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Com return an unexpected error code HOOKKERR_NONOTIFY

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:07:22 -0400

Com return an unexpected error code HOOKKERR_NONOTIFY
Sendkeys_Cancelled
Sendkey: Invalid Key

If you see any of these error messages while dictating with Dragon Medical Practice Edition it may be caused by having Adobe Reader X installed on your computer.

To resolve this error you should disable the �Protected� mode in Adobe Reader X.
1. Close Dragon Medical
2. Start Adobe Acrobat X
3. Go to "Edit > Preferences > General Tab"
4. Uncheck "Enable Protected Mode at startup"
5. Close Adobe Acrobat X
6. Restart the computer

Transcribing with new commands

Sun, 6 Nov 2011 20:51:12 -0500

I would like to be able to use transcribe to enter different information into a simple table in Microsoft Word.
When using the microphone I simply say" Press TAB" and then the keys to move to the next row in the table. I then dictate the new information into the row, and then say "press TAb" for the next row.

When I tried to dictate into my iPhone as a recorder, and then transcribe the information, I was unable to have the "Press TAb" command recognised, unless I use the unrecommended option of allowing dictation and commands on the transcribe. This of course doesn't work as the computer misinterprets a statement as commands.

How can I simply add "pess Tab" as one of the recognise commands included in the second option of my transcribe, as well as "scratch that" and if you select other commands?

Any other smart ways of doing this so I can simply moved down one row and enter data?

I am using Dragon NaturallySpeaking premium 11.5

Dragon medical 10.1 lost macro capability

Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:09:07 -0500

To make a long story short, I had to reformat and reinstall on another backup drive for my medical practice. This particular drive is my backup, and the macros still work properly on the other, main drive. However I do need the security of a properly functioning secondary drive. Now when I go into DNS on the new drive instead of the macro itself printing out, I always only get the title of the macro. I searched various possibilities including holding down the control button, however this does not work. Renaming the macro does not seem to help. Completely redoing the macro does not seem to help.
Any other suggestions?

"pipe" worked in XP but not Windows 7

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:25:55 -0500

The following macro worked on Windows XP with Dragon 9 but does not work on Windows 7 with Dragon 11.

Specifically...I think it might be the "pipe" character that simulates returns that is not recognized.

Can anyone troubleshoot this for me?

Thanks,

Dan

MyCommand Name: sign

Command Type: Advanced Scripting

Script:
Sub Main
For i = 0 To UtilityProvider.ContextValueCount - 1
SendKeys Replace(Mid(UtilityProvider.ContextValue(i), 1, InStr(UtilityProvider.ContextValue(i), "\") - 1),"|",vbCr),True
Next i
End Sub

List contents:

||If you have any questions let me know.||Dan\questions
||Thanks,||Dan\thanks

ShowNumbers Plus

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:42:17 -0400

For those of you who are looking for a better alternative to Dragon Naturally Speaking's mouse grid, I can really recommend ShowNumbers Plus. with a single command it places a number overlay over a webpage or Explorer window. This will cover most links, checkboxes and buttons. They then become directly accessible by naming the respective number.
Because the program uses scripts it is very easy to make the default commands much shorter.
The main command 'shownumbers' can be easily renamed in the command browser to 'show'
the same goes for 'dismiss numbers' to 'away' or 'leave'. The 'click 24' command for instance, can easily be renamed to simply '24'
This will greatly reduce voice strain.
Or, you could consider purchasing the pedal version where one of the pedals will show the numbers, another one will dismiss them, and the third one will give direct access to the taskbar. As you may know direct access to the taskbar is not easy with Dragon.

Because I'm suffering voice strain, this program is really helpful to me and I can recommend it to anyone. You can download the demo here:
http://www.ergoarchitect.com/

If anyone has any additional ideas or tips for this program or to reduce voice strain in general please post them.

Script String Off by One

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:55:01 -0400

Below is a script I've been using in my Electronic Medical Record (EMR). It takes a diagnosis and changes it to a more descriptive phrase (for example it changes CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION NEC to CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and also adds a priority and whether it's chronic or not using a look up table. This worked fine until a recent EMR upgrade, then it kept telling me it couldn't find the diagnosis. I figured out that strJustICD is now missing the right most letter (for example CHRONIC AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION NE) so it's not on the list. What I can't figure out is why. I can probably just increase the length by one to fix the problem, but would like to understand the issue. I'd appreciate any help.

Option Explicit
Sub Main
'by Daniel Ginsberg, MD, FACP
'This code extract items from a list of diagnoses, ICD codes etc. to use for various things.
'positions are left to right, starting at 0
'position 0 = Preferred spelling for Problem List
'position 1 = ICD code
'position 2 = Priority (1=high, 2=medium, 3=low)
'position 3 = Classification (1=acute, 2=chronic, 3=minor, 4=temporary, 5=Stage 1, 6=Stage 2, 7=Stage 3, 8=End Stage)
'
'****************************************************
'The following extracts the ICD code from the highlighted Problem in Problem Details Edit.
Dim Problem As String
SendDragonKeys "{Alt+e}" 'select CodeSearch as an initial step to alway go back to the Problem field
SendDragonKeys "{Alt+c}" 'select Cancel to end up in the Problem field
SendDragonKeys "{Shift+Tab}" 'added 7/29/08 due to some change that occured
SendDragonKeys "{Ctrl+c}" 'Copy the Problem, in Problem Details Edit, to the clipboard
Wait 0.3
SendKeys "{Right}"
Wait 0.3
Problem = Clipboard
Dim strProblem As String
Dim strJustICD As String
strProblem = Clipboard
strJustICD = Mid$(strProblem, _
InStrRev(strProblem, "[")+1)
strJustICD = Left(strJustICD, Len(strJustICD)-1)
'****************************************************
Dim fso, TextStream, s
Dim StrWordList, Match
Dim ICD As String
Dim Dx As String
Dim strMasterList
strMasterList = "C:\Documents And Settings\dginsberg\My Documents\diagnosisicd.txt" 'location of file containing ICD codes, diagnoses, etc.
'The following code pulls up a file that contains ICD codes, diagnoses, etc., and reads them a line at a time.
Const ForReading = 1
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextStream = fso.OpenTextFile(strMasterList, ForReading)
Do While Not TextStream.AtEndOfStream
s = TextStream.ReadLine
If s = "" Then Exit Do 'check to see if you're at the end of the file
StrWordList = Split(s,"\",-1)
If StrWordList(1) = strJustICD Then 'check to see if extracted ICD code equals line from list of diagnoses
SendDragonKeys "{Tab}" 'move to the Display as field
SendDragonKeys "{Tab}"
SendKeys StrWordList(0)
SendKeys "{tab}" 'move to Priority field
SendKeys StrWordList(2) 'enter priority
SendKeys "{tab}" 'move to Classification field
SendKeys StrWordList(3) 'enter Classification
SendKeys "{tab 3}" 'move to the Comments field
Match = strJustICD 'if a match is made between the diagnosis being evaluated and the text file, assign ICD code to variable
Else
End If
Loop
If Match <> strJustICD Then 'test to see if the extracted ICD list is in the strMasterList file
MsgBox "The list is empty! Edit " + strMasterList + " to add to the list."
Else
End If
TextStream.Close
End Sub

INTRODUCING Dragon Medical Practice Edition

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:58:58 -0400

The next version of Dragon Medical will be called �Dragon Medical Practice Edition� and will feature the DNS 11.5 Speech Engine. Although Dragon Medical Practice Edition won't be shipping until September 15, many Nuance certified resellers are accepting pre-orders and offering significant discounts of up to $100 off. For additional information on the new features and pricing, click on this Dragon Medical Practice Edition Announcement
link which will take you to the KnowBrainer Speech Recognition Forum where you will find additional discussions on this topic.

Nuance has released NaturallySpeaking Ver. 11.5

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:16:06 -0400

Many of our customers have contacted us about a confusing Ver. 11.5 e-mail message about the release of NaturallySpeaking Ver. 11.5. The confusing part is that the message could easily be misinterpreted as a special offer to upgrade existing 11.0 end users to Premium 11.5 for $100. This is simply not the case. To make matters worse, 1 of our customers nearly made the mistake of purchasing the Premium 11.5 upgrade for $100 when he was already using Pro 11.5 which would have been equivalent to taking 2 steps backward. If you have any questions regarding this upgrade, contact us at (615) 884-4558 or Support@KnowBrainer.com or any Nuance licensed reseller. Here is the scoop:

Rather than just releasing a service release patch, Nuance has decided to go to Ver. 11.5 in order to introduce some new features which include:

1. IE9 support
2. Adjustable sidebar
3. Social media commands (such as the ability to instantly post to Facebook through an IM type of interface)
4. The ability to reverse the damage after utilizing the "choose all" command (Select-&-Say correction) by saying "undo all"
5. Resizable Spell Correction Window
6. Turn your iPad or iPhone (not currently available for Android) into a wireless Wi-Fi microphone via a downloadable Dragon Remote microphone application
7. Additional iTunes command capability with Bonjour
8. "Quote That", "Bracket That", "Parentheses That" will add quotes ect. to any selected text.
9. Nuance has not yet issued a bug list fix but when the list becomes available, it will be posted on the Nuance website and the KnowBrainer Forum.

Please note that existing Ver. 11.0 end users can upgrade to Ver. 11.5 at no charge if you choose to download but we have been informed that the download may not be available for a few weeks and is so large that most end users probably won't be able to transfer the entire installation. For this reason, full backup DVDs will also be made available.

As usual, Nuance has engaged a staggered rollout. DNS Premium 11.0 end users can upgrade to 11.5 immediately. DNS Pro 11.0 end users will be able to upgrade to Pro 11.5 around July 5. DNS Legal 11.5 should be available on the week of July 11 but there is no word on the release of Dragon Medical 11.5 which still appears to be several months away. If you would like to receive an e-mail notification on when and where to obtain Ver. 11.5, as the rollout progresses, you can send an e-mail to Support@KnowBrainer.com and we will send you the �where and when� information as it becomes available. However, please let us know exactly what version and flavor of NaturallySpeaking you are currently using. Example: Preferred 10.1, Premium 11, Pro 9.5 etc... Also note that if you have a previous version of NaturallySpeaking (Ver. 9 or 10) many NaturallySpeaking resellers will be offering introductory upgrade pricing which loosely translates as �1/3 off the usual upgrade price� sale. The new temporary pricing is slated to start on the week of July 4th (only a few days away).

macro to delete anywhere from 1 to 5 messages in my inbox

Wed, 11 May 2011 11:58:47 -0400

Here is my existing macro:

MyCommand Name: delete 5

Sub Main
I = 5
Do Until I = 0
SendKeys "{delete}"
Wait 1
I = I -1
Loop
End Sub

---

Instead of writing 5 separate macros, and substituting I = 5 with I = 4, I = 3 etc....can I write one macro that can toggle between 1 and 5 depending on what I say?

Something like delete

Hopefully this makes sense.

If not let me know.

Thanks,

Dan

Microsoft Outlook - Reading Pane

Wed, 4 May 2011 09:30:43 -0400

If you have the Reading Pane option enabled in Microsoft Outlook you can navigate to the Reading Pane using the Dragon voice commands:

Go to next pane
Go to previous pane

Move to next pane
Move to previous pane

Next pane
Previous pane

However, Dragon recognizes the Reading Pane as a nonstandard window and voice commands or navigation by voice within the Reading Pane may not work.

Commands in Open and Save dialogs

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:40:38 -0400

Having trouble moving directly to "List View" in "Open" or "Save" dialog boxes with one command. I can get there saying "Pres-Shift-Tab" twice. That is the only way besides saying "Press-Tab" until the focus gets to the list of files and folders. Also, I'm looking for a command that will take me directly to the "Search" edit field to enter a search term. I cannot find that either. If I say "Search" the focus will move to the image of the magnifying lens. I've checked documentation and I cannot find anything. Thank you!

"Sendkeys_Cancelled" error in Dragon Medical 10

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:26:49 -0400

"Sendkeys_Cancelled" error in Dragon Medical 10

If you see this error message while dictating with in Dragon Medical 10 it may be caused by having Adobe Reader X installed on your computer.

To resolve this error you should disable the �Protected� mode in Adobe Reader X.
1. Close Dragon Medical 10
2. Start Adobe Acrobat X
3. Go to "Edit > Preferences > General Tab"
4. Uncheck "Enable Protected Mode at startup"
5. Close Adobe Acrobat X
6. Restart the computer

Dragon Medical 10 on a Laptop with windows 7

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:27:12 -0400

A laptop with Microsoft Windows 7 almost always defaults to seeing the built-in array microphone as the default microphone for use.

And, Dragon Medical 10 follows the operating system.

So, you might think Dragon is listening to you through one microphone but actually it is hearing you through the built-in microphone.

The fix:
In the Control Panel under Sound disable all microphones except the one you want to use with Dragon.

"Sendkeys_Cancelled" error in Dragon Medical 10

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:07:06 -0400

If you see this error message while dictating with in Dragon Medical 10 it may be caused by having Adobe Reader X installed on your computer.

To resolve this error you should disable the �Protected� mode in Adobe Reader X.
1. Start Adobe Acrobat X.
2. Go to "Edit > Preferences > General Tab".
3. Uncheck "Enable Protected Mode at startup".