{"id":9605,"date":"2024-07-18T15:37:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T15:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=9605"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T14:31:50","slug":"fluency-direct-v12-how-to-set-up-for-first-time-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/?page_id=9605","title":{"rendered":"How to Launch and Set Up for First Time Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Restart the computer for the upgrade to take full effect.<\/li>\n<li>Launch Fluency Direct by double clicking on the desktop shortcut icon. <br \/>\n<em><strong>From version 12, this application does not autostart.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Control Bar<\/strong>, called the \u2018<strong>Pill<\/strong>\u2019 will appear on your desktop and your name will populate if you have a license.<\/li>\n<li>Click within the Pill\u2019s solid grey area for a drop-down menu to access <strong>settings and tools<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Microphone Setup<\/strong> in the Pill drop-down menu. <!-- COMPANY LINK IS BROKEN AS OF OCT 2024 It is recommended that you use a microphone from the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.3mhis.com\/docs\/ClinicianSolutions\/FluencyDirect\/en\/suggested-microphone-list.html\">suggested microphone list<\/a>. --><\/li>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>Plug in microphone and select from drop-down list.<\/li>\n<li>Select the button or keyboard key you wish to use to start and stop recording.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Calibrate<\/strong> your microphone to your specific voice and surroundings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li>Complete <strong>Profile Training<\/strong>. This step is optional.<\/li>\n<li>Select <strong>Medical Specialty<\/strong>. This optimises the vocabulary for the types of documents you will be dictating.<\/li>\n<li>The Pill will display a variety of colours as a quick visual cue for the user to know the Fluency Direct status.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Green pill indicates voice recognition typing and audio recording are BOTH working. <\/li>\n<li>A blue pill means audio recording is working but voice recognition typing is not.<\/li>\n<li>If the pill is either red or yellow, neither audio recording nor voice recognition typing are working.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Video: How to Launch and Set Up<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BRkmtAsvkV8?si=c1E6gp8X5Fl1_4mn\" title=\"YouTube video player\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide will show you how to set up Fluency Direct for first time use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":8449,"parent":1495,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"qrg.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9605","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-dictation","category-it-systems"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9605"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15137,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9605\/revisions\/15137"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/training.nuth-itt.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}