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The microphone in the taskbar, Results box – Sony ICD-BP150VTP User Manual

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C H A P T E R 3

Starting to Dictate

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

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Skip Back and Skip Forward

These buttons skip backward or forward one utterance. To Dragon
NaturallySpeaking

®

, an utterance is a group of words said together

without pausing.

The Extras menu items can be displayed in the main DragonBar. See
“View options” on page 201.

The microphone in the taskbar

When Dragon NaturallySpeaking

®

is running, one of three small

graphics will appear next to the clock in the Windows

®

task bar. You can

click on these graphics to switch the microphone on or off.

Microphone is on.

Microphone is off.

Microphone is sleeping.

Right-click the microphone icon to access the same menus that are
found on the DragonBar, where you can access all Dragon
NaturallySpeaking

®

functions. Also use this menu to make the

DragonBar appear if it’s hidden (click Restore Previous DragonBar
Mode).

Results box

The Results box is a small yellow window that appears on-screen as you
dictate. It looks like this:

As you speak, the Results box displays the words that Dragon
NaturallySpeaking

®

thinks you said. These words may change as the

program considers different interpretations of the utterance it heard.
After Dragon NaturallySpeaking

®

types the text into your document, the

Results box shows what was typed.

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