User manual SCANSOFT DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING 6

[. . . ] USER'S GUIDE By Dan Newman For details on ScanSoft Application Solutions Partners near you, please visit: www. ScanSoft. com/NaturallySpeaking/locator/ Learn more about speech recognition at: Training and Customization Professional training and customization services from a ScanSoft-certified Applications Solutions Partner can help you achieve the maximum return on your investment. If you would like to unleash the full potential of Dragon NaturallySpeaking software, please contact one of our Partners for training, customization, and more. ScanSoft Application Solution Partners are the best in the industry; distinguished by their expertise, experience, and commitment to providing top-level services for Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition products. For details on ScanSoft Application Solutions Partners near you, please visit: www. ScanSoft. com/NaturallySpeaking/locator/ or call 800-443-7077 About the Author Dan Newman is president of Say I Can, Inc. , a leading reseller of speech-recognition products and training services. [. . . ] The small amount of time taken to speak clearly will be paid back many times in less editing time and less frustration. Review the tips in "Improving Accuracy" on page 151 and implement as many as you can. Ways to correct your dictation Here are three suggested workflows to correct your dictation. The third method lets you work hands-free, without the keyboard. After some practice, you may want to combine these methods so you can work partly by keyboard and partly by voice. Correcting by typing This correction method lets you work through the document smoothly, keeping your hands on the keyboard. To begin, move to the beginning of your dictation (you can jump to the start of your document with the keyboard shortcut CTRL+HOME). Press the Correction hot key to display the Correction menu. The Correction hot key is the (-) key on the numeric keypad, unless you've changed it to another key using the Options settings. The computer will select your last utterance. If the selected text is correct, press the right arrow key to move to the next passage. Continue proofreading and pressing the right arrow key until you find a mistake. If one of the choices on the Correction menu matches what you said: 1 Press the down arrow key to move to the correct choice. 136 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 11 Workflow 2 Press the right arrow key to accept that choice and move on. If what you said is not listed on the Correction menu: 1 2 Type the correct text. Press the Correction hot key to continue proofreading. When typing the correct text, sometimes you'll want to change just a word or two of what the computer highlighted and you won't want to retype the whole phrase. You can either use the mouse to move to the words you want to correct or press the ESC key and then the arrow keys to move to the words you want to correct. In either case, after you've finished typing the correct words, press the Correction hot key to continue proofreading. TIP For maximum efficiency when working by keyboard, use the keyboard editing shortcuts shown on page 49. As you proofread, the program will select a group of words. Sometimes it may select an utterance that is a bit different from the group of words that you want to correct. If this happens, use the mouse to select the group of words you want, then press the Correction hot key. Correcting with audio playback (Preferred edition only) Like the "correcting by typing" method above, this correction method lets you work through the document from top to bottom, keeping your hands on the keyboard. In this method, you'll also hear the sound of your recorded voice to help you proofread. This feature is available only while you are working in the current dictation session. NOTE Make sure to select text before typing over an error and do not use the Backspace key. To begin, click the Extras button on the DragonBar to show the Extras toolbar and move to the beginning of your dictation. You can permanently display the Extras toolbar by selecting Show Extras in the Options dialog box. (Available in Preferred edition only. ) See "View options" on page 201 for more information. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 137 CHAPTER 11 Workflow Click the Start Playback button . Dragon NaturallySpeaking will begin playing back your recorded voice. Listen to and proofread your text until you find a recognition error. [. . . ] Enumerate all option (radio) buttons on the page and go to the first one. Enumerate all the boxes with a list of choices (drop-down lists) on the page and go to the first one. Deactivate a list of choices, leaving the most recent choice selected. Choose an entry from a list of choices, in this example, Thursday. Click Radio Button/ Radio Button Click List Box or List Box Show Choices Hide Choices Cancel Choices Choose Thursday or Thursday You can use standard editing commands to work with text that you enter in a Web form. [. . . ]