Naturally Speaking 8 User Manual 1 Plug in the microphone a Insert the microphone cable into the MIC input jack usually red or a similar color on the front or the back of the computer 2 Plugin the headphones a Insert the headphone cable into the LINE OUT or HEADPHONE jack usually green on the front or the back of the computer 3 Create a new user only when you launch the software for the first time Every time after that you simply open your user profile a TypeaName b Choose a language c Make sure the Dictation source is set to the correct setting Usually set to Microphone plugged into Mic in jack most common d Click Next 4 Setting up your microphone a Position the microphone near your mouth b Check your microphone i When Adjust Your Microphone Volume Check screen appears click the Start Volume Check button and then read aloud the text displayed in the box ii When the program beeps to indicate it has finished checking the volume click Next c Sound quality check i When the Adjust Your Microphone Quality check screen appears click Start Quality Check and then read aloud the text displayed in the box ii The programs beeps when it has finished evaluating the sound quality of your system If Dragon NaturallySpeaking displays PASSED click the Next button to continue 5 Training a new user a Read the sentences starting where th2. e arrow indicates When the words change color it means the computer has heard and recognized them If you keep reading the same words and the computer still doesn t get it just click Skip Otherwise click Next to continue b Choose a text to read aloud and click OK c When you ve read enough the New User Wizard displays a congratulations message When you click OK Dragon NaturallySpeaking starts adapting to your voice 6 Goto Help in the top toolbar Click Tutorial and follow the on screen directions to complete the Dragon tutorial 7 Start dictating a Turnonthe microphone by clicking on the microphone icon on the top toolbar b To make Dragon stop listening temporarily say Go to Sleep or Stop Listening then to make it start dictating say Wake Up or Listen To Me c Open Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect and open a new document d Start talking 8 Shortcut Keys etc See table on the following page SAY Quick Reference Card Common Voice Commands for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 TO Navigating New Line Paragraph New Line New Paragraph Space Bar Tab Key Go to Bottom Insert Before or Insert After lt word or words gt Selecting Text Select lt word or words gt Select Again Formatting Bold That Italicize That Underline That Restore That Cap lt
3. en parenthesis Close parenthesis For more punctuation see the online Help or the Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 User s Guide Accessing Sample Commands What Can I Say active application For more commands from the Tools menu click Command Browser Bring up a partial list of available commands that work in the
4. word gt or Cap Next lt word gt All Caps lt word gt 9 For more info refer to www flc losrios edu student services student aid dsps student forms and click on Dragon NaturallySpeaking Shortcut Keys or for a more in depth user manual click on Dragon Press the Enter key once Press the Enter key twice Press the Space key Press the Tab key Move the insertion point to the end of your document Move the insertion point before or after certain text to insert text there Select a particular word or words to replace correct or format Example Select Mary had a little lamb Select the same word or words again but in a different place Apply bold to selected text Apply italics to selected text Apply underlining to selected text Remove formatting from selected text Start the next word with a capital Example Cap hot Cap dog Hot Dog Type the next word in all capitals Example All Caps yikes YIKES NaturallySpeaking Full User Guide SAE ORs Cutting Pasting Deleting Text Copy That Copy selected text Cut That Cut selected text Paste That Paste cut or copied text Scratch That Delete the last thing you said Inserting Basic Punctuation Period or Full stop Comma Question mark Exclamation mark Colon Semicolon i Hyphen Dash Open quote Close quote Op
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