Dragon Professional Individual For Dummies, 5th Edition

Learn to:

• Save time and increase productivity with speech recognition software
• Use Dragon Professional Individual to send email or browse the web
• Update your social media using your voice only
• Create reports, take notes and control your device with verbal commands

Stop typing, start talking! See how the Dragon can make you more productive

Dragon Professional Individual is the industry-leading voice recognition software. With this book as your friendly guide, you can quickly learn to control your computer with your voice to access and create documents, update Facebook, handle email, take notes, even set up spreadsheets or browse the web. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner!

• Know what to expect — discover what Dragon can and can't do, install the software, and explore the DragonBar and DragonPad
• Basic Dragon training — learn your way around and teach Dragon to recognize your voice
• Talking points — find out how to talk to Dragon so that it punctuates correctly, uses the right word, and understands acronyms and email addresses
• On the record — set up Dragon to use a portable recorder so you can record your dictation, transcribe your recording, and correct your transcription
• Go mobile — see how to dictate from your Apple or Android mobile device
• Wander the web — talk to your browser, link from one web page to another, and pin websites to the Start menu
• The next step — learn to create your own commands and get help online

Open the book and find:

• New features in speech recognition software
• Tips on editing and formatting documents
• How to use DragonPad
• Ways to improve your vocal functions
• Reasons to use recorded speech
• Advice on managing email
• How to handle multiple users