Voice Training

Voice Training helps Dragon learn how you speak. Read aloud one of the available Voice Training stories. As you read, Dragon collects information about your speech – your individual accent, intonation, and tone. You can read as many of the stories as you want.

1. To open the Voice Training window, do one of the following:
• Say Show Voice Training window.
• Click the icon in the menu bar and select Improve Recognition > Voice Training.

Dragon shows you a set of instructions for using Voice Training.

2. Click the Next arrow to select a story.

Any stories you have already read are marked with an icon: .

3. Select a story, then click the Next arrow to move to the next panel.
4. Click the microphone button to turn the microphone on.
5. Begin reading the story slowly and in short phrases, pausing until Dragon recognizes your speech. The text turns green as it is recognized.

If Dragon can't understand a passage, the text turns red. Try reading it again. If a particular word is not being recognized repeatedly, click Skip Word.

After three or four pages of text, you will be able to read at a considerably more normal speed and in larger phrases.

When you’ve reached the end of the story, or when Dragon has collected enough audio, the window changes to indicate that your training is being processed into the voice model. This will take a few minutes.