Options and settings

Setting your input preferences

To change your settings, say open settings or select and select Options; the corresponding dialog box is displayed:

Select Apply All to apply your settings.

Select Restore Defaults to undo your settings; the original delivery settings are re-applied to all tabs of the dialog box.

Dictation Box

When you are working in an application that Dragon Medical One does not fully support, the Dictation Box can be used to dictate text using Full Text Control. For more information on how to work with the Dictation Box, see: Creating text in your application.

In the Text Input pane of the Options dialog box, you can make a variety of settings for transferring text to your target application and for the behavior of the Dictation Box.

In the Dictation Box: Text appearance section, you can configure the text formatting in the Dictation Box:

  • Select Plain text and set the font size and style to apply the formatting only in the Dictation Box; the formatting is not kept during transfer to your application.
  • Select Formatted text to format the text directly in the Dictation Box; the formatting is kept during transfer.

Text transfer method

In the Text Input pane in the Options dialog box, the Text transfer method section defines how Dragon Medical One interacts with the target application. Unless you have serious problems transferring text, do not change the default setting.

Using hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts)

Pressing keys on your keyboard can be a fast way to perform common actions, compared with moving through the user interface. To configure a hotkey for an action, do the following:

  1. In the Options dialog box, open the Hotkeys pane.

  2. Find the action you want to configure and select .

  3. Press the keys that you want to trigger that action; you can press the full sequence of keys at once or one key at a time. For example, to configure Ctrl + L, press and hold Ctrl and L and then release both keys, or press and release Ctrl and then press and release L.

You can also assign hotkeys to microphone buttons; in the Microphone Buttons pane of the Options dialog box, select Press Hotkey as the action for a button, select and press a combination of keys.

Tips

  • To delete the last key you entered, press it again. To delete the full sequence of keys and cancel the configuration of this hotkey, press ESC.

  • You can configure a combination of keys (one or more modifier keys plus a letter, number or function key, for example, Ctrl + Alt + Z) or a single key (for example, function keys F1-F12 or numeric keys).

  • If you enter an invalid hotkey, such as a single letter or CTRL + /, the input field will be marked red.

Microphone button mapping

The default actions assigned to microphone buttons depend on the microphone model you use. You can change the assigned actions in the Microphone Buttons pane of the Options dialog box.

This table shows the default mapping for the Philips SpeechMike, Nuance PowerMic III and Nuance PowerMic 4 microphones.

Default action Button
  Nuance PowerMic III Philips SpeechMike Nuance PowerMic 4
Press and hold Record Record Record
Transfer text Transcribe End-of-letter Rear Function
Accept defaults Enter/Select Command Enter/Select
Show/hide Dictation Box Custom Right Insert/Overwrite Function D
Previous field Tab Backward Function 1 Tab Backward
Next field Tab Forward Function 2 Tab Forward
Previous field Rewind Rewind Rewind
Next field Forward Forward Forward
No default Stop/Play Stop/Play Stop/Play
No default Custom Left Function 4 Function B
No default - - Function C
No default - - Function A

Anchoring the speech focus to your application

You can anchor the speech focus automatically; in the Options dialog box, open the General pane and select Anchor the speech focus when recording is started. Before you start recording, place your cursor in the target application; this application will have the speech focus anchored to it. If the Dictation Box is open and automatic anchoring is enabled, when you start recording, it will close. The speech focus is released from an application when recording is stopped or the application is closed.

If Anchor the speech focus when recording is started is not selected, you can manually anchor the speech focus via voice command, hotkeys or microphone button.

For more information, see: Anchoring the speech focus.

Customizing your speech recognition settings

Factors such as user profile and the type of microphone used influence speech recognition. The settings that you log on with define how the system processes what you say. The options available depend on how Dragon Medical One is configured. This means, for example, that you can only change to another language if the relevant language and lexicon are listed.

To change your settings for speech recognition, select and select Log Off; the corresponding dialog box is displayed:

  • Select a different User to change to another user profile. Make sure that you always select your own user profile.
  • Select a different Microphone to change to another microphone.
  • Select a different Language to change to another speech recognition language.
  • Select a different Specialty to change to another specialty.

Select OK to apply your settings.

Note: To change to another microphone without logging off, select , select Microphone and select another microphone. Do not unplug the microphone that is currently in use.

Troubleshooting data collection

Note: The availability of this feature depends on your system configuration. For more information, contact your administrator.

Dragon Medical One can automatically collect and send troubleshooting data (minidump and log files) to Nuance for further analysis, if your administrator has enabled this feature. In the Options dialog box, open the Data Collection pane and select Enable minidump and log file data upload to the Nuance server.