Dragon Naturally Speaking For Dummies

Stephanie Diamond is the founder of Digital Media Works, Inc., an online marketing company that helps business owners discover hidden profits. She has worked with both small businesses and multibillion-dollar corporations, and is coauthor of Social Media Marketing For Dummies , 2nd Edition .

Introduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 Chapter 1: Knowing What to Expect 9 Chapter 2: Installing Dragon and Starting Basic Training 21 Chapter 3: Launching and Controlling Dragon 35 Part II: Creating Documents and Spreadsheets 51 Chapter 4: Simply Dictating 53 Chapter 5: Selecting, Editing, and Correcting in DragonPad 73 Chapter 6: Basic Formatting in Text-Editing Applications 87 Chapter 7: Proofreading and Listening to Your Text 99 Chapter 8: Dictating into Other Applications 107 Chapter 9: Dipping into Word Processing 121 Chapter 10: Working with Excel 139 Chapter 11: Using Recorded Speech 147 Part III: Communicating Online 163 Chapter 12: Sending and Receiving E-Mail 165 Chapter 13: Working the Web 179 Chapter 14: Playing Media with the LifeStyle Speech Pack 189 Chapter 15: Dictating the Mobile Way 199 Part IV: Controlling Windows 217 Chapter 16: Controlling Your Desktop and Windows by Voice 219 Part V: Working Smarter 239 Chapter 17: Speaking More Clearly 241 Chapter 18: Additional Training for Accuracy 247 Chapter 19: Improving Audio Input 267 Chapter 20: Having Multiple Computers or Users 275 Chapter 21: Creating Your Own Commands 283 Chapter 22: Getting Help from Your Desktop and Online 295 Part VI: The Part of Tens 315 Chapter 23: Ten Common Problems 317 Chapter 24: Ten Time-and-Sanity-Saving Tips 325 Chapter 25: Ten Mistakes to Avoid 331 Chapter 26: Ten Stupid Dragon Tricks 337 Index 345