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Index
Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started with Dragon Professional Individual
Chapter 1: Knowing What to Expect
Clarifying What Dragon Professional Individual Can Do for You
Figuring Out What Dragon Professional Individual Can’t Do
Selecting the Right Dragon Product
Understanding Speech Recognition in Dragon
Chapter 2: Installing Dragon and Starting Basic Training
Installing Dragon Professional Individual on Your Computer
Creating a User Profile
Chapter 3: Launching and Controlling Dragon
Launching Dragon Professional Individual
Choosing or Switching User Profiles
Meeting the Face of Your Dragon Professional Individual Assistant
Why Use the Dragon Professional Individual DragonPad?
Tools and When to Use Them
Part II: Creating Documents and Spreadsheets
Chapter 4: Simply Dictating
Dictating 101: How to Dictate
Distinguishing between Text and Commands
Controlling Your (Cough! Sneeze!) Microphone
Tips for Talking
Punctuating and Capitalizing
Taking Up Space
Entering Different Numbers and Dates
Making Quick Corrections
Tackling Common Dictation Problems
Chapter 5: Selecting, Editing, and Correcting in DragonPad
Moving Around in a Document
Editing by Voice
Fixing Dragon Professional Individual’s Mistakes
Chapter 6: Basic Formatting in Text-Editing Applications
Knowing the Short Formatting Commands
Left, Right, and Center: Getting into Alignment
Using Bullets and Numbered Lists
Changing Font
Understanding Smart Formatting
Chapter 7: Proofreading and Listening to Your Text
Using Voice Commands for Playback
Proofreading and Correcting with Playback
Using the Text-to-Speech Feature
Chapter 8: Dictating into Other Applications
Finding Levels of Control
Getting Started
Creating Documents with the Dictation Box
Using Full Text Control Applications
Ordering from the Menu
Extending Posts to Facebook and Twitter
Chapter 9: Dipping into Word Processing
Saying the Right Thing
Natural Language Commands for Word
Choosing OpenOffice.org Writer
Chapter 10: Working with Excel
Doing Excel-lent Works with Spreadsheets
Improving Your Vocal Functions
Chapter 11: Using Recorded Speech
Why Record?
Setting Up to Use a Portable Recorder
Recording Your Dictation
Transferring Files from a Digital Recorder
Transcribing Your Recording
Correcting Your Transcription
Transcribing Someone Else’s Voice Recording
Part III: Communicating Online
Chapter 12: Sending and Receiving Email
Creating and Managing Emails
Interacting with Microsoft Outlook
Enhancing Email
Chapter 13: Working the Web
Browsing the Web
Going Places on the Web
Moving around a Web Page
Chapter 14: Dictating the Mobile Way
Dictating with Free Dragon Apps on Apple Mobile Devices
Having Fun with Dragon Go!
Dictating with Android Devices
Considering Dragon Anywhere
Part IV: Working Smarter
Chapter 15: Controlling Your Desktop and Windows by Voice
Ya Wanna Start Something?
Does It Do Windows?
Do Mice Understand English?
Dialoging with a Box
Chapter 16: Speaking More Clearly
Do You Need to Speak Better?
How Do You Do It?
Shouldn’t Dragon Professional Individual Meet You Halfway?
Chapter 17: Additional Training for Accuracy
Using the Accuracy Center
Personalizing Your Vocabulary
Setting Options and Formatting
Adjusting Your Acoustics
Finding or Training Commands
Getting More Information
Chapter 18: Improving Audio Input
Figuring Out Whether You Have an Audio Input Problem
Ensuring a Quiet Environment
Chapter 19: Having Multiple Computers or Users
Creating and Managing Users
Managing User Files
Chapter 20: Creating Your Own Commands
Creating Commands That Insert Text and Graphics
Introducing the Command Browser
Chapter 21: Getting Help from Your Desktop and Online
Getting Help from the DragonBar
Getting Help from Nuance
Dipping into Product Resources
Enhancing Community
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 22: Ten Common Problems
Dictating but Nothing Happens
Dealing with Incorrect Results
Speaking Commands That Get Typed as Text
Failing to Control Text with Full Text Control
Discovering That Dragon Professional Individual Inserts Extra Little Words
Dealing with Slow Dictation
Uncovering Menu Commands That Don’t Work
Tracking Down Natural Language Commands That Don’t Work
Ascertaining That Undo Doesn’t Undo
Realizing That Start Doesn’t Start
Chapter 23: Ten Time- and Sanity-Saving Tips
Using Hotkeys in Dialog Boxes
Positioning the Microphone the Same Way Every Time
Changing Your Mouse Habits
Drinking with a Straw
Turning Off Automatic Spell Checking in Word Processors
Working on Small Pieces of Large Documents
Using Dictation Shortcuts
Turning the Microphone Off When You Stop Dictating
Selecting or Correcting Longer Phrases
Using the Physical Mouse and Keyboard
Chapter 24: Ten Mistakes to Avoid
Running a Lot of Other Programs and Dragon Professional Individual Simultaneously
Telling Dragon Professional Individual to Shut Down the Computer
Correcting What You Ought to Edit
Editing What You Ought to Correct
Cutting Corners on Training
Forgetting to Run Microphone Check Again When the Environment Changes
Using Somebody Else’s Username
Speaking into the Backside of the Microphone
Creating Shortcuts or Macros That Sound Like Single Common Words
Forgetting to Proofread
Chapter 25: Ten Stupid Dragon Tricks
Dictating “Jabberwocky”
Dictating the Gettysburg Address
Dictating Shakespeare
Dictating Proverbs
Dictating Limericks
Dictating “Mairzy Doats”
Turning Dragon Professional Individual into an Oracle
Singing
Dictating in Foreign Languages
Using Playback to Say Silly or Embarrassing Things
About the Author
Cheat Sheet
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
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