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Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

C H A P T E R 5

Controlling Your Computer by Voice 87

Starting programs

Starting a program from the Start menu

Starting a program from the Windows desktop

Opening documents and folders

Opening documents and folders from the Start menu

Opening documents and folders from the Windows desktop

Switching between open windows

Copying text to other programs

Opening and closing menus

Selecting buttons, tabs, and options

Selecting icons on the desktop

Resizing and closing windows

Scrolling in windows and list boxes

Controlling Internet Explorer

Going to favorite Web pages

Entering a Web address in the Address bar

Going back or forward to the previous Web page

Following links (words, buttons, and images)

Scrolling in a Web page

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Selecting check boxes and other options

101

Entering text in a text box

102

Troubleshooting

103

Pressing keyboard keys

103

Pressing letters

104

Capitalizing a letter

105

Pressing numbers

105

Pressing key combinations

105

Pressing function and numeric keypad keys

106

Pressing other keys

106

Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse

107

Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid

107

Moving the pointer with the “Mouse” command

109

Clicking the mouse

109

Marking and dragging objects

110

Summary of Contents for DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING

Page 1: ...U S E R S G U I D E Dragon NaturallySpeakingTM...

Page 2: ...nd Say Vocabulary Builder and Vocabulary Editor are trademarks of Dragon Systems Inc Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Corel and WordPerfect are registered trad...

Page 3: ...clearly 11 Avoid leaving out words and making extra sounds like um 11 Speak at your normal pace don t slow down 11 Speak in phrases rather than one word at a time 12 Speak at your normal volume don t...

Page 4: ...49 Preventing vocal strain 49 Dictating names of people places and events 50 Dictating abbreviations and acronyms 51 Dictating hyphenated words 52 Including hyphens as you dictate 52 Adding hyphens la...

Page 5: ...r 76 Copying cutting and pasting text 77 Capitalizing text 77 Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate 77 Capitalizing consecutive words 78 Dictating the next word in all capital let...

Page 6: ...Scrolling in windows and list boxes 95 Controlling Internet Explorer 96 Going to favorite Web pages 97 Entering a Web address in the Address bar 98 Going back or forward to the previous Web page 98 Fo...

Page 7: ...Managing Users 111 Creating a new user 112 Opening a user 112 Renaming a user 113 Backing up a user 113 Restoring a backup copy of a user 114 Deleting a user 115 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon Natura...

Page 8: ...that you read the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start booklet and view the online Quick Tour This guide covers multiple editions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking Where information applies to certain edit...

Page 9: ...2 About This Guide Comments If you have comments about this user s guide or any part of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking documentation we hope you ll let us know what you think You can e mail comments to...

Page 10: ...to say and then say it into the microphone Writing a report article or story Brainstorm out loud and capture your thoughts on screen Then edit your work by voice or mouse and keyboard Typing up notes...

Page 11: ...and the power of using speech by creating your own voice commands Find out how in Chapter 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands Professional edition only The Professional edition also...

Page 12: ...yboard Although you can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to do almost everything on your computer by voice some things are still easier to do by mouse or keyboard If using a mouse and keyboard is an optio...

Page 13: ...r provides some background information to help you understand how Dragon NaturallySpeaking works It then reveals the Seven habits for success with Dragon NaturallySpeaking a list of tips and procedure...

Page 14: ...ivery boy When spoken they sound exactly alike How would Dragon NaturallySpeaking know which to choose When it s not clear from sound alone what was said Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses language data ab...

Page 15: ...ophone position If you followed the instructions on the screen when you first started Dragon NaturallySpeaking your microphone is probably in about the right position But you should continue to think...

Page 16: ...icrophone is even slightly out of place the program may no longer be able to tell the difference between similar sounding words such as our and are and will begin making subtle mistakes Make it a habi...

Page 17: ...mputer Avoid leaving out words and making extra sounds like um In conversation with another person it s okay if you leave out a word here and there People are good at filling in the blanks in a senten...

Page 18: ...r Mr Jones If you were to dictate this phrase one word at a time dear mister jones Dragon NaturallySpeaking might type Deer or Gear instead of Dear But if you were to dictate the whole phrase dear mis...

Page 19: ...ct mistakes as soon as they happen or go back and correct them later This section describes each approach Correcting mistakes as soon as they happen When you see a mistake in your last word or phrase...

Page 20: ...OK This closes the Correction dialog box and enters the text into your document If none of the choices exactly matches what you said you must enter the correct text To enter the correct text There ar...

Page 21: ...dit the word or phrase Spelling in the Correction dialog box To enter text in the Correction dialog box you can either type it or spell it by voice You can t dictate whole words into the Correction di...

Page 22: ...ing sentence by saying Correct who will develop a habit With a little practice who will develop a habit of dictating in a clear steady voice and the computer will understand you better 2 In the Correc...

Page 23: ...t the mistakes in their documents by using the mouse and keyboard You can use your mouse to select the wrong words or simply place your cursor somewhere in the mistake and then press the minus key on...

Page 24: ...list below Deleting text in the Correction dialog box You can delete selected text in the Correction dialog box by saying Delete Selection You can also delete words characters or a combination of the...

Page 25: ...ate You can play back your voice whenever you can t tell by looking at your document what you originally said Playback is available only until you close a document After you close a document Dragon Na...

Page 26: ...ment After playback starts you can stop it as soon as you notice a mistake and automatically open the Correction dialog box To play back dictation To play back dictation do any of the following Select...

Page 27: ...the numeric keypad This stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction dialog box There you can correct the text for the last phrase played back By default Dragon NaturallySpeaking stores abou...

Page 28: ...is likely to get them right on the first try that is without requiring you to do anything extra such as correcting the words For example all the words in the following sentence are active including P...

Page 29: ...stake and say Correct That 2 Type or spell the correction in the Correction dialog box Since Punxsutawney is in the backup dictionary it should appear in the list of alternatives before you finish ent...

Page 30: ...rds when correcting mistakes When you type or spell a new word in the Correction dialog box Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically adds the word to the vocabulary and makes it active For example if Dr...

Page 31: ...a colored star not including any words that were previously in the backup dictionary To see only the words you have added click Show custom words only 2 Type the new word or phrase into the Written f...

Page 32: ...ginal word if necessary Using Find New Words In the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window you can use Find New Words to add any new words in the current document to the vocabulary For example if you have an...

Page 33: ...ocabulary Add only words you think you ll use frequently not ones you re unlikely to need Don t add capitalized words unless you plan to dictate the capitalized form of the word often for example a pe...

Page 34: ...rd There s no need to edit a misspelled word and add it to the vocabulary if it s already in the vocabulary with correct spelling In the Edit Word dialog box correct the written form of the word Leave...

Page 35: ...bout your vocabulary and writing style If Dragon NaturallySpeaking knows what words you use in your writing and how you put them together in sentences it can do a better job of recognizing what you sa...

Page 36: ...d e mail messages find some correspondence you ve already written Your e mail outbox is a good source of text Any documents you re working on currently are also good ones to use The more documents you...

Page 37: ...uments This will prevent misspelled words from being identified as new words to be added to the vocabulary Adding words from a list If you re new to Dragon NaturallySpeaking you can skip this step You...

Page 38: ...formatted list You can use the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window to create your text file Running Vocabulary Builder After preparing documents and creating a list of words to add optional you re ready t...

Page 39: ...on NaturallySpeaking User s Guide 33 3 Follow the instructions on the screen 4 Optional On the Add Words from a List page specify a file containing words you want to add to the vocabulary See Adding w...

Page 40: ...uses documents you ve written to teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you write 7 In the Add Documents dialog box find and select the documents you want to process and then click Open You can select mu...

Page 41: ...f acceptable formats on page 30 or that the program used to create one of your files is not installed on your computer After a document is processed the word Yes appears in the Analyzed column 9 When...

Page 42: ...words The Add New Words dialog box displays all the words found that aren t in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary neither the active vocabulary nor the backup dictionary To add new words 1 Click...

Page 43: ...ample if you were processing documents you didn t write but which contain words you use For the second option select Yes to preserve previously gathered language data If you select No this data will b...

Page 44: ...n train Dragon NaturallySpeaking in any of the following ways Train words after making corrections Train words when using Find New Words or Vocabulary Builder Train words from Vocabulary Editor Train...

Page 45: ...Dragon NaturallySpeaking successfully recognized the word the dot lights up You may be prompted to say the word more than once When you train a word after correcting it in the Correction dialog box y...

Page 46: ...the Tools menu see the following sections Training words from Vocabulary Editor You can look up a word in Vocabulary Editor and then train Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize it To train a word from...

Page 47: ...eginning on page 39 Training a voice command If Dragon NaturallySpeaking often gets a specific voice command wrong for example it hears Correct That as Correct the you can train it to recognize your p...

Page 48: ...nstructions see steps 2 4 beginning on page 39 You can select multiple commands to train by holding down the CTRL key while you click It s a good idea to train any similar sounding commands at the sam...

Page 49: ...pend some more time training the program and make an effort to speak the way you do when you dictate you should see an improvement in accuracy There s usually no time requirement when you do additiona...

Page 50: ...vocabulary for professional writing and one for informal correspondence Whether or not you need an additional vocabulary depends on how many words you would need to add to your current vocabulary to m...

Page 51: ...You can base the new vocabulary on one of the standard Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabularies beginning with the word Base or on one of your current vocabularies 3 Click OK to create the vocabulary 4 T...

Page 52: ...aming vocabularies To rename a vocabulary 1 On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Vocabulary menu click Open 2 Select a vocabulary and click Rename 3 In the Rename Vocabulary dialog box type a new name for...

Page 53: ...h specific users However you can copy vocabularies between users by importing and exporting them For example if you create another user for use with a portable recorder you may want to copy your curre...

Page 54: ...the one to select 7 Click Cancel in the Open Vocabulary dialog box to close it To import a vocabulary 1 Open the user to which you want to import the vocabulary On the User menu click Open 2 On the V...

Page 55: ...reign words Numbers including telephone numbers and dates You ll also learn how to create a dictation shorthand for quickly inserting frequently used text into your document But first this chapter pro...

Page 56: ...ole period My hometown is Newton comma Massachusetts period Say the words as clearly as possible Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically capitalizes the names it knows so you don t have to say Cap Did...

Page 57: ...cular spelling you can delete it from the vocabulary see Adding words in Vocabulary Editor on page 24 Dictating abbreviations and acronyms Dragon NaturallySpeaking knows many common abbreviations such...

Page 58: ...tate a word or phrase that s hyphenated based on standard usage just say it as you normally would Including hyphens as you dictate To hyphenate words that Dragon NaturallySpeaking doesn t hyphenate au...

Page 59: ...e line you can say Go to End of Line Removing hyphens You can remove a hyphen by selecting it and replacing it with a space To remove a hyphen 1 Say Select hyphen 2 Say Space Bar Preventing hyphens Yo...

Page 60: ...ords you said or compound selected words by saying Compound That To compound words 1 Select the text you want to join For example if you want to join the words Web TV say Select Web TV 2 Say Compound...

Page 61: ...allySpeaking types a word with s just say apostrophe ess or apostrophe for words that already end in s after saying the word Adding s later You can add s to a word by selecting it and then saying it a...

Page 62: ...by pronouncing them as words com gov mil net org and sys Say the following abbreviations by saying each letter e d u c a c o and u k Use the No Caps On and No Caps Off commands to enter an e mail or W...

Page 63: ...more complete list of special characters see Entering punctuation and special characters on page 151 of Appendix B or your Quick Reference card Dictating uncommon special characters If you use uncomm...

Page 64: ...ee the following sections in Appendix B Publishing symbols on page 143 Currency symbols on page 144 Accented and international characters on page 145 Mathematical symbols on page 147 To enter uncommon...

Page 65: ...n this example copyright sign Dragon NaturallySpeaking should enter the special character not the words If the program enters words instead just correct the mistake as described in Correcting recognit...

Page 66: ...t mark If the program leaves out the accent mark just correct the mistake as described in Correcting recognition mistakes on page 13 The Correction dialog box should display the correct version on the...

Page 67: ...wing sections you must keep the Format numbers telephone numbers currency and times automatically option selected in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Options dialog box Dictation tab Numerals and Zip code...

Page 68: ...numeral or to spell it out For example you can change seven dollars to 7 by saying Format That Number And you can change 7 to seven dollars by saying Format That Spelled Out These commands change the...

Page 69: ...lon if you say a m p m or o clock when dictating the time Otherwise you must say colon If you want AM or PM entered in a different format such as a m you can correct the time after you dictate it as d...

Page 70: ...ictate U S currency as you would normally say it Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses the currency symbol and so on specified in your Windows settings See Regional Settings in the Windows Control Panel TO EN...

Page 71: ...ying slash or over between the two numbers For information about dictating fraction characters see Dictating uncommon special characters on page 57 Roman numerals You can dictate Roman numerals by say...

Page 72: ...ate a shorthand that types Michael D Bowman whenever you say my signature In this example the written form for the dictation shorthand is Michael D Bowman and the spoken form is my signature D Roman f...

Page 73: ...t a space between them and a period after each one for example J V O The written and spoken forms can t be more than 128 characters long You can enter spaces but you can t enter backslashes nonprintin...

Page 74: ...orm should be a unique phrase such as Laura my office mate With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional you can also create your own voice commands for inserting frequently used text A voice command can...

Page 75: ...he top and bottom of your document capitalize a word and apply bold italics and underlining This chapter describes other ways to edit your document by voice It explains how to Move around in a documen...

Page 76: ...mand from the list below Going to the beginning or end of a line You can move the cursor to the beginning or end of the current line by saying Go to Beginning of Line or Go to End of Line You can also...

Page 77: ...ts me talk instead of type To place the cursor after a specific word To move the cursor after the word talk in the sentence below say Insert After talk or Insert After lets me talk Dragon NaturallySpe...

Page 78: ...3 Lines See the complete list below Moving right or left a word You can move the cursor right or left a word by saying Move Right a Word or Move Left a Word You can also move right or left a number o...

Page 79: ...t the text using the Select command and then say new words to replace the selected text To Select and Say 1 Dictate the sentence below Let s meet for lunch on Tuesday period 2 Say Select lunch on Tues...

Page 80: ...It always searches backward from where you are If you want the program to always search forward you can change this setting On the Tools menu click Options and then click the Miscellaneous tab Clear...

Page 81: ...nt 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 Copy All to Clipboard command See Copying text...

Page 82: ...complete list below Selecting a word or character You can select the current word by saying Select Word To select a character say Select Next Character or Select Previous Character You can also selec...

Page 83: ...copy text to another window See Copying text to other programs on page 91 Capitalizing text Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate Dragon NaturallySpeaking capitalizes many words a...

Page 84: ...them off when you re finished This is usually easier than saying Cap before each word To capitalize consecutive words 1 Say Caps On to turn capitals on When Caps On is active Dragon NaturallySpeaking...

Page 85: ...case letters When you re dictating you can enter a word in all lowercase letters by saying No Caps and then the word For example say No Caps jack to get jack Dragon NaturallySpeaking normally capitali...

Page 86: ...You can apply formatting to text in your document by selecting it and then saying Bold That Italicize That or Underline That To add bold italics and underlining 1 Select the text you want to change 2...

Page 87: ...ictating the new text appears with the font attributes you set Changing font face Changing font size Say Set Size and then a size from 4 to 120 points For example say Set Size 18 Then continue dictati...

Page 88: ...an go back and change the font face size or style of text by selecting it and then using the Set Font or Format That commands To change the font 1 Select the text you want to change 2 Say Set Font or...

Page 89: ...ter you ve said it When this happens you can use the Resume With command to back up to where you were before the mistake Just say Resume With immediately followed by the word or words you want to back...

Page 90: ...er Deleting the next or previous paragraph You can delete the next or previous paragraph by saying Delete Next Paragraph or Delete Previous Paragraph You can also delete a number of paragraphs up to 2...

Page 91: ...ext to speech Text to speech is available in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred and Professional editions You can use text to speech to have text on your screen read aloud in a computer voice For...

Page 92: ...llowing commands To stop text to speech To stop text to speech do any of the following Click the Stop Playback button on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking toolbar Press the ESC key You can control the spee...

Page 93: ...browse the Web you can also use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to follow links and go to your favorite sites This chapter describes how to Start programs Open documents and folders Switch between open windo...

Page 94: ...tart menu or desktop You can t start Dragon NaturallySpeaking by voice because the program has to be running before it can hear you Starting a program from the Start menu To start a program from the S...

Page 95: ...use voice commands to open a document or folder that appears on your Windows Start menu or desktop Opening documents and folders from the Start menu To open a document or folder from the Start menu s...

Page 96: ...rt Projects Switching between open windows You can switch between the windows you have open by saying Switch to and then say the name of the program or document window exactly as it appears in the tit...

Page 97: ...e mail program To copy text to another program 1 Say Copy All to Clipboard to copy your entire document 2 Switch to another program such as your e mail program as described in the previous section Sw...

Page 98: ...enu you want to open for example say Click File In this example the File menu should open If the command doesn t work for example if the word click is typed into your document you may have paused in t...

Page 99: ...ick and then the name of the tab In the dialog box pictured you could say Click Options to select the Options tab You can also move between tabs by saying Go to Next Tab and Go to Previous Tab In some...

Page 100: ...e Left Click or Mouse Right Click You can also use voice commands to drag the selected object See Marking and dragging objects on page 110 Resizing and closing windows To resize and close windows say...

Page 101: ...trouble getting Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize any of the window commands you can open the Control menu by saying Click Control Menu and then say them Scrolling in windows and list boxes You ca...

Page 102: ...ou can run the Setup program again and select the NaturalWeb for use with Internet Explorer support option When Dragon NaturallySpeaking and Internet Explorer are running you can use voice commands to...

Page 103: ...pause in the middle of the command You cannot use voice commands to go to pages stored in the Channels folder If Dragon NaturallySpeaking misunderstands your command and opens the wrong page you can...

Page 104: ...talization doesn t matter in the Address bar For more information about dictating Web addresses see Dictating e mail and Web addresses on page 56 3 Say Go There to open the page same as pressing the E...

Page 105: ...ple to click News Events on the page pictured below say News and events SAY TO Go Back Go back to the previous Web page same as clicking the Back button Go Forward Go forward to the previous Web page...

Page 106: ...That One instead of Click That To click a button Say the button name For example to click the button pictured below say Search You can also say Click and then the button name For example you could say...

Page 107: ...ts by voice To click a check box 1 Say Check Box or Click Check Box to go to the first check box on the page SAY TO Go to Bottom Scroll to the end of the Web page Go to Top Scroll to the beginning of...

Page 108: ...If it s not the radio button you want you can move to the next or previous one by saying Next or Previous 2 When the button you want is selected say Click That To unselect the button you must select...

Page 109: ...in a new process box is checked If you re using Internet Explorer 5 0 make sure the Launch browser windows in separate process box is checked Q I don t want to control Internet Explorer by voice Can I...

Page 110: ...ing letters you must say Press before each one For example to enter txt say Press t Press x Press t pause between letters For similar sounding letters such as b d and v you can say Press b as in Bill...

Page 111: ...ys SHIFT CTRL and ALT at the same time as another key such as a letter For example you can say Press Control Z undo Press Alt F opens File menu Press Shift Tab moves backward through dialog box option...

Page 112: ...key For example you can say Press Keypad minus to press the keyboard shortcut for opening the Correction dialog box See the complete list below Num Lock must be on for the Press Keypad commands to wor...

Page 113: ...pointer anywhere on the screen click the mouse button and drag objects all by voice Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid You can position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen by using MouseGri...

Page 114: ...he MouseGrid over the full screen or MouseGrid Window to place it over the active window 2 Say a grid number from 1 to 9 to position the pointer in that numbered area For example to position it over M...

Page 115: ...p 3 Click or Mouse Right 2 Double Click To move the pointer 1 Say Mouse followed by the direction and number of times to move it up to 10 For example say Mouse Up 5 or Mouse Left 10 2 When the pointer...

Page 116: ...by voice To mark and drag an object 1 Position the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag and then say Mark for example say MouseGrid 9 1 Mark 2 Move the mouse pointer to where you want to dr...

Page 117: ...you start the program This lets Dragon NaturallySpeaking know which user speech files to load If the program is already running make sure your own user is open before you start dictating This chapter...

Page 118: ...s in the New User Wizard you can find answers to common questions about the wizard in your Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start booklet Opening a user When someone else has been using Dragon Naturally...

Page 119: ...llySpeaking User menu click Open 2 Select a user and click Rename 3 Type a new name and click OK The name can contain up to 128 characters including spaces 4 Click Cancel to close the Open User dialog...

Page 120: ...rompts you to save these changes before it makes the backup Restoring a backup copy of a user If you make unwanted changes to your speech files for example you process the wrong documents in Vocabular...

Page 121: ...1 On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking User menu click Open 2 Select the user you want to delete and click Delete If you want to delete the open user you must close it first by opening a different user The...

Page 122: ...at have been certified by Dragon Systems A current list of certified recorders is available at www dragonsystems com The Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder is sold with products such as Dragon NaturallyS...

Page 123: ...e for live dictation See Using the Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder as a microphone on page 127 Creating a user adapted to your recorded speech Before you can use Dragon NaturallyMobile you must create...

Page 124: ...ragon NaturallyMobile recorder if you re using the Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder Select the third option Connect the recorder to the Line In jack on the computer if you connect your recorder to your...

Page 125: ...NaturallySpeaking to process your speech files 7 When the New User Wizard reappears follow the instructions on the screen to finish creating the user If you re running Dragon NaturallySpeaking Profes...

Page 126: ...er connecting your headset microphone to your recorder rather than talking into the built in microphone Using the headset microphone is likely to produce better quality recordings When you re dictatin...

Page 127: ...cable from your portable recorder to the line input jack or microphone jack on your computer s sound card or copy the digital data to your computer as a wave file Transcribing your dictation You set t...

Page 128: ...urallySpeaking to recognize If the source is a wave file click Browse to locate the file If you re playing back recorded dictation through the Line Input jack transcription stops automatically by defa...

Page 129: ...our recorder Is your recorder properly connected to the computer Are you playing the right part of the recording Listen to the source file to make sure it contains dictation Have you changed the volum...

Page 130: ...urallySpeaking toolbar Click anywhere in the document window Press the ESC key To go faster or slower To go faster or skip ahead click the Faster button or press the right arrow key To go slower or sk...

Page 131: ...format you or someone else can transcribe the file using Dragon NaturallySpeaking You don t need to create a separate set of user speech files to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder When you...

Page 132: ...k software is not running 3 Click the Mic On Off tool so the microphone is on 4 Wait until the recorder display reads Mic On This takes about two or three seconds after you click on the Mic On Off too...

Page 133: ...references provided throughout the appendix Which commands work in which programs Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to almost any Windows program but not all commands work in all Windows program...

Page 134: ...ottom of a page For more information about these commands see Going to the top or bottom of a page on page 70 SAY TO Go to Sleep Make the microphone stop listening temporarily Wake Up Reactivate the m...

Page 135: ...e 71 SAY THEN one Go to Beginning of Line Move to Start of Line End of Line SAY You can use these commands only when you re dictating in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window or in any of the programs l...

Page 136: ...ing right or left a word on page 72 Moving right or left a character For more information about these commands see Moving right or left a character on page 73 SAY THEN one THEN one Move Up a Line or 1...

Page 137: ...u can use these commands only when you re dictating in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window or in any of the programs listed on page 129 of this appendix TO Select text Select a specific word or words...

Page 138: ...n page 77 SAY THEN one THEN one Select Next Word Forward Character Previous 2 Words Back 4 Characters n Words up to 20 n Characters up to 20 SAY TO Select Document Select All Select all the text in yo...

Page 139: ...turallySpeaking window or in any of the programs listed on page 129 of this appendix TO Cap That Format That Capitals Format That Initial Caps Format That Cap Format That Caps Capitalize either the la...

Page 140: ...AY TO Caps On Turn initial caps on Caps Off Turn initial caps off All Caps On Turn all capitals on All Caps Off Turn all capitals off No Caps On Turn all lowercase on No Caps Off Turn all lowercase of...

Page 141: ...window or in any of the programs listed on page 129 of this appendix TO Bold That Apply bold to either the last thing you said or selected text Italicize That Apply italics to either the last thing yo...

Page 142: ...on page 81 SAY one You can use these commands only when you re dictating in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window or in any of the programs listed on page 129 of this appendix THEN one Set Size 8 Format...

Page 143: ...urallySpeaking window or in any of the programs listed on page 129 of this appendix THEN one THEN one THEN one Set Font Times 8 Bold Format That Times New Roman 10 Italics Arial 12 Underline Courier n...

Page 144: ...e 83 Resume With text Back up to a specific word or words so you can continue dictating from that point For more information see Backing up as you dictate on page 83 Delete That You can use these comm...

Page 145: ...Characters up to 20 SAY TO Correct That Correct either the last thing you said or selected text Correct text You can use these commands only when you re dictating in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking windo...

Page 146: ...rnative from the numbered list for editing Example Select 4 Spelling in the Correction dialog box When you re spelling in the Correction dialog box this is what you can say letters a z International C...

Page 147: ...special characters by voice If the program has trouble recognizing a character try using the longest available spoken form FOR SAY FOR SAY a Alpha n November b Bravo o Oscar c Charlie p Papa d Delta...

Page 148: ...ry using the longest available spoken form section sign section em dash en dash soft hyphen Nonbreaking space nonbreakable space no break space unbreakable space To enter these characters by voice you...

Page 149: ...king 4 0 For more information see Dictating uncommon special characters on page 57 You can dictate the euro symbol only if you have euro support installed on your computer You must also enter the euro...

Page 150: ...rom c accent cedilla or c cedilla Cap c accent cedilla or Cap c cedilla inverted exclamation point inverted exclamation mark inverted question mark German sharp German sharp s sharp s oe ligature liga...

Page 151: ...using the longest available spoken form TO ENTER SAY one quarter sign one quarter quarter sign quarter one half sign one half half sign half three quarters sign three quarters multiply sign multiply...

Page 152: ...ign degree superscript 1 superscript 2 squared square superscript 3 cubed cube Greek mu micro o slash To enter these characters by voice you must be using a vocabulary created with Dragon NaturallySpe...

Page 153: ...oh two four six zero hyphen one four five eight January 22 1999 January twenty two comma nineteen ninety nine April 9 2001 April nine comma two thousand and one 07 14 85 oh seven slash fourteen slash...

Page 154: ...16 fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen 3 7 8 three and seven eighths or three and seven over eight 9 12 nine slash twelve or nine over twelve 5 3 56 five space bar three slash fifty six 130 70...

Page 155: ...ackslash begin quote begin quotes open quote open quotes end quote end quotes close quote close quotes begin single quote open single quote end single quote close single quote left paren left parenthe...

Page 156: ...xt to speech commands work only in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window percent sign backquote caret tilde ampersand and sign _ underscore asterisk vertical bar smiley face frowny face SAY TO Play That...

Page 157: ...indow Read back the text in view Read to Here Read Up to Here Read back from the top of the document window to the cursor Read from Here Read Down from Here Read back from the cursor to the bottom of...

Page 158: ...1 SAY TO Switch to program Switch to a different program window For program substitute the actual program name as it appears in the title bar Switch to Previous Window Switch to the previous window eq...

Page 159: ...button substitute the actual button or option name Click tab Activate a tab in a tabbed dialog box For tab substitute the actual tab name Go to Next Tab Click Next Tab Move to Next Tab Switch to the...

Page 160: ...eb page same as clicking the Forward button Stop Loading Stop a Web page from loading same as clicking the Stop button Refresh Reload Refresh the current Web page same as clicking the Refresh button G...

Page 161: ...Scroll down one line same as clicking the down arrow in the scroll bar once Line Up Scroll up one line same as clicking the up arrow in the scroll bar once Start Scrolling Down Start automatic scroll...

Page 162: ...next word 77 78 C Ca ap ps s O Of ff f 78 C Ca ap ps s O On n 78 C Ce en nt te er r T Th ha at t 82 characters deleting 84 85 moving to next previous 73 selecting 76 check boxes selecting 93 clicking...

Page 163: ...anging 80 foreign words 60 F Fo or rm ma at t T Th ha at t N Nu um mb be er r 62 formatting text applying bold 80 applying italics 80 applying underlining 80 changing font face size and style 80 remov...

Page 164: ...0 by characters 73 to beginning end of line 70 by lines 72 by paragraphs 71 scrolling 95 to top bottom of page 70 by words 72 N names 23 50 NaturalWeb See Internet Explorer N Ne ew L w Li in ne e 130...

Page 165: ...on 73 specific words 75 76 S Se et t F Fo on nt t 80 82 spaces deleting 84 speaking guidelines 10 12 special characters 57 143 145 147 151 speech recognition how it works 7 spelling errors 19 spelling...

Page 166: ...creating a word list 32 preparing documents 30 running 29 undoing unwanted changes 114 word limit 34 Vocabulary Editor 24 vocal strain preventing 49 volume setting on a recorder 121 W wave files 126...

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