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When the wizard asks for your name, you can enter your
first name only, a nickname, or your first and last name.
The wizard asks for your age to help Dragon work with
vocal differences it associates with different age ranges.
The wizard also asks for region of the world you live in to
help Dragon interpret your speech based on regional
differences.
3 When the Help Dragon understand how your pronounce words
page appears, select your accent.
The accents you can choose from are:
n Standard—Select if your accent is not covered by another
choice or your are not sure which accent to select.
n Australian accented English
n British accented English
n Indian accented English
n Inland Northern US (Great Lakes area)—Upstate New
York through the Chicago area
n SEAsian accented English—South East Asian
n Southern US—Most of Southern United States, including
Texas
n Spanish accented English
Determining your own accent can be difficult. For example,
say you grew up in one part of the United States but have
lived long enough in another part to lessen your original
regional accent. If you have any doubt about picking an
accent, select Standard and allow Dragon to learn your
accent.
If you do not select a specific accent (in other words, you
select the Standard accent), you may want to perform
Acoustic Optimization after using the product for several
hours. Acoustic Optimization updates your user profile with
accumulated acoustic data from any corrections and
additional training you may have done. Running Acoustic
Optimization will increase your overall accuracy. In the