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3
Improving Your Speech
Recognition
Working with the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking vocabulary
If Dragon NaturallySpeaking gets a word wrong, it could be that the
word is not in the program’s vocabulary. When this is the case, you need
to teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking the new word so that it can
recognize it when you say it.
This chapter talks about the vocabulary used by Dragon
NaturallySpeaking, which contains both active words and backup words.
Version 5 has quick and easy ways to add new words to your vocabulary.
As well as adding words when correcting mistakes, you can now:
■ add an individual word
■ add words from documents
■ create dictation shortcuts for frequently used text (Preferred and
higher editions)
Dragon NaturallySpeaking also offers more powerful tools for more
advanced vocabulary building. Vocabulary Builder™ (see page 44) and
Vocabulary Editor™ (see page 41) give you more control for customizing
your vocabulary. In Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional and higher
editions, you can create, import, and export multiple vocabularies. See
the section on “Managing vocabularies” on page 54 for details.
The next section discusses how to train Dragon NaturallySpeaking to
recognize problem words, including voice commands. Finally, the
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