JOSHUA STEWART

Branch Manager

August 30, 2012

What’s New in

Dragon NaturallySpeaking V12

What’s New in Version 12

• More Accurate

• Faster Than Ever

• Enhanced Web Mail

• Interactive Tutorial

• Wideband Bluetooth Support

• Smart Format Rules

• More Natural Text-to-Speech

• Faster Correction

• Dragon Remote Mic – Now for Android

What makes it more accurate?

Initial accuracy without training will result in 20% fewer errors compared to DNS11.

BestMatch V is the latest and greatest speech model. DNS picks it automatically on powerful PCs.

Additional “accuracy” factors include:

• Ability to turn off more command functions

• Better distinction of commands vs. dictation

• Correction process: more choices in list (and Smart Format Rules* prevent format-related errors)

• Reminders to take advantage of analysis (existing documents and mail) and optimization (from existing

usage)

Smart Format Rules

Set up auto-formatting and word properties on the fly!

Dragon's new Smart Format Rules display when Dragon notices that you make a correction that is

associated with an Auto-Formatting option or Word Property. Smart Format Rules offer you ways to

customize the settings to suit your needs.

Rich Internet Application (RIA) Support

New plug-ins, add voice usability to Gmail & Hotmail within specific browsers

Dragon now includes Rich Internet Application extensions, which support Full Text Control

with Dictation and Commands within Google Gmail and Hotmail.

Supported Web Browsers

Internet Explorer 9 (32-bit)

Mozilla Firefox 12+

Chrome 16+

Dictation Box

Is there when you need it!

When you dictate into unsupported

applications or windows, Dragon now

automatically displays the Dictation Box

to provide Full Text Control. After you

finish dictating, you can transfer the text

from the Dictation Box to the

unsupported program.

The setting can be turned on and off in

the Options dialog box Miscellaneous

tab.

Android Support

Use your Android device as a

wireless microphone

Android users can perform dictation

wirelessly by installing the Dragon

Remote Microphone application on

their Android devices. The App is

free and can be downloaded

through Google Play.

Require “Click”

Always, sometimes, or never!

Now you say "Click" by default

To distinguish commands from dictation, Dragon now

waits for you to say "Click <menu or tab name>" to open

menus or ribbon tabs, or "Click <button name or list box

name>" to select dialog box controls. For example, with

the Microsoft Office ribbon, to open the Home tab, you

say "Click Home" rather than just "Home."

DragonBar in the System Tray

New Command opens the Menu If you like to set the DragonBar to display from the

Tray Icon only, now you can display it by voice as

well.

Multiple Text Matches

More Control

Dragon's multiple text matching feature enables

you to apply changes to multiple instances of

matching text in your documents. Dragon now

includes an option to turn the feature off as

required.

Open Top Website

A new command to find the most popular web sites

This new command directly opens the top-ranked page for the keywords you include when you dictate

Disable Unused Voice Commands

Turn off what you're not using & Dragon runs Faster

If you don't use commands to open programs and folders, or to

control menus, buttons, and other controls in your programs, now

Dragon has options to turn them off.

With Dragon no longer listening for those types of commands; the

speed of dictation recognition increases.

Optimization Reminders

Give your vocabulary a tune-up

Dragon can now help you to improve its

accuracy and speed by using a new

reminder window that prompts you to

scan your local computer system and adapt

your vocabulary based on words and

writing styles in typical documents and

your sent e-mail messages.

New Accuracy Center Verbiage

The two Dragon Vocabulary tools that you'll be using to

make improvements – the former Increase Accuracy From

E-Mail and Add Words From Documents tools – are

renamed in this release as "Learn From Sent E-mails" and

"Learn From Specific Documents."

In addition to the reminder option, you can click Tools on

the DragonBar to run them when you choose.

BestMatch V

Maximize your computer's resources

If you have a computer with two or more

processors and more than 4 GB of RAM,

Dragon automatically selects the BestMatch V

speech model for you when you create your

user profile. BestMatch V performs two

recognition passes in parallel.

Enhanced Bluetooth Support

Dragon Supports the Best New Devices

The 16 kHz Plantronics Calisto II BT300 Bluetooth

wireless microphone is now supported.

Dragon formerly supported only 8 kHz Bluetooth

devices, but in this release you can gain accuracy if you

have the 16 kHz Calisto II microphone.

Remote Connections

Install Dragon on a server and

dictate from anywhere

Now Dragon Professional & Dragon Legal

support remote dictation on Windows

computers running Windows Server 2008

R2 or Windows 7 Ultimate Server. Use

remote dictation when you need to connect

to a remote computer to enter your

dictation, and Dragon is installed there

instead of on your local computer.

Exporting Word Properties

The flexibility of XML

You can choose to export word properties in XML format when you export custom word lists for reuse

in other user profiles. Exported word lists do not include trained pronunciations.

List All Windows

Now includes Dragon

Dragon's "List All Windows" command

now includes Dragon applications in the

list. And if you want to see just the Dragon

applications, say "List Dragon windows."

AutoTranscribe Folder Agent

Better file formats and e-mail notifications

The AutoTranscribe Folder Agent, which automatically writes

text-based copies of recorded dictation copied to a specified

directory, formerly only produced text files. Now output is

available in Microsoft Word .DOC and .RTF formats.

Administrators can also now set up automatic e-mail

notification from the command line when a transcription job

completes.

Damaged User Profiles

Better way to Restore

If Dragon was unable to open your user

profile, it presents the Launch Restore

window, where you can choose from

automatically backed up copies of the profile

to restore.

Interactive Tutorial

Make friends with your Dragon

Dragon features the new Interactive

Tutorial, where you can learn and practice

some of the basics of dictation and

dictation commands, and correction,

spelling, and editing and using "Go Back"

with Dragon.

Enhanced Help Menu

Find everything you need in one place

The DragonBars Help menu provides access to many Help tools, including

the Accuracy Center, the Performance Assistant, Dragon's Help, the Tip of

the Day, the Sidebar, and the tutorials. You'll also find Web links – for

updates to your software, to Dragon on the Web, and Technical Support

pages, and for online registration.

Sidebar Font

Now you can change the size of text in Dragon's

Sidebar – make the text smaller if you want to

make the Sidebar thinner and prevent the text for

the commands from wrapping, or larger if you

want to reduce eye strain.

Improved Performance Assistant

More helpful if you need to speed up Dragon

The Performance Assistant, a

Help tool you can use to boost

Dragon's and your computer's

speed, is now linked from the

Accuracy Center and includes

many new options for turning

off commands you may not

need.

Tip of the Day

Bigger and Better

The Tip of the Day, which displays by

default when you open a Dragon user

profile, and is available from the Help menu

and Sidebar, has improved content and is

resized for easier reading.

User Profile Properties

See all your dictation sources

The Manage User Profiles > User Profile Properties

dialog box has been updated to list multiple dictation

sources, such as if you use both a headset and a smart

device as a microphone or recorder.

New Text-to-Speech Voices

More choices, more natural

When you use Dragon to read out text, Dragon now provides

more natural text-to-speech voices. To try it, select some text in

an editable document and say "Read That." For details, see

Using text-to-speech. You can set options in The Options dialog

box Playback/Text-to-speech tab.

Auto-Saving Recognition History

Administrators Now have More Control

Dragon Administrators can now set up a

recognition history log file to be saved

automatically to the local user profile

directory. Recognition log files can be

useful in compiling objective information

about how people work with Dragon and

help Enterprise sites to better train end-

users.

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