1. The tutorial’s good and of course I recommend training, but there’s some basic stuff that you need to check into.
2. Definitely check out crating commands called “MyCommands” that are like macros.
3. Single steps are very useful one at a time, but image the ability of stringing those together in a sequence to perform a series of tasks.
4. Make use of the ability to move the insertion point.
5. Practice and pay attention when correcting. You’ll be doing a lot of it, and it simultaneously trains to prevent the error from occuring in the future. This is a time saver when done right.
6. Take time to train commands. While you’re doing that, use the finding commands feature to look for commonly used commands.
7. I suggest checking the help contents for positioning the microphone.
8. In Windows explorer, you can select files, move, cut, paste, delete, copy, etc using commands from Dragon Naturally Speaking. I suggest being careful with delete until you feel you’re a pro. Using the software in Windows explorer may be reserved for experienced users, but put forth effort when attempting and you will be more satisfied with the results.

I found a link with some different tips in Getting the Most Out Of Speech Recognition.

Here’s a screen shot of the selection interface:

Here’s a screen shot of the queue progress:

Overall, it satisfied my every need. It actually took me less time to install and do what I needed to, instead of right clicking on and then choosing save as. I’d say this one’s a keeper.

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The vet was kind enough to swap carriers with me for a bit, so we were able to get them both enclosed on the way home…even if they were in the same carrier. I think they’re going to be ok. Diva even let me hold her without much objection for about 3 minutes, though I haven’t seen her eat. In fact, I haven’t seen her in several hours. Reagan’s eaten a couple of times, but I’m kind of concerned because now his left eye is kind of puffy and he winks a lot.

Sam’s eye seems to be healing; We’re going to see how she does with out medicine and I’ve already scheduled a veterinarian opthamologist appointment on the day I graduate.

Tomorrow I have to swap carriers again, as well as return my Imak ergobeads ergonomic wrist rest to Staples. While I’m out I’m going to take advantage of the deal Fry’s has got going on their $4 usb 2.0 hub. Right now I’m having to manually swap one connection port between 3 USB devices and tomorrow I’ll be adding one with the RCA Lyra RD900W. On top of that, I have some work to do in my C++ Programming class. Well, that’s a busy day, so I should get some rest.