User manual NUANCE DRGON NATURALLYCLEAR USB 5 SUPPLEMENT

[. . . ] The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to such patents. patents, among others: 5, 027, 406; 5, 202, 952; 5, 428, 707; 5, 526, 463; 5, 680, 511; 5, 715, 367; 5, 754, 972; 5, 765, 132; 5, 794, 189; 5, 799, 279; 5, 809, 453; 5, 818, 423; 5, 822, 730; 5, 850, 627; 5, 903, 864; 5, 909, 666; 5, 915, 236; 5, 920, 836; 5, 920, 837; 5, 946, 654; 5, 949, 886; 5, 960, 394; 5, 983, 179; 6, 029, 124; 6, 052, 657; 6, 064, 959; 6, 073, 097; 6, 088, 671; 6, 092, 043; 6, 092, 044. No part of this material or software may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic or mechanical, such as photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without the express written consent of L&H. [. . . ] For system requirements of a specific speech-recognition program, see the documentation for that program. Installing the Microphone Install the USB System as you would any other USB-compatible device. 1 Insert the pink plug on the headset microphone into the microphone jack on the USB pod. 2 Insert the black plug on the headset microphone into the headset jack on the USB pod. 3 Plug the USB connector for the pod into an available USB port on your computer. (You can plug it in before you start your computer or while Windows is running. ) The first time Windows detects that the microphone is connected, it automatically launches the Add New Hardware Wizard. 4 Select the option to Search for a suitable driver in the Add New Hardware Wizard. When asked to specify the location of the driver, insert the installation disk into your disk drive and specify the drive letter of your disk drive. s 1 Dragon NaturallyClear -- User's Guide Supplement After you complete the Add New Hardware Wizard, you may receive an error message stating that Windows has not installed a driver for the device. You can use the USB System with multiple USB ports, but the first time you plug the microphone into a new USB port you must repeat steps 3 and 4 above to install the appropriate device drivers. While the USB protocol allows the "hot-swapping" of USB devices, we recommend that you shut down Windows before unplugging the device to avoid potential problems. O Attention Testing the Microphone and Establishing User files When you install the USB System for use with Dragon NaturallySpeaking or another Dragon Systems speech product, you need to establish new user files and recalibrate the product's audio settings. 3 Select "USB Microphone" as your Dictation Source in the New User Wizard. 4 Select "USB Audio Device" on the Choose your sound system dialog box. If "USB Audio Device" is not listed as a selection, if you receive an error message, or if the sound quality is evaluated as unacceptable for speech recognition, see the following troubleshooting section. 5 Continue through the New User Wizard and then complete General Training. Note After creating user files for the USB Audio Device, user files created for other audio devices may not work. To correct the problem, run the Audio Setup Wizard again for those user files. s 2 Dragon NaturallyClear USB--User's Guide Supplement Troubleshooting System locks up when you plug in the USB connector On a computer system that does not follow proper USB conventions, there is a chance that the system may lock up when you plug in the device. If this occurs on your system, contact Dragon Systems Technical Support. USB Audio Device is not listed as a selection in the Audio Setup Wizard 1 Open the Windows Device Manager (From the Start menu, click on Settings, then click Control Panel. [. . . ] Verify that the devices are properly listed and enabled in the Windows Device Manager and Multimedia settings, as stated above. s 3 Dragon NaturallyClear -- User's Guide Supplement Microphone works with programs from Dragon Systems but not with others Even if the USB device is installed, some programs do not automatically use the device unless you set it as the preferred audio input device in Multimedia settings in the Control Panel. 1 From the Start menu, click on Settings, then click on Control Panel. 2 Under Sound Recording, choose the USB Audio Device as the preferred device. [. . . ]