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Correcting and Editing

(It's not possible to stop playback by voice, because the computer cannot hear

speech input when it's playing back dictation.)

To skip backward or forward:

You can skip backward or forward in your document by a few words by clicking the

Skip Backward and Skip Forward buttons.

To stop playback and correct a mistake:

To stop playback and correct a mistake, do any of the following:

Click the Correction button on the Playback toolbar.

Press the minus (-) key on the numeric keypad.

This stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction menu. There you can

correct the text for the last phrase played back.

NOTE

want to be able to store more dictation, you can change the amount of disk space that's set aside for

storing it. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Data tab. Increase the number in the

"Disk space reserved for playback" box.

Dictate now, correct later

When you dictate into the DragonPad, you can save your dictation with your text so

either you or someone else can correct it later. You must create and edit your file in

the DragonPad to be able to play back dictation. This feature is available in Dragon

NaturallySpeaking Professional and higher editions.

You can save dictation with your document if you select the Save recorded dictation

with document box on the Data tab of the Options dialog. The first time you save a

document in DragonPad during an editing session, Dragon NaturallySpeaking asks

you whether you want to save your speech data. If you save your speech data, you

can reopen the document at a later time and play back your dictation. If you do not

save your speech data, your dictation is stored only during the current editing

session.

Correcting your own dictation

If you save your dictation, you can open your file later and play back and correct the

text as if you had just dictated it.

Correcting someone else's dictation

You can play back someone else's dictation and correct the text to match the

dictation. You can do this in two ways:

You can correct the dictation using your user files.

You can correct the dictation using the document author's user files.

By default, Dragon NaturallySpeaking stores about 30 minutes of dictation (40 MB). If you

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