Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Version 11.5
User Guide
Co n te n ts
C H A P T E R 1 In tro d u ctio n
A bout this guide
What should I expect from D ragon?
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C H A P T E R 2 In sta lla tio n a n d Use r Pro file Cre a tio n
P lugging in the microphone
What you should know before installing
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Before installing the software
C hoosing type of installation
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Installing software — T ypical Installation
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Installing software — C ustom Installation 10
Modifying application settings for all users 14
Modifying administrative settings 14
Modifying formatting options for all users 15
C reating your user profile 16
T raining a new user profile 21
A dapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning 23
H ow D ragon automatically configures user profile 25
U pgrading U ser P rofiles 26
V ersion 11.5 F ile Structure 28
A ccessing log files, samples, and tools 29
C H A P T E R 3 Sta rtin g to Dicta te 3 1
Starting D ragon 31
T urning on the microphone 32
Starting to dictate 33
Getting H elp 36
T roubleshooting 40
T he D ragonBar 40
U sing QuickStart 44
C H A P T E R 4 W o rk in g o n Yo u r De sk to p
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P rograms, documents, and folders 47
Switching between open windows 48
Opening and closing menus 50
Selecting buttons, tabs, and options 51
U sing Windows D esktop commands 52
Selecting icons on the desktop 54
R esizing and closing windows 55
Scrolling in popular programs 56
Scrolling in windows and list boxes 57
Opening lists and making selections 57
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P ressing keyboard keys 58
Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse 63
C H A P T E R 5 Co rre ctin g a n d Ed itin g 6 9
C orrecting mistakes 69
Selecting text by voice 74
Moving around in a document 78
C opying, cutting, and pasting text 80
D eleting text 80
Spelling as you dictate 83
P laying back your dictation 85
U sing text-to-speech 91
C H A P T E R 6 Fo rm a ttin g 9 3
C apitalizing text 94
F ormatting text 96
C H A P T E R 7 Dicta tin g N u m b e rs, Pu n ctu a tio n , a n d Sp e cia l Ch a ra cte rs 1 0 1
D ictating numbers 101
P unctuation 111
D ictating hyphenated words 113
D ictating compound words 115
D ictating names 116
D ictating abbreviations and acronyms 116
D ictating e-mail and Web addresses 117
D ictating special characters 118
Switching recognition modes 119
Information, Sales, Services and T echnical Support 127
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Introd uction
ragon N aturallySpeaking let you talk to your computer
instead of typing. A s you talk, your words are transcribed
onto your screen and into your documents or e-mail messages.
T alking to a computer while it types what you say is called
dicta ting. Y ou can dictate, rather than type, into any program
that accepts text.
Y ou can use D ragon to:
n C ompose letters, memos, and send e-mail messages—C ut and
paste inside your documents as well as revise and format text.
Just think about what you want to say, and then say it into the
microphone.
n E nter data into forms or spreadsheets. (A vailable in
P rofessional and higher editions)—Most people can dictate
numbers faster than they can type. U sing D ragon
P rofessional or higher editions, you can create custom voice
commands to let you move from field to field on your form by
voice.
n Work on the Web—Search the Web, access information, and
navigate Web pages by speaking U R L s and links.
n Start programs and open menus.
n U se handheld recorders to dictate while you are away from
your computer. D ragon can then transcribe what you said.
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About this guide
T his guide covers all editions of D ragon. Most information
presented applies to all the editions, and the manua notes any
differences between the editions.
Conventions used in this guide
1 T his guide contains many examples of words and phrases
you can say when using D ragon. T hese examples appear in
italics with quotation marks, for example: “F or ma t Tha t
Bold.”
2 Some procedures also include sample text for you to dictate.
Sample text appears in a different typeface, with punctuation
in square brackets.
3 T his guide applies to the all E nglish dialects that ship with
D ragon:
n U S E nglish
n U K E nglish
n A ustralian E nglish
n Indian E nglish
n Southeast A sian E nglish
U S E nglish uses U S spelling, punctuation, and time and
currency formats. We recommend U S E nglish for C anadian
users since this dialect formats numbers (including times,
telephone numbers, and currency) in N orth A merican
formats.
A ll other dialects use U K spelling, punctuation, and time and
currency formats (some number settings depend on your
Windows R egional Settings). Where multiple dialects are
used in dictation examples, those dialects appear in a different
font style. F or example:
Y ou can also correct a longer phrase by saying “C or r ect
[text] Thr ough [text]” (U S/C anada) or “C or r ect [text] To
[text]” (Other D ialects).
4 T his guide uses U S spelling and punctuation for consistency.
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5 T his guide also includes tips and notes to help you use the
software more effectively. T ips and notes appear like this:
NOTE:
If you pause correctly, but Dragon still types a command as
dictation, you can force it to recognize what you say as a command by
holding down the CTRL key.
W ith N u m b e rs Mo d e on, Dragon tries to interpret everything you say
as a number. If you dictate words, the results will be unpredictable.
However, you can still navigate menus and switch between programs
by voice when N u m b e rs Mo d e is on.
What should I expect from Dragon?
One reason to use D ragon is to boost your productivity. A nother
is to reduce the strain using a computer puts on hands, eyes,
shoulders, etc. Maybe you like the idea of being able to lean
back in your chair, put your feet up on the desk, and still get
work done.
D ragon works by using sophisticated acoustic and statistical
models; it can quickly adapt to you in various ways, becoming
familiar with the sound of your voice as well as the particular
words you use in your dictations. F or best results, you should
develop simple habits such as positioning your microphone
consistently, dictating punctuation, speaking clearly and evenly,
pausing briefly before and after voice commands, and taking
advantage of the easy tools D ragon offers to optimize accuracy:
for instance, adding to D ragon's vocabulary your own jargon,
acronyms, phrases or words for which you want a special
pronunciation or spelling. D ragon lets you import lists of
vocabulary entries all at once; you can even point D ragon to
texts that are similar to what you plan to dictate and it will
quickly "study" them.
P ersonalizing D ragon's vocabulary is easy, and very important
for productivity, since it preempts recognition errors. (If a word
you dictate is not in D ragon's vocabulary, the software cannot
transcribe it.) P roperly correcting D ragon's errors will also help
it learn. T he more you use D ragon, the more opportunities the
software will have to adapt to you, both in terms of acoustics
and in terms of language.
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Do I still need my keyboard and mouse?
A lthough you can use D ragon to do almost everything on your
computer by voice, some things are still easier to do using the
mouse or keyboard.
If using a mouse and keyboard is an option for you, try
experimenting with using your voice and using your hands for
different tasks, to see what works best.
What if I can’t use a keyboard and mouse?
If using a mouse and keyboard is not an option, C hapter 4,
Working on Y our D esktop on page 47.
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Insta lla tion a nd User Profile
Crea tion
his chapter presents how to install and set up D ragon, and
then how to train D ragon to understand your voice.
T he installation process checks to make sure your system meets
the minimum system requirements needed for D ragon. T hese
system requirements are listed in the information that came with
your copy of D ragon.
If your system does not meet these requirements, D ragon will
not be installed.
Multiple users on one computer
D ragon is licensed on a “per individual” basis. Y ou are
permitted to install the software on more than one computer
(such as on a desktop and a laptop computer, or on a work and a
home computer), but you cannot use the software concurrently
on more than one computer. Y ou are permitted to create
multiple voice profiles, so long as each voice profile is for you. If
someone else wants to create a voice profile, that person must
purchase a separate D ragon license.
V olume license agreements are available.
Plugging in the microphone
T o use D ragon, you will need to plug in your microphone.
If you are not sure how to plug in your microphone, consult the
documentation that came with your microphone.
NOTE:
If you already have speakers for your computer, you can also
use these to playback recorded speech instead of your headphones.
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What you should know before installing
Installing Dragon to a custom location
T he default installation directory for D ragon is:
C :\P rogram F iles\N uance\N aturallySpeaking11
D uring the installation procedure, you can choose to install
D ragon to a different directory or drive on your machine.
C hoosing a different directory during installation only installs
the D ragon program files to that location.
R egardless of where you install the D ragon program files,
D ragon always installs the languages and vocabularies that you
selected during the installation to the C : drive, as well as
creating the location where your users profiles will be created.
T hese profiles can consume a large amount of disk space on
your C : drive. F or more information on the D ragon installation
directories, see V ersion 11.5 F ile Structure on page 28.
Y ou can customize your installation to reduce the amount of
disk space used on your C : drive by not installing unwanted
languages and vocabularies. F or more information, see
Installing software — C ustom Installation on page 10.
Installing on Windows Vista/ Windows 7
D ragon V ersion 11.5 is compatible with all editions of Windows
V ista.
If you upgrade a machine from a previous version of Windows
to Windows V ista/Windows 7 and that machine has V ersion 9.x,
10.x or 11.0 of D ragon installed, that version of D ragon will not
work after upgrading to Windows V ista. A ll your user profiles
from these previous versions remain intact and can be upgraded
when you install D ragon V ersion 11.5 or higher.
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Coexistence with other Dragon products
Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon
Y ou can have only one version of D ragon installed on your
system.
NOTE:
Running Version 9.x, 10.x, or 11.0 concurrently with Version
11.5 is not supported.
Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition
Y ou can install D ragon SD K C lient E dition 11 on the same
machine where D ragon 11 is installed. In addition, D ragon 11
and D ragon SD K C lient E dition 11 can share users and
vocabularies.
Y ou can only run one product at a time. F or example, if you are
running D ragon, you cannot run any of the SD K C lient tools or
samples.
NOTE:
Coexistence of Version 11.5 with Dragon SDK Client Edition
Version 9.x or 10.x is not supported.
Before installing the software
Before installing, modifying, or upgrading D ragon:
1 C lose all open applications.
2 T urn off or disable antivirus software; the installation process
can sometimes trigger a false virus report.
NOTE:
You must have Administrator rights to install or uninstall Dragon
on W indows XP, W indows Vista, or W indows 7. Administrator rights
are not required to create a user profile or use the software after
installation.
On W indows XP Professional, W indows Vista, and W indows 7
systems, if as an administrator you want to create a Dragon user profile
for a W indows limited user (user with restricted privileges), you must log
on using that Windows limited user account before creating the Dragon
user profile.
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If you create a Dragon user profile for a limited user while logged in as
a Windows administrator, the limited user will not be able to access that
user profile. These restrictions also apply to an upgrade installation.
3 C hoose the type of installation to carry out.
Ch o o se In sta lla tio n Ty p e
Choose whether to install the entire product or only
particular features of the product, as explained in the next
section.
You can also carry out an MSI installation. Refer to the
online Dragon System Administrator Guide PDF or Help file
for details.
Choosing type of installation
When you install D ragon, you can either do a complete (typical)
installation or a custom installation. N uance recommends you
do a complete installation unless you are experienced with the
product. T he table below tells more about each installation type.
TYPE
DESCRIPTIO N
Installs all options and speech profiles. Requires the
maximum disk space.
Typical/
Complete
Lets you select particular options and vocabularies to
install. Can greatly reduce the disk space required.
During a custom installation, in the Professional edi-
tion, you can modify settings that are then applied to
all user profiles created with this installation, including
Windows limited account users.
Custom
NOTE:
If you decide not to install some Dragon components by
selecting Cu sto m installation, you can install them later by running the
Setup program again and choosing Mo d ify .
If you are installing the product for multiple users, you should
choose a Custom installation rather than a Typical/Complete
installation. T o carry out a custom installation, proceed to
Installing software — C ustom Installation on page 10.
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Otherwise, proceed with Installing software — T ypical
Installation on page 9.
Installing software — Typical Installation
To install all features of Dragon:
1 Insert the D ragon D V D into your D V D drive.
If the installation does not start automatically, use Windows
E xplorer to find and double-click setup.exe on the D V D .
NOTE:
W indows Vista: W hen you start the installation on W indows
Vista, you may see the message saying A p ro g ra m n e e d s y o u r
p e rm issio n to co n tin u e . Click Co n tin u e to start the installation.
2 A fter the Windows Installer begins, it installs two software
packages if they are not already installed:
n V isual C ++ V ersion 9.0 R untime
3 A fter the Wizard begins, click N ext to proceed to the License
Agreement page. R ead the text and select I accept the terms...,
then click N ext.
4 E nter your U ser N ame and Organization, and the Serial
N umber supplied to your installation.
5 (Optional) When the Setup Type page appears, click the
Change button and choose where to install the product.
If no earlier versions of D ragon are installed on your system,
the default directory is:
C :\P rogram F iles\N uance\N aturallySpeaking11
F or a list of directories created by installation, see V ersion
11.5 F ile Structure on page 28.
6 While you are still on the Setup Type page, select Typical.
7 profileC lick Install to start the installation.
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8 When prompted, click Finish to complete the installation. (If
you are prompted to restart your computer, restart it now.)
9 Select Start > All P rograms > Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5 >
Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5. T he DragonBar appears on
your desktop.
1 0 (optional) If you have users from V ersion 9.x or 10.x that
you would like to upgrade before proceeding, refer to
U pgrading U ser P rofiles on page 26.
1 1 If you have no previously existing users, the P rofile Creation
wizard starts immediately after you run the product. P roceed
to C reating your user profile on page 16 to set up a user
profile, then continue as instructed, to train that user profile.
Y ou are now ready to create a user profile, as explained under
C reating your user profile on page 16.
Installing software — Custom Installation
To install portions of Dragon or to install it for multiple
user profiles:
1 Insert the D ragon D V D into your D V D drive.
If the installation does not start automatically, use Windows
E xplorer to find and double-click setup.exe on the D V D .
NOTE:
W indows Vista: W hen you start the installation on W indows
Vista, if you see a message saying A p ro g ra m n e e d s y o u r
p e rm issio n to co n tin u e , click Co n tin u e to start the installation.
2 A fter the Windows Installer begins, it installs two software
packages if they are not already installed:
n V isual C ++ V ersion 9.0 R untime
3 A fter the Wizard begins click N ext to proceed to the License
Agreement page. R ead the text and select I accept the terms...,
then click N ext.
4 E nter your U ser N ame and Organization, and the Serial
N umber supplied to your installation.
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5 (Optional) When the Setup Type page appears, click the
Change button and choose where to install the product.
If no earlier versions of D ragon are installed on your system,
the default directory is:
C :\P rogram Files\N uance\N aturallySpeaking11
F or a list of directories created by installation, see V ersion
11.5 F ile Structure on page 28.
6 While you are still on the Setup Type page, select Custom for
the type of installation.
NOTE:
If you decide not to install some Dragon components by
selecting Cu sto m installation, you can install them later by running the
Se tu p program again and choosing Mo d ify .
7 C lick N ext and you see a tree where you can select any
particular feature of the product and click the down arrow to
its left to choose where/when to install it:
n Install now, on local hard drive
n Install now, with all subfeatures on local hard drive
n Install when it is needed on a just-in-time basis
T hese options are particularly useful for installing multiple
languages and/or multiple vocabularies.
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F or example, see the selections for the Southeast Asian
English vocabulary shown in the illustration below.
In sta llin g o th e r la n g u a g e s, d ia le cts, a n d
sp e cia lize d vo ca b u la rie s
To install user files for the other languages or dialects supplied
with your edition, choose Custom on the Setup Type page. The
user files for each language or dialect contain both spellings
and pronunciations specific to that region. For example, users
who wish to dictate US English spellings—including users with
accents—should install the US (American) English user files.
8 C lick N ext again and, if you do not have the P rofessional
edition, skip to the next step. Otherwise, choose any check
boxes under Additional options to have additional dialog boxes
pop up at the end of the installation, where you can make
changes that affect all users dictating on this computer.
O PTIO N
DESCRIPTIO N
Modify the application’s settings for all users
Displays the Options dialog box at the end of the instal-
lation; here you set several options for all user profiles at
once (see online Help for details). Useful for an installa-
tion in a shared area; for example, in a conference
room where multiple professionals could dictate.
Modify the administrative settings
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O PTIO N
DESCRIPTIO N
Displays the Administrative Settings dialog box at the
end of the installation, where you set up the Roaming
User feature, where to backup your files, and who can
modify commands/ vocabularies.
Modify the formatting options
Displays Auto-Formatting dialog box at end of installa-
tion, where you apply uniform formatting to all
documents dictated at this installation; for example, for-
mats for dates, times, and phone numbers. You also set
whether to expand contractions, apply abbreviations,
and insert commas automatically. See online Help for
more details.
9 C lick N ext.
1 0 C lick Install to start the installation.
1 1 When the installation completes, proceed with any of the
following sections that apply to your custom installation:
n Modifying application settings for all users on page 14
n Modifying administrative settings on page 14
n Modifying formatting options for all users on page 15
1 2 When you are prompted to register the product, select one of
the registration options.
1 3 C lick OK to register the product and click it again to proceed.
1 4 C heck Yes, check for program updates after the setup completes
to download any updates after the setup completes and click
Finish to complete the installation.
1 5 If you chose to upgrade user profiles earlier, when the
message about upgrading your user profiles pops up, click
OK. (T he message might tell you that the installation will not
be complete until after your system is restarted.)
1 6 If you were told you need to reboot in order to complete the
installation, reboot your computer now.
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1 7 Select Start > All P rograms > Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5 >
Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5 or click on the D ragon desktop
icon.
1 8 If you have users from V ersion 9.x, 10.x or 11.0 that you
would like to upgrade before proceeding, refer to U pgrading
U ser P rofiles on page 26. Otherwise, if you have no
previously existing users, the P rofile Creation wizard starts
immediately and you can create a user profile as explained
under C reating your user profile on page 16.
Modifying application settings for all users
If you checked off Modify the application’s settings for all users
during a custom installation, the Options dialog box opens
immediately after the installation completes.
NOTE:
If you did a typical installation, open the O p tio n s dialog box
by running Dragon and selecting To o ls > O p tio n s.
In the Options dialog box, you see several tabs you can use to
set up various aspects of dictating with the product:
n Correction
n Commands
n View
n H ot keys
n Miscellaneous
n P layback/
n Data
Text-to-speech
F or more information on each tab, see the online H elp.
Modifying administrative settings
If you checked Modify the administrative settings during a custom
installation, the Administr a tive S ettings dialog box opens
immediately after the installation ends.
NOTE:
If you did a typical installation, open the Ad m in istra tive
Se ttin g s dialog box by running Dragon without opening a user and
selecting To o ls > Ad m in istra tive Se ttin g s.
In the Administr a tive S ettings dialog box, you see these tabs:
n R oa ming—T o set up roaming users.
n M iscella neous—T o create backup/distribution directories and
control who can modify custom commands.
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n S cheduled Ta sks—T o schedule voice recognition optimization
and data collection for improved accuracy, and let users
modify the schedule.
F or details, refer to the H elp by clicking the H elp button.
Modifying formatting options for all users
If you chose to modify formatting options on the Custom Setup
page during a custom installation, the Auto-Formatting dialog box
opens after the installation completes.
NOTE:
If you did not do a custom installation, to set up formatting: Run
Dragon, open a user, and select To o ls > Fo rm a ttin g .
T he Auto-Formatting dialog box for all versions of D ragon
N aturallySpeaking appears as shown below.
Choose the
options to
apply to your
dictated
documents.
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Creating your user profile
Before you can begin using D ragon, you must let D ragon create
a user profile for each person who is dictating.
Y our user profile stores acoustic information about your voice
that D ragon uses to recognize what you say. T his profile also
stores any changes you make to the standard vocabulary—any
special words, names, acronyms, and abbreviations you add.
When you launch the software for the first time, the P rofile
Creation wizard starts and leads you through creating your user
profile:
NOTE:
If you upgraded a single user from an earlier version, Dragon
opens that user’s profile. If you upgraded multiple users, it displays
profiles for all upgraded users in the O p e n Use r dialog box.
To create a user profile:
1 In the Creating a user profile page, click N ext in the lower
right corner to proceed.
2 P roceed through the wizard, filling in the information it
requests and clicking N ext to proceed.
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When the wizard asks for your name, you can enter your
first name only, a nickname, or your first and last name.
T he wizard asks for your age to help D ragon work with
vocal differences it associates with different age ranges.
T he wizard also asks for region of the world you live in to
help D ragon interpret your speech based on regional
differences.
3 When the H elp Dragon understand how your pronounce words
page appears, select your accent.
T he accents you can choose from are:
n Standard—Select if your accent is not covered by another
choice or your are not sure which accent to select.
n A ustralian accented E nglish
n British accented E nglish
n Indian accented E nglish
n Inland N orthern U S (Great L akes area)—U pstate N ew
Y ork through the C hicago area
n SE A sian accented E nglish—South E ast A sian
n Southern U S—Most of Southern U nited States, including
T exas
n Spanish accented E nglish
D etermining your own accent can be difficult. F or example,
say you grew up in one part of the U nited States but have
lived long enough in another part to lessen your original
regional accent. If you have any doubt about picking an
accent, select Standard and allow D ragon to learn your
accent.
If you do not select a specific accent (in other words, you
select the Standard accent), you may want to perform
A coustic Optimization after using the product for several
hours. A coustic Optimization updates your user profile with
accumulated acoustic data from any corrections and
additional training you may have done. R unning A coustic
Optimization will increase your overall accuracy. In the
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process of increasing your accuracy, A coustic Optimization
may select a different accent for you.
If you select a specific accent, A coustic Optimization will still
increase your overall accuracy, but will not change your
accent. Once you have selected a specific accent for a user,
you cannot change it later.
D ragon V ersion 11.5 lets you create and train users in
multiple languages. If you have purchased an edition with
support for more than one language, you can add languages
by later choosing Custom during the installation and having
the D ragon D V D available to install the language files during
the process of creating user profiles.
4 When the H ow do you talk to your computer? page appears,
select your type of microphone from the list of Microphones. If
you record your speech using a recording device, select a
recorder from the list of Recorders.
5 In the Review your choices page, be sure the information is
correct before you proceed.
6 D ragon automatically chooses a speech model to use as the
foundation for your individual user profile. It also selects the
vocabulary it uses to recognize words correctly based not
only on their sound, but also on their context. H owever, if
you want to select a particular speech model and vocabulary,
you can click the Advanced button and in the Choose models
page select a:
n Speech model from the drop-down list for Speech model.
D ragon uses the speech model to adapt to your voice
during training. D ragon automatically recommends the
type of speech model and vocabulary that is appropriate for
your computer’s speed/memory. U sually, you should follow
D ragon’s recommendation
n T ype of vocabulary from the Vocabulary type list:
n Medium—R equires at least 512 MB of R A M.
n Large—R equires at least 1 GB of R A M.
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n Empty Dictation—(P rofessional edition only) V ocabulary
with a language model but without any words, designed
for experienced users or resellers who want to create
highly specialized vocabularies.
7 C lick OK to save your selections in the Choose models page
and return to the P rofile Creation wizard.
8 C lick the Create button in the lower right corner of the page
to create your user profile.
When D ragon finishes creating your user profile, it takes you
through the next part of the process. P roceed to Setting up/
positioning your microphone on page 19.
Setting up/ positioning your microphone
When D ragon finishes creating your user profile, it displays the
P osition your microphone properly page, where it begins to lead
you through the process of setting up your microphone.
F ollowing the wizard’s instructions, position your microphone .
P ositioning the microphone correctly is important. If the
microphone is out of place, D ragon might not be able to hear
you clearly and make mistakes.
C onsistent positioning is also important. Make sure that you
position the microphone the same way each time you dictate.
H ere are some tips on using particular types of microphones:
Using a headset microphone
n P osition the microphone about a half-inch (approximately
the width of your thumb) from your mouth and a little off
to the side. T he microphone should not touch your mouth,
but it can be almost touching your lips.
n If you need to move the microphone out of the way, lift the
“boom” up and over your head, rather than bending it out
of position or removing the headset.
Using a handheld microphone
n H old the microphone one to three inches from your mouth
and a little off to the side.
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n If the volume display on the DragonBar turns red, try
holding the microphone slightly farther from your mouth.
Using an array microphone
n P osition the array 18 to 30 inches from/pointed at your
mouth.
n A void blocking the path between your mouth and the
array, for example by holding a book or paper in front of
your face.
n A void having any source of noise or signal other than your
voice directly facing the array within at least 15 feet.
9 A fter you have positioned the microphone, click N ext to
continue with C hecking microphone volume/sound quality
on page 20.
Checking microphone volume/ sound quality
A fter you have positioned the microphone and clicked N ext, you
see the Dragon will adjust your volume page.
1 C lick the S ta r t Volume C heck button and then read aloud
the text displayed in the box.
2 When the program beeps to indicate it has finished checking
the volume, click N ext.
3 When the D r a gon will test the qua lity of your sound system
page appears, click S ta r t Qua lity C heck and then read aloud
the text displayed in the box.
4 T he program beeps when it has finished evaluating the sound
quality of your system. If D ragon displays P assed, click N ext
to continue.
NOTE:
W in d o w s Vista o r XP: If you get a So u n d le ve l is to o
lo w e rro r while creating a Dragon user profile, to boost the
microphone’s volume:
1. Select Sta rt > Co n tro l Pa n e l > So u n d a n d Au d io De vice s.
2. On the Vo ice tab, click the Vo lu m e ... button under Vo ice
re co rd in g to open the Re co rd in g Co n tro l dialog box.
3. Set the volume level for the appropriate input device type.
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5 C ontinue with T raining a new user profile on page 21.
Training a new user profile
Immediately after you create your profile, before you begin
dictating, you train D ragon to understand your voice.
P erforming training either during or after creating a user profile
enhances your recognition accuracy. In initial training you read
aloud for several minutes from one of the available texts.
NOTE:
For information on training a mobile user, see the online help.
If you skipped training earlier to open a user profile, from the
D ragonBar menu, select P r ofile > Open U ser P r ofile and select
your name in the list; then click Open to proceed. Since you have
not completed training, options for Tr a ining appear.
To train a new user:
1 When the R ea d text a loud to tr a in D r a gon page of the
wizard appears, choose from these training options:
n Show text with prompting
n Show text without prompting
n Skip training (not recommended)
2 In the R ea d Tr a ining Text page of the wizard, click Go.
3 If you chose the first training option (S how text with
pr ompting):
n A yellow arrow showing you where to start reading
appears.
n C lick Go and begin reading the text. T o take breaks while
you’re training the program, click P ause.
NOTE:
To advance through the first two screens, you must say the
sentences without pausing. For the rest of the screens, it’s okay to pause
in the middle of a sentence.
n When the words change color, it means the computer has
heard and recognized them.
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n If you need to re-read the same words, click Redo, then re-
read them. If the computer still doesn’t get it, just click
Skip. Otherwise, click N ext to continue.
4 If you chose the second training option (Show text without
prompting):
n In the Read Training Text page, under Choosing text to read,
choose a text to read aloud and click N ext.
n When the Text Display page appears, choose how you want
to read the text, from the screen or from a printed page. If
you choose to read from a printed page, click P rint to print
the text.
n C lick N ext to continue.
n If you chose to read the text from the screen, the Speaking
to the computer page appears and advises you to position
your microphone.
n A fter you position your microphone, click Train to begin.
n In the Speaking to the Computer popup, click Begin Training
and read the text in the box.
n C lick N ext page to proceed from page to page.
5 When the list pops up, choose a text to read aloud and click
OK.
Y ou need to read for only about 5 minutes to train D ragon to
recognize your voice.
Y ou can take breaks during this training by clicking P ause.
D on’t worry if you make mistakes or laugh. Y ou should try to
read exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if you
read something incorrectly. T he computer either ignores the
mistake or positions the yellow arrow at the beginning of the
text for you to reread it.
T he progress bar shows how much text is left to dictate.
NOTE:
During training, dictating punctuation is not necessary.
6 When you’ve read enough, the Training wizard displays a
congratulations message. C lick OK and D ragon starts
adapting to your voice.
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7 P roceed to A dapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning
on page 23.
Adapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning
A fter it adapts to your voice, D ragon’s Accuracy wizard appears
and prompts you to first adapt D ragon to your writing style,
then schedule regular A coustic and L anguage Model tuning,
and optionally schedule D ata C ollection.
Adapting to your writing style (Let Dragon search for
words and add them now)
D ragon can analyze your writing style to increase your overall
recognition accuracy. T his tool scans documents in your My
Documents directory—Microsoft Word, C orel WordP erfect, text
files, html files, and rich text files (.rtf).
A dapting to your writing style can add 5 to 30 minutes to user
training. C lose all other programs when you run this step.
NOTE:
Though we recommend that you run this part of the N e w Use r
W iza rd , if you plan to skip this step, select Sk ip th is ste p rather than
Ca n ce l.
1 In the Let D r a gon sea r ch for wor ds a nd a dd them now page
of the Accur a cy wizard, to have D ragon search for words
and phrases you use in your email messages, select the S ent
E -ma ils check box. T o have D ragon search your word
processing and text files, select the M y D ocuments check box.
2 C lick S ta r t to initiate the search for words. While scanning
your files, the dialog box displays the process’s status. When
D ragon finishes searching, it displays a message telling you to
click N ext to continue and proceed with L et D ragon
automatically improve your accuracy on page 24.
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Let Dragon automatically improve your accuracy
A fter it adapts to your writing style, the Accur a cy wizard gives
you the option of setting up a schedule to automatically run
A coustic and L anguage Model tuning processes:
NOTE:
Acoustic and Language Model tuning processes add commonly
used word sequences the user dictates as well as acoustic data from
any corrections and additional training the user executes. Scheduling
tuning processes helps Dragon learn from you and makes your dictation
more accurate.
1 In the Let D r a gon a utoma tica lly impr ove your a ccur a cy
page, to have D ragon periodically tune your user profile to
improve your accuracy, be sure to check the Automa tica lly
impr ove a ccur a cy check box. If you do not change the
schedules, by default D ragon initiates A coustic tuning every
Monday at 2 A M and L anguage Model tuning every day at 3
A M.
2 If you want to have D ragon tune your user profile at a
different time or more or less often, click the C ha nge
S chedule button and, in the S elect Time a nd F r equency
dialog box, set the schedules on both the Acoustics and
La ngua ge M odel tabs. T he schedules do not have to be the
same. A s a rule, you should try to run these processes when
you are not dictating and run the L anguage Model tuning
more often.
3 Be sure that you check the E na ble check box on both the
Acoustics and La ngua ge M odel tabs or the tuning processes
occur on the default schedule, rather than the schedule you
set.
4 C lick N ext to continue.
Scheduling data collection (Help us improve Dragon)
A fter it lets you set the schedule for accuracy tuning, the
Accur a cy wizard lets you set whether or not to collect data and
schedule when it should be collected:
NOTE:
W hen you set Data Collection to run, it collects up to 500 MB of
acoustic data and text from your dictation sessions. Once the data is
collected, you have the option of sending it to Nuance to help improve
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the accuracy of future versions of Dragon. No personal information is
ever sent to Nuance and participation in data collection is completely
voluntary.
1 In the H elp us impr ove D r a gon page, you can choose:
n R un D a ta C ollection
n D on’t r un D a ta C ollection but r emind a bout this la ter
n D on’t r un D a ta C ollection
2 If you choose R un D a ta C ollection, click C ha nge S chedule
and set what time and how often the data is sent to N uance
in the S elect Time a nd F r equency dialog box (D a ily, Weekly
or M onthly). If you do collect data, by default D ragon
initiates the process every Wednesday at 12:30 A M.
3 Be sure that you check the E na ble check box in the S elect
Time a nd F r equency dialog box or the collected data is sent
to N uance on the default schedule, rather than on the
schedule you set.
4 C lick N ext to continue.
5 When the C ongr a tula tions, your pr ofile is r ea dy to use page
appears, you can now:
n C hoose to run the tutorial.
n L earn about the many improvements in V ersion 11.5 .
n Modify how D ragon presents itself to you.
n Begin dictating.
6 C lick F inish to close the wizard.
T o upgrade existing user profiles before dictating, proceed to
U pgrading U ser P rofiles on page 26.
Or to begin dictating, proceed to the next chapter, Starting to
D ictate on page 31.
How Dragon automatically configures user profile
A fter you create a user, D ragon automatically analyzes your
hardware and changes the default settings of your users to
optimize performance.
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D epending on your hardware, you might receive a message that
the amount of R A M (memory) on your computer is relatively
low for the operating system. When you use D ragon on such a
computer, try not to have more than one or two applications
open.
Upgrading User Profiles
If you chose to upgrade existing users during the installation, the
U ser U pgrade Wizard appears the first time you run V ersion
11.5.
NOTE:
If you do not want to upgrade users right now, you can exit from
the wizard and do it later.
Otherwise, you can start the U ser U pgrade Wizard from the
Windows Start menu at any time.
To upgrade existing
users:
1 T o start the U ser
U pgrade Wizard,
select Start > All
P rograms > Dragon
N aturallySpeaking
11.5 > Dragon
N aturallySpeaking
Tools > U pgrade
U sers. T he U ser
U pgrade Wizard
appears.
2 On the Select U sers to U pgrade page, modify the list of users to
include users that you want to upgrade. T he wizard starts by
including all users in the current folder as candidates to
upgrade. Y ou add users to the list by clicking the Add button
and browsing for additional users in other locations. Y ou
remove users from the list by selecting them and clicking the
Remove button. A fter the list contains only the users you
want to upgrade, click N ext.
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3 C lick N ext and choose the location for the upgraded user
profiles. A s the U ser U pgrade Wizard modifies your user files
to work with the newest version, it can place the upgraded
user in another location while keeping the old files
untouched, in case you need them again.
4 C lick the Browse button in the Choose Destination page of the
wizard to select the location for the upgraded user profiles. If
you do not set a location, D ragon places the profiles in the
default location (see V ersion 11.5 F ile Structure on page 28).
5 (Optional) If you want to make changes to the user locations,
base vocabularies, and/or acoustic models, click the
Advanced button and the Advanced Options dialog box opens.
In this dialog box, you can make finer adjustments to how
the wizard upgrades particular users. Y ou see a list of the
users being upgraded. F or each user you see the user name,
old location, vocabulary, and one or more acoustic models.
When you click on the location line of a user in the list, the
N ew Location text box below the list becomes available. Y ou
can click Browse and select a new location.
When you click on the vocabulary line of a user in the list, the
N ew Base Vocabulary text box below the list becomes
available. Y ou can choose a new base vocabulary from the
drop-down list.
When you click on the acoustic model line of a user in the list,
the N ew Acoustic Model text box below the list becomes
available. Y ou can choose a new combination language,
language model, and accent from the drop-down list.
6 C lick OK to return to the wizard.
7 C lick N ext to proceed to the U pgrade U sers page where you
click Begin to begin the upgrade process. E xpect to wait
approximately 5 minutes for each user being upgraded.
8 When the upgrade process is complete, click Finish.
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Version 11.5 File Structure
NOTE:
File locations shown apply to installations in the default location.
T he next two sections tell you where D ragon places files on
your computer. T he locations vary, depending on your operating
system.
Windows XP Pro/ XP Home/ Windows Server 2003/ 2008
directory structure
D ragon P rogram directory
Y ou can specify this location during the installation.
C :\P r ogr a m F iles\N ua nce\N a tur a llyS pea king11
\E r eg
\H elp
\P r ogr a m
\Tutor ia l (optional)
D ata and user directories
Y ou cannot change this location—D ragon always installs these
directories to your \D ocument a nd S ettings directory.
C :\D ocuments a nd S ettings\All U ser s\Applica tion
D a ta \N ua nce\N a tur a llyS pea king11\
\D a ta
\D a ta \Tr a ining
\r esults
R oa ming U ser s
\U ser s
C :\D ocuments a nd S ettings\<user na me>\Applica tion
D a ta \N ua nce\N a tur a llyS pea king11\R esults
Windows Vista and Windows 7 directory structure
D ragon P rogram directory
Y ou can specify this location during the installation.
C :\P r ogr a m F iles\N ua nce\N a tur a llyS pea king11
\E r eg
\H elp
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\P r ogr a m
\Tutor ia l (optional)
D ata and user directories
Y ou cannot change this location—D ragon always installs these
directories to your \D ocument a nd S ettings directory.
C :\P r ogr a mD a ta \N ua nce\N a tur a llyS pea king11\
\D a ta
\D a ta \Tr a ining
\r esults
R oa ming U ser s
\U ser s
C :\U ser s\<user na me>\AppD a ta \R oa ming\N ua nce\
N a tur a llyS pea king11\R esults
Cleaning up after uninstalling
T he following files remain on your machine after you uninstall:
\Windows\Speech\
speech.hlp
vcauto.tlb
vcmd.exe
vcmshl.dll
vtxtauto.tlb
VText.dll
Vdict.dll
WrapSAP I.dll
XTel.Dll
Xcommand.dll
Xlisten.dll
Xvoice.dll
spchtel.dll
speech.cnt
speech.dll
D ragon installs these files for Microsoft SA P I4 support. Y ou do
not need these files if you do not have other speech applications
that require SA P I4. If you do have applications that require
SA P I4 support, you might need to re-install those applications if
you remove these files.
Accessing log files, samples, and tools
Y ou can open log files and samples from the desktop:
n N aturallySpeaking log file (dragon.log)—Select Start >
P rograms > Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5 > Show Dragon Log.
n N aturallySpeaking setup files (dgnsetup.log)—Select Start >
P rograms > Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5 > Show Setup Log.
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n Structured command samples—Select Start > P rograms >
Dragon N aturallySpeaking 11.5 > MyCommands Samples.
(P rofessional edition only)
n T ools—Select Start > All P rograms > Dragon
N aturallySpeaking 11.5 > Dragon N aturallySpeaking Tools.
(P rofessional edition only)
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Sta rting to Dicta te
ow that you’ve installed the software and completed
training, you’re ready to dictate your first sentence.
Starting Dragon
If D ragon N aturallySpeaking is not already running, you can
start it by:
n D ouble-clicking the D ragon icon on the
desktop.
n Selecting Start > P rograms > Dragon
N aturallySpeaking 11.5 > Dragon N aturallySpeaking
11.5.
n If the QuickStart option is enabled, right-clicking the
QuickStart taskbar tray icon and selecting Start
Dragon. F or more on using the QuickStart option, see
U sing QuickStart on page 44.
NOTE:
You can start Dragon over a Remote Desktop connection
(W indows XP Professional and Windows XP Home), but interactive
dictation is not supported. Using a Remote Desktop connection, you can
access the Dra g o n Ba r and transcribe dictation but you cannot use a
microphone attached to the remote machine to dictate.
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Turning on the microphone
Before you can dictate, you need to turn on the microphone. T o
turn on the microphone, you:
n C lick the microphone
icon on the D ragonBar.
Y ou can click this icon
again to turn it off.
n P ress the plus (+) key on
the numeric keypad to
turn the microphone on,
Microphone icon
and then press it again to turn the microphone off.
n C lick the microphone icon in the Windows task bar.
T he button and the volume meter on the DragonBar change to
show if the microphone is off or on.
Shows that the microphone is
off
Shows that the microphone is
on
NOTE:
Once the microphone is off, you cannot turn it on again by
voice.
Sleeping and waking up
T o make D ragon stop listening temporarily:
1 Say “Go to S leep” or “S top Listening.” T hen D ragon
ignores everything except the “Wa ke U p” or “Listen To M e”
commands.
2 T o reactivate the microphone, say “Wa ke U p” or “Listen To
M e.”
Y ou can also press the numeric plus (+) key to turn on/off the
microphone.
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Starting to dictate
®
T o begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft
®
®
Word or C orel WordP erfect ) and begin a new document.
Make sure your text insertion point is at the start of the new
document.
Dra g o n Pa d
You can use the Dra g o n Pa d , a simple word processor
included with Dragon. To open the Dra g o n Pa d , from the
To o ls menu on the Dra g o n Ba r, click Dra g o n Pa d .
TIP:
Remember to click in the window you want to talk to before you
speak.
Start talking.
A s you speak, D ragon 11.5 indicates that it is processing by
displaying a small D ragon logo at your insertion point, and
when you pause, your dictated words appear in your document.
Our research shows that this enables many users to dictate
better, without being distracted by seeing the preliminary results
accumulating in the R esults Box, as in previous versions. T he
traditional R esults Box is still available from the V iew tab of the
Options dialog box. (F rom What’s new)
D on’t worry about mistakes at this point; D ragon improves as
you use it.
Using Natural Punctuation
D ragon can automatically add periods and commas at the
appropriate places in your dictation without you having to
explicitly speak that punctuation. T he N atural P unctuation
feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by
focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is
punctuated.
N atural P unctuation inserts only periods and commas. Y ou
have to dictate other punctuation marks. E ven with N atural
P unctuation turned on, you can still dictate periods and
commas. A s you become more adept at dictation and want more
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control over where punctuation appears, you may want to
explicitly dictate all your punctuation.
NOTE:
You can turn Natural Punctuation on and off by voice by saying
"autopunctuation on" and "autopunctuation off" or by selecting To o ls >
Au to -Fo rm a ttin g O p tio n s from the menu of the Dra g o n Ba r and
clicking Au to m a tica lly a d d co m m a s a n d p e rio d s.
F or more information on N atural P unctuation see U sing
N atural P unctuation on page 111.
Dictating punctuation
Y ou can dictate punctuation at any time while you are using
D ragon, even when N atural P unctuation is enabled.
U se the following list as a guide to dictating the most common
punctuation marks. (F or a complete list of punctuation, see the
online help.)
TO ENTER
SAY (US/ C a na d a )
SAY (O the r Dia le cts)
,
comma
comma
.
period
full stop
!
exclamation point or
exclamation mark
exclamation mark
?
-
:
question mark
hyphen
question mark
hyphen
colon
colon
Starting new lines and paragraph
While you are dictating, you can use the following commands to
duplicate the action of pressing the E N T E R key once (to add a
new line) or twice (to add a new paragraph).
TO
SAY
Add a new line
“New Line”
Add a new
paragraph
“New
Paragraph”
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Saying "New Paragraph" presses the ENTER key twice and capitalizes
the next word you dictate.
Tips for dictating text
n T o erase the last thing you said, say “S cr a tch Tha t.”
n Y ou can repeat “S cr a tch Tha t” to undo a sequence of
phrases.
n T o undo the effects of a command, say “U ndo Tha t.” If
“U ndo Tha t” fails to undo an action, try repeating the
command until you completely undo the operation.
n T o stop a recognition in progress (and turn the microphone
off), click the small red button inside the Results Box.
n Y ou can change the very last phrase you spoke by saying
“Bold Tha t,” “C a p Tha t,” “C or r ect Tha t,” and so on; you
do not have to select the text first.
n T o remove a trailing space after a word, you can say “D elete
P r evious C ha r a cter .”
n Y ou can create a spoken form for words you prefer not to say
aloud. F or example, you can create a command that types
“Snookums” whenever you say “M a r y's nickna me.”
n T o clear (deselect) your last selection, say “U nselect Tha t.”
F or information on correcting any mistakes, see C hapter 5,
C orrecting and E diting on page 69.
Using the Dictation Box
N ormally you can dictate and use D ragon voice commands in
any text window of any application. H owever, you may
occasionally find an application or a specific window in an
application where some voice commands won’t work or won’t
work consistently.
In these situations, you can use a special window, called the
Dictation Box. Y ou use the Dictation Box to dictate and edit text
in these non-standard windows without the difficulties you
might otherwise experience.
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T o start the Dictation Box:
1 P lace you cursor where you want to put the text.
2 Start the Dictation Box by either:
n Saying “S how D icta tion Box”
n Select Tools > Dictation Box from the DragonBar
n U se C T R L + SH IF T + D
3 When the Dictation Box displays, you can dictate and edit text
inside the Dictation Box using all D ragon commands.
4 Once you are done dictating and editing the text, say or click
“Tr a nsfer .” T he text you dictated in the Dictation Box is
transferred to the application.
F or more information on using the Dictation Box with a non-
standard window, see the online help.
Printing and saving your dictated text
Printing
F rom the File menu of your word processor, use the mouse to
choose P rint. Or say “C lick F ile,” pause, and say “P r int.” Y ou
can also simply say “P r int D ocument” or “P r int F ile” if the
N atural L anguage C ommands are enabled. See the online help
for more information.
Saving
F rom the File menu, choose Save. Y ou can also say “C lick
F ile” and then say “S a ve.” R emember, you have to pause
between the “C lick F ile” and the “S a ve” commands to have
D ragon recognize them as two separate commands. If the
N atural L anguage C ommands have been enabled, you can say
“S a ve D ocument.”
Getting Help
T o access the online H elp for D ragon, click the H elp menu on
the D ragonBar and choose H elp T opics.
A lternatively, you can say “Give M e H elp.”
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Y ou can print individual H elp topics with the P rint button in the
H elp window. T o open the online H elp links, just say their
names. T he links display next to the application window and
give you examples of the most common commands that work in
the application you are currently using.
T he online help includes the following information not found in
this user guide:
n C reating and Managing U sers
n D ictation Guidelines
n D ictating using a P ortable R ecorder
n D ictating with a R oaming U ser
n C orrecting R ecognition E rrors
n R evising T ext
n Improving R ecognition A ccuracy
n Working on Y our D esktop
n Working in P rograms
n C reating C ommands with MyC ommands
n D ragon T ools
“What Can I Say?”
Saying “Wha t C a n I S a y? ” brings up the Dragon Sidebar with
Dragon Tips displaying below it. T he Dragon Sidebar displays a
selection of useful commands that D ragon recognizes for the
current context, whether it is a particular program you are using
or the Windows desktop.
To open the Dragon Sidebar:
1 C hoose Dragon Sidebar from the H elp menu on the
DragonBar or say either “Wha t ca n I sa y” or “S how
S ideBa r .”
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2 T he Dragon Sidebar opens, displaying a selection of
commands next to the window you are working in.
The contents of the Dragon Sidebar change
depending on the application that is active.
For example, when you switch between
Microsoft Outlook and the DragonBar,
the contents of the Dragon Sidebar
change accordingly.
DragonBar
commands
MS Outlook
commands
NOTE:
Commands marked with an asterisk (*) are available only if you
selected the Enable Natural Language Commands check box on the
Commands tab of the Options dialog box.
3 T o see commands for the Windows D esktop, click on the
desktop and watch the commands in the Dragon Sidebar
change.
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NOTE:
A list of Global commands (available everywhere) appears if
there are no Dragon commands available for the active program.
Windows Desktop commands
available on the desktop and Global
commands available in all windows.
Global
commands
Desktop
commands
4 T o see additional commands for the current program, click
the Mouse or MyCommands tab along the top of the Dragon
Sidebar. Or click one of the icons to the upper right (see next
illustration) to open:
n C ommand Browser
n V ocabulary E ditor
n Options dialog box
n D ragon H elp
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Vocabulary
Editor
MyCommands
Mouse
Options
dialog box
Command
Browser
Icons to the top far right
on Sidebar open various
functions inside Dragon.
Dragon
Help
}
Commands
5 F or more information, see the online help.
Tutorial
T o start the T utorial, choose Tutorial from the H elp menu on the
DragonBar. T he T utorial includes a number of lessons covering
the basics of D ragon.
Troubleshooting
If you are having problems using D ragon, or if you are getting
unexpected results, please refer to the Resolving P roblems and
Tips sections of the online help.
The DragonBar
T M
T he DragonBar gives you access to D ragon functions and
features.
Menus
Volume Display
Microphone
Extras
Status
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Microphone button and volume display
When the microphone is on, the
Volume Display shows the sound
Volume display
level:
nY ellow means silence or that you
are speaking too softly.
nGreen means that you are
speaking at a proper level
n R ed means that you are speaking too loudly.
The Full Text Control indicator
T he DragonBar includes a Full Text Control indicator that turns
green when you are in an application or window where all of
D ragon’s functionality is supported.
Full Text Control indicator (looks like check mark)
displays in green to show that you can dictate.
N ormally you can dictate and use D ragon voice commands in
any text window of any application. H owever, you may
occasionally find an application or a particular window in an
application where some voice commands won’t work or won’t
work consistently.
When you are in a non-standard window, the Full Text Control
indicator goes out, indicating that you may have some difficulty
selecting and editing dictated text.
A lso, when you start dictating into a non-standard window, the
DragonBar will display Dictating into a non-standard window.
If you have difficulty in dictating or correcting in one of these
non-standard windows, use the Dictation Box. See the online
help for more information on using the Dictation Box.
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Extras toolbar
If the button is in your edition of D ragon, you can click the
Extras button on the far right of the DragonBar to open the
Extras toolbar. T he Extras toolbar displays buttons for
transcribing hand-held recorder audio and playing back your
dictation.
Stop
Playback
Start
Playback
Skip
Forward
Correction
Button
Transcribe
Button
Skip
Back
Read
That
Correction
C licking the Correction button opens the Correction menu to
teach the computer what you said. See C hapter 5, C orrecting
and E diting on page 69.
Transcribe
U se this button to transcribe your speech from a handheld
recorder. See the online help for more information.
Start Playback and Stop Playback
When you select text and click the Start P layback button, you
hear a recording of your dictation. A yellow arrow displays on
your screen during playback, following what you said. C lick the
Stop P layback button to stop the recorded speech playback.
Read That
When you select text and click the Read That button, D ragon
reads the text to you.
Skip Back and Skip Forward
U se these buttons to skip backward or forward one utterance.
T o D ragon, an utterance is a group of words said together
without pausing.
Y ou can display the Extras menu items in the main DragonBar.
See the online help for more information.
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Changing the DragonBar position
T o change the position of the DragonBar, click the D ragon icon
at the far left of the DragonBar. A menu displays that lets you
move the DragonBar to various positions on your display:
SELECT...
TO ...
Docked to Top
(default) mode
lock the DragonBar to the top of the screen.
Docked to Bottom
mode
lock the DragonBar to the bottom of the
screen.
Floating mode
Cling mode
freely position the DragonBar.
make the DragonBar appear just above the
window you are dictating into.
Tray Icon Only mode
hide the DragonBar completely and display
the Microphone icon only in the Windows
task bar.
NOTE:
You can also hide the Dra g o n Ba r by saying “Switch to Tray
Icon Only Mode.” To make a hidden Dra g o n Ba r reappear, right-click
on the small microphone in the lower right corner of the screen. From
the menu that appears, click Re sto re Pre vio u s Dra g o n Ba r Mo d e .
Controlling Dragon with voice commands
Y ou can operate D ragon with voice commands. F or example, to
show the Extras toolbar, say “S how E xtr a s Ba r .” F or a list of
other voice commands that control D ragon, see Controlling the
DragonBar in the online help.
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Using QuickStart
T he D ragon QuickStart taskbar tray icon gives you quick access
to D ragon and recent users. R ight-clicking the QuickStart icon
displays the QuickStart menu.
NOTE:
This option is installed at the end of Dragon setup process.
When in QuickStart mode, D ragon launches automatically at
system startup time and adds the D ragon icon to the Windows
taskbar.
To enable QuickStart:
T wo ways to enable QuickStart mode are:
n D uring Custom installation. If during the installation you
choose to set D ragon options, when the installation is
complete.
n By clicking the D ragon icon in the upper left corner of the
DragonBar and selecting Tray Icon Only Mode. See U sing
QuickStart on page 45 for more information.
To shut off/ permanently disable QuickStart:
1 In the DragonBar menu, select Tools > Options and click the
Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box.
2 D e-select Launch in QuickStart mode on Windows startup.
To Redisplay the DragonBar:
T o display the DragonBar while the product is running in
QuickStart mode, right-click on the microphone icon in the
QuickStart taskbar tray and select Restore P revious DragonBar
Mode.
To Temporarily Disable QuickStart:
T o temporarily disable QuickStart, right-click the QuickStart
taskbar tray icon and select Exit. T his action exists D ragon and
removes the QuickStart tray icon from the Windows taskbar.
When you re-start Windows, the QuickStart taskbar tray icon
re-displays.
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Using QuickStart
Y ou access QuickStart by right-clicking the D ragon QuickStart
taskbar tray icon. T his action displays QuickStart menus that
parallel the menus in the D ragonBar.
SELECT...
TO . ..
Turn on or off the microphone.
Turn Dragon’s Micro-
phone On/ Off
Take any action you would otherwise takefrom the Profile menu. Add
an audio source; add a vocabulary; open, close, save, ,manage. back-
up or restore a user profile.
Profile >
Open any option from the Tools menu.
Open any option from the Vocabulary menu.
Open any option from the Modes menu.
Open any option from the Audio menu.
Open any option from the Help menu.
Shut down Dragon if it is currently running.
Tools >
Vocabulary >
Modes >
Audio >
Help >
Close DragonBar
If the QuickStart icon becomes unavailable for any reason, you
can always start D ragon from the Windows Start menu.
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C H A P T E R
4
W ork ing on Your Desk top
his chapter describes how to control almost everything on
your computer with D ragon N aturallySpeaking voice
commands.
Programs, documents, and folders
U sing voice commands, you can start programs and open
documents and folders that appear in your Start menu or
desktop.
Y ou can’t start D ragon by voice. H owever, you can have
D ragon automatically start in Sleep mode whenever you start
Windows by selecting Microphone on (asleep) option in the
Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box. See the online help
for more information.
Starting a program
T o start a program from the Start menu, say “S ta r t” and then
the name of the program exactly as it appears on the menu or
submenu of the Start menu. Y ou can also say the name
displayed below the icon on your desktop.
®
®
F or example, to start Microsoft Internet E xplorer , say “S ta r t
I nter net E xplor er .”
Shorter names for popular programs
F rom start_and_exit_programs
F or the popular Windows programs listed here, you can use
shorter program names in addition to the standard program
label shown on the Start menu or under the program icon on the
D esktop. F or other programs you'll need to say the standard
program label.
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n MS Word, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office Word
n MS E xcel, Microsoft E xcel
n MS Outlook, Microsoft Outlook
n Outlook E xpress
n MS P owerP oint, Microsoft P owerP oint
n MS A ccess, Microsoft A ccess
n MS InfoP ath, Microsoft InfoP ath
n Internet E xplorer, Microsoft Internet E xplorer
n F irefox, Mozilla F irefox
n C orel WordP erfect, WordP erfect
n A crobat R eader
n L otus N otes
Opening documents and folders from the Start menu
T o open a document or folder from the Start menu, say “S ta r t”
and then the name of the document or folder exactly as it
appears on the menu.
F or example, to open a document named sales.doc, you could
say “S ta r t S a les dot doc.” T o open a document named
journal.wpd, you could say “S ta r t jour na l dot w p d.”
®
T o open a document or folder from your Windows desktop, just
say “S ta r t” and then the name below the icon. F or example, to
open a folder named P rojects, say “S ta r t P r ojects.”
Say “Start Projects”
to open the folder.
Switching between open windows
Y ou can switch between the windows you have open by saying
“S witch to” and then say the name of the program or document
window exactly as it appears in the title bar.
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®
®
F or example, if Microsoft Word is running, you can switch to
it by saying “S witch to M icr osoft wor d.”
Y ou can also switch between open windows by saying “S witch
to P r evious Window” (same as pressing AL T +T AB) and
“S witch to N ext Window” (same as pressing
AL T +SH IF T +T AB).
SAY THIS
TO
Switch to Next
Window
Switch to the next application.
Switch to Previous
Window
Switch to the previous application.
®
Switch to Microsoft Make Microsoft Word the active
Word
application.
Switch to (name of Switch to the open application you say.
application)
Say the name of the application as it
appears in the title bar of the application
window.
F rom list_apps_dlg
To switch between open programs or windows
T o list all open programs: Say "L ist P rograms" or "L ist all
windows." T he L ist of Open A pplications window opens.
T o list open windows of multi-document applications: Say "L ist
windows for <program name>" F or example, say "L ist windows
for Microsoft Word" T he L ist of Windows opens.
T o switch to an open program or window: Say "C hoose n,"
where n is the number of the program or window you want to
switch to, or just say the number next to the word. F or example,
say "C hoose 2" or "2"
OR
C hoose the number of the program or window from the list and
click OK.
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Opening and closing menus
Y ou can activate any menu by saying the menu name.
To open a menu:
®
1 Open a program window (for example, Microsoft Word) and
make it active.
Say the name of the menu you want to open (for example, say
“F ile”). If the command does not work, try saying “C lick” and
then the name of the menu you want to open (for example, say
“C lick F ile”).
Say “File” or
“Click File”
Say “Save”
2 In this example, the File menu should open. If the command
doesn’t work (for example, if the word “click” is typed into
your document), you may have paused in the middle of the
command.
3 Say the name of a menu item to activate it (for example, say
“S a ve”).
4 T o close a menu, say “C a ncel.”
TIP:
To open the Sta rt menu, say “Click Start” or “Click Start Menu.”
NOTE:
If commands are often typed into your document instead of
recognized as commands, you can make Dragon recognize commands
only when they are preceded by saying “Click.” To do this, select the
Re q u ire “ Click ” to se le ct m e n u s a n d co n tro ls check box on the
Co m m a n d s tab of the O p tio n s dialog box. For more information,
see the online help.
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Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
When D ragon is running, you can select any button, check box,
text box, or other dialog box option you see by saying its name.
If that doesn’t work, say “C lick” and then its name.
F or example, to select a check box labeled Toolbar, say
“Toolba r ” or “C lick Toolba r .” T o clear the check box (deselect
it), say its name again.
Say “Toolbar” or
“Click Toolbar” to
select check box.
Say “Wrap to
window” or
“Click Wrap
to window”
Y ou can select tabs by saying the name of the tab, alone or
preceded by “C lick.” In the dialog box pictured, you could say
“Options” or “C lick Options” to select the Options tab. Y ou can
also move between tabs by saying “Go to N ext Ta b” and “Go to
P r evious Ta b.”
NOTE:
In some programs, you may not be able to select dialog box
items by saying their names. If this happens, the following method of
selecting items may work: say “Tab Key” repeatedly to move to the item
you want, then say “Press Space Bar” to select it.
See also Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse on
page 63.
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Using Windows Desktop commands
Y ou can use voice commands to perform many actions on the
Windows D esktop, as shown in the table below.
TO DO THIS
YO U CAN SAY
Open Windows special folders
Open your My Computer
window
"Open My Computer"
"Open My Documents"
"Open My Pictures"
Open your My Documents
folder
Open your My Pictures
folder
Open your My Music folder
Open your My Videos folder
Start applications and utilities
Start a program by name
Open Windows Explorer
"Open My Music"
"Open My Videos"
"Open <program name>"
"Open Windows Explorer"
"Open Windows Help"
Open Windows Help and
Support Center
Open the Windows Task
Manager
"Open Task Manager"
"Open Run dialog"
Open the Windows Run dia-
log box
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Open the Windows System
Configuration Utility
(msconfig)
"Open System Configuration Utility"
Open the Windows Control
Panel
"Open Control Panel"
"Open Print Manager"
"Add a new printer"
Open the Windows Print
Manager
Add a printer to your Win-
dows system
Add or remove programs to
your Windows system
"Open Add or Remove Programs window"
"Change Display Settings"
Change the Windows Dis-
play Settings
Change the Windows screen
resolution
"Change screen resolution"
Change Windows Power
Settings
"Change power settings"
Navigate between windows
Switch between windows
"Choose n," where n is the number of the
window you want to switch to. For example,
say "Choose 2"
OR
"Switch to previous window"
OR
"Switch to next window."
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Switch to a specific program
or document
"Switch to <program name>" For example,
say "Switch to Microsoft Word"
OR
"Switch to <document name>"
OR
"List windows for <program name>"
Work with windows
Enlarge the active window to
the size of your monitor's
screen
"Maximize window"
Minimize the active window
Close the active window
"Minimize window"
"Close window"
Minimize all windows and
display the Windows
Desktop
"Show Desktop"
"Minimize [all] windows"
Return a maximized window
to its original size
"Restore window"
Restore all minimized
windows
"Restore [all] windows"
Selecting icons on the desktop
®
Y ou can use voice commands to select icons on the Windows
desktop.
To select an icon on the desktop:
®
1 Switch to the Windows desktop. T o do this by voice,
minimize all open applications and place the mouse pointer
over the desktop icon. Say “M ouse C lick” to make the
desktop active.
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2 Say the name of the icon (for example, “M y C omputer ”).
®
D ragon types the icon name and Windows selects it.
3 T o select another icon, say “M ove” and then the direction
(up, down, left, right) and number of icons (up to 20).
F or example:
Say “M ove R ight 1,” “M ove D own 2,” or “M ove U p 3.”
Say “My Computer”
to select the My
Computer icon
Say “Move Down 2”
to select Recycle Bin
A fter you select an icon, you can say “P r ess E nter ” to start or
open the program and “P r ess S hift F 10” to display its right-
click menu (as if you had right-clicked the icon with the mouse).
Y ou can also use voice commands for these actions. See
Marking and dragging objects on page 65.
Resizing and closing windows
T o resize and close windows, say “C lick” and then one of the
following window commands:
SAY THIS
TO
Click Minimize or
Click Control Menu
(pa use) Minimize
Minimize the active window.
Click Maximize or
Click Control Menu
(pa use) Maximize
Maximize the active window.
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SAY THIS
TO
Click Restore or
Click Control Menu
(pa use) Restore
Restore window to previous size.
Click Close or
Close the active program.
Press ALT F4
Press CTRL F4
Close the active document, not the
whole program (works in many
programs).
®
Click Start Menu or
Click Start or
Open the Windows Start Menu.
Press CTRL ESC
NOTE:
“Click” is required for the Co n tro l menu commands.
TIP:
If you have trouble getting Dragon to recognize any of the window
commands, you can first open the Co n tro l menu by saying “Click
Control Menu,” then say the command.
Scrolling in popular programs
Y ou can use the following commands in many programs to
scroll and move the view through the program's work area.
T hese voice scrolling commands work with Microsoft Office
2003 and 2007 programs, including Word, Outlook, E xcel,
P owerP oint, and InfoP ath.
F rom scroll_in_programs
TO
SAY
Start automatic upward scrolling
Start automatic downward scrolling
"Start Scrolling Up"
"Start Scrolling
Down"
Stop automatic scrolling
"Stop Scrolling"
"Scroll Faster"
Increase the speed of automatic scrolling
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Reduce the speed of automatic scrolling
Move the visible page up one line
Move the visible page down one line
Move up one line in the text
"Scroll Slower"
"Scroll Up"
"Scroll Down"
"Line Up"
Move down one line in the text
Move the page up by a screen
Move the page down by a screen
"Line Down"
"Page Up"
"Page Down"
Scrolling in windows and list boxes
Y ou can scroll vertically in a window (for example, an online
H elp window) or list box by saying “M ove D own” and “M ove
U p” and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20).
F or example, say “M ove D own 4” or “M ove U p 10.”
Y ou can scroll horizontally by saying “M ove Left” and “M ove
R ight” and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20).
F or example, say “M ove Left 10” or “M ove R ight 5.”
Opening lists and making selections
Y ou can activate any list box by saying the list box name.
To open a list box:
1 Say the name of the list box you want to open.
2 Say “S how C hoices,” “D r op List,” or “Open List.” T he list
box opens to show all the choices available in the list.
To make a selection from an open list:
1 Say the full name of the selection.
2 Say “M ove D own” or “M ove U p” and the number of places
your selection is from the current selection.
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Pressing keyboard keys
®
Y ou can activate Windows menus and controls by pressing
keys. With D ragon you can “press” any key on your keyboard
by voice. Y ou can press letters, numbers, modifier keys (SH IF T ,
CT RL , and AL T ), and so on.
Y ou can say “P r ess,” “P r ess Key,” or “Type”—all three voice
commands work the same way.
NOTE:
“Scratch That” will not erase keystrokes dictated with the Press
Key commands. You must select the text by voice or mouse and delete it
or say “Press Delete.”
Pressing letters
Y ou can press any letter on your keyboard by saying “P r ess”
and then the letter. When you’re pressing letters, you must say
“P r ess” before each one. F or example, to enter “txt,” say
“P r ess t,” “P r ess x,” “P r ess t,” pausing between letters.
TIP:
You can also spell words using Sp e ll mode. See Switching
recognition modes on page 119 for more information.
F or similar-sounding letters (such as B, D , and V ), you can use
the International C ommunications A lphabet to spell the letter
keys, for example, “P r ess a lpha ” or “P r ess br a vo” or say
“P r ess d a s in D a vid” or “P r ess d for D a vid,” and so on) as if
you were spelling to another person over the phone.
SAY
THEN
Press
a
b
a ny letter a –z or a ny inter na tiona l
a lpha bet wor d a lpha thr ough zulu
a as in Albert/ Alice/ alpha
b as in Bill/ Buffalo/ bravo
c as in Cathy/ Carl/ Charlie
d as in David/ daughter/ delta
e as in Edgar/ enter/ echo
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SAY
THEN
f as in Frank/ fancy/ foxtrot
g as in George/ gopher/ golf
h as in Henry/ helmet/ hotel
i as in Iris/ Ireland/ India
j as in John/ justice/ Juliet
k as in Karen/ kitchen/ kilo
l as in Larry/ lemon/ lima
m as in Mickey/ magic/ Mike
n as in Nancy/ nobody/ November
o as in Otto/ over/ Oscar
p as in Paul/ people/ papa
q as in Quentin/ question/ Quebec
r as in Robert/ Rachel/ Romeo
s as in Sam/ Singapore/ sierra
t as in Terry/ Tyler/ tango
u as in Ursula/ unit/ uniform
v as in Valerie/ visit/ Victor
w as in Wendy/ wake/ whiskey
x as in Xavier/ Xerxes/ xray
y as in Yolanda/ Yvonne/ yankee
z as in Zachary/ zookeeper/ zulu
(you can also say “for” instead of “as in”)
NOTE:
You can say “Press c” or “Press Charlie” but you cannot say
“Press Cathy” or “Press Carl.”
Capitalizing a letter
Y ou can capitalize a letter by saying “P r ess C a p,” then the
letter.
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F or example, to enter “28K” say “twenty eight” and then
“P r ess C a p K” (or “P r ess C a p K for Ka r en”).
Pressing numbers
Y ou can press numbers (0 to 9) by saying “P r ess” and then the
number. F or example, say “P r ess 8.”
Pressing key combinations
When you’re pressing keys, you can press any combination of
the modifier keys (SH IF T , CT RL , and AL T ) at the same time as
another key, such as a letter. F or example, you can say:
n “P r ess C ontr ol Z ” (undoes last action)
n “P r ess Alt F ” (opens F ile menu)
n “P r ess S hift Ta b” (moves backward through dialog box
options)
NOTE:
Dragon ignores the command “Press Control Alt Delete” (the
keyboard shortcut for restarting a computer).
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Pressing function and numeric keypad keys
T o press a function key (F 1 to F 12), say “P r ess F unction” and
then the name of the key. F or example, say “P r ess F unction 1”
to bring up the online H elp.
T o press the keys on the numeric keypad, say “P r ess Keypa d”
and then the name of the key. F or example, you can say “P r ess
Keypa d M inus” to press the keyboard shortcut that opens the
Correction menu. See the complete list below:
SAY
THEN
Press
Keypad 1
Keypad 9 (you ca n sa y a ny number fr om
0 to 9)
All Dialects: Keypad Point (.)
US/ Canada: Keypad Period (.)
Other Dialects: Keypad Full Stop (.)
Keypad Slash (/ )
Keypad Asterisk (*)
Keypad Minus (-) (opens the Correction
menu)
Keypad Plus (+) (turns the microphone on or
off)
Keypad Star (*) (opens the Dragon menu on
the DragonBar)
Keypad Enter
NOTE:
Num Lock must be on for the “Press Keypad” commands to
work. You can say “Press Num Lock” to turn N u m Lo ck on.
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Pressing other keys
H ere’s a list of other keys you can press by voice:
SAY
THEN
Press
Up Arrow
Down Arrow
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
Home Key
End Key
Page Up
Page Down
Insert Key
Delete Key
Control Key
Shift Key
Alt Key
Print Screen
Scroll Lock
Pause Key
Num Lock
Caps Lock
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Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
D ragon provides hands-free mouse control with MouseGrid and
the mouse motion voice commands. Y ou can use these features
to position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen, click the
mouse buttons, and drag objects—all by voice.
Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid
Y ou can position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen by
using MouseGrid. Y ou can move the pointer relative to the full
screen or the active window.
To use MouseGrid:
1 Say “M ouseGr id” to place the MouseGrid over the full
screen (as shown below) or say “M ouseGr id Window” to
place it over the active window. F or example:
2 Say a grid number from 1 to 9 to position the pointer in that
numbered area. In this example, to position the pointer over
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the R ecycle Bin, say “4.” A smaller MouseGrid will appear
in the chosen grid square.
Say “4” to place
a smaller
MouseGrid over
grid square
number 4.
3 T o zoom in over the desired area, say another grid number.
In this example, say “4” to place the pointer over the R ecycle
Bin icon.
4 C ontinue to say the respective grid number to zoom in until
the mouse pointer is over an icon or other object. Y ou can
use voice commands to click the mouse or mark and drag the
object. See the following sections for instructions.
TIP:
You can undo the last MouseGrid action by saying “U ndo
Tha t.”
T o close MouseGrid, say “C a ncel.”
Moving the pointer with the Mouse command
Y ou can move the mouse pointer up, down, left, or right a short
distance (a few millimeters) by using the mouse pointer
commands.
Y ou can combine moving the mouse pointer and clicking the
mouse in a single voice command. F or example, you can say
“M ouse U p 3 C lick” or “M ouse R ight 2 D ouble C lick.”
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To move the pointer:
1 Say “M ouse” followed by the direction and number of times
to move it (up to 10). F or example, say “M ouse U p 5” or
“M ouse Left 10.”
2 When the pointer is over an icon or other object, you can use
voice commands to click the mouse or mark and drag the
object.
Clicking the mouse
Y ou can click, double-click, left-click, and right-click the mouse
buttons by voice.
To click the mouse:
1 P osition the mouse pointer over the object you want to select
(for example, say “M ouseGr id 9 1” or “M ouse 2”).
2 Say “M ouse C lick,” “M ouse D ouble C lick,” “M ouse Left
C lick,” or “M ouse R ight C lick.”
When an object is selected, you can mark and drag the object
(as described in the next section).
Marking and dragging objects
Y ou can mark an object and drag it to a different location by
voice.
To mark and drag an object:
1 P osition the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag
and then say “M a r k” (for example, say “M ouseGr id 9 1
M a r k”).
2 Move the mouse pointer to where you want to drag the object
and then say “D r a g” (for example, say “M ouseGr id 6 3
D r a g”).
TIP:
Instead of “Drag,” you can also say “Control Drag” and “Shift
Drag” to drag while holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key.
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Dragging the mouse
Y ou can use the following movement commands if you select the
E nable mouse motion commands check box on the C ommands
tab of the Options dialog box.
SAY
THEN A
THEN A SPEED
(O PTIO NAL)
DIRECTIO N
"Drag Mouse" (to move)
"Mouse Drag" (to move)
"Up"
"Faster"
"Down"
"Right"
"Very Fast"
"Much Faster"
"Control Mouse Drag" (to
copy)
or
"Control Drag Mouse"
"Left"
"Slower"
"Upper Right"
"Upper Left"
"Lower Right"
"Lower Left"
"Very Slow"
"Much Slower"
Moving the pointer with the mouse motion commands
In addition to the mouse movement methods described above,
you can also move the mouse by using the mouse motion
commands. Say, for example, “M ove M ouse R ight.” T he mouse
pointer begins moving to the right and keeps moving until you
say “S top.”
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Enabling the mouse motion commands
T o use the mouse motion commands:
1 F rom the Tools menu on the DragonBar, choose Options and
then the Commands tab.
2 Select Enable mouse motion commands and click OK.
3 C lick the Speed button to choose how fast the mouse pointer
moves when you use a mouse motion command.
The mouse motion commands
H ere is a summary of the available mouse motion commands.
SAY
THEN A DIRECTIO N THEN A SPEED (O PTIO NAL)
Move Mouse
Mouse Move
Drag Mouse
Mouse Drag
Up
Down
Right
Left
Upper Left
Lower Left
Upper Right
Lower Right
Fast
Faster
Much Faster
Very Fast
Slow
Slower
Much Slower
Very Slow
While the mouse is moving, you can say any of the commands
above. Y ou can also say:
n “S top” or “C a ncel” to stop the mouse from moving
n “U p,” “D own,” “Left,” “R ight,” “U pper Left,” “Lower
Left,” “U pper R ight,” or “Lower R ight” to change the
direction in which the mouse is moving
n “F a ster ,” “M uch F a ster ,” “S lower ,” or “M uch S lower ” to
change the speed at which the mouse is moving
n “C lick,” “D ouble C lick,” “R ight C lick,” or “Left C lick” to
click the mouse buttons
n “Go to S leep,” “S top Listening,” or “M icr ophone Off” to turn
the microphone off
T o specify which mouse button (left, right, or center) is being
held down during mouse drags or if you want the SH IF T , CT RL ,
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or AL T key held down during the mouse drag, use one of these
commands before saying one of the drag commands in the
preceding table:
n Left
n R ight
n S hift
n C ontr ol
n Alt
n R ight S hift
n R ight C ontr ol
n R ight Alt
n M iddle (requires
three-button
mouse)
F or example, to drag with the SH IF T key held down, you could
say “S hift M ouse D r a g U p.” T o drag with the right AL T key
held down (the AL T key on the right side of the keyboard), you
could say “R ight Alt D r a g M ouse U pper Left.”
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hen D ragon N aturallySpeaking types the wrong words,
you should correct these mistakes. By giving the program
the right word, you actually teach the program not to make the
same mistakes again.
C orrecting mistakes requires some extra effort, but it saves you
time in the long run by making D ragon more accurate. Y ou’ll
probably need to correct mistakes often when you first start
dictating, and then less frequently as the program learns from
your corrections.
Make it a habit to correct mistakes to continue to improve the
accuracy of the program. Make sure you save your speech files
when prompted, to preserve the adjustments the program
makes.
TIP:
You must select a word before typing over it. Using the backspace
key and retyping (or saying “Scratch That”) will not enable the software
to learn from corrections and improve recognition accuracy. For
accuracy to improve, you must first select text and then correct it or
overwrite it with the words you said.
Correcting mistakes
T here are a number of ways you can correct the
misrecognitions in a document. T he following techniques
describe the most basic methods, but you can combine these
techniques in any manner that suits your working style.
To correct text with the keyboard:
1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you
want to correct.
2 P ress the correction hot key to display the Correction menu.
By default, this is the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.
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Y ou can change the hot key assignment on the H ot keys tab of
the Options dialog box. Y ou can also click the Correction
button on the Extras toolbar of the DragonBar.
3 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key
to highlight that choice and then press E N T E R to accept it. If
no alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text.
4 C ontinue until all the text is correct.
Correcting text using voice commands
1 Say “S elect” or “C or r ect” and the text that is incorrect, the
Correction menu appears with a number of alternatives.
n If one alternative is correct, say “C hoose” and the number
of that alternative.
n If none of the alternatives is correct, say “S pell Tha t,”
spell the correct word or words into the Spell dialog box,
and then say “OK.”
Selecting a large amount of text or an entire document and
then saying “S pell Tha t” can produce unpredictable results.
2 V erify that the correct text appears in the document in place
of the misrecognized text and continue to the next
misrecognition.
Correcting text while playing back dictation
1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you
want to correct.
2 C lick P lay That Back on the Sound menu of the DragonBar or
click the Start P layback button on the E xtras toolbar. Y ou
can also say, “P la y tha t ba ck.”
3 When the playback of your dictation reaches a recognition
error, press the correction hot key. By default, this is the
minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.
4 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key
to highlight that choice and then press E N T E R to accept it. If
no alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text and
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press the Correction hot key again. P layback continues
automatically from the point where you stopped.
5 C ontinue until all the text is correct.
Using the Correction menu
T he Correction menu shows D ragon’s best guess of the
alternatives to the words you dictated and selected.
T o correct a word or phrase with the C orrection menu:
1 When you notice a mistake, pause in your dictation, and then
say "Select" and the incorrect word or phrase. If the error is
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in the last thing you said, you can just say "Select T hat."
D ragon highlights the word or phrase, and the C orrection
menu appears.
2 If the correct word or phrase is on the list, start spelling to
choose it, or say "C hoose" and the number of that choice. F or
example, say "C hoose 2." D o not say "C hoose N umeral T wo"
or D ragon will transcribe the phrase as the text "C hoose
N umeral T wo" or "C hoose 2" depending on how you set the
number formatting options on the A uto-formatting dialog
box.
3 If the word or phrase you want is not on the list, spell the
word, or say "Spell T hat," or just say the word again.
correction_dialog_items
T he C orrection menu contains the items listed below. Y ou can
choose them by voice, mouse, or using the down arrow and
pressing E nter.
Numbered list of alternative recognitions
L ists alternatives to what D ragon thinks it heard. If one
alternative is correct, say "C hoose" and the number of that
alternative. F or example, "C hoose T wo."
D o not say "C hoose N umeral T wo" or D ragon will transcribe
the phrase as the text "C hoose N umeral T wo" or "C hoose 2"
depending on how you set the number formatting options on the
A uto-formatting dialog box.
Spell That
Saying "Spell T hat" opens the Spelling window, where you can
enter the correct word or phrase by spelling it or typing it. U se
the Spelling window to play back a segment of dictation, modify
an alternative that is almost correct, or provide acoustic training
so that D ragon better "hears" the difference between what you
said and what it had originally transcribed.
N ote that if you enter a word in the Spelling window that is
unknown to D ragon, D ragon adds the word to its V ocabulary.
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Play That Back
P lays back recorded dictation of the selected word or phrase.
All Caps That
C apitalizes the initial letter in the selected word or words.
Add that to Vocabulary
D isplays the "A dd Individual Word" dialog so you can add the
selected word or phrase to the vocabulary. A dding the word or
phrase will help D ragon recognize it in the future.
Unselect That
D eselects the selected word or words.
Don't Recognize That Word
R emoves the selected word from your active V ocabulary, so that
D ragon won't recognize it again. T his can save you time if
D ragon repeatedly replaces words you dictate with words you
don't use.
F or example, if you dictate the name "C assity" often and
D ragon always hears "C assidy," you could use D on't R ecognize
T hat Word from the C orrection menu to turn off recognition of
C assidy. If you decide later that you do need to use the word,
you can add it back using the V ocabulary E ditor.
Make That a Command
D isplays the MyC ommands E ditor to make the currently
selected word or phrase a D ragon C ommand. With this option,
you can associate up to 70 characters of dictation that you reuse
frequently with a single command. T hat way, you don't need to
retype it or retrieve it from a file location on your computer
when you want to reuse it.
Correction Options
Opens the C orrection tab of the D ragon Options dialog box
where you can modify the behavior of the C orrection menu and
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specify which command is used to bring it up, "C orrect" or
"Select."
Correcting Punctuation
N ote the following when correcting punctuation:
n When you select a phrase (more than one word) that has
punctuation, be sure to dictate that punctuation. F or example,
say you initially dictated, “Toda y is Thur sda y I ha ve a
meeting a t 11 o’clock” and the text was transcribed as “Toda y
is Thur sda y, I ha ve a meeting a t 11 o’clock.” If you want to
change the comma to a period, say “S elect Thur sda y
comma .” If the correct punctuation appears in the Correction
menu, select it. Otherwise, you can dictate over the selection
by, for example, saying “Thur sda y per iod.”
n When you select punctuation, the Correction menu might list
alternate punctuation
n If N atural P unctuation is turned on, when you select a phrase
that D ragon has added punctuation to, the choices will include
punctuation changes .
NOTE:
W hen you select a word that has adjacent punctuation the
Natural Punctuation feature added, the selection will extend to include
that punctuation.
Selecting text by voice
®
Using Full Text Control
Y ou can revise your dictation without correcting it by selecting
the text using the “S elect” command and then saying new
words to replace the selected text.
®
To use Full Text Control :
1 D ictate the sentence below:
US/ Canada: “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesda y [per iod]”
Other Dialects: “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesda y [full stop]”
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2 Say “S elect lunch on Tuesda y.” T he words lunch on Tuesday
should be highlighted on the screen.
3 Say “dinner on Wednesda y.” T hese words should replace
lunch on Tuesday.
Since “Tuesday” and “Wednesday” sound completely different,
D ragon will know you are not correcting a recognition mistake
but rather revising your dictated text.
TIP:
You can also select punctuation marks.
4 Say: “S elect per iod” (US/ Canada) or “S elect full stop”
(Other Dialects). If there’s more than one period or full stop,
you can say “S elect Aga in” to select a different one.
5 T o replace the period or full stop with an exclamation mark,
say “excla ma tion ma r k.”
TIP:
It is often easier for Dragon to find the matching text if you select a
short phrase rather than individual words. If you select some words that
are already correct, just say them again along with the ones you want
to change.
Selecting the same text again
If the words you’re trying to select appear more than once on
the screen and D ragon selects the wrong ones, just say “S elect
Aga in.” T he program then looks for another instance of the
same word or words.
Y ou can also say “S elect Aga in” if D ragon selects a word that
sounds like the word you want, but is not the correct one (for
example, “two” instead of “too”).
Unselecting words
If the wrong text is selected, say “U nselect Tha t.”
Y ou can also unselect words by moving your insertion point (by
mouse or voice) to another part of your document. F or example,
say “Go to E nd of Line” or click somewhere else in your
document.
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Selecting a longer phrase
Y ou can select a longer phrase by saying “S elect [text] Thr ough
[text]” (US/ Canada) or “S elect [text] To [text]” (Other Dialects).
F or [text], substitute the actual word or words at the beginning
and the end of the range of wrong words. F or example, you
could correct the underlined words in the following sentence:
With a little practice, who will develop a habit of dictating an
unclear, steady voice, and the computer will understand you
better.
by saying:
(US/ Canada) “S elect who Thr ough unclea r ” or “S elect who
will Thr ough a n unclea r ”
(Other Dialects) “S elect who To unclea r ” or “S elect who will To
a n unclea r ”
T hen dictate the correct text:
“you will develop the ha bit of dicta ting in a clea r ”
T he final corrected sentence reads:
With a little practice, you will develop the habit of dictating in
a clear, steady voice, and the computer will understand you
better.
NOTE:
If you’re correcting more than one word, the words must all be in
sequence (next to each other). You can’t use a single command to
correct words that are in different parts of your document.
Selecting your whole document
T o select all the text in your document, say “S elect D ocument”
or “S elect All.” T his command is useful when you want to
change the font or the way text is aligned.
When you want to copy all the text in a document to another
window, the easiest way to do it is with the “C opy All to
C lipboa r d” command.
NOTE:
W hen a lot of text is selected, the “Scratch That” and “Cut That”
commands don’t work, nor can you overwrite the selection by dictating
new text. This prevents you from accidentally deleting a large part of
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your document. To remove a large selection, you can say “Delete That”
instead.
Selecting an entire paragraph or line
Y ou can select the current paragraph by saying “S elect
P a r a gr a ph.” T o select the current line, say “S elect Line.”
Y ou can also select a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20).
F or example, you can say “S elect P r evious 5 P a r a gr a phs.”
SAY
THEN
THEN
Select
Next
Paragraph
Previous
2...20
Paragraphs
Forward
Back
Line
2.20 Lines
Last
Selecting a word or character
Y ou can select the current word by saying “S elect Wor d.” T o
select a character, say “S elect N ext C ha r a cter ” or “S elect
P r evious C ha r a cter .”
Y ou can also select a number of words or characters (up to 20).
F or example, say “S elect P r evious 2 Wor ds.”
SAY
THEN
THEN
Select
Next
Word
Previous
Forward
Back
2...20 Words
Character
2...20
Characters
Last
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Moving around in a document
When you’re editing a document, you can move around in it by
voice. A fter you place the insertion point where you want it, you
can dictate more text, select text, copy and paste, or apply
formatting.
Going to the top or bottom of a page or document
Y ou can move to the top or bottom of the current page by saying
“P a ge U p” (equivalent to pressing the PAGE UP key) or “P a ge
D own” (equivalent to pressing the PAGE D OWN key).
Y ou can move to the top or bottom of your document by saying
“Go to Top” or “Go to Bottom.”
SAY
THEN
Go to
Top
Move to
Bottom
Top of Document
Beginning of Document
Start of Document
Bottom of Document
End of Document
Going to the beginning or end of a line
Y ou can move to the beginning or end of the current line by
saying “Go to Beginning of Line” or “Go to E nd of Line.”
SAY
THEN
Go to
Beginning of Line
Move to
Start of Line
End of Line
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Placing the insertion point before or after a specific word
Y ou can place the insertion point before a specific word by
saying “I nser t Befor e” and then the word or words. Y ou can
place the insertion point after a word by saying “I nser t After ”
and then the word or words.
A fter you move the insertion point where you want it, you can
dictate more text, paste text, add punctuation, and so on.
To place the insertion point before a specific word:
T o move the insertion point before the word lets in the sentence
below, say “I nser t Befor e lets” (or “I nser t Befor e lets me
ta lk”). R emember not to pause between any of the words:
D ragon lets me talk instead of type.
To place the insertion point after a specific word:
T o move the insertion point after the word “talk” in the sentence
below, say “I nser t After ta lk” (or “I nser t After lets me ta lk”).
D ragon lets me talk instead of type.
Moving up or down a paragraph or line
Y ou can move up or down a paragraph by saying “M ove U p a
P a r a gr a ph” or “M ove D own a P a r a gr a ph.” Y ou can also
move up and down a number of paragraphs (up to 20). F or
example, you can say “M ove U p 3 P a r a gr a phs.”
Y ou can move up or down a line by saying “M ove U p a Line”
or “M ove D own a Line.” Y ou can also move up and down a
number of lines (up to 20). F or example, you can say “M ove
D own 3 Lines,” as delineated in the table below:
SAY
THEN
THEN
Move
Up
a Paragraph or 1
Paragraph
Back
2...20 Paragraphs
a Line or 1 Line
2...20 Lines
Down
Forward
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Moving right or left a word or character
Y ou can move to the right or left of a word by saying “M ove
R ight a Wor d” or “M ove Left a Wor d.” Y ou can also move right
or left a number of words (up to 20). F or example, you can say
“M ove R ight 3 Wor ds.”
Y ou can move to the next or previous character by saying
“M ove R ight a C ha r a cter ” or “M ove Left a C ha r a cter .” Y ou
can also move forward and backward a number of characters
(up to 20). F or example, you can say “M ove Left 4 C ha r a cter s”
or “M ove Ba ck 6 C ha r a cter s,” as delineated in the next table:
SAY
THEN
THEN
Move
Right
a Word or 1 Word
Forward
Left
2...20 Words
a Character or 1 Character
2...20 Characters
Back
Copying, cutting, and pasting text
Y ou can move text from one place to another by using the “C opy
Tha t,” “C ut Tha t,” and “P a ste Tha t” commands.
To copy, cut, or paste text:
1 Select the text you want to copy or cut.
2 Say “C opy Tha t” or “C ut Tha t.”
3 Move the insertion point to where you want to paste the text.
4 Say “P a ste Tha t.”
Deleting text
Deleting the last words you dictated
Y ou can erase the last words you dictated by saying “S cr a tch
Tha t.” When you say this command, D ragon deletes the last
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thing it typed into your document. T his may be a full sentence, a
phrase, or just one word, if that’s all you said before pausing.
Y ou can say “S cr a tch Tha t” up to 10 times to delete the last few
things you said. If you repeat the command, you must pause
before saying it again. Y ou can also say, for example, “S cr a tch
Tha t 5 Times.”
Going back as you dictate
When you’re dictating, sometimes you may hesitate or think of a
better way to say something right after you’ve said it. When this
happens, you can use the “R esume With” command to return to
where you were before the mistake.
Just say “R esume With” followed immediately by the word or
words to which you want to return. T hen, continue dictating.
A ny text after the new position of the insertion point will be
replaced with your new dictation.
NOTE:
W hen using the “Resume W ith” command, remember not to
pause in the middle. Say “Resume W ith” and then immediately say the
words to which you want to return. These words must be in the last three
or four sentences (100 characters) you said; you can’t use “Resume
W ith” to return to an earlier part of your document.
To go back as you dictate:
1 Suppose you dictate this sentence: “I ha ve a dea dline this
week, but we could meet for lunch… um… er … next
Wednesda y.”
2 T o correct the sentence, return to the last correct words you
remember dictating. F or example, say “R esume With meet
for lunch.” (R emember not to pause in the middle.)
3 T hen, dictate the rest of the sentence. F or example, say “next
Wednesda y a t noon.”
Deleting specific words
Y ou can delete text by selecting it and saying “D elete Tha t.”
To delete text:
1 Select the text you want to delete.
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2 Say “D elete Tha t.”
Y ou can also say “S cr a tch Tha t” to do the same thing.
Deleting the next or previous paragraph or line
Y ou can delete the next or previous paragraph by saying “D elete
N ext P a r a gr a ph” or “D elete P r evious P a r a gr a ph.” Y ou can
delete the next or previous line by saying “D elete N ext Line” or
“D elete P r evious Line.”
Y ou can also delete a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20).
F or example, you can say “D elete P r evious 5 P a r a gr a phs.”
See the complete list below:
SAY
THEN
THEN
Delete
Next
Paragraph
Previous
Forward
Back
2...20 Paragraphs
Line
2...20 Lines
Last
Deleting the next or previous word or character
Y ou can delete the next or previous word by saying “D elete
N ext Wor d” or “D elete P r evious Wor d.” Y ou can delete the
next or previous character by saying “D elete N ext C ha r a cter ”
or “D elete P r evious C ha r a cter .”
Y ou can also delete a number of words or characters (up to 20).
F or example, you can say “D elete P r evious 5 Wor ds.” See the
complete list below:
SAY
THEN
THEN
Delete
Next
Word
Forward
Previous
Back
2...20 Words
Character
2...20 Characters
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SAY
THEN
THEN
Last
2...20 Characters
NOTE:
Another way to delete the previous character is by saying
“Backspace.” This is equivalent to pressing the BACKSPACE key. You
can “press” it multiple times (up to 20) by saying, for example,
“Backspace 5.”
Spelling as you dictate
With the Spell command in D ragon, you can easily spell a word
or phrase you want to dictate into your document. T his can be
useful if you are dictating a word that is not likely to be in the
D ragon vocabulary, such as a proprietary term, a proper name,
or a non-E nglish word. Say, for example, “S pell b-u-o-n spa ce
g-i-o-r -n-o.” T he word you spelled appears right in your
document.
Y ou must say “Cap” if the word contains a capital letter. F or
example, say “S pell C a p R -u-m-p-e-l-s-t-i-l-s-k-i-n” to type
“R umpelstilskin.”
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If you say “S pell” by itself, without any letters after it, the Spell
dialog box opens.
Y ou can then speak the letters and D ragon will type them or you
can correct any errors in the word you spelled.
When spelling, you can say numbers and special characters as
well as letters. F or example, to dictate an automobile license
plate number, you could say “S pell y-h-m-6-0-9.” D ragon would
type yhm609. Say “S pell C a p-m-a -c-m-i-l-l-a -n-tr a dema r k” to
get MacMillan™ in your document.
Spelling a word adds that word to the active vocabulary. Words
that contain numbers are not added to the vocabulary.
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TIP:
To dictate unusual text such as automobile license plate numbers or
product codes, you can also switch to Spell mode by saying “Switch To
Spell Mode,” and then dictate letters.
Y ou can make the Spell dialog box appear whenever you use the
Spell command by setting the “Spell” commands bring up the Spell
dialog box option on the Correction tab in the Options dialog box.
See the online help for more information.
Y ou can also access the Spell dialog box when using the Select or
Correct commands.
F or a list of how to spell special characters, see the Spelling topic
in the online H elp.
Playing back your dictation
P layback commands work in the D ragonP ad, Microsoft Word
(V ersions 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007), C orel WordP erfect
(V ersions 8, 9, 10, and 12), and L otus N otes.
A lthough D ragon never makes a spelling mistake, the mistakes
it does make can be challenging to find and fix. Sometimes, what
the program types looks very different from what you actually
said.
T o make correcting mistakes easier, D ragon records your voice
as you dictate. Y ou can play back your voice whenever you
cannot tell by looking at your document what you originally
said.
NOTE:
Unless you have Dragon Professional or a higher edition,
playback is available only until you close a document. After you close a
document, Dragon deletes the recorded dictation for that document.
See page 88 for information on saving dictation for later correction
(Professional and higher editions).
Playing back dictation from the Correction menu
When you’re working in the Correction menu, click the P lay
Back button or say “P la y Tha t Ba ck” to play the dictation that
goes with the words you’re correcting. T hen edit the text to
match what you said.
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Y ou can set up D ragon to play back dictation automatically
whenever you open the Correction menu. On the D ragon menu,
select Tools > Options > Correction tab. On the Correction tab,
select Automatic playback on correction.
Sometimes, there’s no dictation to play back. F or example, you
cannot play back text that wasn’t entered by voice, such as
words you typed or pasted into your document.
NOTE:
Even when you have entered text by voice, you cannot play it
back after you have cut it, copied it, pasted it, or otherwise moved it
around in the document.
If you have D ragon N aturally Speaking P rofessional or a
higher edition, you can save your dictation with your document
for later playback (see D ictate now, correct later on page 88).
Otherwise, you cannot play back dictation after closing a
document.
If dictation is not available, the P lay Back button is dimmed
(grayed out). When playback is not available, you may find text-
to-speech useful for checking your work. See N otes on
correcting with another author’s user files on page 90.
Playing back dictation in a document
T o help you check your work for mistakes, you can play back a
line, a paragraph, a selection, or the whole document. A fter
playback starts, you can stop it as soon as you notice a mistake
and automatically open the Correction menu.
T he P layback toolbar is an extra section of the DragonBar that is
normally hidden. T o see the P layback toolbar, click the double
chevron icon
on the DragonBar to open the Extras toolbar.
Stop
Playback
Start
Playback
Skip
Forward
Correction
Button
Transcribe
Button
Skip
Back
Read
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To play back dictation:
T o play back dictation, do any of the following:
n Select the text you want to play back, and say “P la y Tha t
Ba ck.”
n C lick the Start P layback button on the P layback toolbar.
n Move the insertion point to the text you want to play back and
say any of the following commands:
SAY
TO
Play Back Line
Play back dictation for the current line.
Play Back
Paragraph
Play back dictation for the current
paragraph.
Play Back Document Play back dictation for the whole
document.
Play Back Window Play back dictation for the text in view.
Play Back to Here
Play back dictation from the top of the
document window to the insertion point.
Play Back from Here Play back dictation from the insertion
point to the bottom of the document
window.
To stop playback:
T o stop playback, do any of the following:
n C lick the Stop P layback button on the P layback toolbar.
n C lick anywhere in the document window.
n P ress the E SC key.
(It’s not possible to stop playback by voice, because the
computer cannot hear speech input when it is playing back
dictation.)
To skip backward or forward:
Y ou can skip backward or forward in your document by a few
words by clicking the Skip Backward and Skip Forward buttons.
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To stop playback and correct a mistake:
T o stop playback and correct a mistake, do any of the following:
n C lick the Correction button on the P layback toolbar.
n P ress the minus (–) key on the numeric keypad.
T his stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction
menu. T here you can correct the text for the last phrase played
back.
NOTE:
By default, Dragon stores about 30 minutes of dictation (40 MB).
If you want to be able to store more dictation, you can change the
amount of disk space that’s set aside for storing it. On the To o ls menu,
click O p tio n s, and then click the Da ta tab. Increase the number in the
Disk sp a ce re se rve d fo r p la y b a ck box.
Dictate now, correct later
When you dictate into the DragonP ad, you can save your
dictation with your text so either you or someone else can
correct it later. Y ou must create and edit your file in the
DragonP ad to be able to play back dictation. T his feature is
available in D ragon P rofessional and higher editions.
Y ou can save dictation with your document if you select the
Save recorded dictation with document box on the Data tab of the
Options dialog. T he first time you save a document in DragonP ad
during an editing session, D ragon asks you whether you want to
save your speech data. If you save your speech data, you can
reopen the document at a later time and play back your
dictation. If you do not save your speech data, your dictation is
stored only during the current editing session.
Correcting your own dictation
If you save your dictation, you can open your file later and play
back and correct the text as if you had just dictated it.
Correcting someone else’s dictation
Y ou can play back someone else’s dictation and correct the text
to match the dictation. Y ou can do this in two ways:
n C orrect the dictation using your own user files.
n C orrect the dictation using the document author’s user files.
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Correcting with your own user files
Y ou should use this correction technique if you regularly correct
another person’s text by voice and it is not important to
maximize the author’s recognition accuracy.
When you use your own user files to correct someone else’s text,
you can correct the dictation just as you would correct your
own dictation, using any combination of voice commands and
keyboard typing. E ven though you are correcting someone else’s
dictation, your work won’t reduce recognition accuracy for
either you or the person who dictated the text. But your
corrections to the other person’s dictation won’t improve his or
her recognition either.
Correcting with the document author’s user files
Y ou should use this correction technique if you do not need to
correct by voice and it is important to maximize the author’s
recognition accuracy.
TIP:
This technique works if all work is done on a single computer.
Consult your Dragon reseller about ways to dictate on one computer
and correct on another.
If you correct dictation using the author’s user files, you must
not correct by voice, or you may reduce that person’s
recognition accuracy. Y ou can, however, improve the author’s
recognition accuracy if you make corrections by using the
keyboard and mouse with the Correction menu, as in the
following procedure.
To correct using someone else’s user files:
1 Make sure you are not wearing the microphone headset, or
that the microphone is not turned on or plugged in. T his
action ensures that you don’t accidentally reduce the
accuracy of someone else’s user files by using your voice.
2 Be sure the DragonP ad Extras toolbar is displayed so you can
see the playback command buttons.
3 Open the user files of the person whose text you will correct.
4 In DragonP ad, open the document to correct.
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5 U se the buttons on the Extras toolbar to play back dictation.
6 Select the text you want to correct by mouse or keyboard.
7 P ress the correction hot key (normally the minus [–] key on
the numeric key pad) or click the Correct button on the
DragonBar Extras toolbar. T he Correction menu appears with
the selected text.
8 U se the keyboard to correct the text.
9 When you finish, save the text and the user’s speech files.
NOTE:
Notes on correcting with another author’s user files
This technique is effective if all work is done on a single computer.
Consult your Dragon reseller about ways to dictate on one computer
and correct on another.
Display the Dra g o n Ba r Ex tra s toolbar by clicking the double
chevron icon
on the Dra g o n Ba r (not possible in Clin g mode).
nIn the Co rre ctio n menu, you can use the mouse or keyboard to select
any of the commands displayed below the correction choices. For
example, you can click Sp e ll Th a t to open the Sp e ll dialog box
and spell the word.
nYou may want to select the following on the Co rre ctio n tab of the
O p tio n s dialog box:
nCo r r e ct comma nd brings up Co r r e ctio n menu
nAutoma tic pla yba ck on correction box
W ith these settings, Dragon automatically plays back the author’s
dictation for each selection of text you correct. The Co rre ctio n
menu does not play back dictation.
nW hen you correct someone else’s dictation, be sure that the amount of
disk space you have reserved for storing dictation is at least as large
as the amount allocated for the user that created the text. You allocate
the disk space on the Da ta tab of the O p tio n s dialog box.
nSaving dictation with documents can take up more than a megabyte of
disk space per minute of dictation. To save this space, delete any
dictation audio you no longer need.
nDragon saves dictation audio in a file with the same name as the
document, but with the .d ra extension. For example, for a document
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called My Do c.rtf, Dragon saves your dictation in a file called
My Do c.d ra in the same directory as your document.
Using text-to-speech
Y ou can use text-to-speech to have text displaying on your
screen (not your current dictation) read aloud in a computer
voice. Y ou can use this feature to have the product read back a
document that you (or someone else) dictated while you listen
for mistakes and make note of sections you might want to
revise.
T ext-to-speech is available only in the D ragonP ad, Microsoft
Word, and C orel WordP erfect. Y ou can, however, copy and
paste text from other programs and then use text-to-speech.
To start text-to-speech, do one of the following:
n Select the text you want to hear (a line, a paragraph, and so
on), and then say “R ea d Tha t.”
n Select the text you want to hear, and then select Read That
from the Advanced submenu (or right-click in your document
and click Read That from the shortcut menu).
n Move the insertion point to the text you want to hear and say
any of the following commands:
SAY
TO
Read Line
Read back the current line.
Read Paragraph Read back the current paragraph.
Read Document
Read Window
Read to Here
Read back the whole document.
Read back the text in view.
Read back from the top of the docu-
ment window to the insertion point.
Read from Here
Read back from the insertion point to
the bottom of the document window.
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To stop text-to-speech, do one of the following:
n F rom the N aturallySpeaking menu, point to Advanced and
click Stop P layback/Reading.
n R ight-click in your document and click Stop P layback/Reading
from the shortcut menu.
n P ress the E SC key.
Y ou can control the speed, pitch, volume, and other text-to-
speech settings. F rom the menu, click Tools > Options and select
the Text-to-Speech tab.
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6
Form a tting
ou can bold text, change font sizes and styles, capitalize
text, and apply other formatting by voice.
Many D ragon N aturallySpeaking formatting commands work
for text that is selected (highlighted) in your document. T o select
text by voice, say “S electjm” plus the words you want to select.
See Selecting text by voice on page 74 for information.
Ty p e s o f co m m a n d s
Most of the commands listed in this chapter are global—they are
available in virtually every application. In addition to the global
commands listed here, Dragon includes many commands for
editing and formatting that work in common applications. For
more information on finding these commands see the online
help.
NOTE:
You can change the formatting properties of a word (such as
whether Dragon should type a space before or after the word, or
whether the word is capitalized in a title) by using the W o rd
Pro p e rtie s dialog box. See the online help for more information.
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Capitalizing text
Capitalizing first letter of next word you dictate
D ragon capitalizes many words automatically, such as the first
word in a sentence (following a period, question mark, or
exclamation mark). It capitalizes the first word after you say
“N ew P a r a gr a ph” (not when you say “N ew Line”) and it
capitalizes proper names (when these words are already in the
D ragon vocabulary in capitalized form).
NOTE:
You can change the spacing and capitalization rules for a word
in the W ord Properties dialog box. See the online help for more
information.
When you’re dictating, you can capitalize words that aren’t
automatically capitalized by saying “C a p” and then the word.
F or example, say “C a p zelda ” to get Zelda.
TIP:
If saying “Cap <word>” doesn’t work, try say “Cap Next
<word>.”
TIP:
To dictate the word “cap,” for example, in this sentence: Th e
co m p a n y is p u ttin g a ca p o n sa la ry in cre a se s, you must say
“the company is putting a” then say “Spell c-a-p,” and then say “on
salary increases.” In this way, Dragon knows that you do not want to
capitalize any of the words within the sentence.
Capitalizing consecutive words
When you want to capitalize consecutive words (for example, if
you’re dictating a book title), you can turn capitals on and then
turn them off when you’re finished. T his is usually easier than
saying “C a p” before each word. A nother way to do consecutive
capitalization is to dictate the words, pause, and then say
“C a pita lize Tha t” or “C a p Tha t.”
To capitalize the first letters of consecutive words:
1 Say “C a ps On” to turn capitals on.
NOTE:
W hen “Caps On” is active, Dragon uses title case. This means it
capitalizes the first letters all words except for articles and prepositions
(such as “the” and “to”).
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2 D ictate the words you want capitalized. F or example, say:
“success is a jour ney [colon] seven steps to a chieving
success in the business of life”
D ragon types:
Success Is a Journey: Seven Steps to A chieving Success in
the Business of L ife
3 Say “C a ps Off” to turn capitals off.
Dictating next word in all capital letters
When you’re dictating, you can enter a word in all capital letters
by saying “All C a ps” and then the word.
F or example, say “All C a ps plea se” to get P LEASE.
Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters
When you want to dictate consecutive words in all capitals, you
can turn all capitals on and then turn them off when you’ve
finished.
To dictate consecutive words in all capitals:
1 Say “All C a ps On” to turn all capitals on (like pressing the
CAPS L OCK key).
2 D ictate the words that you want to appear in all caps. F or
example, say “the end” and D ragon types TH E EN D
3 Say “All C a ps Off” to turn all capitals off.
Dictating next word in all lowercase letters
When you’re dictating, you can enter a word in all lowercase
letters by saying “N o C a ps” and then the word.
F or example, say “N o C a ps J ennifer ” to get jennifer. (D ragon
normally capitalizes this and other proper names.)
Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters
When you want to dictate consecutive words in lowercase
letters (for example, names of computer files or e-mail
addresses), you can turn the “no capitals” feature on and then
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turn it off when you are finished. T his is usually easier than
saying “N o C a ps” before each word.
To dictate consecutive words in all lowercase letters:
1 Say “N o C a ps On” to turn no capitals on.
2 D ictate the words you want to appear in all lowercase.
3 Say “N o C a ps Off” to turn no capitals off.
Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your
document
Y ou can change the capitalization of text already in your
document by selecting it and then saying “C a pita lize Tha t,”
“C a p Tha t,” or “All C a ps Tha t,” or “U nca pita lize Tha t,”
“U nca p Tha t,” or “N o C a ps Tha t.”
To capitalize or uncapitalize text:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 Say “C a pita lize Tha t,” “C a p Tha t,” or “All C a ps Tha t,” or
“U nca pita lize Tha t,” “U nca p Tha t,” or “N o C a ps Tha t.”
Formatting text
Y ou can use voice commands to specify any combination of font
name, size, and style, in that order. T hese commands change
text you dictate from then on or text you have selected.
T o set a new style for text you are about to dictate, use the “S et
F ont” and “S et S ize” commands. T o change the style of text
you have already selected, use the “F or ma t Tha t” command.
Changing the font as you dictate
While dictating, you can change the font face, size, and style by
saying “S et F ont” followed by the font attributes you want. F or
example, you can say “S et F ont Times” or “S et F ont Ar ia l 12
Bold.” When you continue dictating, the new text appears with
the font attributes you set.
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Changing font face
SAY
THEN
Set Font
Arial
Courier
Courier New
Garamond
Helvetica
Palatino
Times
Times New Roman
Changing font size
Say “S et S ize” and then a size from 4 to 100 points. F or
example, say “S et S ize 18.” T hen, continue dictating.
Changing font style
SAY
THEN
Set Font
Bold
Italics
Bold Italics
Underline
Strikeout
Plain or Plain Text or Normal or Regular
Changing a combination of font face, size, and style
Say “S et F ont” and then the attributes you want (listed in the
previous sections). Y ou can specify any combination of font
face, size, and style, but you must specify these attributes in that
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order (font face, then size, then style). See the list of examples
below:
n “S et F ont Ar ia l”
n “S et F ont Ar ia l 12” or “S et F ont Ar ia l 12 P oint”
n “S et S ize 12 Bold”
n “S et F ont Ar ia l Bold”
n “S et F ont Bold”
NOTE:
If you’re changing only the font size, use the “Set Size”
commands, not the “Set Font” command.
Changing the font later
Y ou can go back and change the font face, size, or style of text
by selecting it and then using the “F or ma t Tha t” commands.
“F or ma t Tha t” works on selected text with the same
combinations of font face, size, and style as the “S et F ont”
commands (see the tables in the previous section.)
To change the font:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 Say “F or ma t Tha t” and then the font attributes you want to
apply as described in the previous section. F or example, say
“F or ma t tha t Ar ia l 18.”
Bold, italics, and underlining
Y ou can apply formatting to text in your document by selecting it
and then saying “Bold Tha t,” “I ta licize Tha t,” or “U nder line
Tha t.” Y ou can also say “S tr ikeout Tha t.”
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To add bold, italics, and underlining:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 Say “Bold Tha t,” “I ta licize Tha t,” “U nder line Tha t,” or
“S tr ikeout Tha t.”
To remove formatting:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 Say “R estor e Tha t” to remove formatting.
Aligning text
Y ou can change how text is aligned by placing your insertion
point in the text and saying “C enter Tha t,” “Left Align Tha t,”
or “R ight Align Tha t.”
To align text:
1 Move the insertion point to the text you want to align.
2 Say “C enter Tha t,” “Left Align Tha t,” or “R ight Align
Tha t.”
Y ou can also use the following commands on selected text:
“F or ma t Tha t C enter ed,” “F or ma t Tha t Left Aligned,” and
“F or ma t Tha t R ight Aligned.”
Bulleted text
T o add bullets to text, place your insertion point in the text and
say “F or ma t tha t Bullet S tyle.” T o remove bullets, say
“F or ma t tha t Bullet S tyle” again.
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7
Dicta ting Num b ers, Punctua tion,
a nd Sp ecia l Cha ra cters
his chapter describes how to dictate numbers, punctuation,
Web addresses, and a few other special items. F or complete
information on this topic, see the online help.
NOTE:
If Dragon is not formatting a word as you would like, you can
change the formatting properties of the word by using the W o rd
Pro p e rtie s dialog box. See the online help for more information.
Dictating numbers
In most cases you can dictate numbers, including postal codes,
as you normally say them. D ragon will display either a numeral
(“3”) or the word (“three”), based on the context. T o force
recognition of digits as numerals instead of text without using
the N umbers Mode, say “N umer a l” before you say the digit, for
example, say “N umer a l Thr ee” to get 3. When dictating
numbers:
n Y ou can use or omit the word and as part of a number. F or
example, say “one hundr ed fifty” instead of “one hundr ed
a nd fifty” to get the number 150.
n Y ou can use “oh” and “zer o” interchangeably to get 0.
n If you want a comma in a four-digit number, you must speak
it explicitly. N umbers with five or more digits automatically
include commas, with the exception of U S ZIP codes.
n F or a decimal point, say “point.”
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TIP:
If you want to dictate only numbers, you can switch to “Numbers
Mode.” See Switching recognition modes on page 119 for more
information.
TO ENTER
SAY
1
one
numeral one
5
five
numeral five
17
seventeen
23
twenty three
179
one hundred seventy nine
one seventy nine
5423
five thousand four hundred and twenty three
five [comma] four twenty three
5,423
12,537
142,015
35.23
0.03
twelve thousand five hundred and thirty seven
one hundred and forty two thousand and fifteen
thirty five [point] two three
All Dialects: zero [point] zero three
Outside US/ Canada: nought [point] nought
three
43.28%
02460
forty three [point] twenty eight [percent sign]
oh two four six zero
02460-1458 oh two four six zero [hyphen] one four five eight
2 3/ 4
two and three fourths
11/ 32
$99.50
45.35
eleven over thirty two
ninety nine dollars and fifty cents
45 Euros and thirty-five cents
£120.35
pound sterling sign one hundred and twenty
point thirty five [All Dialects]
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NOTE:
If you are having problems dictating numbers, currency, times,
or dates, make sure that your Regional Settings match the language
(dialect) you selected when you created your user.
Using Numbers mode
A ny time you need to dictate a series of numbers and do not
want D ragon to recognize them as words, you can turn on
N umbers Mode. T his could be useful, for example, if you are
®
®
dictating in a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft E xcel .
T o turn on N umbers Mode, say “S ta r t N umber s M ode” or
“N umber s M ode On.” T o turn off N umbers Mode, say, “S top
N umber s M ode” or “N umber s M ode Off” or “S witch to
N or ma l M ode.”
F or more information on N umbers Mode and more ways to
turn N umbers Mode on and off, see the section Switching
recognition modes on page 119.
Dates
Y ou can dictate most dates the way you would normally say
them. Say “oh” or “zer o” to enter 0. In dialects other than U S/
C anada, you can also say “nought.”
TO ENTER
SAY
22 January
1999
twenty two January nineteen ninety nine
April 9, 2001
14/ 07/ 85
3/ 11/ 02
April 9 [comma] two thousand and one
fourteen [slash] oh seven [slash] eighty five
three [slash] eleven [slash] zero two
3/ 11/ 2002
three [slash] eleven [slash] two thousand and
two
April 1st
April first
March 22nd
the 1980s
March twenty second
the nineteen eighties
See also A utomatic formatting of dates, times, telephone
numbers on page 106.
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Times of day
D ictate the time of day the way you would normally say it.
US/ Canada: D ragon automatically types the colon (:) if you say
“a m” or “p m” when dictating the time. Say “o’clock” or “colon
zer o zer o” to enter 00.
TO ENTER
SAY
8:30
eight [colon] thirty or eight [numeric
colon] thirty
7:45 AM
seven forty five a m
10:22 PM ten twenty two p m
3:00
three o’clock or three [colon] zero zero
five o’clock p m
5:00 PM
TIP:
Dragon will recognize times more accurately if you say “numeric
colon” instead of “colon” when dictating times.
Other Dialects: D ragon automatically types the point (.) if you say
“a m” or “p m” when dictating the time, depending on the
regional setting. Say “o’clock” or “point zer o zer o” to enter .00.
TO ENTER
SAY
8.30
eight [point] thirty
7.45 AM
10.22 PM
3.00
seven forty five a m
ten twenty two p m
three o’clock
5.00 PM
five o’clock p m
NOTE:
The format of “a.m.” and “p.m.” depends on your computer’s
regional W indows® settings.
See also A utomatic formatting of dates, times, telephone
numbers on page 106.
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Telephone numbers
North American phone numbers
Say U S and C anadian phone numbers as you normally would,
pausing briefly between each group of numbers.
Y ou don’t need to dictate hyphens for most phone numbers
(numbers that are 7, 10, or 11 digits long). D ragon will add them
automatically.
TO ENTER
SAY
965-5200
nine six five fifty two hundred
617-965-5200
six one seven nine six five fifty two oh oh
1-800-555-1212 one eight hundred five five five one two
one two
(617) 965-5200
[open parenthesis] six one seven [close
parenthesis] nine six five five two zero zero
1-212-555-1212 one two one two five five five one two one
two
Telephone numbers outside North America
T o dictate other phone numbers, including E uropean phone
numbers, you must say all the punctuation, including the
hyphens, spaces, and parentheses.
TO ENTER
SAY
(01628) 894150 [open parenthesis] oh one six two eight
[close parenthesis] eight nine four one five
oh
027 629 8944
oh two seven [space bar] six two nine
[space bar] eight nine four four
61-7-4695-2055 six one [hyphen] seven [hyphen] four six
nine five [hyphen] two zero five five
(65) 2778590
[open parenthesis] six five [close parenthe-
sis] two seven seven eight five nine zero
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TIP:
In dialects other than US/ Canada, you can say “bracket” instead
of “parenthesis.”
See also A utomatic formatting of dates, times, telephone
numbers on page 106.
Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers
T o indicate how you want dates, times, telephone numbers, and
other numbers automatically formatted:
1 On the DragonBar, select Tools > Auto-Formatting. T he Auto-
Formatting dialog box appears.
2 C lick the check box labeled Format Dates and select the
format you want from its drop-down list. F or instance, select
Month D, YYYY or D/M/YY.
3 C lick the check box labeled Format times. D ragon then
formats times based on your R egional Settings in Windows.
4 T o have hyphens added to a phone number automatically,
click the check box labeled P hone numbers (all other editions).
5 Y ou can also click the check box for P refer 5 million over
5,000,000.
6 Other formats you can click check boxes for on this tab
include U nited Kingdom and C anadian postal codes and
several non-numeric formats that involve using common
abbreviations, expanded contractions, abbreviations of units
of measure and titles (such as Mr., Ms., Dr.), and formats for
web and email addresses as well as street addresses.
7 If you have any edition, click OK to save the settings and
close the dialog box.
Fractions
Y ou can dictate most common fractions the way you would
normally say them. T o dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9,
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1/10, and 1/16 or a multiple of these fractions, just say the
fraction normally.
TO ENTER
SAY
1/ 2
one half
1/ 4
one fourth or one quarter
15/ 16
3 7/ 8
fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen
three and seven eighths or three and seven over
eight
If the denominator (bottom number in the fraction) is greater
than 10, you can enter the fraction by saying “sla sh” or “over ”
between the two numbers.
TO ENTER
SAY
9/ 12
nine [slash] twelve or nine over twelve
5 3/ 56
130/ 70
five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six
one thirty over seventy
A few common fractions can also be displayed on your
computer as special characters (such as ¼, ½, or ¾) instead of
two numbers separated by a slash character (such as 1/4, 1/2, or
3/4). F or information about dictating fraction characters, see
Switching recognition modes on page 119.
Roman numerals
Y ou can dictate R oman numerals by saying “R oma n numer a l”
and the number. F or large numbers, say the number in small
combinations (as in the examples shown here).
TO ENTER
SAY
I
Roman Numeral one
IV
V
Roman Numeral four
Roman Numeral five
Roman Numeral ten
X
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TO ENTER
SAY
L
Roman Numeral fifty
C
Roman Numeral one hundred
Roman Numeral five hundred
Roman Numeral one thousand
Roman Numeral twenty our
Roman Numeral thirty one
D
M
XXIV
XXXI
MCMXCVII
Roman Numeral one thousand
Roman Numeral nine hundred
Roman Numeral ninety
Roman Numeral seven
TIP:
Don’t pause after the word “Roman Numeral” when you’re
dictating a Roman numeral. If you pause, Dragon may enter, for
example, “Roman numeral three” instead of “III.”
Postal and ZIP Codes
D ragon can automatically formats postal codes. T his feature is
controlled from the Auto-Formatting tab of the Options dialog
box. F or more information, see the online help.
US ZIP Codes
Y ou can dictate U S five-digit ZIP codes just as you dictate any
group of numbers. When dictating nine-digit ZIP codes, you
must say the hyphen.
TO ENTER
SAY
01886
oh one eight eight six
94704-1150
nine four seven oh four [hyphen] one
one five oh
UK and Canadian Postal Codes
Y ou can dictate U K postcodes by saying “P ostcode” followed by
the letters and numbers that make up the postcode. F or
C anadian postal codes, say “P osta l code” followed by the letters
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and numbers that make up the postal code. Spacing and
formatting will happen automatically.
TO ENTER
SAY
NG3 2HX Postcode n g three two h x
E10 7BD Postcode e ten seven b d
EC2Y 4LK Postcode e c two y four l k
K1A 0M5
X0A 0H0
Postal code k one a zero m five
Postal code x oh a oh h oh
Currency and coin
Y ou dictate your own currency as you would normally say it.
Currency in US/ Canada (US English dialect)
TO ENTER
SAY
$58.00
fifty eight dollars and zero cents
$1.75
one dollar and seventy five cents
five dollars and twenty five cents
three point nine billion dollars
forty five euros
$5.25
$3.9 billion
45
99.50
ninety-nine euros and five cents
pound sterling sign two point two oh
pound sterling sign five million
£ 2.20
£ 5 million
Currency in Other Dialects (UK, Australian, Indian,
and Southeast Asian English)
TO ENTER
SAY
$58.00
dollar sign fifty eight
$1.75
4.25
dollar sign one point seventy five
four euros and twenty five cents
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TO ENTER
SAY
3.9 billion three point nine billion euros
£ 45
forty five pounds
£ 99.50
£ 2.20
ninety nine pounds and fifty pence
two pounds twenty
£ 5 million
five million pounds
NOTE:
Dragon uses the currency symbol ($, £, and so on) specified in
your W indows Regional Settings as your default currency.
D ictate other currencies by first saying the currency symbol
followed by the digits.
US/ Canada: If your R egional Settings are set to the U nited
States or C anada, your default currency is $ (dollar). If you
want to dictate a dollar currency amount, dictate it the way you
normally do. If you want to dictate a pound sterling currency
amount, say, for example, “pound ster ling sign fifty eight” (to
enter £ 58), and so on.
TIP:
In US/ Canada, you must say “pound sterling sign” to enter £,
since “pound sign” means # in the U.S. vocabulary. In all other dialects,
you can say “pound sign” to type £.
Other Dialects: If your R egional Settings are set to the U nited
Kingdom, your default currency is £ (pound sterling). If you
want to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, dictate it the
way you normally do. If you want to dictate a dollar currency
amount, say, for example, “dolla r sign fifty eight” (to enter
$58) and so on.
NOTE:
Australian users can say “fifty eight dollars” to dictate $58,
since the Australian default currency is $ in W indows Regional Settings.
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Punctuation
Using Natural Punctuation
D ragon can automatically add commas and periods at the
appropriate places in your dictation without your having to
explicitly speak that punctuation. T his N atural P unctuation
feature can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by
focusing on what you are saying rather than how your speech is
punctuated.
N atural P unctuation only inserts periods and commas. Y ou still
have to dictate other punctuation marks. E ven with N atural
P unctuation turned on, you can still dictate periods and
commas. A s you become more adept at dictation and want more
control over where punctuation appears, you may want to
explicitly dictate all your punctuation.
F or information on correcting punctuation, see C orrecting
P unctuation on page 74.
TIP:
Periods will only appear at the end of a sentence once you have
started the next utterance or said “New Line” or “New Paragraph.”
Enabling and disabling automatic punctuation
N atural P unctuation is turned on by default.
T here are two ways of turning N atural P unctuation on and off:
n Select Auto-Formatting Options from the Tools menu of the
DragonBar and click Automatically add commas and periods.
n By saying “a utopunctua tion on” and “a utopunctua tion off.”
T urning N atural P unctuation on and off by voice sets the
option above in the Auto-Formatting dialog box. If you disable
N atural P unctuation by voice, it stays disabled until you
enable it again.
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Dictating Punctuation
Y ou can enter the punctuation marks and symbols listed below
in text you dictate. F or a list of all punctuation marks, see the
online help.
TO ENTER
SAY
,
comma
.
period
dot
point
[each one has different spacing
characteristics]
?
!
question mark
exclamation mark (All Dialects)
exclamation point (US/ Canada)
“
‘
open quote
close quote
open single quote
close single quote
(
open paren (US/ Canada)
left paren (US/ Canada)
left parenthesis (All Dialects)
open parenthesis (All Dialects)
)
close paren (US/ Canada)
right paren (US/ Canada)
right parenthesis (All Dialects)
close parenthesis (All Dialects)
‘
apostrophe
‘s
-
apostrophe-ess
hyphen
minus sign
-- [double hyphen]
dash
space bar
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User Guide
Y ou can use the Vocabulary Editor to view or change the
formatting properties of the punctuation.
Words that end with ’s
T o dictate a word ending with apostrophe S (’s), just say it as
you normally would. D ragon will often add it. If D ragon doesn’t
include the ’s, you can add it later.
TO ENTER
SAY
We took Mary’s car We took Mary’s car
that’s enough
it’s time to go
that’s enough
it’s time to go
Including ’s as you dictate
When you want to make sure that D ragon types a word with ’s,
say “a postr ophe ess” after saying the word. F or words that
already end in “s,” say “a postr ophe” after the word, as in the
second example shown here.
TO ENTER
SAY
We took my brother’s
car
We took my brother [apostro-
phe ess] car
I met my friends’
children
I met my friends [apostrophe]
children
TIP:
You can add ‘s to a word by selecting it and then saying it again
with “apostrophe ess.“
Dictating hyphenated words
Many hyphenated words and phrases are already in the D ragon
vocabulary. T o dictate a word or phrase that is usually
hyphenated, just say it as you normally would.
TO ENTER
SAY
long-lasting
long lasting
up-to-date schedule
up to date schedule
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TO ENTER
SAY
Tokyo-based company
Tokyo based company
nine-year-old boy
nine year old boy
Including hyphens as you dictate
T o hyphenate words that D ragon doesn’t hyphenate
automatically, just say “hyphen” wherever you want a hyphen.
TO ENTER
SAY
speech-recognition
software
speech [hyphen] recognition software
power-sharing
agreement
power [hyphen] sharing agreement
Elizabeth Walker [hyphen] Smith
Elizabeth Walker-Smith
Y ou can hyphenate words you just dictated with the command
“H yphena te Tha t.” Select the words you want to hyphenate
and say “H yphena te Tha t.” If you say this command when no
words are selected, D ragon will usually hyphenate the last few
words that you said.
Removing hyphens
Y ou can remove a hyphen by selecting it and replacing it with a
space.
To remove a hyphen:
1 Say “S elect hyphen.”
2 Say “S pa ce Ba r .”
Preventing hyphens
Y ou can prevent D ragon from entering a hyphen by pausing
where the hyphen would normally be.
F or example, to type “long lasting” (normally hyphenated) say
“long,” then pause for a moment, and then say “la sting.” Or
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you can say “long spa ce ba r la sting” without pausing, to insert
a space in place of the hyphen.
Dictating compound words
D ragon joins compound words (such as “note” and “book” to
form “notebook”) automatically, based on standard usage. T o
dictate a compound word, just say it as you normally would.
Compounding words as you dictate
T o compound words that D ragon doesn’t join automatically, just
say “N o S pa ce” between the words.
TO ENTER
SAY
unitednations
united [No Space] nations
WorldWide Web [Cap] world [No Space] [Cap] wide
[Cap] web
Y ou can also dictate consecutive words without spaces by
turning N o spaces on and then turning them off when you’ve
finished.
To dictate consecutive words without spaces:
1 Say “N o S pa ce On” to turn spaces off.
2 D ictate the words you want to appear without spaces.
3 Say “N o S pa ce Off” to turn spacing back on.
Compounding words later
Y ou can compound the last words you said or compound
selected words by saying “C ompound Tha t.” T his command
removes all spaces between selected words. Or, if no words are
selected, it removes all spaces in the last utterance. A ny tabs or
line breaks are also removed.
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To compound words:
1 Select the text you want to join. F or example, if you want to
join the words “Web T V ,” say “S elect Web TV.”
2 Say “C ompound Tha t.”
Dictating names
Many names of people, places, and events are already in the
D ragon vocabulary. F or example, you can dictate “M a r tin
Luther King,” “N ew Yor k Times,” and “Boston.”
T o dictate a name, first try dictating the name. D ragon
automatically capitalizes the names it knows. If D ragon
incorrectly types the name, correct it by keyboard or by voice
(see C orrecting and E diting on page 69).
If the program continues to type a name incorrectly after you’ve
corrected it several times, train the word individually using the
Train Word dialog box. See the online help for more information.
Dictating abbreviations and acronyms
D ragon knows many common abbreviations (such as N Y C and
BBC ) and acronyms (such as N A T O). T o dictate an
abbreviation or acronym, just say it as you normally would.
TO ENTER
SAY
US/ Canada: Dr.
Doctor
Other Dialects: Dr
UK
U K (say each letter)
R S V P (say each letter)
H T M L (say each letter)
eight centimeters
RSVP
HTML
8 cm
US/ Canada: pp. 27–33
pages 27 hyphen 33
Other Dialects: pp 27–33
NATO
NATO (say as one word)
NASDAQ
NASDAQ (say as one word)
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If D ragon types the full word instead of the abbreviation or
acronym, enters the wrong word, or includes incorrect
punctuation, just correct it in your document by voice or by
keyboard.
Dictating e-mail and Web addresses
D ictate e-mail and Web addresses as you would normally say
them. D ragon automatically formats them for you.
TO ENTER
SAY
Virginia@aol.com
Virginia at a o l dot com
info@samplecom-
pany.com
[No Caps On] info at sample
company dot com [No Caps
Off]
http:/ /
www.nuance.com
[No Caps On] h t t p w w w
dot nuance dot com [No
Caps Off]
H ere are some guidelines for dictating e-mail and Web
addresses:
n When you say “h t t p” or “w w w,” D ragon knows to format
the next words you say as a Web address.
n Say the following abbreviations by pronouncing them as
words:
“co,” “com,” “gov,” “mil,” “net,” and “or g.”
n Say the following abbreviations by saying each letter:
“a c,” “b n,” “c a ,” “e d u,” “ie,” “h k,” “i d,” “i n,” “j p,”
“m y,” “p h,” “s g,” “t h,” and “u k.”
n U se the “N o C a ps On” and “N o C a ps Off” commands to
enter an e-mail or Web address in all lowercase letters. F or
more information about controlling capitalization, see
D ictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters on page
95.
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TIP:
You can create Te x t a n d Gra p h ics cu sto m co m m a n d s for
e-mail and W eb addresses you use often. See the online help for more
information.
Dictating special characters
Dictating common special characters
T he following special characters are in the D ragon vocabulary.
T o dictate these characters, just say their names.
TO ENTER
SAY
&
ampersand or and sign
*
asterisk
@
`
at sign
backquote
©
^
copyright sign
caret
°
degree sign
dollar sign or dollar
euros or euro sign
percent sign
registered sign
section sign
trademark sign
plus sign
$
%
®
§
™
+
-
minus sign
«
open euro quote
close euro quote
»
#
All Dialects: hash sign or sharp sign
US/ Canada: number sign or pound sign
£
US/ Canada: pound sterling sign
Other Dialects: pound sign or pound
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TO ENTER
SAY
:-)
smiley face
:-(
;-)
frowny face
winky face
F or complete lists of special characters, see the online H elp.
Switching recognition modes
D ragon lets you use different recognition modes in your
dictation. D ragon uses normal mode by default. In normal mode,
the program distinguishes between words, numbers, and
commands.
In addition to normal mode, there are other modes:
n N umbers mode—T he software recognizes only numbers,
commands, and punctuation. If you are dictating only
numbers (including currencies), working in this mode
increases recognition accuracy.
n Spell mode—T he software recognizes only letters, numbers,
commands, and punctuation. In Spell mode, D ragon allows
you to say any combination of letters, digits, or symbols you
might need dictate part numbers or license plate numbers.
Y ou can also say keystrokes such as space bar or backspace
key. Spell mode is also useful for dictating internet or Web
addresses.
n Command mode—T he software interprets everything you say
as a command and nothing is interpreted as dictated text.
n Dictation mode—T he software interprets everything you say
as dictation and nothing is interpreted as a command, except
for a few commands such as “N ew Line” and “N ew
P a r a gr a ph.”
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T o changes modes, you can:
1 Select the Words menu on the DragonBar and click the name
of the mode you want.
2 Switch modes by voice by saying one of these commands:
MO DE
TO TURN O N, SAY
TO TURN O FF, SAY
Numbers mode
Numbers mode On
or Start Numbers
Mode or Switch to
Numbers mode
Numbers mode Off or
Stop Numbers mode
or Switch to Normal
mode
Spell mode
Spell mode On or
Spell Mode Off or
Start Spell mode or
Stop Spell Mode or
Switch to Spell mode Switch to Normal
mode
Command mode
Dictation mode
Command mode On Command mode Off
or Start Command
mode or Switch to
Command mode
or Stop Command
mode or Switch to
Normal mode
Dictation mode On
or Start Dictation
mode or Switch to
Dictation mode
Dictation mode Off or
Stop Dictation mode
or Switch to Normal
mode
T urning a mode off by voice is the same as switching back to
N ormal mode.
NOTE:
You cannot dictate fractions in Number mode.
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In d e x
Coexistence with previous versions
Command Mode 119
commas
7
A
abbreviations 116
acronyms 116
All Caps Off 95
automatically adding 111
Compound That 115
compound words 115
contractions. See apostrophe ’s
Copy That 80
All Caps On 95
All Caps That 96
All Caps [text] 95
American English 12
apostrophe ’s 113
applications
copying text 80
Correct [text] Through [text] 2, 76
Correct [text] To [text] 2, 76
Correction menu 69
creating a new user 16
currency 109
opening 47
starting (and utilities) 52
switching 48
Audio Setup Wizard 19
Australian English 12
Cut That 76, 80
cutting text 80
B
BACKSPACE key 83
D
Bold That 98
dates 103
British English 12
bulleted text 99
buttons, selecting 51
setting automatic formatting 106
deferred correction 88
Delete That 81
deleting text
backing up and resuming dictation 81
characters 82-83
C
Cap That 96
Cap [word] 94
last words dictated 80
lines 82
paragraphs 82
Capitalize T hat 96
Capitalize That 96
capitalizing text
specific words 77, 81-82
deselecting text 75
dialects
dictating currency 109
dictating times of day 104
spelling and punctuation conventions
dictate now, correct later 88
Dictation Box 35
already in a document 96
applying lowercase 95
consecutive words 94-95
next word 94
Caps Off 95
2
Caps On 94
Center That 99
characters
Dictation Mode 119
dictation, saving for later playback 88
documents
deleting 82-83
moving to next/previous 80
selecting 77
moving to top/bottom 78
opening 47-48
selecting all text in 76
check boxes, selecting 51
clicking the mouse 65
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dollar sign 109
hyphens 114
preventing 114
removing 114
Dragon Log 29
DragonBar 32, 40
Extras toolbar on 42
DragonPad 33
I
icons, selecting 54
Indian English 12
Insert After [text] 79
Insert Before [text] 79
E
e-mail addresses, dictating 117
ESC key 87, 92
installation
7
Extras toolbar 42, 90
International Communications Alphabet 58
Internet addresses 117
F
introduction
1
folders
Italicize That 98
opening 52
italics, adding or removing 98
folders, opening 47-48
fonts, changing 96
K
Format That 98
keyboard shortcuts
Format That Centered 99
Format That Left Aligned 99
Format That Right Aligned 99
formatting text 96
stopping playback 87-88, 92
keyboard, pressing keys 58-62
L
applying bold 98
Left Align That 99
applying italics 98
lines
applying underlining 98
changing font face, size, and style 96
removing formatting 99
fractions 106
deleting 82
moving to beginning/end of 78
moving up/down 79
selecting 77
list boxes 57
G
lowercase, applying 95
Give Me Help 36
Go to Beginning of Line 78
Go to Bottom 78
M
making selections
Go to End of Line 78
Go to Sleep 32
list boxes 57
measurements. See abbreviations
menus, opening and closing 50
microphone
Go to Top 78
H
plugging in
5
help
proper positioning 19
sleep mode 32
online 36
homophones, tips for selecting 75
Hyphenate That 114
hyphenated words 113
dictating 114
turning on and off 32
minus (-) key 88
modes 119
money 109
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mouse
clicking 65
P
Page Down 78
Page Up 78
moving the pointer 63-64, 66
MouseGrid 63
pages. See moving around a document
paragraphs
Move to Bottom 78
deleting 82
Move to Top 78
moving up/down 79
selecting 77
moving around a document
before/after specific words 79
to beginning/end of line 78
by paragraphs or lines 79
scrolling 57
Paste That 80
pasting text 80
periods
automatically adding 111
phone numbers 105
see T elephone Numbers
Play That Back 87
to top/bottom of page 78
by words or characters 80
N
playback controls 85
playing back dictation 85
correcting mistakes 88
in the Correction dialog box 85
in a document 86
skipping backward 87
skipping forward 87
stopping 87-88
names
dictating 116
Natural Punctuation 33, 111
navigating
between windows 53
new user, creating 16
No Caps Off 96, 117
No Caps On 96, 117
No Caps That 96
storage space for 88
possessives. See apostrophe ’s
postal and ZIP codes 108
pound sterling 109
No Caps [text] 95
No Space 115
No Space Off 115
No Space On 115
numbers 101
problems dictating currency or time 103
programs, opening. See opening applications
proper names, dictating 116
punctuation 33, 111
currency 102, 109
dates 103
automatic 111
fractions 106
Roman numerals 107
setting formats 15
telephone numbers 105
times of day 104
Numbers Mode 103
Q
QuickStart 44
R
Read That 91
Regional Settings control panel 103
Restore That 99
O
opening
Resume With 81
folders 47
revising text. See Select-and-Say
Right Align That 99
opening applications 47
options, selecting 51
Roman numerals 107
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switching windows 48
S
’s 113
saving dictation 88
storage space for 90
Scratch That 76, 80
scrolling 57
T
Tab key 51
tabs (dialog box), selecting 51
teenage voices 18
searching while selecting 75
Select Again 75
Select All 76
telephone numbers 105
setting automatic formatting 106
text
Select Document 76
Select [text] 74
see also Formatting T ext
text-to-speech 91
Select-and-Say
times of day 104
Select-and-Say Indicator 41
selecting text 74
again 75
setting automatic formatting 106
troubleshooting 40
typeface, changing 96
characters 77
a document 76
lines 77
U
UK English 12
paragraphs 77
Uncapitalize 96
Uncapitalize That 96
Underline That 98
unselecting text 75
Upgrading 28, 30
directory structure 28
user files
punctuation 75
specific words 76-77
Set Font 96-97
Set Size 97
Setup Log 29
Skip Backward 87
Skip Forward 87
Skip Word button 22
sleeping 32
creating 16
utilities
starting 52
software installation
7
Southeast Asian English 12
W
speakers, plugging in
special characters 118
special folders
opening 52
5
Web addresses 117
What Can I Say 37
Windows
open special folders 52
windows
navigating between 53
switching between 48
words
Spell Mode 119
Spell That 70
Spell [text] 83
spelling
as you dictate 83
errors 85
starting applications. See opening
applications
deleting 77, 81-82
moving to next/previous 80
placing insertion point before/after 79
selecting 76-77
Stop Listening 32
Strikeout That 98
student voice models 18
Y
years 103
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Z
ZIP codes 108
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Information, Sales, Services and Technical Support
P lease visit these sites:
n http://support.nuance.com/
n http://www.nuance.com/help/contact
T he N uance website gives access to many resources, including
F requently A sked Questions, usage tips, customer stories,
C ustomer Service information, T echnical Support content, and
a detailed comparison between D ragon editions.
It also lists V alue-A dded R esellers who provide training and
customization services for D ragon, in person or remotely. T hese
N uance partners can help with individualized recommendations
and coaching for special equipment, environments, workflows,
goals, and needs; enlisting their services is particularly efficient
for very busy users, very young users, users who are new to
computers, and in case of issues with hearing, vision, mobility,
or dyslexia, for instance.
If you purchased your software from a V alue-A dded R eseller,
contact them directly for technical support.
T he Support area of the N uance website offers a Knowledge
Base of T ech N otes containing the latest technical information
on the D ragon product family, including versions predating
V ersion 11. It also includes documentation (U ser Guides,
R eference C ard…) and listings of microphones, digital voice
recorders, tablet P C s, and other compatible hardware devices
tested by N uance and approved for use with D ragon.
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