A comparison of NaturallySpeaking alone vs.
NaturallySpeaking plus Utter Command

Dragon NaturallySpeaking works well for dictation -- getting words on the screen -- but not so well for controlling your computer. Utter Command adds intuitive command-and-control that's twice as fast as the keyboard and mouse.

Here are step-by-step examples that show how much the Utter Command add-on will speed you up.

Going to a folder within a folder within a folder

With NaturallySpeaking alone, you'd say 9 commands:
"Open Word"
"Click File"
"Click Open"
"Camera"
"Enter"
"2007"
"Enter"
"Bird Pictures"
"Enter"

NaturallySpeaking plus Utter Command enables this with a single command:
"Word Open Bird Pictures Folder"



Clicking anywhere on the screen

With NaturallySpeaking alone, you'd say something like these 4 commands:
"MouseGrid 3"
"4"
"3"
"Click"

NaturallySpeaking plus Utter Command enables this with a single command:
"20 By 20"

Moving a window anywhere on the screen

With NaturallySpeaking alone you'd say around 10 commands: several commands to click the point where you wanted the window to move, for example, "MouseGrid 3", "4", "3", "Click", then say "Remember Point", then say several commands to click the window, for example "MouseGrid 2", "5", "9", "Click" then say "Drag to Point"

NaturallySpeaking plus Utter Command enables this with a single command. "Window 50 By 0", for example, puts the top right hand corner of the window in focus at the top middle of the screen.

Filling in two fields in a form

With NaturallySpeaking alone, you'd say something like these 4 commands:
"3 Main St."
"Tab Key"
"Tab Key"
"Boston"

NaturallySpeaking plus Utter Command enables this with a single command:
"Address 2 Tab Boston"



(With Utter Command you maintain a list of words you can use in combination with tabs. You can map command words like "Address" to a longer term like a real address via the UC List dialog box.)

Jumping to a "Summary" heading in a document

With NaturallySpeaking alone, you'd say 3 commands:
"find text"
"Summary"
"Find next"

NaturallySpeaking plus Utter Command enables this with a single command:
"Find Summary"

More

See the steps required to do additional common tasks using keyboard, mouse, NaturallySpeaking and Utter Command.

Utter Command Task Tours take you through common tasks. Compare the number of Utter Command steps to the number of keyboard and mouse steps for the 36 Task Tours, which include surfing the Web, emailing, cutting and pasting among programs, making an Excel chart and making a PowerPoint presentation. Utter Command averages 1 command to every 2.3 keyboard/mouse commands.

Further resources

For a full explanation of the UC List applet that allows you to go to folders, fill in forms, and find keywords, see www.redstartsystems.com/uclist.html
For a documentation overview and samples on the Redstart Systems site see www.redstartsystems.com/ucmanual.html

This video shows the Folder and Find commands in action:

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