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ThewizardalsoasksforregionoftheworldyouliveintohelpDragoninterpretyour
speechbasedonregionaldifferences.
3. WhentheHelpDragonunderstandhowyourpronouncewordspageappears,selectyouraccent.
Theaccentsyoucanchoosefromare:
n
Standard—Selectifyouraccentisnotcoveredbyanotherchoiceoryour
arenotsurewhichaccenttoselect.
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AustralianaccentedEnglish
n
BritishaccentedEnglish
n
IndianaccentedEnglish
n
InlandNorthernUS(GreatLakesarea)—UpstateNewYorkthroughthe
Chicagoarea
n
SEAsianaccentedEnglish—SouthEastAsian
n
SouthernUS—MostofSouthernUnitedStates,includingTexas
n
SpanishaccentedEnglish
Determiningyourownaccentcanbedifficult.Forexample,sayyougrewupinonepartof
theUnitedStatesbuthavelivedlongenoughinanotherparttolessenyouroriginalregional
accent.Ifyouhaveanydoubtaboutpickinganaccent,selectStandardandallowDragonto
learnyouraccent.
Ifyoudonotselectaspecificaccent(inotherwords,youselecttheStandardaccent),you
maywanttoperformAcousticOptimizationafterusingtheproductforseveralhours.Acous-
ticOptimizationupdatesyouruserprofilewithaccumulatedacousticdatafromanycor-
rectionsandadditionaltrainingyoumayhavedone.RunningAcousticOptimizationwill
increaseyouroverallaccuracy.Intheprocessofincreasingyouraccuracy,AcousticOpti-
mizationmayselectadifferentaccentforyou.
Ifyouselectaspecificaccent,AcousticOptimizationwillstillincreaseyouroverallaccuracy,
butwillnotchangeyouraccent.Onceyouhaveselectedaspecificaccentforauser,youcan-
notchangeitlater.
Dragonletsyoucreateandtrainusersinmultiplelanguages.Ifyouhavepurchasedanedition
withsupportformorethanonelanguage,youcanaddlanguagesbylaterchoosingCustomdur-
ingtheinstallationandhavingtheDragonDVDavailabletoinstallthelanguagefilesduring
theprocessofcreatinguserprofiles.
4. WhentheHowdoyoutalktoyourcomputer?pageappears,selectyourtypeofmicrophone
fromthelistofMicrophones.Ifyourecordyourspeechusingarecordingdevice,selecta
recorderfromthelistofRecorders.
5. IntheReviewyourchoicespage,besuretheinformationiscorrectbeforeyouproceed.
6. Dragonautomaticallychoosesaspeechmodeltouseasthefoundationforyourindividual
userprofile.Italsoselectsthevocabularyitusestorecognizewordscorrectlybasednot
onlyontheirsound,butalsoontheircontext.However,ifyouwanttoselectaparticular
speechmodelandvocabulary,youcanclicktheAdvancedbuttonandintheChoosemodels
pageselecta:
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