Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7, by Larry V. Allen

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Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 7

A Guide to Advanced Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 7

by Larry V. Allen

Unlock the potential of NaturallySpeaking Professional 7 by building custom voice commands!

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165 pages.
ISBN 0-9725946-1-2
Published April 2003
Spiral-bound
An instruction guide to building scripts for voice automation using Professional, Medical, or Legal versions of NaturallySpeaking 7.

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About Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 7
Comments
Sample Pages
Macros from the Book
Errata
FAQ

About Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 7

This book is for persons learning and using the scripting functions provided with the ScanSoft Solution Series NaturallySpeaking Professional 7 products. It progresses from material suitable for a novice with little scripting knowledge to more advanced topics suited for programmers and persons with experience with Word, WordPerfect, or similar scripting languages. It ties together material on Advanced Scripting so that you don't need to spend as much time searching the on-line help.

The primary style is one of tackling a problem and generating a command script step-by-step. Parts of the book contain notes pertaining to details of the scripting language as it pertains to NaturallySpeaking.

Ideal for users developing their own commands, corporate support personnel responsible for command development, and persons providing services to NaturallySpeaking users. While most of the detailed information is in the on-line help for Dragon NaturallySpeaking, this book ties together the concepts and details needed to produce workable voice commands.

Comments

Comments from buyers of Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 6, upon which this book is based:

“I wish I had this when Release 6 was first released.”

“Having written macros for NatSpeak 6 since it was released, I'm surprised how many details I didn't know.”

“Useful for both beginning and advanced users”

“Saved our group at least 100 hours”

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Sample Pages

Page samples marked below with the PDF icon require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader and are approximately 100KB download.

Table of Contents
Inserting Text Using Advanced Scripting (pages 22-25)
from Chapter 2: Text Command Creation
Save a Document in a Directory - Excerpt (pages 37-39)
from Chapter 3: Command Examples
Dialog Example 1: A Form with Two Text Boxes - Excerpt (pages 79-80)
from Chapter 6: Dialog (Form) Editor

Macros

These macros from Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 7 only work in NaturallySpeaking 7.

Macros

Errata

Errors, Corrections, and Additions

FAQ

Question: I have “Scripting for Dragon NaturallySpeaking^® 6.” Should I buy this book?

Answer: It depends on your needs. Material was added or changed to cover the following topics:

producing date/time using “format” statements,
added material on Word macros,
an Excel example,
a “current mouse position” script as an additional Win32 API example,
more commentary on using features of dialog boxes, and
commentary on using #Uses for a library of functions.

There was not a fundamental change in scripting between Release 6 and Release 7.

Question: I don't know what a script is and I've never programmed before. Will I be able to understand this material?

Answer: Yes, so long as you understand how to construct detailed instructions to complete a task. This book was written for and has been used by many doctors, lawyers, and other professionals.

Question: I have two good hands. It seems that voice commands are only needed for people who are using Dragon NaturallySpeaking because they cannot use a keyboard. Why should I consider learning to write such commands?

Answer: Voice commands can save time -- lots of time -- if you need to do repetitive tasks using your computer. That can be repetitive text, repetitive documents, repetitive look-ups, repetitive spreadsheets, repetitive e-mail, ... Automation is the key.

Question: I am a full-time programmer and wish to voice-automate my program. Will this book assist me?

Answer: It will include some details that are either not available elsewhere or are hidden in various documents. But it will not directly assist in integrating NaturallySpeaking with your program as it does not concentrate on the events and objects used to voice-automate proprietary programs by vendors. Softnet Systems can provide assistance on such tasks as part of its consulting business.

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