Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking from the Windows Start Menu

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1 Starting to Dictate Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking from the Windows Start Menu If there is more than one Dragon NaturallySpeaking user on the computer, the Open User dialog box will appear and then select your name Position your microphone correctly Start the program you want to use (ie. Microsoft Word) Turn the microphone on Click the end of the red microphone icon on the task bar Press the (+) key on the numeric keyboard Notice that the microphone is now pointing upwards when it is on To turn the microphone off with your voice, Just say Go to sleep. To turn it back on say, Wake up.

2 Dictating Page 2 Dictate the sentence below remembering to speak clearly, sounding out each word. It is great not having to use the computer keyboard to enter text into my word processor. When you first start to dictate it may take Dragon Naturally Speaking a couple of seconds before you see any text on the screen. How do I add punctuation? You must tell the computer where to add punctuation marks. When you are dictating. It is great not having to use the computer keyboard [comma] to enter text into my word processor[period] How to I start a new paragraph? You can start a new paragraph by saying the command New paragraph This has the effect of pressing the Return key two times. How to I start a new line? To start a new line Say New line This has the effect of pressing the Return key one time.

3 How do I erase the last thing I said? Page 3 You can erase the last thing you said by saying the command Scratch that. Dictate the following sentence below without pausing. It is easy to delete the last thing I said without using the mouse or keyboard. When the text appears on the screen Say Scratch that. 2 Dragon NaturallySpeaking will delete the last phrase, sentence, or word that you said with the command Scratch that. How do I correct mistakes? It is important to understand that in order to get the most out of Dragon NaturallySpeaking it is important that you train it correctly when the program makes mistakes. When you train Dragon NaturallySpeaking it will then remember how you pronounce a word so that when you use it again it will display it correctly on the screen. You meant to say: I really love to go fishing in the summer. It types: I really love to go swishing in the summer. When a mistake appears, say Correct that. This will open the Correction dialog box. The Correction dialog box will display the last words that Dragon NaturallySpeaking typed into the document.

4 2 When the correction dialog box opens, if the correct word or phrase is in the list of choices, you can simply choose it. Page 4 You can choose the correct text in one of two ways Say Choose 2 and then the number of the correct alternative Click on the correct alternative with the mouse, and then click OK How do I Select text? Say Select {text} Select fishing The computer screen looks like this: I really love to go fishing in the summer. With the text selected, we can change the word to swimming in the sentence by redictating the text. I really love to go fishing in the summer. Say swimming and the computer screen will look like: I really love to go swimming in the summer. Other Select commands <Select paragraph> selects paragraph <Select That> selects the last phrase you said <Select Last 3 words>

5 Moving around the document Page 5 Say: Say: Go to Bottom To To: Moves cursor to end of document Go to Top Moves cursor to beginning of document Go to beginning of line Moves cursor to start of the line Go to end of line Moves cursor to end of the line

6 Formatting Text Page 6 Select the text you want to format using the <Select> command 2 <Bold That> Bold formatting <Italicize That> Italicize formatting <Underline That> Underline formatting <Restore That> Return to plain text formatting Working with numbers Naturally Speaking will try to guess how you wanted a number formatted. For numbers 0-9 <Numeral > you will see on screen For 35 Say 35 you will see 35 For 50.0 Say fifty-one point one you will see 50.0 Punctuation To type Say this, comma? question mark! exclamation mark open quote close quote apostrophe - hyphen

7 Pressing Keys by Voice Page 7 To type a key, say <Press> plus the name of the key you want To type a name like Chelsea Say Press C Press H Press E Press L Press S Press E Press A Press Space Bar Press Backspace key Press Enter key Press Page Up Press Page Down