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FASTER, BETTER, SIMPLY SMARTER
From improved accuracy and faster performance, to an intuitive user interface with a rich Help system,
powerful new voice commands, and an enhanced correction and adaptation process, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking 11 has been redesigned to be FASTER, BETTER and SIMPLY SMARTER.
The Dragon user interface now offers better usability, and includes a new Sidebar showing tips as well as
many commands. It’s now easier to discover, remember, and access important Dragon features and
options. (Remember how you had to scribble notes on commands you couldn't remember how to use?
No more.) New Recognition Analytics continuously monitor audio quality and alert users when there is an
audio issue, to help them achieve their best accuracy. More than ever, Dragon 11 enables users to focus
on their thoughts and ideas rather than the mouse, keyboard or computer screen.
Dragon 11 is more accurate out of the box than version 10, and uses state-of-the-art technology. Thanks
to improvements at various levels, corrections are faster to make, and quickly become less necessary.
Version 11 “learns” better than any previous version, including from existing documents and dictations as
well as from corrections made via the keyboard. Dragon 11 responds faster to voice commands and also
introduces new time-saving commands that consolidate multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes. It’s faster
and easier to open applications, get to a particular window, move within a window, send e-mail, create
appointments, search the Web, and more – all by voice. So now users can get even more done faster on
their computers.
Here are the details:
• Improved Accuracy
o Reduced Word Recognition Errors: Dragon 11 significantly improved recognition accuracy and
can reduce recognition errors up to 15% compared with Dragon 10. This means Dragon 11 recognizes
speech more accurately right out of the box so users will spend less time correcting recognition errors.
o Smart Configuration: Dragon 11 runs on a variety of hardware, from small netbooks to high-
powered servers. Dragon automatically detects hardware resources and sets up the recommended
configuration. Dragon’s state-of-the-art technology takes advantage of advances in hardware and runs in
multiple-threads automatically when multi-core hardware is detected to achieve better recognition
performance.
o Easy Scheduling of Accuracy Tuning: This automatic process plays a large role in improving a
user’s accuracy from his or her own usage, since it adapts the profile based on what dictations and
corrections have already been done. It must run at a time when the computer is on, but the user is not
dictating. In version 11, scheduling Accuracy Tuning no longer requires a Windows password, so the user
can easily choose a time and frequency that fit his or her schedule. Similarly, no password is required to
schedule the Data Collection process (which periodically sends to Nuance anonymous usage data to
improve the accuracy of future updates of Dragon).
o Recognition Analytics: Because a significant percentage of misrecognitions can be caused by
simple audio quality issues such as incorrect microphone connection or placement, background noise,
and Bluetooth microphone out of range or low on battery, Dragon now automatically detects poor audio
input; it then alerts the user (in various ways depending on the issue), offering advice to remedy the
situation. This lets Dragon use the best audio possible -- an important factor for accuracy.
• Faster Recognition Response for Commands and Dictation
o Faster Response Times: Dragon 11 improved recognition response time significantly. It is also
faster than previous editions when selecting application menu items by voice or executing voice
commands that perform actions within applications (e.g., "insert page break," "make that red," etc.)
• New User Interface
o Dictate faster and more efficiently: Dictate faster and more efficiently: Dragon quickly
processes the recognition of speech in the background, and instead of the Results box of previous
versions, displays only a discreet indicator that recognition is in progress; this encourages continuous
speech, an important factor for accuracy. Novice users are no longer distracted by watching the
preliminary recognition results pooling and changing within the Results Box before text is inserted into the
document. (The traditional Results box is still available as an option, for those of you who prefer seeing
exactly what's going on.)
o New Dragon Sidebar: A major enhancement over Version 10’s Sample Commands window, this
new desktop assistant allows users to discover and remember many commands and tips; at any time, it
lets you glance at or explore global commands (including mouse commands), application-specific
commands and custom-created commands, as well as tips. The Dragon Sidebar is a thin, resizable and
dockable window that can be placed anywhere on the Windows desktop. Its contents change depending
on what window is currently active. In addition, the Sidebar lets users print its content.
o Richer Help system: The redesigned Accuracy Center (accessible from the Help menu) now
gathers all important tools and options, with brief descriptions of key items to help discovery. The Help
system also incorporate new tips and illustrations, a redesigned Tutorial, short videos, and easy access
to related details such as a glossary of key terms. Finding relevant information is faster and easier thanks
also to icon links on the Dragon Sidebar and contextual links on dialog boxes – as well as new voice
shortcuts you can speak at any time (“Search Dragon Help for…”).
o More usable toolbar (the DragonBar): The naming and organization of items on the DragonBar
now allow users to discover and quickly access important but often-overlooked Dragon features, such as
the Vocabulary Editor, the analysis of specific documents, scheduled tasks, and recognition modes
(Dictation Mode, Numbers Mode, etc..). Now docked to the top of the screen by default, the DragonBar
gathers in one area all its indicators: icons and written messages.
o Text Control Indicator on the DragonBar: This checkmark icon on the DragonBar indicates
whether Dragon currently has "Full Text Control" for the active text field. Formerly called “Select-and-
Say”, “Full Text Control” enables capabilities such as the use, at anytime, of commands that quote words
from the text (“Select…”, “Correct…”, “Delete…”, “Insert Before…”). When the insertion point is in a field
for which Dragon does not have Full Text Control, Dragon dims this checkmark icon and writes a
message in the DragonBar; this informs the user that he or she may wish to dictate via Dragon’s Dictation
Box which gives access to Dragon’s full capabilities to edit and correct text (as in previous versions).
• Improved Correcting and Editing - EDITORIAL COMMENT: These are terrific additions!
o Handling multiple matches in text: Now when users issue voice commands to select, correct,
edit or format a word or phrase and there are multiple matches for what they said in their document,
Dragon displays a number next to each match. Users can then choose whether to apply the command to
one or all of the numbered items, so they save time by directly addressing a specific spot or addressing
multiple spots all at once. This also applies to the commands “delete…”, “copy…”, “insert before…”, and
more. No more "Select again," "Select again," "Select again," ad nauseum.
o Dragon Learns from all Corrections: In the past, corrections entered using the keyboard were
not incorporated into the user profile. Now when a user dictates something and retypes it to correct a
misrecognition, Dragon identifies this as a correction and uses it to adapt the user’s profile, improving its
accuracy over time. This is a boon to all you folks who hated saying "Correct such-and-such" and just
thought it was quicker to type it.
o Enhanced Correction Menu: The Correction Menu now suggests more alternate recognitions by
default and enables users to quickly add phrases to the vocabulary, or to prevent an undesired word
from being recognized.. Finally! No more always getting "versus" when you wanted "v." (Words that have
been deleted from the Vocabulary can be restored if desired, and can now be seen from the Vocabulary
Editor’s Display list.)
o More usable Spelling Window: Formerly named “Spell Dialog”, this window (allowing users to
type or spell out something Dragon was not able to transcribe) is now more intuitive. If one of the
alternatives in its list is almost correct, the user can now say “modify n” -- the number of the desired
alternative. (As before, users can also double-click a desired alternative, or say “choose n”.) VERY
helpful, especially for the spelling-challenged.
• Time-Saving Voice Commands
o More Dragon Voice Shortcuts: Dragon 11 includes more commands than ever to consolidate
multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes into a direct voice command that can be spoken anytime -- no
matter what is active on the screen. Users can now use the "search [website] for [XYZ]" commands to
make precise searches in Facebook.com, Twitter, IRS.gov, MySpace.com, as well as the Nuance
technical knowledgebase website. (So now you can look for solutions to problems on your own! ) Dragon
11 also lets users voice keyword searches in its Help topics (“Search Dragon Help for [XYZ]”), and
includes new voice shortcuts that make it faster and easier to manage email, tasks and meetings.
o Navigating the Computer Desktop: Dragon now supports more voice commands to show
common Windows elements including the desktop and Control Panel, or folders such as My Documents
and My Pictures. New commands enable users to effortlessly switch to a specific window (Dragon displays
a numbered list so the user can just say the number of the desired window.) In addition, Dragon 11 allows
shorter names for starting popular applications (e.g., "start Microsoft Word" instead of “start Microsoft
Office Word 2007”). Hallelujah!
o Navigating Documents: Dragon 11 allows users to scroll up or down pages within programs
including Word, Outlook, Excel, and more, with the same command wordings such as “Start scrolling
down,” “Speed up” and “Stop scrolling.”
o More Precise Keyword Searching: For its search shortcut commands, Dragon 11 now applies
its autoformatting rules to the dictated search keywords (the XYZ in “Search … for XYZ”). In addition, it
gives the user the option to edit or augment the search string before launching the search (without this
option, the user must say the entire search command in one utterance: Dragon will launch the search as
soon as it hears a pause). These enhancements can save a lot of time, since the more precise your
search string, the faster you find exactly what you need.
• Getting Started with Dragon is Faster and Easier
o Faster and Easier to Create a User Profile: User profile creation has been redesigned to be
simple and conversational. The process now offers information about why each step is needed and helps
users make optimal choices. Setting up a microphone or new audio source is more clear and
straightforward.
o Local Settings: During user profile creation, users can now select their region of the world so that
Dragon can automatically use regional formatting for dates, currency, etc.
o New Text Options to “Train” Dragon: Dragon 11 provides simplified training texts designed to
make the reading experience easier and more informative.
• Easier than Ever to Use Dragon with a Digital Voice Recorder (not available for Dragon
Home)
o Initial Training Time Reduced for Recorders: Creating a new user profile for a digital recorder,
or adding a digital recorder as a new audio source for an existing user profile, is now much faster: the
minimum reading time required to train Dragon with a recorder has been reduced from 15 to 4 minutes.
o Ability to Use .DSS and .DS2 Files: Dragon 11 can now accept .dss and .ds2 formats directly.
Files recorded using these digital speech recording formats (found on recorders from Olympus, Grundig
and Philips) previously required conversion prior to transcription.
• Improved Playback (not available for Dragon Home)
o Smoother fast-forward and rewind behaviors are now available and users now have options to
control speed and volume.
• Enhanced Hardware and Software Support
o Netbook Computers: Users can now comfortably view the Dragon user interface and tutorials on
netbook (mini notebook) computers.
o Office 2010: Dragon 11 is compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 applications. Full Text Control,
Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands are supported for Word 2010, Outlook 2010, and
Excel 2010 allowing users to take full advantage of Dragon dictation and commands in these new
applications.
o OpenOffice Writer: Support includes dictation, correction, selection, and playback.
• Additional Usability Enhancements
o Require “Click” to Select Hyperlinks: This option is now enabled by default so that, while in a
Web page, users don’t experience unexpected actions upon saying a short phrase which is also the
name of a hyperlink on the page.
o Enhanced Open User Dialog for Large Sites (Pro +): Displays profiles in a tree structure for
faster access to multiple profiles.
From improved accuracy and faster performance, to an intuitive user interface with a rich Help system,
powerful new voice commands, and an enhanced correction and adaptation process, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking 11 has been redesigned to be FASTER, BETTER and SIMPLY SMARTER.
The Dragon user interface now offers better usability, and includes a new Sidebar showing tips as well as
many commands. It’s now easier to discover, remember, and access important Dragon features and
options. (Remember how you had to scribble notes on commands you couldn't remember how to use?
No more.) New Recognition Analytics continuously monitor audio quality and alert users when there is an
audio issue, to help them achieve their best accuracy. More than ever, Dragon 11 enables users to focus
on their thoughts and ideas rather than the mouse, keyboard or computer screen.
Dragon 11 is more accurate out of the box than version 10, and uses state-of-the-art technology. Thanks
to improvements at various levels, corrections are faster to make, and quickly become less necessary.
Version 11 “learns” better than any previous version, including from existing documents and dictations as
well as from corrections made via the keyboard. Dragon 11 responds faster to voice commands and also
introduces new time-saving commands that consolidate multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes. It’s faster
and easier to open applications, get to a particular window, move within a window, send e-mail, create
appointments, search the Web, and more – all by voice. So now users can get even more done faster on
their computers.
Here are the details:
• Improved Accuracy
o Reduced Word Recognition Errors: Dragon 11 significantly improved recognition accuracy and
can reduce recognition errors up to 15% compared with Dragon 10. This means Dragon 11 recognizes
speech more accurately right out of the box so users will spend less time correcting recognition errors.
o Smart Configuration: Dragon 11 runs on a variety of hardware, from small netbooks to high-
powered servers. Dragon automatically detects hardware resources and sets up the recommended
configuration. Dragon’s state-of-the-art technology takes advantage of advances in hardware and runs in
multiple-threads automatically when multi-core hardware is detected to achieve better recognition
performance.
o Easy Scheduling of Accuracy Tuning: This automatic process plays a large role in improving a
user’s accuracy from his or her own usage, since it adapts the profile based on what dictations and
corrections have already been done. It must run at a time when the computer is on, but the user is not
dictating. In version 11, scheduling Accuracy Tuning no longer requires a Windows password, so the user
can easily choose a time and frequency that fit his or her schedule. Similarly, no password is required to
schedule the Data Collection process (which periodically sends to Nuance anonymous usage data to
improve the accuracy of future updates of Dragon).
o Recognition Analytics: Because a significant percentage of misrecognitions can be caused by
simple audio quality issues such as incorrect microphone connection or placement, background noise,
and Bluetooth microphone out of range or low on battery, Dragon now automatically detects poor audio
input; it then alerts the user (in various ways depending on the issue), offering advice to remedy the
situation. This lets Dragon use the best audio possible -- an important factor for accuracy.
• Faster Recognition Response for Commands and Dictation
o Faster Response Times: Dragon 11 improved recognition response time significantly. It is also
faster than previous editions when selecting application menu items by voice or executing voice
commands that perform actions within applications (e.g., "insert page break," "make that red," etc.)
• New User Interface
o Dictate faster and more efficiently: Dictate faster and more efficiently: Dragon quickly
processes the recognition of speech in the background, and instead of the Results box of previous
versions, displays only a discreet indicator that recognition is in progress; this encourages continuous
speech, an important factor for accuracy. Novice users are no longer distracted by watching the
preliminary recognition results pooling and changing within the Results Box before text is inserted into the
document. (The traditional Results box is still available as an option, for those of you who prefer seeing
exactly what's going on.)
o New Dragon Sidebar: A major enhancement over Version 10’s Sample Commands window, this
new desktop assistant allows users to discover and remember many commands and tips; at any time, it
lets you glance at or explore global commands (including mouse commands), application-specific
commands and custom-created commands, as well as tips. The Dragon Sidebar is a thin, resizable and
dockable window that can be placed anywhere on the Windows desktop. Its contents change depending
on what window is currently active. In addition, the Sidebar lets users print its content.
o Richer Help system: The redesigned Accuracy Center (accessible from the Help menu) now
gathers all important tools and options, with brief descriptions of key items to help discovery. The Help
system also incorporate new tips and illustrations, a redesigned Tutorial, short videos, and easy access
to related details such as a glossary of key terms. Finding relevant information is faster and easier thanks
also to icon links on the Dragon Sidebar and contextual links on dialog boxes – as well as new voice
shortcuts you can speak at any time (“Search Dragon Help for…”).
o More usable toolbar (the DragonBar): The naming and organization of items on the DragonBar
now allow users to discover and quickly access important but often-overlooked Dragon features, such as
the Vocabulary Editor, the analysis of specific documents, scheduled tasks, and recognition modes
(Dictation Mode, Numbers Mode, etc..). Now docked to the top of the screen by default, the DragonBar
gathers in one area all its indicators: icons and written messages.
o Text Control Indicator on the DragonBar: This checkmark icon on the DragonBar indicates
whether Dragon currently has "Full Text Control" for the active text field. Formerly called “Select-and-
Say”, “Full Text Control” enables capabilities such as the use, at anytime, of commands that quote words
from the text (“Select…”, “Correct…”, “Delete…”, “Insert Before…”). When the insertion point is in a field
for which Dragon does not have Full Text Control, Dragon dims this checkmark icon and writes a
message in the DragonBar; this informs the user that he or she may wish to dictate via Dragon’s Dictation
Box which gives access to Dragon’s full capabilities to edit and correct text (as in previous versions).
• Improved Correcting and Editing - EDITORIAL COMMENT: These are terrific additions!
o Handling multiple matches in text: Now when users issue voice commands to select, correct,
edit or format a word or phrase and there are multiple matches for what they said in their document,
Dragon displays a number next to each match. Users can then choose whether to apply the command to
one or all of the numbered items, so they save time by directly addressing a specific spot or addressing
multiple spots all at once. This also applies to the commands “delete…”, “copy…”, “insert before…”, and
more. No more "Select again," "Select again," "Select again," ad nauseum.
o Dragon Learns from all Corrections: In the past, corrections entered using the keyboard were
not incorporated into the user profile. Now when a user dictates something and retypes it to correct a
misrecognition, Dragon identifies this as a correction and uses it to adapt the user’s profile, improving its
accuracy over time. This is a boon to all you folks who hated saying "Correct such-and-such" and just
thought it was quicker to type it.
o Enhanced Correction Menu: The Correction Menu now suggests more alternate recognitions by
default and enables users to quickly add phrases to the vocabulary, or to prevent an undesired word
from being recognized.. Finally! No more always getting "versus" when you wanted "v." (Words that have
been deleted from the Vocabulary can be restored if desired, and can now be seen from the Vocabulary
Editor’s Display list.)
o More usable Spelling Window: Formerly named “Spell Dialog”, this window (allowing users to
type or spell out something Dragon was not able to transcribe) is now more intuitive. If one of the
alternatives in its list is almost correct, the user can now say “modify n” -- the number of the desired
alternative. (As before, users can also double-click a desired alternative, or say “choose n”.) VERY
helpful, especially for the spelling-challenged.
• Time-Saving Voice Commands
o More Dragon Voice Shortcuts: Dragon 11 includes more commands than ever to consolidate
multiple mouse clicks and keystrokes into a direct voice command that can be spoken anytime -- no
matter what is active on the screen. Users can now use the "search [website] for [XYZ]" commands to
make precise searches in Facebook.com, Twitter, IRS.gov, MySpace.com, as well as the Nuance
technical knowledgebase website. (So now you can look for solutions to problems on your own! ) Dragon
11 also lets users voice keyword searches in its Help topics (“Search Dragon Help for [XYZ]”), and
includes new voice shortcuts that make it faster and easier to manage email, tasks and meetings.
o Navigating the Computer Desktop: Dragon now supports more voice commands to show
common Windows elements including the desktop and Control Panel, or folders such as My Documents
and My Pictures. New commands enable users to effortlessly switch to a specific window (Dragon displays
a numbered list so the user can just say the number of the desired window.) In addition, Dragon 11 allows
shorter names for starting popular applications (e.g., "start Microsoft Word" instead of “start Microsoft
Office Word 2007”). Hallelujah!
o Navigating Documents: Dragon 11 allows users to scroll up or down pages within programs
including Word, Outlook, Excel, and more, with the same command wordings such as “Start scrolling
down,” “Speed up” and “Stop scrolling.”
o More Precise Keyword Searching: For its search shortcut commands, Dragon 11 now applies
its autoformatting rules to the dictated search keywords (the XYZ in “Search … for XYZ”). In addition, it
gives the user the option to edit or augment the search string before launching the search (without this
option, the user must say the entire search command in one utterance: Dragon will launch the search as
soon as it hears a pause). These enhancements can save a lot of time, since the more precise your
search string, the faster you find exactly what you need.
• Getting Started with Dragon is Faster and Easier
o Faster and Easier to Create a User Profile: User profile creation has been redesigned to be
simple and conversational. The process now offers information about why each step is needed and helps
users make optimal choices. Setting up a microphone or new audio source is more clear and
straightforward.
o Local Settings: During user profile creation, users can now select their region of the world so that
Dragon can automatically use regional formatting for dates, currency, etc.
o New Text Options to “Train” Dragon: Dragon 11 provides simplified training texts designed to
make the reading experience easier and more informative.
• Easier than Ever to Use Dragon with a Digital Voice Recorder (not available for Dragon
Home)
o Initial Training Time Reduced for Recorders: Creating a new user profile for a digital recorder,
or adding a digital recorder as a new audio source for an existing user profile, is now much faster: the
minimum reading time required to train Dragon with a recorder has been reduced from 15 to 4 minutes.
o Ability to Use .DSS and .DS2 Files: Dragon 11 can now accept .dss and .ds2 formats directly.
Files recorded using these digital speech recording formats (found on recorders from Olympus, Grundig
and Philips) previously required conversion prior to transcription.
• Improved Playback (not available for Dragon Home)
o Smoother fast-forward and rewind behaviors are now available and users now have options to
control speed and volume.
• Enhanced Hardware and Software Support
o Netbook Computers: Users can now comfortably view the Dragon user interface and tutorials on
netbook (mini notebook) computers.
o Office 2010: Dragon 11 is compatible with Microsoft Office 2010 applications. Full Text Control,
Menu Tracking, and Natural Language Commands are supported for Word 2010, Outlook 2010, and
Excel 2010 allowing users to take full advantage of Dragon dictation and commands in these new
applications.
o OpenOffice Writer: Support includes dictation, correction, selection, and playback.
• Additional Usability Enhancements
o Require “Click” to Select Hyperlinks: This option is now enabled by default so that, while in a
Web page, users don’t experience unexpected actions upon saying a short phrase which is also the
name of a hyperlink on the page.
o Enhanced Open User Dialog for Large Sites (Pro +): Displays profiles in a tree structure for
faster access to multiple profiles.
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