Thank you for joining this course!

If you have already installed Dragon, please take a couple of minutes to adjust the settings by checking the module called ‘quick setup guide.’

Questions and comments are welcome at any time – I hope you enjoy the course!

Neil

Modules

Introduction

Lessons

• Creating your Dragon user profile
• Quick setup guide
• Helpful hints

Loading and closing Dragon

Lessons

• Turning the microphone on and off
• Loading and closing Dragon
• Accuracy tuning

Part 1 - Dictating text

Lessons

• How to dictate
• Key command 1 – correcting recognition errors
• Key command 1 – modify (edit) the correction list
• Key command 2 – capitalise
• Key command 3 – Click
• Bonus fourth command! Select and edit
• The Dictation Box

The Dragon vocabulary

Lessons

• Adding words or phrases to the Dragon vocabulary
• Analysing your documents
• Examples

Proof reading

Lessons

• Read That
• Play That Back
• Microsoft 365 – Read Aloud

What is a voice command?

Lesson

• Dictating commands

Part 2 - working hands free - Microsoft Word

Lessons

• Formatting text as you dictate
• Formatting text after you dictate
• Moving the cursor
• Punctuation
• Selecting text
• Deleting text
• Abbreviations
• Dictating dates and times
• Smart format rules
• Cut, copy and paste
• Controlling the Ribbon in Word
• New line vs new paragraph
• Working with tables
• Word properties

Microsoft Outlook - Emails

Lessons

• Navigating and managing emails in Outlook
• Creating emails – 1
• Creating emails – 2
• Creating emails – 3
• The Inbox
• Attachments

Microsoft Outlook - The Calendar

Lessons

• Creating appointments
• Controlling the Ribbon in Calendar
• Navigating to a particular date
• Deleting an appointment

Google Chrome

Lessons

• Navigating web pages and accessing links
• Accessing tabs
• Web shortcut commands

File Explorer

Lesson

• Navigating to files and folders

Microsoft Excel

Lesson

• Excel

Working Hands Free

Lesson

• Controlling windows, apps and dialogue boxes

Part 3 - An introduction to creating custom commands

Lessons

• Autotext
• Macro recorder
• Step-by-step
• Advanced scripting

What to do if things go wrong

Lessons

• I’m unable to get Dragon to recognise a word or phrase
• I’m dictating but no text is appearing in my document
• The accuracy level has suddenly dropped – 1 check microphone
• The accuracy level has suddenly dropped – 2 run Accuracy Tuning
• The accuracy level has suddenly dropped – 3 Add words
• I have a strong accent and Dragon doesn’t recognise me
• Dragon won’t load

Dragon and disabilities

Lessons

• Dragon and dyslexia
• Dragon and arthritis