User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING 8-QUICK REFERENCE CARD

[. . . ] For example, say "Select going to" instead of "Select to" even if "going" is the correct text. · If you play back the text by selecting text and using the "Play That Back"command, you can press the Correction hot key at any time to correct the text that is currently being played back. Once you choose an item from the choice list, the correction will be made and playback will resume. (Playback is available only in Preferred Edition and Professional editions) · If you want to go through your document and make a series of corrections, you can bring up the Correction menu, use the down arrow key to select a choice, then use the right or left arrow key to make the correction and navigate to the next correction. [. . . ] All other names and trademarks referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Installation and Training Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 1. If you're running a virus checker, turn it off. Put the Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 CD into your CD-ROM drive. If it doesn't, double-click Setup. exe on your CD. "Typical/Complete" installs all options and speech files and requires the most disk space. "Custom" lets you select which options and speech files to install and can greatly reduce the disk space required for installation. QuickStart launches Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 at system startup and adds an icon to the Windows® taskbar. Select "Check the Internet for program updates after setup completes. " to automatically update NaturallySpeaking over the Internet. Click Finish to complete the installation. You may be prompted to re-boot your computer. To use Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8, you will need to plug in the microphone included with your software. Activating Dragon NaturallySpeaking The first time you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8, you will be prompted to activate your copy of NaturallySpeaking. If you do not activate the software, Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 will stop working after starting the product fives times. You must be connected to the Internet to activate the product. When prompted, click "Activate Now" and then "Activate Automatically. " Starting Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 by: · Double-clicking the Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 desktop icon. · Selecting Programs>Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 from the Start menu. · Right-clicking the QuickStart taskbar icon and selecting Start NaturallySpeaking, if the QuickStart option is enabled. Teaching the program how you speak The first time you start Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 , the program automatically starts the New User Wizard. Step 1: Create a user Name the user with your name or any other unique name and select your dictation source from the dropdown menu. Step 2: Check your audio settings You are prompted to check your microphone volume and sound quality. When the program beeps to indicate that it's done, click Next. Step 3: Training You must now train Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 to recognize your voice by reading aloud for several minutes. [. . . ] Make sure your text insertion point is at the start of the new document and simply start talking. As you talk, text displays in the Results box while Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8 figures out what you said. The Results box is a small yellow window that appears on-screen as you dictate. For example: Getting help To access the online Help for Dragon NaturallySpeaking®8, click the Help menu on the DragonBar and choose Help Topics. [. . . ]