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| (In NJ, 908-359-7137) (for customer tech support, 908- 359-5182) |
VoxScripta
| TIPS FOR USING DRAGON® SUCCESSFULLY |
Sometimes it's surprising to find that people go out and spend a lot of money on software, then don't do the things that will make it
work well. Here are a few tips from the support calls we've gotten that are likely to improve your experience with Dragon.
1. If you are purchasing Dragon for business use, get training! Yes, we know: you talk, you see your words appear, you think it's
easy to use. Half right. Easy to use, not so easy to use well - and that's where your real return-on-investment comes from. Remember
how your mom or dad took you out when you were 14 or so and let you drive the car around a parking lot? You could steer it, make it go
forwards and backwards, stop it -- but did that mean you could drive? Of course not. Same with Dragon.
2. You have a full user guide on the DVD. Take a look at it. You can browse to it and print it out if you like, or just keep it for reference.
It shows you how to improve your accuracy, as well as a host of other things.
3. Make sure you've chosen the right microphone setup in the New User Wizard. The default setting is "Microphone plugged into
the mic-in jack," and if you're using the microphone that came with your software, this is correct. But if you've purchased a USB
microphone (a Philips SpeechMike, say), or even just added a USB adaptor to your plug-in mic, you're not using the mic-in jack
anymore. If you're just starting out, be sure to drop the "Dictation Source" droplist on the first screen of the New User Wizard and
work well. Here are a few tips from the support calls we've gotten that are likely to improve your experience with Dragon.
1. If you are purchasing Dragon for business use, get training! Yes, we know: you talk, you see your words appear, you think it's
easy to use. Half right. Easy to use, not so easy to use well - and that's where your real return-on-investment comes from. Remember
how your mom or dad took you out when you were 14 or so and let you drive the car around a parking lot? You could steer it, make it go
forwards and backwards, stop it -- but did that mean you could drive? Of course not. Same with Dragon.
2. You have a full user guide on the DVD. Take a look at it. You can browse to it and print it out if you like, or just keep it for reference.
It shows you how to improve your accuracy, as well as a host of other things.
3. Make sure you've chosen the right microphone setup in the New User Wizard. The default setting is "Microphone plugged into
the mic-in jack," and if you're using the microphone that came with your software, this is correct. But if you've purchased a USB
microphone (a Philips SpeechMike, say), or even just added a USB adaptor to your plug-in mic, you're not using the mic-in jack
anymore. If you're just starting out, be sure to drop the "Dictation Source" droplist on the first screen of the New User Wizard and
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