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Nuance tells Dragon users to speak clearly and naturally at a normal conversational tone and pace, and to dictate with a consistent speed and volume.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Speak clearly and naturally, at your normal conversational tone and pace. Dictate with a consistent speed and volume.”
Dictation guidelines (Dragon for PC, version 15 help), Nuance Communications (Dragon help), 2015, Dictation guidelines, list of tips.
Open the original- What it measures
- The two sentences open the vendor's guidelines for dictating to Dragon for PC.
- What it does not show
- A vendor's advice for version 15 of its product. The page does not state a words-per-minute range for normal speech.
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