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Correcting and Editing
If dictation is not available, the Play Back button is dimmed (grayed out). When
playback is not available, you may find text-to-speech useful for checking your
work. See "Using text-to-speech" on page 58.
Playing back dictation in a document
To help you check your work for mistakes, you can play back a line, a paragraph, a
selection, or the whole document. After playback starts, you can stop it as soon as
you notice a mistake and automatically open the Correction menu.
The Playback toolbar is an extra section of the DragonBar that is normally hidden.
To see the Playback toolbar, click the double chevron icon
open the Extras toolbar (Preferred and higher editions).
To play back dictation:
To play back dictation, do any of the following:
Select the text you want to play back, and say "Play That Back."
Click the Start Playback button on the Playback toolbar.
Move the insertion point to the text you want to play back and say any of the
following commands:
S A Y
Play Back Line
Play Back Paragraph
Play Back Document
Play Back Window
Play Back to Here
Play Back from Here
To stop playback:
To stop playback, do any of the following:
Click the Stop Playback button on the Playback toolbar.
Click anywhere in the document window.
Press the
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide
Start Playback Stop Playback
Correction Fast Playback
TO
Play back dictation for the current line.
Play back dictation for the current paragraph.
Play back dictation for the whole document.
Play back dictation for the text in view.
Play back dictation from the top of the document
window to the insertion point.
Play back dictation from the insertion point to the
bottom of the document window.
key.
ESC
on the DragonBar to
Skip Forward
Skip Back Transcribe
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