# Options and settings

## Setting your input preferences

To change your settings, say open settings or select the menu icon > Options:

- General: Select options for the speech focus and voice commands.
- Text Input: Select options related to recognized text, the Dictation Box and Basic Text Control.
- Hotkeys: Select options for pressing keyboard shortcuts.
- Microphone Buttons: Assign actions to microphone buttons.

Select Apply All to apply your settings.

Select Restore Defaults to undo your settings; the original delivery settings are applied to all tabs of the dialog box.

## Dictation Box

When you're working in an app that Dragon Professional Anywhere doesn't fully support, the Dictation Box can be used to dictate text using Full Text Control. For more information on how to work with the Dictation Box, see: Creating text in your app.

In the Text Input pane of the Options dialog box, you can make a variety of settings for transferring text to your app and for the behavior of the Dictation Box.

In the Dictation Box: Text appearance section, you can configure the text formatting in the Dictation Box:

- Select Plain text and set the font size and style to apply the formatting only in the Dictation Box; the formatting isn't kept during transfer to your app.
- Select Formatted text to format the text directly in the Dictation Box; the formatting is kept during transfer.

## Text transfer method

In the Text Input pane in the Options dialog box, the Text transfer method section defines how Dragon Professional Anywhere interacts with the target app. Unless you have serious problems transferring text, don't change the default setting.

## Using hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts)

Pressing keys on your keyboard can be a fast way to perform common actions. To configure a hotkey for an action, do the following:

1. In the Options dialog box, open the Hotkeys pane.

2. Find the action you want to configure and select the edit icon.

3. Press the keys that you want to trigger that action; you can press the full sequence of keys at once or one key at a time. For example, to configure Ctrl + L, press and hold Ctrl and L and then release both keys, or press and release Ctrl and then press and release L.

You can also assign hotkeys to microphone buttons; in the Microphone Buttons pane of the Options dialog box, select Press Hotkey as the action for a button, select the edit icon and press a combination of keys.

### Tips

- To delete the last key you entered, press it again. To delete the full sequence of keys and cancel the configuration of this hotkey, press ESC.

- You can configure a combination of keys (one or more modifier keys plus a letter, number or function key, for example, Ctrl + Alt + Z) or a single key (for example, function keys F1-F12 or numeric keys).

- If you enter an invalid hotkey, such as a single letter or CTRL + /, the input field is marked red.

## Microphone button mapping

The default actions assigned to microphone buttons depend on the microphone model you use. You can change the assigned actions in the Microphone Buttons pane of the Options dialog box.

This table shows the default mapping for the Philips SpeechMike, Nuance PowerMic III and Nuance PowerMic 4 microphones.

Default action | Button
--- | ---
| Nuance PowerMic III | Philips SpeechMike | Nuance PowerMic 4
Press and hold | Record | Record | Record
Transfer text | Transcribe | End-of-letter | Rear Function
Accept defaults | Enter/Select | Command | Enter/Select
Show/hide Dictation Box | Custom Right | Insert/Overwrite | Function D
Previous field | Tab Backward | Function 1 | Tab Backward
Next field | Tab Forward | Function 2 | Tab Forward
Previous field | Rewind | Rewind | Rewind
Next field | Forward | Forward | Forward
No default | Stop/Play | Stop/Play | Stop/Play
No default | Custom Left | Function 4 | Function B
No default | - | - | Function C
No default | - | - | Function A

## Anchoring the speech focus automatically

To anchor the speech focus automatically to the app you start recording in, do the following:

1. In the Options dialog box, open the General pane and select Anchor the speech focus when recording is started.
2. Place the cursor in your app and start recording; this app now has the speech focus anchored to it. If the Dictation Box is open when you start recording with automatic anchoring enabled, it is closed.

The speech focus is released from your app when you stop recording or close the app.

If Anchor the speech focus when recording is started is not selected, you can manually anchor the speech focus via voice command, hotkeys or microphone button.

For more information, see: Anchoring the speech focus.

## Customizing your speech recognition settings

Factors such as user profile and the type of microphone used influence speech recognition. The settings that you log on with define how the system processes what you say. The options available depend on how Dragon Professional Anywhere is configured. This means, for example, that you can only switch to another language if the relevant language and lexicon are listed.

To change your settings for speech recognition, select the menu icon > Log Off:

- Select a different User to change to another user profile. Make sure that you always select your own user profile.
- Select a different Microphone to change to another microphone.
- Select a different Language to change to another speech recognition language.
- Select a different Specialty to change to another specialty.

Select OK to apply your settings.

Note: To change to another microphone without logging off, select the menu icon > Microphone and select another microphone. Don't unplug the microphone that is currently in use.