Dragon NaturallySpeaking Training and Tutorial Materials

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Video Guide

The Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11 Video Guide is a video presentation that runs on your computer, designed for both new and experienced users of Dragon software. In the Video Guide, author Dan Newman guides you visually through key topics and skills, demonstrating expert techniques and insider secrets. Get up and running quickly and work efficiently and effectively.

Watch just what you need and skip right to the material you want with thirty-three lessons covering all Dragon NaturallySpeaking topics and skills. Dan shows you how to fix mistakes quickly, automate tedious tasks, browse the Web hands-free, boost accuracy, and more. Topics covered include:

Key techniques to boost accuracy
Automating your work with command macros
Format text and browse the Web by voice
Create custom voice-activated forms
How to dictate and correct most effectively
Dictate with a portable digital recorder
Top tips for healthy computing
...and much more!

Volume I: Using Dragon Part I

Installation and Training (6 minutes)
Starting to Dictate (3)
Quick Tour (4)
DragonBar Menus (8)
Moving and Selecting (5)
Editing by Voice (7)
Formatting & Punctuation (7)
Spelling & Numbers (7)
Correcting by Voice (10)
Correcting: Alternate Method (6)
Using Word (9)

Volume II: Using Dragon Part II

Using E-mail (7)
Using the Internet (5)
Using Excel (5)
Tips for Speaking and Dictating (5)
Hands-Free Computing (9)
Mouse Control by Voice (5)
The Command Browser (4)
Improving Accuracy (5)
The Accuracy Center (17)
Options Settings (18)
Healthy Computing (3)

Total running time (Volumes I and II): 2 hours 43 minutes

Volume III: Mobility & Efficiency

Overview & Shortcuts (6)
Text and Graphics Commands (12)
Step-by-Step Commands (11)
Macro Recorder Commands (3)
Editing Commands (3)
Creating Templates (7)
Dictating Legal Citations (1)
Recorder Setup (9)
Recorder Use (7)
Delegated Transcription (13)
Roaming Users (8)

Total running time (Volume III): 1 hour 20 minutes

All three volumes: 4 hours

Please contact us to place your order. Prices: Volumes 1 & 2= $99.00. Volumes 1, 2, & 3 = $149.00

Customer Reviews

"Great materials. I have purchased a LOT of computer based training for my company, and this is the best so far. Great value - great service. Thank you."

--Marvin Stone, San Diego, CA

"As a professional working with voice recognition everyday, I found your Dragon NaturallySpeaking Video Guide an extremely valuable productivity tool. I believe that I actually received greater benefit from your Video Guide than I would have from live instruction, because it is so easy to quickly locate and review needed segments of the instruction.

"Over three hours of instruction are divided logically into short segments, and this made it very easy for me to fit them into available time. I also found it convenient to have the video instruction right there on the computer, available for quick reference, rather that in the middle of a videotape or DVD.

"The quality of your instruction is excellent, logical, and yes…entertaining! I would highly recommend your Video Guide to busy professionals who wish to quickly and efficiently climb the Dragon learning curve and truly get the most from their investment in voice recognition."

--John Baxter, Philadelphia, PA

"A pleasure, and that’s not a word I use frequently in connection with computer training. You’ve made a nice, ‘down home’ and unintimidating series of easy to follow lessons.

"I do think it’s best if a new user can have a personal trainer for learning Dragon because a personal trainer can observe and correct you as you use the product, answer your questions as you go, and customize it for your individual needs--but your lessons make a great starting point and will help people who don’t have access to a personal trainer or user group.

"I also think it has great potential as a quick refresher course for people who haven’t used the product enough to have made it second nature yet.

"Your lessons sure beat trying to read a manual!"

--Laura Miner, New York, NY

"What a bang for your buck. Mr. Dan Newman performs on the video. This little gem is worth its weight in gold. It helps you set up the program and get going with it. I read the manual and it has good material in it for reference, but the video is my strong recommendation."

--Clinton M. Smith, D.C., Illinois Chiropractic Journal

"The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Video Guide is one of the best videos I've ever seen about any subject. I'm now getting unbelievable accuracy."

--Mike Burks, Chairman, International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet

"Our clients expect and receive the very best in training, implementation, and customization of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. We utilize Dan Newman's Dragon Video Guide CD as one of the tools to provide a convenient and comprehensive tutorial to augment our one-on-one training. Dan has compiled the essential skills necessary to be a productive and successful user of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. The lessons are well organized, clear and concise. We enthusiastically recommend the Dragon Video Guide."

--Bill Wade, DO, MPH, Kaberline Healthcare Informatics, Inc.

"We pride ourselves on offering a complete range of Dragon NaturallySpeaking-related products and services to our clients. Dan Newman's Dragon Video Guides constitute an important part of our sales and support offerings, helping us to create a higher level of satisfaction and productivity among our Dragon customers! Because we offer Dragon NaturallySpeaking to clients all over the country, Dan Newman's Video Guides provide an excellent alternative to formal in-person training, making it possible for a user to "self-train" in a very effective manner! The Video Guides are well-designed and easy to use. Dragon users can quickly and easily locate a specific topic that they wish to learn more about."

--L. Kent Lauhon, CEO, Assistive Computer Technology, Inc

SpeakEASY Professional 11

This program makes use of the macro capability in Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, Medical and Legal. What is completely new is the inclusion of the complete set of CompuTALK Custom Macros, a $195 value. Also new is the video showing how to install and use the CompuTALK Custom Macros.

The SpeakEASY Professional 11 includes these 6 items:

The 75-minute base training video for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11
The complete set of CompuTALK Custom Macros
The 18-minute training video on installing and using the CompuTALK Custom Macros
The cheat sheet for remembering the macros
The 52-minute training video for creating your own custom macros
The QuickNotes and QuickMacros booklets in PDF format

SpeakEASY Professional 11 retails for $129.

VoicePower Ultimate for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 11

VoicePower is the most innovative speech recognition solution you can find!: VoicePower’s innovations, such as Voice Windows, Voice Directories, Voice Copying, Voice Help, Voice Mouse, and Voice Navigation - make speech recognition much easier to use, more powerful and much more accessible. In addition, VoicePower fills in all the little gaps that make speech recognition frustrating to use. – With more than 10,000 productivity commands for dozens of computer applications, you don’t need to figure out how to do something, you just say it.
VoicePower is the best speech recognition training solution.: VoicePower’s unique speech interface combines voice, audio, and on-screen display to bring an interactive Virtual Trainer to the desktop. You can learn at your own pace and convenience and all of the material can be reviewed until it is fully understood. Skills can be refreshed whenever needed. Use VoicePower for self-training or use it as the courseware for corporate or government training programs.
Use VoicePower and you will become a self-sufficient, productive speech recognition user: VoicePower’s greatest innovation is its unique speech interface. This interactive speech environment enables you to ask for and get help as you are actually performing the activity you need help with. A single speech command anywhere, anytime, gives you the information you want, right alongside your applications, without losing your place or covering up your work. It’s like putting a 'live' expert by your side 24/7.

Photo of the VoicePower DVD box.

VoicePower works because:

With VoicePower, the learning and help are available no matter what you are doing. Just ask for the commands, lessons and demonstrations you want when you need them as you continue to work! - Trying to figure out how to correct a misrecognized phrase? Just say: “Show Correction At-a-Glance.” Want to know what commands to use to format a report that’s due in an hour? Just say: “Show Formatting Commands.”
VoicePower never covers up your work. Now you will use the right command at the right time because you can view the commands as you work. - A single speech command anywhere, anytime, gives you the information you want, side-by-side with your work without losing your place.
VoicePower is a convenient and cost-effective alternative to or complement to classroom or one-to-one training. VoicePower allows you to study at your own pace and convenience. - Speech recognition can be mastered in a timeframe that does not conflict with your work schedule.
VoicePower is comprehensive and makes an your transition to a speech environment easier and faster. It includes 10,000+ productivity commands for dozens of applications including: Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Word, GroupWise, Microsoft Excel, WordPerfect, Microsoft PowerPoint, SnagIt, QuickBooks, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Yahoo e-mail, Gmail, ACT!, Eudora, Thunderbird, Microsoft Access, Adobe Reader and others
VoicePower makes it easier than ever to control your computer (by voice). Wasn't that what speech recognition was supposed to do in the first place?

VoicePower's Interactive Speech Interface (ISI) of the 21st Century, enables you to command, control and master your computer by voice.

Command

View the commands you ask for while you work.: The Virtual Command System - If you need to know a command, just ask for it. VoicePower's exclusive interface allows you to work in your applications WHILE you ask for and get access to thousands of commands. - VoicePower command windows are comprehensive and never cover up your work.
Increase your productivity with thousands of custom speech commands.: It is so simple to use VoicePower's Virtual Command System WHILE you work that VoicePower created thousands of productivity commands to make speech recognition even faster and easier. You will increase your productivity and master speech recognition at the same time as you work with VoicePower's Interactive Speech Interface. (VoicePower Preferred has a more limited command set than VoicePower Professional and does not include custom commands for Microsoft Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.)

Control

Control your Windows desktop by voice.: Voice Windows - Issue one or two speech commands to size, position and switch to any application on your Windows desktop - even if you have dozens of applications open.
Control your files and directories by voice.: Voice Directories - VoicePower's exclusive speech interface lets you fly through your computer's drives, directories and folders at the speed of sound! It's easy to view just your Word, WordPerfect, HTML, Excel or text files as you browse your directories and drives. Then open, position and size the documents onto your Windows desktop with a single speech command.
Select and copy text from the Internet.: Voice Copy & Paste - For the first time ever you can use speech recognition to Select & Copy text from the Internet, Help Windows, and many other non-Select-and-Say Applications.
Quickly navigate through your documents by voice.: VoicePower Navigation - Scroll and/or page up and down through virtually any Windows application at whatever speed you wish. Tab, jump to bookmarks and move up, down, left and right with simple commands. You can even navigate through adjacent documents by voice!
Control your mouse by voice.: Voice Mouse. Issue a couple of quick commands to position and to drag and drop with your mouse.

Master

Learn by doing: Master while you work with VoicePower's Virtual Trainer.: The Virtual Trainer is the first and only computer teaching and training system that enables you to learn while you work. The best way to learn how to do something is to do it with a trainer next to you, answering your questions as you work. That's how you've learned the difficult things, to drive a car, fly an airplane, master karate... A single speech command anywhere, anytime, gives you the lessons, demonstrations, At-a-Glance guides that you want, right alongside your applications, without losing your place or covering up your work. It's like having a 'live' expert by your side 24/7. With more than 70 lessons and demonstrations, VoicePower is also the most comprehensive training system for speech recognition on the market.
Proven!: VoicePower's patent-pending technology brings you a speech-controlled Interface and a training and help system proven at leading universities, government agencies, computer, banking insurance companies and by users like yourself.

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