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Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 35
4
Correcting and Editing
You may have already noticed that the words Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
® types are not always the words you said. As you
correct the program’s errors, though, it learns more about how you speak
and its accuracy improves.
Using the keyboard and mouse, it’s easy to correct the mistakes that
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
® makes. Just edit your text the way you
would with any word processor. You don’t have to worry about whether
you are modifying a mistake made by Dragon NaturallySpeaking
® , or
fixing some text where you said the wrong word, or revising your
document because you changed your mind about what you want to say.
Make all these edits just as you normally would, with keyboard and
mouse.
You must be sure, however, to select a word before typing over it. Using
the backspace key and retyping (or saying “Scratch That”) will not enable
the software to learn from corrections and improve recognition accuracy.
For accuracy to improve, you must first select text and then correct it or
overwrite it with the words you said.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking ® keeps track of the corrections you make and
adapts (changes) your user files so that the software can recognize your
speech more accurately. The program keeps track of all the corrections
you make, whether you type, dictate, or use the Correction menu
(described later in this chapter). It uses sophisticated techniques to
determine when to learn from your editing and when to ignore it. For
example, the program takes into account how closely your edits match
the sound of the words you dictated.