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8 Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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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.
Telephone numbers outside North America
To dictate other phone numbers, including European phone numbers, you must
say all the punctuation, including the hyphens, spaces, and parentheses.
In dialects other than US/Canada, you can say “bracket” instead of “parenthesis.”
Fractions
You can dictate most common fractions the way you would normally say them. To
dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, and 1/16 or a multiple of these
fractions, just say the fraction normally.
TO EN TER S A 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
TO EN TER S A Y
(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 parenthesis]
two seven seven eight five nine zero
TO EN TER S A Y
1/2 one half
1/4 one fourth or one quarter
15/16 fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen
3 7/8 three and seven eighths or three and seven over eight
TIP