Hi Brian, Many thanks were pointing out the limitations to this suggestion. I have also noticed that if I set the slider to zero, and I speak the command too fast, Dragon tends to pick up only the last word of the command and repeat that which leads to the command not being executed. It least this is my interpretation of the behaviour I notice. This is why, I have set the slider to 0.1 ms. For an example of the behaviour that I have described above, try setting the slider to zero and deleting a message in Microsoft Outlook 2003. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 4:04 PM To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] Re: Tip for improving command responsiveness Hi Pranav, this is a great suggestion and it is a feature I have experimented with. However there sometimes are some difficulties with this, especially for people who are not necessarily familiar with the technology. When people are starting out, they are often quite hesitant about delivering commands. Reducing the length of pause before a command can mean that if a person delivers the command quite slowly due to not being confident or experiencing speech difficulty, then the command may not be successfully recognised. Indeed there are some instances where increasing the value on the slider is quite helpful because commands are not successfully recognised. So yes I think reducing the pause length is fine providing you are aware of the limitations. Thanks for suggesting this. Brian Hartgen -----Original Message----- From: j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:j-say-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Pranav Lal Sent: 29 May 2006 01:34 To: j-say@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [j-say list] Tip for improving command responsiveness Hi all, I have found a way to improve command responsiveness in Dragon NaturallySpeaking. In the options dialog box, go to the commands tab and reduced the slider labelled "Pause required before commands" to zero .one milliseconds or 5%. I have found that the responsiveness of the be quiet command in particular has improved significantly. It is almost as fast as physically hitting the control he on the keyboard. Pranav