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Introduction to Dragon NaturallySpeaking Voice Recognition Software
A Short Course for Faculty and Staff of Paradise Valley Community College,
Phoenix, Arizona
Press F5 on your computer to view this as a slide show. Advance by left clicking your mouse button.
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Course Learning Objective• Given a PC, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking software, and an Internet connection open to the training page, students will demonstrate knowledge of the basics of Dragon by scoring at least 70% on a test at the end of instruction.
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What Will We Cover?• Why Use VR (Voice Recognition)• Lesson One: Get Up and Running• Lesson Two: Practice Enunciation• Lesson Three: Correcting Speech
Errors• Lesson Four: Training Speech Errors
Permanently
Note: When in doubt, use the help file within Dragon (go to NaturallySpeaking, HELP, HELP TOPICS)
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Suggestions Before We Begin…
• It is a good idea to print out a copy of these slides as a workbook
• Go to FILE, PRINT, (“print what”) HANDOUTS, 3 to a page
• You will then have a workbook you can use to go along with this slideshow
• Go through this slideshow FIRST, then work through the examples in Dragon NaturallySpeaking
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Why Use Voice Recognition?• To Increase Productivity
• Lower Costs• Increase Accuracy• Save Report Time Preparation• Easier to Comply with Insurance and
Government Regulations• Reduce Absenteeism to Staff Due to
Carpal Tunnel and Repetitive Stress on Keyboard
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Why Use VR, Cont’
• Avoid Injury or Overcome a Handicap• Repetitive Tasks Like Keyboarding
Can Cause Injury• Pain Isn’t Normal!• VR Helps Those Who Can’t Type Due
to Disability
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Why Use VR, Cont’
• Improves Your Writing
• VR May Help Channel Your Thoughts Quicker than the Keyboard
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Lesson One:Get Up and Running
• Step One: Adjust the Microphone• Step Two: Complete Enrollment
Training on Speech Profile• Step Three: Enter Your Name in
“Create User”• Step 4: Adjust Volume Level
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Now That You’ve Trained Dragon…
• Only Use YOUR Voice Profile
• Periodically Readjust Audio Settings
• Take a Break Now and Then… Don’t Strain Your Voice!
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Lesson 2: Enunciation
• Speak Clearly & Naturally• Click on the Microphone Button in
the Toolbar at the Top of the Screen in Dragon
• Say: Go to Sleep• This pauses the microphone
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Enunciation, Cont’
• Say: Wake Up• This wakes up the microphone
• Say: Microphone Off• This turns off the microphone
• Say: Wake Up• Say: Start Dragon Pad
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Enunciation, Cont’
• Say: Talk to your computer period Speak normally and say each word clearly Period Don’t should and don’t whisper Period Don’t stop in the middle of a sentence Period Practice speaking clearly Period
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How Did You Do?Let’s Continue….
• Say: Select All• Say: Delete That• Say: File, New• Say: Wake Up• Say: Don’t break any speed
records when you speak to your computer. Talk at a speed just right for you.
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Speak Line and Paragraph Commands Clearly
• Clear Your Screen. Say: select all <pause> delete
• Practice Punctuation. Say:• Period• Comma• Question Mark• Exclamation Point• Colon• Semicolon
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Commands, Cont’
• Dash• Open Quote• Close Quote
• Now, Let’s Move Through a Document on Your Screen.
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Lesson Two, Cont’
• Say: Go to Top• Say: Go to Bottom• Say: Go to Beginning of Line• Say: Go to End of Line
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Lesson Two, Cont’
• Try a Few Sentences!• Say: Wake Up• Say: Is that your final answer?• Say: Congratulations, You have one
the grand prize.• Say: Do you want to buy a new
computer?
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Lesson Two, Cont’
• Practice Saving a Document
• Say: FILE <pause> SAVE AS
• (name the file and choose SAVE)
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Lesson Three: Correcting Speech Errors Immediately
• Open Dragon NaturallySpeaking• Say Wake Up if your Microphone is
sleeping• Say: In the morning after a walk,
he loved to eat bacon, eggs, and toast.
• Say Scratch That Repeatedly until all the text is gone
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Lesson Three, Cont’
• Substitute Words
• Say: Select (and then the word you want to replace)
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Lesson Three, Cont’
• Let’s Try it!• Say: Benjamin Franklin Discovered
Electricity• Say: Select Benjamin <pause>
Thomas• Say: Select Franklin <pause>
Jefferson• Say: Select electricity <pause> a
swivel chair period
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Lesson Three, Cont’
• Your Sentence Should Read…
• Thomas Jefferson invented a swivel chair.
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Lesson Three, Cont’
• Save Your Open Document (review lesson two, if necessary)
• Transfer Your Skills to Microsoft Word• Close DragonPad and Open Word by
Saying: Start Microsoft Word
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Lesson Four: Training Speech Errors Permanently
• Open DragonPad and Turn On Your Microphone (you should remember how to do this!)
• Open the Correction Window. Say: Spell
• After the Correction Window Opens, say: cap P U B L I S H cap V I E W • Note: The “cap” command capitalizes
the first letter of the word
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Lesson Four, Cont’
• Record Your New Word. Say: Train <pause> Record
• Say: PublishView (as clearly as you can!)
• Say: Done• Close the Correction Window by
saying: OK• Test. Say: PublishView • It Should Appear on Your Screen
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Lesson Four, Cont’
• Review How to Save a Document• Review How to Open Microsoft
Word• Practice Using MS Word
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Almost the End…
• Now You Have a Rudimentary Knowledge of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred Voice Recognition Software
• You Will Get Better… It takes Practice!!
• More Study is Available in the Tutorial Section that is on Your Dragon Installation CD – USE IT!
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Your Next Step…
• Close PowerPoint• Close Dragon• Go Back to the Website and
Double Click the Icon to Take the Test.
• GOOD LUCK!!!