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Dragon 15.3 Set up guide and Settings

• How to Download Dragon

• How to Set Up Dragon

• Dragon Bar

• Dragon Tips

• Dragon Settings

o Options Settings

o Auto-Formatting Settings

o Web Extension Settings

• Creating and Managing Vocabulary

• How to Import Custom Commands

• How to Import Custom Vocabularies

• How to Export Custom Commands

• How to Export Custom Vocabularies

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How to Download Dragon

1. Close all programs

2. From the start menu, open the Software Centre

3. Navigate to or search for “Dragon Naturally Speaking 15.3”

4. Click “Install”

5. Follow the prompts to installation

a. You can check the progress in the Software Centre – Installation Status

Note: If the program is unable to install, restart the computer, and try again (with no other programs

open). If it is still unable to be installed, contact the Service Centre (3100).

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How to Set Up Dragon These screen shots will guide you through how to set up Dragon.

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1. Enter the name of your user profile

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2. Select your region. Selecting the most appropriate accent (if other than standard) will help

Dragon better understand you.

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3. Select the audio device that will be used with Dragon

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4. Ensure the microphone is positioned properly

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5. Read the text until Dragon tells you to stop.

a. If you receive an error message during the dication, either the sound level is too low

or the microphone isn’t connected properly

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6. You can elect to send data to Dragon, or have it remind you later

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7. Once you have finished the set up, click “Finish” and Dragon will launch the Dragon tutorial

Complete the tutorial, it is helpful for general Dragon use.

After the tutorial is finished, Dragon will open the Learning Centre. When you close it, you can

choose to have it open every time you start Dragon. You can access it any time by clicking the

question mark in the Dragon bar menu.

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Dragon Bar

Dragon will open with the “New DragonBar” as the default bar.

The Dragonbar collapses to a small icon. Hovering the mouse over this icon will show the full menu.

In tablet or laptop mode, a more abbreviated version of the DragonBar is shown:

Tools Menu:

Settings Menu:

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Dragon Tips

• It is very important to regularly save your commands and vocabulary. When you update to a

new version of Dragon, or if you need to create a new profile, you will need to import your

commands and vocabulary.

• If there is a new version of Dragon, or you’ve had to reinstall the program, do not load an

old profile. The only important thing is having a copy of your commands and vocabulary.

• If you find Dragon does not understand your dictation

o “Check microphone” in “Settings” → Microphone

o “Launch accuracy tuning” in “Tools” → “Accuracy center”

• If you find that Dragon does not understand particular words or phrases you can add them

to the vocabulary, and train the pronounciation

o “Add new word or phrase” in “Tools” → “Vocabulary Center”

o Type how you want the word to be written in the left text field, and the spoken form

in the right text field. Eg written word: telephone,mobile/spoken word image

telephone mobile)

• Please note some properties for individual vocabulary needs to be manually changed. See

here for more information

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Dragon Settings

“Options” Settings

The following settings are can be accessed from Settings/Options. A indicates a setting that is

different from the default. You should ensure your settings as the same as indicated in the following:

Options – Correction

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Options – Commands

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Options – Appearance

(no changes to default settings)

It is recommended that the results box be anchored rather than floating. This is to ensure you can

look in the same place to see whether Dragon has heard you correctly. For example, the top right

hand corner of the screen. For most programs, this space is blank, however it will sometimes cover

information. It will disappear when Dragon is not listening for commands.

This is how it will look for various programs:

Chrome: Outlook: Word:

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Options – Hot Keys

• It is better that the microphone is “off” rather than on “sleep” mode. If the microphone is on

“sleep” mode, it will continue to analyse your speech. Dragon may interpret words similar to

“wake up” in your conversation or a conversation nearby, and then turn itself on.

• Shortcuts can be reentered or edited as required.

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Options – Playback/Text-to-speech

(no changes to default settings)

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Options - Miscellaneous

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Click “Apply” to apply the Settings changes.

You may receive the following warning:

This is in regards to the following setting change:

If the setting is left ticked, you will need to say “click” before every link in Chrome.

If using Dragon 15 and above:

Simply shut down and restart Dragon.

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“Auto-Formatting” Settings

The following settings are access from Tools/Auto-Formatting Options

Numbers, if greater than or equal to 10 will have Dragon type like this:

One two three four five six seven eight nine 10 11 etc

Numbers, if greater than or equal to 2 will have Dragon type like this:

One two 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 etc

Numbers, if greater than or equal to 0 will have Dragon type like this:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 19 etc

You need this setting for the Dashboard macros to work. This is so “refine search 2 will open the

jump text box and type “2”, not “two”. Please be aware that “the first report” will be typed “the 1st

report” because of this setting. This is will need to be fixed manually if you use Dragon to write

reports.

Numbers, if greater than or equal to [10] will have Dragon type like this:

One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven etc

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Web Extension Settings

Ensure the Dragon Web Extension is enabled in Chrome

1. Press Alt + E to bring up settings menu

2. Click “Settings”

3. Click “Extensions” in the left side menu

4. The Dragon Web Extension should already be there

a. Make sure it is enabled

b. Make sure the “allow access to file URLs” is ticked

If you do not have the Dragon Web Extension already installed

1. Click “Chrome Web Store” in the left side menu

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2. Search “Dragon Web Extension” in the text field

3. Add the following extension

Ensure the Internet Explorer plug-ins are enabled

1. Press Alt + X to bring up the settings menu

2. Click “Manage add-ons”

3. In Toolbars and Extensions, scroll down to “Nuance Communications, Inc.”

4. Make sure the status is enabled

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Creating and Managing Vocabulary

Creating Custom Vocabulary

1. Click “Tools”, then “Vocabulary Center”, then “Add new word or phrase”

2. Type the word you want added to the vocabulary. The left text box is what you want Dragon

to type, the right text box is what you will say

3. If you would like to train the pronunciation of the word or phrase, tick the box

a. This step is not necessary, but recommended for words with a nonstandard

pronunciation. For example INN Stem, IRDA or S41

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Managing Vocabulary

There are some properties of vocabulary that you will need to input manually. Properties of

vocabulary are reset to default, even when custom vocabularies are imported.

Properties for trade mark examination that will need changing:

• Trademark – Delete this word. Add the word trade mark instead

• Trademarks – Delete this word. Add the word trade marks instead

• Phase I – Delete this word

• Phase II – Delete this word

• Convention – Delete this word (the capitalised Convention, not convention)

• Class – Manually update the properties for following text as “numerals”, not “roman

numerals” (otherwise when you dictate Class five it will type Class V)

• Level – Manually update the properties for following text as “numerals”, not “roman

numerals” (otherwise when you dictate Level five it will type Level V)

• RIO Search punctuation – If you have imported the “RIO Search with Dragon Vocab”, you will

need to manually change the properties of the RIO Search punctuation

o These will all have the default properties “insert 1 space before and 1 space after”. It

needs to be changed to “insert 0 spaces before and 0 spaces after”

▪ RIO asterisk

▪ RIO star

▪ RIO plus

▪ RIO comma

▪ RIO question

▪ RIO single

▪ RIO at

▪ RIO vowel

To manage vocabulary click “Open Vocabulary Editor”

You can then search for individual words, add words, delete words, train words, and manually edit

properties.

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Example of how to search for particular vocabulary:

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Example of vocabulary of properties for the words Class and Level:

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Example of vocabulary of properties for RIO Search punctuation:

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How to Import Custom Commands

1. Save the file containing commands (macros) to your chosen location. Note that you won't be

able to open the attachment, but you will be able to save it.

2. Click “Tools”, then “Command Center”, then “Command Browser”

3. Click on “Task Pane” to show the column

4. Click "Manage" in the top left of the screen under “Mode”

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5. Click "Import"

6. Browse to wherever you saved the file and select it.

7. Click “Open”, then “Import”

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8. If you already have one or more of the macros that you are importing, Dragon will ask

whether you want to overwrite existing commands with the imported macros.

a. If this error message comes up the first time you are importing macros → Click “No

to All”. The only commands that exist use Dragon lists, and you should not overwrite

them

b. If you are importing further macros → Click “Yes to All” so that the macros can be

updated

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How to Import Custom Vocabularies 1. Save the file containing vocabulary to your chosen location. You will be able to read this file

as it is a notepad document

2. Click “Tools”, then “Vocabulary Center”, then “Import list of words or phrases”

3. If you would like to preview the list of words, click the “preview” box

4. Locate the saved file and select it

5. Ensure all words are ticked to be imported

6. If you would like to train any words, tick those specific words (but do not “Check all”, there

are 3522 words!)

7. Click “Next”, wait for Dragon to upload words, then “Finish”

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How to Export Custom Commands 1. Click “Tools”, then “Command Center”, then “Command Browser”

2. Click on “Task Pane” to show the column

3. Click "Manage" in the top left of the screen under “Mode”

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4. The default view of the list is for All groups, showing the programs where each macro

originates. Click the boxes of the commands you wish to export. Note you can also change

the “Group” of where commands are based. In this way, you can select all commands in the

various programs, for example grouped as RIO Search commands or DocGen commands.

5. Note you can also change the “Group”, in order to export macros relating to a particular task

(for example, RIO Search, Research Facility), across the different programs used

6. Click “export”

7. Choose where you would like the file saved

8. Wait for commands to finish saving (boxes will be unticked when process is finished)

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How to Export Custom Vocabularies

1. Click “Tools”, then “Vocabulary Center” then “Export custom word and phrase list…”

2. Select where you want the file to be saved. This will save all of your custom vocabulary.

3. Click Save