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For more information, please contact Tamiko Aze (978) 977-8109.

UCLA DISABILITIES AND COMPUTING PROGRAM TO HOST SCANSOFT DRAGON
NATURALLYSPEAKING(r) PARTNER COURSES

January 1, 2003 (LOS ANGELES, CA)--UCLA Academic Technology Services -
Disabilities and Computing Program (www.ats.ucla.edu) will host
Scansoft's Dragon NaturallySpeaking(r) Partner Courses this January 21
and 22, 2003.  The event will be held in the UCLA Technology Sandbox,
room 4328 Math Sciences Building, and will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.
and will end at 4:00 p.m. each day.  For more information or to enroll
in these courses, please contact Tamiko Aze at (978) 977-8109 or via
email, [log in to unmask]

Effective training/education is a critical factor to successful use of
new technology. We want our customers to have that advantage. Our goal
is to provide our customers with the industry's highest quality training
on Dragon NaturallySpeaking(r) Software by leveraging the strengths,
dedication, and teamwork of our Scansoft Applications Solutions Partners
(ASPs).  The courses offered will be taught by Delphine Gabbay, Senior
Technical Trainer for Scansoft, Inc.  A description of the two courses
is listed below:

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1. Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - DNS Partner Class

This hands-on course provides an introduction to the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking(r) Version 6 Professional, Medical, Legal and Public
Safety products. It is designed for companies wishing to become ScanSoft
Applications Solutions Partners.

The focus is on learning how to use and customize Dragon
NaturallySpeaking(r) Professional. The course also touches on key
aspects of selling, supporting, and teaching your customers to use the
software. 

Note: How to teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the focus of the
Train-the-Trainer seminar.

Topics include:
-Understanding and managing user profiles       	
-The rules of dictation 	
-Revising and formatting
-Choosing optional settings appropriately
-Techniques for improving accuracy      	
-Correcting recognition errors (incl. deferred correction) -Editing the
vocabulary (incl. spoken forms, properties) -Creating and transferring
custom vocabularies (importing lists of words, adapting to existing
documents with the Vocabulary Builder)
-Using Playback and Text-to-Speech      	
-Controlling the Windows desktop and applications by voice -Using email
and surfing the Web by voice -Basic automation: creating and editing
dictation shortcuts and macro commands (Text & Graphics and Step-by-Step
macro type) -Basic troubleshooting 

This course does NOT cover:
-Creating Advanced Scripting macros (this is the focus of the 
Speech-Enabling Applications class)
-Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking developer tools
 
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Microsoft
Word.
 
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2. Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Speech Enabling Applications (SEA) Class

This hands-on course teaches how to maximize productivity by customizing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 6 Professional products with the
Advanced Scripting language, which is similar to Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA). Creating Dragon NaturallySpeaking macros allows you
to accomplish routine tasks more quickly, automate a complex series of
tasks (saving time and brain-power), enhance the hands-free capabilities
of the software... Attendees will learn how to use the Advanced
Scripting Editor to create custom commands (macros).  They will also
practice using the Command Browser, to find existing commands and manage
custom commands. Previous programming experience is helpful, but NOT
required. Topics covered include:

-What makes a good custom command? 
-Managing commands (editing, importing, exporting)
-Using custom commands from earlier DNS releases (DVC commands written
in DNS 4 or DNS 5 and RADLink)	
-Basic elements of programming (variables, procedures, flow control
structures, concatenation...) -Controlling another application through
its application programming interface (API) -Communicating with the user
(incl. displaying dialog boxes into which the user can dictate and enter
data) -Recording macros in applications such as Microsoft Word and
reusing them in Advanced Scripting commands
 
This course does NOT cover:
-Basic use of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
-Dragon NaturallySpeaking developer tools

Prerequisite: Attendees MUST have a good working knowledge of Dragon
NaturallySpeaking and Microsoft Word.


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Minimum preparation:

1) Install DNS 6 Pro on a laptop meeting the minimum system requirements
(Intel Pentium III processor, 128-256 MB of RAM, 300-500 MB free disk
space, SoundBlaster 16-bit compatible)

2) Create a User profile.  We strongly recommend that you read at least
Chapters 1-3 of your DNS 6 User's Guide and practice some basic
dictation.

Remember to bring to class this laptop (and your microphone), as well as
your documentation.

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