Dragon Systems DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING ESSENTIALS 5-QUICK START Quick Start Manual page 18

Entering numbers
FOR: SAY:
5 five or numeral five
23 twenty three
179 one hundred seventy nine or one
hundred and seventy nine
5423 five thousand four hundred twenty
three
5,423 five [comma] four twenty three
12,532 twelve thousand five hundred thirty
two
January 22, 1960 January twenty two [comma]
nineteen sixty
4/9/2000 four [slash] nine [slash] two
thousand
8:30 eight [colon] thirty
4:45 AM four forty five a m
3:00 PM three o'clock p m
617-965-5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two
hundred
(01628) 894150 open parenthesis oh one six two
eight close parenthesis space bar
eight nine four one five oh
$45 US/Canada: forty five dollars
Other Dialects: dollar sign forty five
£ 45 US/Canada: pound sterling sign
forty five
Other Dialects: forty five pounds
1/2 one half
3 7/8 three and seven eighths
Start Numbers Mode or Numbers Mode On
SAY:
TO: Tell Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize your
dictation as numbers, typed as numerals.
Stop Numbers Mode or Numbers Mode Off
SAY:
TO: Resume normal recognition of text and numbers.
Entering punctuation and special characters
FOR: SAY:
& ampersand
' apostrophe
@ at sign
' open single quote/
begin single quote
P A G E I I I
FOR: SAY:
* asterisk
's apostrophe s
` backquote
' close single quote/
end single quote
FOR: SAY:
" open quote
begin quote
\ backslash
: colon
^ caret
. dot/
point
$ dollar sign
= equal sign
! exclamation point
{ US/Canada: open
brace/left brace
Other Dialects:
open curly bracket/
left curly bracket
[ US/Canada:
open bracket/
left bracket
Other Dialects:
open square
bracket/left
square bracket
( All Dialects:
open parenthesis/
left parenthesis
Outside US/Canada:
open bracket/
left bracket
< open angle
bracket/
less than
- minus sign
% percent sign
£ US/Canada: pound
sterling sign
Other Dialects:
pound sign/pound
§ section sign
(space) space bar
~ tilde
| vertical bar
:-) smiley face
FOR: SAY:
" close quote/
end quote
/ slash/
forward slash
, comma
— dash
. US/Canada: period
Other Dialects:
full stop
... ellipsis
Û euro sign/euro
- hyphen
} US/Canada: close
brace/right brace
Other Dialects:
close curly bracket/
right curly bracket
] US/Canada:
close bracket/
right bracket
Other Dialects:
close square
bracket/right
square bracket
) All Dialects:
close parenthesis/
right parenthesis
Outside US/Canada:
close bracket/
right bracket
> close angle
bracket/
greater than
+ plus sign
? question mark
# US/Canada:
number sign/
pound/pound sign
Other Dialects:
hash sign/
sharp sign
; semicolon
(tab) tab key
_ underscore
:-( frowny face
;-) winky face