Smart Format Rules, offering global selection of formatting rules to tailor Dragon to the way you write and enhanced support for Gmail and Hotmail within web browsers and automatic pop-up of the Dictation Box when needed.New versionĪmong the new features in version 12.5 of Dragon are: You can dictate directly into, for example, Word or an Outlook message field, but Dragon automatically pops up a dedicated dictation box whenever text entry is required in a field or text box in other applications. So, by saying “Start Microsoft Word”, for example, you can call up the word processor, or by saying “Search Wikipedia for Dalmatians” you can open a default web browser, browse to Wikipedia and look for spotted dogs, all with the one command. The Vocabulary Editor also enables customisation, and alternative versions of words can be added to cope with technical terms.Īpplication control enables you to operate most functions within Windows through speech, rather than with mouse and keyboard. For example, in work that requires a lot of numerical content with units of measure, it’s easy to specify when those units are spelt out and when they are abbreviated. Tip-top tailoringĪuto formatting rules make it easy to handle specialist dictation and to tailor the software to your needs. It integrates with web browsers, so you can browse by word command, and with email software, so you can compose and send emails. The software works well to create word processed documents, but also with productivity applications such as email clients and web browsers. While you’re familiarising yourself with the software, an optional, context-sensitive help panel can be called to the right-hand side of the screen, to show the most immediately useful commands. The software also learns with use, of course and as any misrecognitions are corrected, they are incorporated into your personal profile and are less likely to occur next time the same word is said. Dragon can also search through your documents and emails to spot any specialist terms you regularly use and add them to its vocabulary. You get a very good level of recognition straight out of the box, but with some elementary training, taking around 10 minutes, it improves still further. Both the Home and Premium versions of the software come with cabled, noise-cancelling headsets as standard. You can speak into cabled or Bluetooth microphones, a voice recorder for later transcription (Premium only) or, with the latest version, by using a smartphone as a wireless mic. Dictation is much as you’d expect: you talk, it types. There are two parts to Dragon: dictation and application control. Dragon can be used to control a Windows computer, as well as to record what’s said, so it may mean the difference between being able to work with a PC and not. It’s also ideal, or course, if you have physical difficulties using a keyboard and mouse. With high recognition accuracy, including contextual analysis which can usually differentiate between, for example, to, too and two, what appears on the page usually needs less correction than conventionally typed text. You don’t need to worry about typos, either, as Dragon uses internal vocabulary tables to retrieve correctly spelled words. Most people are able to speak around three times as fast as they can type. Even if you’re a trained touch typist, it’s a lot quicker to dictate than to type. There are several practical advantages to speech recognition. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Talking to advantage
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