A Step-By-Step Guide For Dragon Users - Part 1

How to dictate text at speeds of 120 words a minute - in less than 60 minutes!

What you'll learn
Everything you need to know about dictating text in less than 60 minutes
Dragon Professional
Dragon Home
Dragon Speak
Requirements
A laptop and installed copy of Dragon Professional or Dragon Home
Description
This is part 1 of 3 and covers how to install and configure Dragonsetup your profiledictate, format and delete textadd custom words and phrases to your Dragon vocabularythe difference between dictating text and commandsproof readingloading and safely closing DragonAlthough there are two more advanced modules available, this course covers what most people want to do - dictate text! - and you will be confidently doing this in less than 60 minutes.Dragon can seem a bit daunting when you first try it and I show you how to make this easier by focusing on three key voice commands - these are all you need to get started when dictating, and this can make it so much easier, because there is less to remember. You can then move on and add to your knowledge when you are ready. A good example of this might be adding words such as acronyms or unusual names to your vocabulary that are specific to the way that you write.The average typing speed is 30-40 words a minute - follow this course and you will be working three times faster!I'm excited to be able to say that the course has been accepted by Student Finance England and can be recommended for university students in the UK!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Setting up your user profile

Lecture 3 Quick setup guide

Lecture 4 Helpful hints

Lecture 5 Turning the microphone on and off

Section 2: Dictating text

Lecture 6 Dictating text

Lecture 7 Key command 1 - Correct

Lecture 8 Correcting recognition errors - modify the list

Lecture 9 Key command 2 - Capitalise

Lecture 10 Key command 3 - Click

Lecture 11 Bonus fourth command

Lecture 12 The Dictation Box

Lecture 13 Dictating punctuation

Lecture 14 Dictating times and dates

Section 3: What is a voice command?

Lecture 15 Dictating commands

Section 4: Adding to the Dragon vocabulary

Lecture 16 Adding words or phrases manually

Lecture 17 Analysing your documents

Lecture 18 Examples

Section 5: Proof reading

Lecture 19 Read That

Lecture 20 Play That Back

Lecture 21 Additional proof reading in Office 365

Section 6: Loading and Closing Dragon

Lecture 22 Loading and Closing Dragon

Lecture 23 Accuracy tuning

Section 7: What to do if things go wrong

Lecture 24 I'm unable to get Dragon to recognise a word or phrase

Lecture 25 I'm dictating but no text is appearing in my document

Lecture 26 The accuracy level has suddenly dropped - 1 check microphone

Lecture 27 The accuracy level has suddenly dropped - 2 run accuracy tuning

Lecture 28 The accuracy level has suddenly dropped - 3 add words to your vocabulary

Lecture 29 I have a strong accent and Dragon doesn't recognise what I am saying

Lecture 30 Dragon won't load

Section 8: Dragon and disabilities

Lecture 31 Dragon and dyslexia

Lecture 32 Dragon and arthritis

Lecture 33 Dragon and other disabilities

Section 9: Quiz and course summary

Lecture 34 Dictation example - a fun test

Businesses looking to improve productivity,University students with dyslexia,Office workers who cannot use a keyboard due to arthritis or RSI,Writers,Business Professionals