How to Correct a Spelling error with Dragon Speech Recognition
Vicky Humberstone
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With 99% accuracy, it's rare that Dragon speech recognition software will make an error. But just in case, we've created a simple step-by-step guide to amending those mistakes.
With no jargon or technical terminology, these instructions will prevent a small error from having a huge impact - and most importantly, keep you working!
The error
So you're dictating into your microphone and you spot a spelling mistake on the screen. For the sake of this article, that error will be our company name, which Dragon has typed as 'voice power limited'.
Now, upon first glance, this may not seem like a spelling error; but as in the case of our business, we present the words differently. For example, we join the first two words to make one. Each letter at the beginning of these words is also capitalized and 'limited' is usually abbreviated.
Ultimately, we would like Dragon to print 'VoicePower Ltd' when we say 'voice power limited'.
The resolution
In order to train Dragon to know this we would follow these steps...
- Correct
Say aloud and into your microphone 'Correct' followed by the word you wish to correct. So in this instance, we would say 'correct voice power limited'. At which point Dragon would highlight the dictated word.
2. Choose
Upon saying this command, Dragon will bring up a list on suggested words. These will be words that are variations of the text you wish to correct. This may be anything from similar sounding words or the different ways in which the text can be spelt.
If the word that you want Dragon to type is one of these options, you simply say 'choose' followed by the number of the option you wish to select. So, if you wanted to select the second option, you would say 'choose two'.
3. Spell That
If the phrase you're aiming for doesn't appear in the suggested list, you say 'spell that'. At which Dragon will bring up a box for you to type or dictate the desired spelling into.
So, in my instance I could type 'VoicePower Ltd' into the box with my keyboard. Or, I could say aloud 'no-space on, voice power, cap that'. This will print 'VoicePower'. Then say 'no-space off' and then 'l t d cap that', which will print 'Ltd'.
That's it! Three easy steps to correcting a grammatical error with Dragon voice recognition. And don't forget, Dragon remembers every correction you make; meaning you won't have to correct the same mistake again!
Be sure to leave your comments and let us know how you get on!
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