C H A P T E R 6
Numbers and Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will recognize times more accurately if you say
“numeric colon” instead of “colon” when dictating times.
Other Dialects
: Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
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 zero zero”
to enter .00.
The format of “a.m.” and “p.m.” depends on your computer’s regional
Windows
®
settings.
Telephone numbers
North American phone numbers
Say US and Canadian phone numbers as you normally would, pausing
briefly between each group of numbers.
You don’t need to dictate hyphens for most phone numbers (numbers
that are 7, 10, or 11 digits long). Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will add
them automatically.
TO EN TE R
SA Y
8:30
eight [point] thirty
7.45 AM
seven forty five a m
10.22 PM
ten twenty two p m
3.00
three o’clock
5.00 PM
five o’clock p m
TO EN TE R
SA Y
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
TIP
NOTE
