As long-time Dragon users (and usually admirers), we have experienced
exactly the same problems with Word 2007. Our solution has been more
pragmatic - return to Word 2003!
I'm wondering if any of this is related to Vista 64-bit? All seemed a lot
more reliable with XP. On Windows Mail, focus is lost every time you make a
voice correction to an e-mail and you have to say 'body field' to retrieve
the cursor.
Do you know about Knowbrainer? They really are tops with everything Dragon
related. Try putting the issue(s) into the Dragon Forum at
http://www.knowbrainer.com/pubforum/ and you may well find that someone
there can suggest a solution.
Let the rest of us know if they do!
Conrad Hodgkinson
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From: "pennineeducationservices.co.uk"
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Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: page jumps about when using Dragon
>I tried to implement your suggestion Tim, but I can't seem to replicate the
> problem today. Typical. I did note that the cursor always appears at the
> end
> of the sentence that has just been dictated. Is this the same as the
> 'insertion point'? And if you say 'select banana', which is in a different
> part of the page, it selects banana without making the page jump. And if
> you
> then say 'satsuma' to replace the selected word, it dutifully moves the
> cursor to the character after satsuma.
>
> Yesterday it was jumping around so much it was almost unusable. You have
> to
> wonder how a dyslexic user would cope with that.
>
>
> Mike Parry
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Symons
> Sent: 20 October 2009 09:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: page jumps about when using Dragon
>
> Yup, its to do with focusing. Word, in general, is a pain in the ass,
> and this is a classic example.
>
> When you dictate, Word gets confused with where you should be, as the
> insertion point is not the same as your relative position in text. For
> example, if the insertion point is at the beginning of a doc, but you
> dictate a full page, it will jump up and down until you change the
> insertion point (ie, physically click the page)
>
> A possible workaround theory for this, is to occasionally use the
> 'Insert before' or 'Insert after' command without inserting anything -
> just to move the insertion point - randomly, on the lowest, or last,
> segment of text your working on. Haven't tried this, but seems to work
> in my head - let me know if it works out.
>
> This also happens when you open a multipage doc in word (whether using
> Dragon or not), immediately 'grab' the scroll bar, and move to a
> segment. Word doesn't care about this, and will 'unravel' the multipage
> doc it is opening, plonking you back at the beginning of the doc.
>
> Grrrrrrrr
>
> Regards
>
> Tim Symons
> Trainer/Assessor
> Access Summit
> 0161 275 0990
> "...supporting students..."
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
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> pennineeducationservices.co.uk
> Sent: 19 October 2009 13:58
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: page jumps about when using Dragon
>
> Anyone come across this syndrome? It happens when I'm dictating with
> Dragon
> 10 Naturally Speaking version 10 into a Word 2007 document. The cursor
> stays
> in the right place but the page scrolls up and down in the Window in a
> jerky
> manner. Most annoying.
>
> I'm suspecting that it might be something to do with Word 2007, which
> has a
> tendency to act weird at the best of times IMHO.
>
> cheers
>
> Mike Parry
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