--- title: 6 Tips for Speaking Using Dragon Speech Recognition Software description: Dragon Speech Recognition Solutions, Dragon Software, Dragon Speech Recognition Software, image: https://www.mindwareconnections.com/hs-fs/file-17216936-jpg/images/newscaster_cropped_70p-resized-600.jpg --- [![mw_logo_tag-1](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MW_LOGOS/mw_logo_tag-1.jpg?width=322&height=92&name=mw_logo_tag-1.jpg)](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/) # The Mindware Connection Making Your Office More Productive and Efficient JUST USING YOUR VOICE! ## [6 Tips for Speaking Using Dragon Speech Recognition Software](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/blog/bid/79425/6-Tips-for-Speaking-Using-Dragon-Speech-Recognition-Software) Posted by [Julie L.](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/blog/author/julie-l) on Mon, Mar 05, 2012 If our type looked the way some of us speak, our notes might look pretty pathetic.  Just imagine:  I would liiiiiiiiiiiike toooooo um take     a     vacation to aaaaaaaaaaaa beautiful       beach           sometime.  Fortunately, [Dragon Speech Recognition Software](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/speech-recognition-software-solutions-Rochester-Buffalo-Syracuse-Albany/) cuts us some slack and does a great job of ignoring some of our poor speaking habits.  However, if you are one of those people getting some extra words or an extra ‘s’ after a word, you might want to play back how you are speaking and see if there is anything you can do to improve. **Here are some hints:**![Speak like a newscaster](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/hs-fs/file-17216936-jpg/images/newscaster_cropped_70p-resized-600.jpg) **Articulate your words**.  Speak the way a newscaster reads the news.  Speak clearly, evenly, and with a normal tone of voice. **Never speak one word at a time**.  [Dragon Software](https://www.mindwareconnections.com/Dragon-software-packages-Rochester-Buffalo-Syracuse-Albany/) works best by putting words in context.  When it hears a phrase, it can tell the meaning of what a user wants to say.  When it hears words together it knows the difference between the punctuation (:) or the word colon.  It is also how it knows when you want use either to or too or two.  If the software doesn’t hear words together, it has a harder time deciphering what the speaker wants on the page. **Avoid um, ah, uh, or other non-sensical additives**.**  **Let’s face it, we learned this in our elementary English classes and college public speaking courses.  It’s a bad habit anyways… maybe Dragon can help you break it!   **Don’t stretch out your words**.  Sometimes we trail on a bit while we are thinking of the next thing to say.  This tends to show up as an ‘s’ or ‘es’ at the end of a word or sometimes as another word at the end of what we said. **Mumblers Not Allowed**.  If people are always asking you to repeat yourself because you mumble, Dragon will do the same.  Try to articulate your words and speak clearly. **Consistent Tone**.  Speak at a consistent tone of voice.  Changing the tone of your voice only confuses the software. 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