C H A P T E R 4
Correcting and Editing
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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many applications, including Microsoft
®
Word, Corel
®
WordPerfect
®
, the
DragonPad, and many other places where you can format text.
To Select-and-Say
®
:
1
Dictate the sentence below:
US/Canada
:
Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [period]
Other Dialects
:
Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [full stop]
2
Say
“Select lunch on Tuesday.”
The words “lunch on Tuesday” should be
highlighted on the screen.
3
Say
“dinner on Wednesday.”
These words should replace “lunch on
Tuesday.”
Since “Tuesday” and “Wednesday” sound completely different, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
will know you are not correcting a recognition
mistake but rather revising your dictated text.
You can also select punctuation marks.
4
Say:
“Select period”
(US/Canada
) or
“Select full stop”
(
Other Dialects
).
If
there’s more than one period or full stop, you can say
“Select Again”
to
select a different one.
5
To replace the period or full stop with an exclamation mark, say
“exclamation mark.”
It is often easier for Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
to find the matching text if you
select a short phrase rather than individual words. If you select some words that are
already correct, just say them again along with the ones you want to change.
Be careful not to overwrite your selection
When text is selected, be careful not to breathe loudly, clear your
throat, or make other sounds. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
may
interpret such noises as speech and replace the selection with new
text. If this happens, say
“Undo That”
to reverse the action.
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