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1 0 Improving Accuracy
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“Which tool should I use”t
If you are not sure where to begin or how to use the Accuracy Center, click the first
link, “Which tool should I use?” The Accuracy Assistant will display a series of
questions that will help you find the best tool for your needs.
You can also access the Accuracy Assistant by clicking Improve my accuracy on the Help
menu of the DragonBar.
Tools to improve your acoustics
Check your audio settings
You can check the volume level of your microphone and your sound card by clicking
or saying “Check your audio settings” in the Accuracy Center. This runs the Audio
Setup Wizard, which checks the volume level of your microphone and sound card.
You will need to run “Check your audio settings” if you change microphones.
Run the Acoustic Optimizer
As you make corrections and perform additional training, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
stores this data in an archive and uses it to enhance recognition accuracy. The
Acoustic Optimizer accumulates this data from session to session. This has several
advantages over normal adaptation and correction:
■ The Acoustic Optimizer uses much more data to enhance the user file and is
therefore more accurate.
■ The Acoustic Optimizer allows you to change your mind about saving
corrections and supplemental training to your user file if you find that your
recognition accuracy is not enhanced or is even degraded by your changes.
■ Because it can take as long as an hour to incorporate the acoustic data into your
user files, you can plan to run the Acoustic Optimizer at the most convenient
time for you.
If you plan to run the Acoustic Optimizer, be sure that the "Store corrections in
archive" option is selected on the Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box.
Otherwise you may see a message that there is not enough data for the Acoustic
Optimizer to process. The "Store corrections in archive" option should be selected.
To tell the software to make use of this information, in the Accuracy Center window,
click the “Run the Acoustic Optimizer” link. The Acoustic Optimizer can take
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