What microphone are you using and how does it hook into the computer (soundcard or USB or ?)? Are you in a noisy environment? If you use a laptop, accuracy can sometimes suffer if you are on the AC adaptor.

Those are starter questions I would think. Let us know!

You might also give this article a read to see if it helps: https://www.emicrophones.com/docdetails.asp?docume...

You haven't given us much to go on but I guess a review of some basic notions is an order.

First, we need to find out what kind of hardware you're using, especially your sound input system, like what kind of microphone you're using, the kind of soundcard you're using, etc. It would also help to know what kind of CPU and how much memory you've got, not that that is likely to be a problem but we need to check any way.

We also need to have some idea of your dictation style and whether or not you've read and absorbed the manual. By style I mean whether you enunciate clearly, speak in fairly long utterances, use a TV announcer-like speaking style, etc.

When you say you've added the words, does that mean you've given samples of your writing style for the program to analyze?

If that seems a bit vague please feel free to add as much detail as seems appropriate -- the more you tell us the better the feedback we can give.

Bruce

Do you ever correct Dragon so it learns?
Do you ever use the language and audio optimiser from the accuracy center?

Both are fundamental ways of improving Dragon's accuracy.

Describe your accent and method of dictation - again important areas to consider.

And of course PC specification....

Dear Sue,

The main words I add to the vocabulary are proper names, abbreviated as I want them to be: "S. 3d St. W.," "Jean Valjean," and so on. I used GetWords/PutWords or Import and Export to move them from version to version of the program. Version 9.5 of NatSpeak learns quickly (sometimes I have to make one correction of a new entry), and it makes a major difference in my productivity.

Every once in a while I scout through the words I've added to see if I've injected a spelling error. If so, I delete the misspelled word and, if it matters, add it back correctly spelled.

Good luck.

Tom Trigg

I don't. I let the computer remember them, and I speak English. For instance, if I want to type a street name into an address and keep the post office happy (I use a lot of addresses in my work), I use the spoken form I've entered into vocabulary, "south third street west," and it types the written form I've entered, "S 3d ST W".

I use a couple of real (non-acronym) abbreviations, the kind I could forget, but I only use a few over and over again and I usually remember: "My home email address," "my downtown office address," and the like.

Sometimes I use a pattern repeatedly. One application expects abbreviations like SmithJ for John Smith. I add SmithJ as the written form and "John Smith abbreviated" as the spoken version.

Mostly what matters for me is teaching the computer names, since I use a lot of names and everyone wants their names spelled correctly. After adding a name, the computer gets it wrong the first time I use it and I correct it. It's right thereafter.

Obviously I carry these added words over from version to version so I don't have to redo everything annually. Works pretty well.

Tom Trigg