Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9

1. Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 Nifty 59 (Page 6) Exercise 1—Complete Training Step-by-Step Instructions for First Enrollment

2. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training • In the New User Wizard dialog box, type your name (first and last). • The Language box should read U.S.English. • The Dictation source should show “Microphone plugged into Mic-in jac” unless you are using a USB microphone. • Leave Vocabulary as General. • Click Next Skipping training is NOT recommended.

3. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Choose your headset and adjust your microphone so it is near the edge of your mouth, but not in front of it. (Do not touch the actual microphone part as you adjust it.)

4. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Once your microphone has been adjusted for proper placement, you will perform the volume check. When you are ready, click the “Start Volume Check” button and begin reading the material in the box in your normal voice. You do not have to say the punctuation.

5. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Now you must perform the quality check. When you are ready, press the “Start Quality Check” button and begin reading the material in the box. The computer will let you know when you have read enough. If you have passed the check, you will receive a message like this one. You may click on “Next” and continue.

6. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training If you get an error message similar to this saying sound level is too high or too low, click on OK. If your Audio Quality Check says PASSED just click next and continue. If your Audio Quality Check says FAILED check your headset connections and repeat. You may also want to click on play to hear what your voice sounds like.

7. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training You are now ready to read practice sentences, press “Go” and say “Welcome to general training”. You should only have to read it once. After processing, it will take you to the next slide.

8. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Read “Training is about to begin” after pressing the “Go” button.

9. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Now you must choose which selection you want to read. The first choice “Talking to your Computer” is recommended because it is easy and gives you hints about using the Dragon software. Once you have decided what to read, click “OK.”

10. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Read in your natural voice at a natural speed. Don’t worry about the computer keeping up with you. However, if it does stop and shows the arrow somewhere in the middle of the box, start reading at the arrow. Choose Pause if you need to stop. Choose Redo if you make a mistake. Choose Skip if you get stuck on a word.

11. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training After you have finished reading, the computer will display this message. Press “OK” and wait until it is finished adapting your user files.

12. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training The estimated time to adapt user files often will state a much longer period than what the system actually takes. This example stated 22 minutes and 37 seconds and took aprx. 4 minutes. However, you should plan on at least 3-7 minutes.

13. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Once the files have been adapted, you will see this dialog box. Uncheck the “Documents” section and Check the “Skip this step.” When the “Next” button becomes active, press it to go to the next dialog box.

14. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training Ask your teacher if the tutorial has been loaded with your software, if not you should choose “Begin dictating” and then click “Finish.”

15. Training Exercise 1—Complete Training To keep this dialog box from opening up every time you start Dragon, uncheck the “Show Tips at Startup” and close this box.

16. Congratulations! You have completed your first enrollment and are ready to continue with the Nifty 59- Page 7.