INFORMAL SPEECH OUTLINES USING

DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING WITH MICROSOFT WORD

 

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1. Before you begin dictating the practice outline, say each of these terms and see if they appear correctly.  If not, train them!

 

 

2. A typical speech outline created in Microsoft Word can look like Picture 1 below depending upon the MS Word options you select when creating your outline.  Review this sample Microsoft Word speech outline before you dictate it.  Notice that this speech outline contains: 

 

 

Picture 1:  A Typical Microsoft Word Speech Outline

 

3. Open NaturallySpeaking and then open Microsoft Word with the following command:

 

            Start Microsoft Word

 

4. Switch to the outline view in Microsoft Word with the following voice command:

 

            (Click) View

 

            (Click) Outline

 

5. Begin your outline by saying:

 

            Nanotechnology         All Caps That             New Line

 

            Press Tab

 

            Nanotechnology is being researched in the healthcare, military, and computer industries.

           

            New Line

 

6. Notice how the New Line command creates a new item in your outline.  The Press Tab command will indent a subordinate item so that it falls underneath its main heading.  Continue speaking the outline using the following commands:

 

            Press Tab

 

            IBM research scientists are creating nano-bombs.

 

            New Line

 

            Press Tab

 

            Minature nano-bombs are machines the size of molecules.

 

            New Line

 

            Tiny nano-bombs are creating the next industrial revolution.

 

New Line

 

 

7. As you begin the next line of the speech outline, you must use the Press Shift Tab command in order to bring the next item up one level of subordination.  Use the following commands to accomplish this task:

 

            Press Shift Tab

 

            Military researchers are using nano-bombs to help kill deadly biological agents such as anthrax.

 

            New Line

 

            Press Tab

 

            Small nano-bombs achieved 100% success rates when killing anthrax.

 

            New Line

 

            Mini nano-bombs are seen as essential tools in defeating biological weapons of mass destruction.

 

            New Line

 

Press Shift Tab

 

Medical researchers are creating nano-bombs that kill diseases.

 

New Line

 

Press Tab

 

Miniscule nano-bombs are being created to attack E. coli bacteria, salmonella, or even cancer cells.

 

Extension Idea 1:  Now that you understand the basics of creating a speech outline using Microsoft Word, create an outline of your own for writing you intend to do in the future.  Make sure you train each misspoken or new vocabulary word as your create your outline.  This will help ensure that your accuracy will improve when you dictate your document later.

 

Extension Idea 2:  Use the outline you just created on Nanotechnology to write a short report on nano-bombs.  Use the complete sentences you just dictated to help you dictate logical paragraphs and sentences.

                                                                      

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