Nuance comm Nuance Dragon NaturallySpeaking v110 Premium With Headset K609A G00 110 User Manual

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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Contents  
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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C H A P T E R  
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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.  
D
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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Introduction  
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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Introduction  
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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C H A P T E R  
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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.  
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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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Installation and User Profile Creation  
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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Installation and User Profile Creation  
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 applications 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 computers speed/memory. U sually, you should follow  
D ragons 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 wizards 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  
youre 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 doesnt 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 ont worry if you make mistakes or laugh. Y ou should try to  
read exactly what you see on the screen, but its 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 youve 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 ragons 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 processs 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 ont r un D a ta C ollection but r emind a bout this la ter  
n D ont 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 youve installed the software and completed  
training, youre ready to dictate your first sentence.  
N
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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Starting to Dictate  
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 Whats new)  
D ont 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 wont work or wont  
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.  
3 5  
Starting to Dictate  
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 ileand then say “S a ve.” R emember, you have to pause  
between the “C lick F ileand 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.”  
3 6  
User Guide  
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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Starting to Dictate  
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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User Guide  
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  
3 9  
Starting to Dictate  
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  
4 0  
User Guide  
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 ragons 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 wont work or wont  
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.  
4 1  
Starting to Dictate  
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.  
4 2  
User Guide  
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.  
4 3  
Starting to Dictate  
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.  
4 4  
User Guide  
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 Dragons 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.  
4 5  
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.  
T
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 cant 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.  
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®
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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Working on Your Desktop  
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.”  
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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 toand then say the name of the program or document  
window exactly as it appears in the title bar.  
4 8  
User Guide  
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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.  
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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.  
4 9  
Working on Your Desktop  
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 lickand  
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  
doesnt 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.  
5 0  
User Guide  
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 doesnt 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.  
5 1  
Working on Your Desktop  
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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User Guide  
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."  
5 3  
Working on Your Desktop  
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  
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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.  
5 4  
User Guide  
2 Say the name of the icon (for example, “M y C omputer ”).  
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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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Working on Your Desktop  
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).  
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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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User Guide  
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.  
5 7  
Working on Your Desktop  
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 youre 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 youre 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 eres 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 Windowto  
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 4to 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.  
W
C orrecting mistakes requires some extra effort, but it saves you  
time in the long run by making D ragon more accurate. Y oull  
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 ragons 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  
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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.  
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To use Full Text Control :  
1 D ictate the sentence below:  
US/ Canada: Lets meet for lunch on Tuesda y [per iod]”  
Other Dialects: Lets 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 “Tuesdayand “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 theres 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 youre 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 Thatand “Cut That”  
commands dont 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 youre 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 eand 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 thats all you said before pausing.  
Y ou can say “S cr a tch Tha tup 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 youre dictating, sometimes you may hesitate or think of a  
better way to say something right after youve 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 youre 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 youre 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, theres no dictation to play back. F or example, you  
cannot play back text that wasnt 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 authors 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  
That  
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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.  
(Its 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 elses 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 authors user files.  
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Correcting with your own user files  
Y ou should use this correction technique if you regularly correct  
another persons text by voice and it is not important to  
maximize the authors recognition accuracy.  
When you use your own user files to correct someone elses 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 elses  
dictation, your work wont reduce recognition accuracy for  
either you or the person who dictated the text. But your  
corrections to the other persons dictation wont 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 authors  
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 authors user files, you must  
not correct by voice, or you may reduce that persons  
recognition accuracy. Y ou can, however, improve the authors  
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 dont accidentally reduce the  
accuracy of someone elses 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 users 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 elses 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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Form a tting  
ou can bold text, change font sizes and styles, capitalize  
text, and apply other formatting by voice.  
Y
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 youre dictating, you can capitalize words that arent  
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>” doesnt 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 athen 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  
youre dictating a book title), you can turn capitals on and then  
turn them off when youre 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 youre 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 youve  
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 endand 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 youre dictating, you can enter a word in all lowercase  
letters by saying “N o C a psand 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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User Guide  
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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Formatting  
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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User Guide  
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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C H A P T E R  
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.  
T
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 fiftyinstead of one hundr ed  
a nd fiftyto get the number 150.  
n Y ou can use ohand 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  
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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 ohor 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 oclock 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 dont 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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Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters  
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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User Guide  
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:  
Dont pause after the word “Roman Numeralwhen 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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User Guide  
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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User Guide  
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 doesnt  
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 doesnt 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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User Guide  
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 “noteand “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 doesnt 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 youve  
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 youve  
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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User Guide  
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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Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters  
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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User Guide  
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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Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters  
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  
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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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Index  
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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User Guide  
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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Index  
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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User Guide  
Z
ZIP codes 108  
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Index  
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User Guide  
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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