What other tips can you give to speak more clearly?
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What other tips can you give to speak more clearly?
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1.) Avoid skipping words. Speak every word, without fretting at first about the enunciation of the word itself. NaturallySpeaking relies on the adjoining words to help figure out a word. If you skip or slur words, NaturallySpeaking will make more mistakes.
2.) Make sure you pronounce even small words like “a” and “the.” If, like most people, you normally pronounce the word “a” as “uh,” keep doing so. Don’t switch to “ay,” as in “hay.”
3.) Speak long phrases or full sentences. The more words in an utterance, the better NaturallySpeaking can figure out your words from context.
4.) Focus your effort on pronouncing words differently that should sound a little different, and which Dragon NaturallySpeaking may otherwise confuse. Trying to pronounce “hear” differently from “here,” for instance, won’t gain you much: They are supposed to sound alike. Nor will you benefit from trying to pronounce the “t” in “exactly,” because that word won’t be confused easily with any other word, even if you pronounce it “zackly.”
5.) Position the microphone appropriately. If you’re getting small words in your text that you didn’t say, like “a” or “and,” the microphone may be picking up small puffs of breath. Try moving the microphone more to the side. Then run the Audio Setup Wizard, by clicking the Audio button on the DragonBar. Select the Check Microphone option. You are forced to run both the volume and quality checks.