| Acknowledgements | 第4-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| 1.1 Note-taking problem in the process of interpretation | 第9页 |
| 1.2 Significance of applying Dragon Naturally Speaking in interpretation | 第9-10页 |
| 1.3 Review of traditional interpretation | 第10页 |
| 1.4 Organization of this research | 第10-11页 |
| 1.5 Introduction of Dragon Naturally Speaking | 第11页 |
| 1.6 Dragon system requirements | 第11-12页 |
| 2. Preparation Work for Interpretation before Using Dragon Naturally Speaking | 第12-15页 |
| 2.1 Training of Dragon Naturally Speaking | 第12页 |
| 2.2 Optimize the audio file with an audio editor (Cool Edit Pro 2.1) | 第12页 |
| 2.3 Building word-data bank in Order to improve its accuracy | 第12-15页 |
| 2.3.1 Add new words or phrases or import a list of words phrases | 第12-13页 |
| 2.3.2 Learn from specific documents | 第13-14页 |
| 2.3.3 Improve Dragon's accuracy by launching its Accuracy-Tuning | 第14-15页 |
| 3. Acquisition of Sound Sample of an English Speaker before Interpretation | 第15-18页 |
| 3.1 Acquire speaker's sound sample | 第15-16页 |
| 3.2 Finishing touches | 第16页 |
| 3.3 Put Dragon Naturally Speaking in test | 第16-18页 |
| 4. Problems of Dragon Naturally Speaking in the Process of Interpretation andTheir Solutions | 第18-20页 |
| 4.1 Information omission due to external reasons | 第18页 |
| 4.2 Problems with punctuation marks | 第18页 |
| 4.3 Problems with words which have similar or same pronunciations | 第18页 |
| 4.4. Solutions to above-mentioned problems | 第18-20页 |
| 4.4.1 Tactics for information omission | 第18-19页 |
| 4.4.2 Solutions to punctuation-mark problems | 第19-20页 |
| 5. Case Studies Based on Dragon's Performance on Speakers with DifferentAccents | 第20-37页 |
| 5.1 A standard American-English speaker(Cyber Crime) | 第20-21页 |
| 5.2 An African speaker | 第21-23页 |
| 5.3 A British speaker | 第23-25页 |
| 5.4 English on medical subjects from TED | 第25-27页 |
| 5.5 English on news report of tornados from www.abcnews.go.com | 第27-29页 |
| 5.6 English on Barack Obama's weekly address | 第29-31页 |
| 5.7 English on George W. Bush's farewell address | 第31-32页 |
| 5.8 English on Ideas Worth Spreading from Daphne Koller, an Israeli-American Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University | 第32-34页 |
| 5.9 English on Dr. Ernesto Sirolli's Want to Help Someone Shut up and Listen, a Ph.D. from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia | 第34-35页 |
| 5.10 English on Rising Cost of Olympics Begs Question-Why Host from VOA regular English | 第35-37页 |
| 6. Comparison between Dragon Naturally Speaking and a Human Interpreter | 第37-40页 |
| 6.1 Dragon Naturally Speaking's advantages | 第37-38页 |
| 6.2 Dragon Naturally Speaking's disadvantages | 第38页 |
| 6.3 A human interpreter's advantages | 第38页 |
| 6.4 Human interpreter's disadvantages | 第38-40页 |
| 7. Conclusion | 第40-41页 |
| References | 第41页 |
