Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Dummies

Dragon Naturally Speaking for Not so Dummies

Have you ever wanted to rig a microphone to your computer, throw away your keyboard, and dictate everything instead of having to type it out?

Dragon Naturally Speaking enables you to do just that, but turning it from a technological miracle into a working tool takes a little practice.


Dragon NaturallySpeaking For Dummies targets new users who are impressed by its capabilities but want to optimize its features. The book is organized thematically and addresses the following topics:

• Installing and launching Dragon Naturally Speaking
• Training yourself (and others!) on basic editing, formatting, and dictation features
• Proofreading and correcting text transcribed from your voice
• Using Dragon Naturally Speaking to interface with other applications (like Web browsers or word processors)
• Dictating e-mails, memos, and calendar appointments remotely
• Customizing Dragon Naturally Speaking to adapt to your way of speaking and to recognize more words in your vocabulary

In his review of the book, Mark L. Pearson concluded that in spite of the book being outdated he still found it useful. He said, "I still consider this book excellent. NaturallySpeaking no matter which version can be challenging. I believe there will be confusion though if this book is used for other than version 4. There are many changes since then."

With all voice recognition software failure will happen unless you do the following:

1. Computer specifications about double of what is recommended.
2. Computers have been prepared using original CD's to load the operating system.
3. Vocabularies are pre-populated with words and phrases from previous documents.
4. The starting pace of the person's voice is determined.

If the above is done, the user can enjoy close to 100% accuracy.

And if you're in Australia, call 1300-255-900 or visit our website for your Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software.