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Improving Accuracy
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Type the new spoken form into the Spoken Form box. Make sure you type it
exactly as is it pronounced.
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(optional) Make any changes, such as punctuation or capitalization, to the
Written Form box.
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Click Add. This adds the word with your changes.
If the word was already in the active vocabulary before you edited it, you should
then delete the original word.
Creating a spoken form can be useful in automating some words or phrases that you
dictate frequently. For example, you can define a spoken form for a phone number
that you frequently use instead of dictating a string of numbers.
Here are some examples of words with different written and spoken forms. Look in
the Vocabulary Editor window for more examples.
W R IT T E N F O R M
eBusiness
Daniell
Niamh
CINCPAC
mdbowman@company.com
Robert F. Kennedy
Waldron, Lichtin & Foust
(617) 965-5200
To delete a custom word from your vocabulary
Normally, you do not need to delete words from the active vocabulary. If a word is
regularly confused with another one that you never use, however, you might want to
delete the word you never use.
To delete a word, select it and click Delete. (You can select multiple words by
holding down the
will select consecutive words.)
Some common words (like "the") cannot be deleted, since Dragon
NaturallySpeaking wouldn't understand you very well without them.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide
SPO KEN F O RM
ee business
Daniel with two ells
Nev
sink pack
my e-mail address
R. F. K.
Waldron Lichtin and Foust
my phone number
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