User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING ESSENTIALS 5-QUICK START

[. . . ] A Lernout & Hauspie Company Essentials Quick Start When you see this. . . . . . you can talk to your favorite programs! Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your computer instead of typing. You can talk to Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, e-mail, chat, and virtually any other program in which you normally type. Talking to a program while Dragon NaturallySpeaking types what you say is called "dictating. " Quick Start 03-101-50-01 Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking See page 2 Teaching the program how you speak See page 4 Beginning to dictate See page 8 Command Quick Reference See inside back cover Installing Dragon NaturallySpeaking I f you have an earlier version of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, see page 15 for upgrade information. If installation does not begin automatically, use Windows Explorer to find your CD-ROM drive; then double-click Setup. exe to start the installation. McAfee® VirusScan® or SymantecTM Norton AntiVirusTM), turn it off. [. . . ] Fixing the mistakes Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes may slow you down a bit, but once you get the hang of dictating, it's a lot faster than typing. The next section tells you how to move around your document to select, correct, delete, insert, and format words you dictate. Selecting Words To select forward one word at a time, say "Select Next Word. " To select the previous word, you can say "Select Previous Word. " You can select by characters, words, lines, or paragraphs. You can also say, for example, "Select Previous Five Words" or "Select Next Two Paragraphs. " You can select from 2 to 20 characters, words, lines, or paragraphs at a time. To undo a selection, say "Unselect That. " The selection disappears. When text is selected, the next thing you say replaces the selected text. If the wrong thing happens, immediately say "Undo That" to undo the last action. Moving Around Your Document You can move around your document by voice to select text, correct mistakes, and format text. In order to select a word or phrase, you need to move the insertion point before or after the word or phrase you want. PAGE 11 Correcting Words When Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a mistake, it may be because the word you said is not in the program's vocabulary. You can correct only the last word or phrase you dictated. For example, dictate this sentence: I have always wanted to see the White House [period] Deleting Words To delete words you just dictated, pause briefly and say "Scratch That. " To delete words anywhere in your document, move to the words and select them, and then say "Delete That. " Say (without pausing): I'm looking forward to seeing you [period] Pause briefly and say "Scratch That" to delete the entire phrase. If the entire phrase is not deleted, you can keep repeating "Scratch That" (up to 10 times). Dictate the sentence below, without pausing. Meet me at the front entrance to the Smithsonian [period] Say "Move Back Five Words. " Then say, "Select Next Word. " The word "front" is selected. Say "Delete That. " The word "front" disappears. Say "Go to Bottom" to move to the end of your document and resume dictating. Correction box opens. 1. Pause when you see the program make a mistake. Say "Spell That" or "Correct That. " The 3. If you see the word or phrase you want in the list, you can choose it by saying, for example, "Choose 3. " You can choose any number that appears in the list. Say each letter at normal speed, without pausing. If the word has a capital letter, just say "cap" before that letter. Spelling will erase the list of choices and bring up new ones as you spell. Deleting Characters To delete backward one character at a time, say "Backspace. " This is like pressing the Backspace key on your keyboard. To delete forward one character at a time, say "Delete Next Character. " (To delete the previous word, you can say "Delete Previous Word. " ) For variations on the Delete Next or Delete Previous commands, see the Command Quick Reference card at the back of this guide or the Command List of the online Help. 4. Or, you can spell or type the word or phrase in 5. [. . . ] Close the selected e-mail message window. This command does not close your main e-mail program. It does not work in Netscape Messenger. Starting, stopping, and switching programs SAY: TO: Sending, replying to, forwarding, and printing e-mail SAY: TO: Start Internet Explorer Start Mail Click Start menu Switch To Internet Explorer Start a program or document on your Start menu or desktop, in this example, Internet Explorer. Switch to a running program, in this example, Internet Explorer. [. . . ]