C H A P T E R 6
Numbers and Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Including hyphens as you dictate
To hyphenate words that Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
doesn’t hyphenate
automatically, just say
“hyphen”
wherever you want a hyphen.
You can hyphenate words you just dictated with the command
“Hyphenate That.”
Select the words you want to hyphenate and say
“
Hyphenate That.”
If you say this command when no words are selected,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will usually hyphenate the last few words
that you said.
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
You can prevent Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
from entering a hyphen by
pausing where the hyphen would normally be.
For example, to type “long lasting” (normally hyphenated) say
“long,”
then pause for a moment, and then say
“lasting.”
Or you can say
“long
space bar lasting”
without pausing, to insert a space in place of the
hyphen
.
Dictating compound words
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
joins compound words (such as “notebook”)
automatically, based on standard usage. To dictate a compound word,
just say it as you normally would.
TO EN TE R
SA Y
speech-recognition software
speech [hyphen] recognition software
power-sharing agreement
power [hyphen] sharing agreement
Elizabeth Walker-Smith
Elizabeth Walker [hyphen] Smith