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From: Frank.Whitney@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Whitney)
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Subject: Dragon Dictate memory requirements
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Date: 1 Dec 90 04:21:15 GMT
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>I asked you about this before, but I think it was when your system went 
>down.   What options are there for controlling the amount of main memory 
>taken up by  Dragon Dictate?  A friend who uses it finds himself with only 
>390K free, which  is making it hard for him to run some programs (like the 
>tutorial that comes  with Word Perfect).  Is there any way to reduce this 
>usage? 
Most definitely yes!  Right now I'm running my DragonDictate speech 
recognition system along with 30 files, 30 buffers and ansi.sys 
loaded.  The way that I've configured my system, I have more than 471K 
conventional memory currently available.  I'm able to run Word Perfect 
and another product called Zoomtext with my DragonDictate loaded at 
the same time. Have him replace the DT batch file that loads the 
DragonDictate drivers with what is in the batch file.  That will allow 
him to run optimize and it will load the file dragon30.exe into high 
memory.  The optimize function will automatically load his system 
drivers into high memory whenever possible.  Make sure that he's using 
Quarterdeck's Expanded Memory Manager.  It should have come with the 
DragonDictate software.  Also make sure that he's using at least 
version 5.0 Or later.  If he doesn't have the latest version he can 
still use the version 4.X but he will have to load the drivers  
himself.  If he's still having difficulties he can call me at (301)-
725-2169 and I'll help him through it.  If he's really on a tight 
budget have him leave me a message on my answering machine and I'll 
call him back.  I'm generally at work during the day but after 5 
o'clock I'm usually here near the phone. 

I'm really sorry that I missed your first message but I hope that 
this will have helped him a lot.  If he's having any difficulty at all 
please have him call me!  This is a very powerful system and I know 
quite a few other tricks that will enhance the product's output.
Frank.

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