"this workbook is a document used by and only available from certified ScanSoft® Partners."

Peter, Good luck in your hunt - I suspect that you may find that the above really should read"... only available to certified US ScanSoft® Partners". Some ScanSoft Partners (or whatever we are now called under Nuance) are created more equal than others - and the UK is a lower form of creation.

I think too that US VARs have to pay fairly heavily for this documentation which is designed to be sold as part of a training course. Years ago (DNS 3 & 4) the manuals were available in the UK as part of (paid for) training courses for Dragon VARs/Trainers but they don't seem to have made it across the Atlantic since. You might be better advised to "borrow" the topic list as a guide, save the £29 + shipping, and write your own manual from scratch.

Graham Hendry

Yes, that's where I saw it. For everyone's convenience and future referral, I've created the following from the table of contents.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 User Workbook

Users will learn to:

• Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking® to “type by voice”, which includes:
• Dictating, formatting, editing and correcting by voice
• Customizing the vocabulary
• Creating simple voice commands to insert boilerplate text
• Use Dragon NaturallySpeaking® to control your computer by voice:
  • With built-in commands for opening menus, closing applications, navigating the Internet, using email, etc.
  • By “voice-clicking” buttons and “voice-pressing” keys on your keyboard

This document is designed to complement the Dragon NaturallySpeaking® Version 8 User’s Guide, which comes with NaturallySpeaking® and is presented in a lesson format with explanations, examples, illustrations, as well as step-by-step instructions and practice exercises so you can learn by doing. In addition, notes and tips provide further details and alert you to potential pitfalls.

Table of Contents:

• Creating a User Profile
• Learning More and Getting Help
• The Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
• The Accuracy Center and Accuracy Assistant
• The Online Help
• The Sample Commands window
• Customizing your Vocabulary:
• Overview
• Using the Vocabulary Editor
• Adding vocabulary entries
• Adding spoken forms
• Deleting and modifying entries
• Importing a list of words
• From existing documents
• From your email
• Starting to Dictate
• Controlling the Microphone
• The microphone icon
• The microphone voice commands
• The microphone on/off hot key
• Your First Dictation
• Dictating text and punctuation marks
• Dictating Numbers, Dates, Addresses and Other Special Text
• Special Text in Normal dictation
• Numbers Mode - Dictating Numbers Exclusively
• Spell Mode - Dictating Letters, Digits and Other Characters
• Correcting Recognition Errors in your Dictated Text
• Correcting in the Spell dialog box
• Using playback to aid correction
• Deferring Correction
• Saving Recorded Dictation
• Making corrections to someone else's dictation
• Editing Text by Voice
• Navigation and Selection Commands
• Replacing and inserting words
• Formatting Text by Voice
• The "X that" commands
• The "format that" commands
• Controlling Your Computer Desktop and Applications by Voice
• Starting and closing applications
• Switching between windows
• "Clicking" menus, sub-menus and dialog box controls
• "Pressing" keys
• Surfing Internet Explorer by Voice
• Dictating and Managing Email
• Dictating in Microsoft Excel
• Select-and-Say in Quick Edit Mode
• Entering Numeric Data
• Boosting productivity with Custom Commands
• Creating text and graphics commands
• Managing custom commands
• Improving Accuracy
• Audio Check and Acoustic Training
• Training words from the vocabulary editor
• Training while correcting
• Checking acoustic settings
• Performing additional training
• Improving Accuracy
• With multiple vocabularies
• With the acoustic optimizer
• Copying User Files
• Practice Exercise: Creating a Memo by Voice