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8 Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters
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For more complete lists of special characters, see “Entering punctuation and special
characters” on page 194 or the online Help.
Dictating uncommon special characters
If you use uncommon special characters in your writing (for example, a double-
dagger sign ‡), you can enter them by voice using the Spell command. If you use a
special character frequently, you can also add it as a new word using the Vocabulary
Editor.
For the complete list of special characters and their names, see the Special
Characters topic in the online Help and the following sections in the Appendix:
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“Publishing symbols” on page 179
■ “Accented and international characters” on page 181
■
“Mathematical symbols” on page 181
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“Currency symbols” on page 179
To dictate a special character:
1
Just say “Spell”plus the name of the character. For example, if you want to enter
a double-dagger sign (‡) into your document, say “Spell double dagger.”
To add a special character to the vocabulary:
If you frequently want to dictate an unrecognized special character (for example,
double-dagger sign - ‡) into your document, you could add “double dagger” as a new
word in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary. Follow these steps:
1
In your document, dictate the phrase you want to use to enter the special
character (for example, say “double dagger”). Dragon NaturallySpeaking enters
the words into your document.
2
Say “Spell That” to open the Spell dialog box.
£ US/Canada: pound sterling sign
Other Dialects: pound sign or pound
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