Installing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
1. If you're running a virus checker, turn it off.
2. Put the
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
CD into your
CD-ROM drive. Setup begins automatically. If it
doesn’t, double-click Setup.exe on your CD.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts.
4. Choose your Setup Type. “Typical/Complete”
installs all options and speech files and requires the
most disk space. “Custom” lets you select which
options and speech files to install and can greatly
reduce the disk space required for installation.
Click Next to continue.
5. You can enable the QuickStart option. QuickStart
launches
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
at system
startup and adds an icon to the Windows
®
taskbar.
6. Select “Check the Internet for program updates
after setup completes.” to automatically update
NaturallySpeaking
over the Internet.
7. Click Finish to complete the installation. You may
be prompted to re-boot your computer.
To use
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
, you will need to
plug in the microphone included with your software.
Activating
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
The first time you start
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
,
you will be prompted to activate your copy of
NaturallySpeaking
. If you do not activate the
software,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
will stop
working after starting the product fives times.
You must be connected to the Internet to activate the
product. When prompted, click “Activate Now” and
then “Activate Automatically.”
Starting
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
Start
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
by:
• Double-clicking the
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
desktop icon.
• Selecting Programs>
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
from the Start menu.
• Right-clicking the QuickStart taskbar
icon and selecting Start
NaturallySpeaking
,
if the QuickStart option is enabled.
Teaching the program how you speak
The first time you start
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
,
the program automatically starts the New User
Wizard.
Step 1: Create a user
Name the user with your name or any other unique
name and select your dictation source from the drop-
down menu. Click Next.
Step 2: Check your audio settings
You are prompted to check your microphone volume
and sound quality. When the program beeps to indicate
that it’s done, click Next.
Step 3: Training
You must now train
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
to
recognize your voice by reading aloud for several
minutes.
When you are ready, click the Go button. A yellow
arrow shows you where to start reading. When the
words turn a different color, it means that the
program has heard and recognized them. Click Next
to continue and follow the on-screen instructions.
Installation and Training
Step 4: Adapting to your writing style
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
can analyze your writing
style to increase your overall recognition accuracy.
Adapting to your writing style can add 5 to 30
minutes to user training. Click Start to continue.
Note: Although we recommend that you run this part
of the New User Wizard, if you plan to skip this part,
select “Skip this step” rather than Cancel.
Step 5: You are ready to dictate
When you are finished training, you will get a
message saying that you have completed the New
User Wizard. At this point, you can start the Tutorial
or begin dictating. Once you’ve made your choice,
click Finish.
The DragonBar will appear on the top of your
screen. You can now dictate into almost any
Windows-based program on your computer.
Turning on the microphone
Before you can dictate, you need to turn on the
microphone. You turn on the microphone by:
• Clicking the microphone icon on the DragonBar.
You can click this icon again to turn it off.
• Pressing the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad to
turn the microphone on, and then press it again to
turn the microphone off.
• Clicking the microphone icon in the Windows
task bar.
Starting to dictate
To begin dictating, start a word processor (such as
Microsoft
®
Word) and begin a new document. Make
sure your text insertion point is at the start of the
new document and simply start talking.
As you talk, text displays in the Results box while
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
8
figures out what you
said. The Results box is a small yellow window that
appears on-screen as you dictate. For example:
Getting help
To access the online Help for
Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
8
, click the Help menu on the
DragonBar and choose Help Topics. Alternately, you
can say “Give Me Help.”
Upgrading from a previous version
You can upgrade your English users from any
edition of
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Version 6 or 7
to Version 8.
For more information on upgrades, please see the
User’s Guide that came with your software. If your
edition of
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
does not have
a printed User’s Guide, you can find it on your
installation CD in the following location:
\documentation\enx\user guide.pdf
