Chapter 18: Improving recognition accuracy
3. Ifyouwishtotrainthepronunciationoftheword,clickAudio>ImproveRecognitionof
WordorPhraseandfollowtheinstructionsintheTrainWordsdialogbox.
Note
YoucannotusetheSpellingwindowtoaddawordthathashyphensorspaces.The
programrecognizeseachpartofsuchawordasseparatepieces.Forexample,ifyoutried
tousetheSpellingwindowtoaddthename"Havisham-Smythe,"youwouldactuallybe
addingthenames"Havisham"and"Smythe".Thenexttimeyouspokethenameyouwould
get"HavishamSmythe"withoutthehyphen.Toaddsuchawordorname,usethe
VocabularyEditordialogbox(sayOpenVocabularyEditor).
Learn From Sent E-mails
UsetheLearnFromSentE-mailstooltomakeyourprofilemoreaccuratebypersonalizing
thevocabularybasedonemailsyouhavesent.
Thetoolwillofferalistofnamesfromtherecipientsofyouremailsandgiveyouthe
opportunitytotrainanyofthembeforetheyareaddedtothevocabulary.
Optionally,youcanalsohavethistoolusethecontentsofyoursente-mailtoadaptthe
LanguageModel(Dragon'sstatisticsonhowfrequentlyagivenwordappearsindividually
andinthecontextofotherwords).
Caution
Tomaintainaccuracy,Dragonmustonlyanalyzecontentinthelanguageinwhichyouruser
profilewascreated.IfyouhaveSente-mailinotherlanguages,onlyusethistooltoadde-
mailcontactstoyourprofile.
Note
YoumaywanttoruntheLearnFromSentE-mailstoolonlywhenyouarenotusingyour
computerforotherpurposesbecausethetooluseslargeamountsofcomputermemoryand
processingpower.
To open the Learn From Sent E-mails tool
n Say"OpenAccuracyCenter,"then"LearnFromSentE-mails."
Or
n ClickVocabulary>LearnFromSentE-MailsontheDragonBar.
Tip
YoucanalsostarttheLearnFromSentE-mailstoolbysaying"AddContacts".
OnceyoustarttheLearnFromSentE-mailswizard,proceedbyclickingNext.Thetoolleads
youthroughthefollowingscreens:
n Chooseoptions
n Scane-mail
n AddcontactstoVocabulary
n Trainwords
n AdapttoWritingStyle
n Report
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