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  • Page 1 Dragon NaturallySpeaking ® U S E R ’ S G U I D E...
  • Page 2 August 1999. Version 4.0. Professional edition. This publication may not include some last-minute technical changes and/or revisions to the program. Changes are periodically made to the information described here. Future editions of this manual will incorporate these changes. For last-minute changes that are not incorporated in this edition, refer to the Readme file included in your program.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide 1 C H A P T E R 1 Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking 3 What should I expect from Dragon NaturallySpeaking? 4 Do I still need my mouse and keyboard? 5 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully 7 How Dragon NaturallySpeaking works 7 Seven habits for success with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9...
  • Page 4 Contents Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize problem words 38 Training words after making corrections 38 Training words when using Find New Words or Vocabulary Builder 40 Training words from Vocabulary Editor 40 Training words from the Tools menu 41 Training a voice command 41 Running General Training again 43 Creating specialized vocabularies 44 Creating vocabularies 45...
  • Page 5 Contents C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice 69 Moving around in a document 70 Going to the top or bottom of a page 70 Going to the beginning or end of a line 70 Placing the cursor before or after a specific word 70 Moving up or down a paragraph 71 Moving up or down a line 72...
  • Page 6 Contents C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice 87 Starting programs 88 Starting a program from the Start menu 88 Starting a program from the Windows desktop 89 Opening documents and folders 89 Opening documents and folders from the Start menu 89 Opening documents and folders from the Windows desktop 90 Switching between open windows 90 Copying text to other programs 91...
  • Page 7 Contents C H A P T E R 6 Creating New Users and Managing Users 111 Creating a new user Opening a user 112 Renaming a user 113 Backing up a user 113 Restoring a backup copy of a user 114 Deleting a user 115 C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands 117...

  • Page 9: About This Guide

    About This Guide elcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking , the world’s most widely ® acclaimed speech-recognition product. Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your computer instead of typing. It also lets you use your voice to control your computer in other ways. This guide provides detailed information that will help you get the most out of using the program.
  • Page 10 About This Guide Comments? If you have comments about this user’s guide or any part of the Dragon NaturallySpeaking documentation, we hope you’ll let us know what you think. You can e-mail comments to: doccomments@dragonsys.com. Thank you! Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide...

  • Page 11: Introducing Dragon Naturallyspeaking

    C H A P T E R Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking ragon NaturallySpeaking lets you talk to your computer instead of typing. As you talk, your words are transcribed onto your screen and into your documents or e-mail messages. Talking to a computer while it types what you say is called dictating. You can dictate into Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect...

  • Page 12: What Should I Expect From Dragon Naturallyspeaking

    C H A P T E R 1 Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking If you share your computer with family members, friends, or colleagues, they can also use Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Simply create a new set of “user speech files” for each person who wants to talk to the computer. Find out how in Chapter 6, “Creating New Users and Managing Users.”...

  • Page 13: Do I Still Need My Mouse And Keyboard

    C H A P T E R 1 Introducing Dragon NaturallySpeaking the program work well by reading Chapter 2, “Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully.” Do I still need my mouse and keyboard? Although you can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to do almost everything on your computer by voice, some things are still easier to do by mouse or keyboard.

  • Page 15: Using Dragon Naturallyspeaking Successfully

    C H A P T E R Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully f you followed the exercises in your Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start booklet, by now you’ve had a chance to try dictating with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. So, are you ready to throw away your keyboard? Probably not.

  • Page 16: C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon Naturallyspeaking Successfully

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses acoustical data about the sound patterns that make up different words to choose the words that most closely match what it heard. Since no two people sound exactly alike, Dragon NaturallySpeaking does a much better job of matching sounds to words when it knows something about your pronunciation.

  • Page 17: Seven Habits For Success With Dragon Naturallyspeaking

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Seven habits for success with Dragon NaturallySpeaking The rest of this chapter describes seven habits you can adopt to make Dragon NaturallySpeaking work well for you. If you make the techniques and procedures in this chapter a habit, and continue to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking regularly, you should be able to make the program recognize your speech accurately 95–98 percent of the time.

  • Page 18: Speaking Properly To The Computer

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully If you find that Dragon NaturallySpeaking is making too many mistakes, experiment with moving the microphone a little closer to or farther from your mouth. If extra words, such as “and” and “the,” are often inserted into your document, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may be interpreting the sound of your breath as speech.

  • Page 19: Speak Naturally And Continuously, But Pronounce Each Word Clearly

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Speak naturally and continuously, but pronounce each word clearly When you talk to another person, you can mumble and run your words together and still be understood most of the time. For example, if you say, “Didja eat?,”...

  • Page 20: Speak In Phrases, Rather Than One Word At A Time

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully sound patterns when matching sounds to words. If you speak in syllables, Dragon NaturallySpeaking is likely to transcribe each syllable as a separate word. Make it a habit to speak at your normal pace, so Dragon NaturallySpeaking can learn your normal pronunciation.

  • Page 21: Correcting Recognition Mistakes

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Correcting recognition mistakes When Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the wrong words, you should correct these mistakes by using the Correction dialog box. By correcting mistakes, you actually teach the program not to make the same mistakes again.
  • Page 22 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Using the Correction dialog box When the Correction dialog box opens, if the correct word or phrase is in the list of choices, you can simply choose it. You can resize the Correction dialog box by Text box...
  • Page 23 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully If the correct choice doesn’t appear, finish typing or spelling it and then click OK (or say “Click OK”). Spelling in the Correction dialog box To enter text in the Correction dialog box, you can either type it or spell it by voice.
  • Page 24 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Going back and correcting mistakes later If you’re going back to fix the mistakes in your document, you can correct a word or phrase by saying “Correct”* and then the word or phrase.

  • Page 25: Editing In The Correction Dialog Box

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully beginning and the end of the range of wrong words (they must be visible on the screen). For example, you could correct the underlined words in the following sentence by saying “Correct who Through unclear”...
  • Page 26 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully See the complete list below: ( o n e ) ( o n e ) S A Y TH E N TH E N Move Right a Word (or “1 Word”) Forward 2 Words Left...

  • Page 27: Playing Back Your Dictation While You Correct

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully See the complete list below: S A Y TH E N ( o n e ) TH E N ( o n e ) Delete Next Word Forward 2 Words Previous n Words (up to 20)
  • Page 28 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully NOTE Sometimes, there’s no dictation to play back. For example, you can’t play back text that wasn’t entered by voice, such as words you typed or pasted into your document.

  • Page 29: Adding Words To The Dragon Naturallyspeaking Vocabulary

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully To stop playback: To stop playback, do any of the following: Click the Stop Playback button on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking toolbar. Stop Playback Click anywhere in the document window. Press the (It’s not possible to stop playback by voice, because the computer can’t hear speech input when it’s playing back dictation.)

  • Page 30: About The Vocabulary

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully About the vocabulary The Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary contains the words the program is capable of recognizing when you say them. The vocabulary contains thousands of words, their common pronunciations, and language data about how frequently words are used alone and in combination with others.
  • Page 31 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully To correct a word and make it active: Dictate the following sentence. The word “Punxsutawney” (pronounced punks-ah-tawny) is in the backup dictionary, not the active vocabulary, so Dragon NaturallySpeaking won’t recognize it correctly on the first try.

  • Page 32: Adding Words When Correcting Mistakes

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully NaturallySpeaking these new words, so it can recognize them when you say them. You can teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking new words in any of the following ways: Add words when correcting mistakes Add words in Vocabulary Editor™...
  • Page 33 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully To add a word to the vocabulary: On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools menu, click Vocabulary Editor. Vocabulary Editor lists all the active words in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary. A word’s written form is what Dragon NaturallySpeaking types when you say the word.

  • Page 34: Using Find New Words

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully To delete a word from the vocabulary: Normally, you don’t need to delete words from the vocabulary. But if a word is regularly confused with another one that you never use, you might want to delete the one you don’t use.
  • Page 35 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully The Find New Words dialog box opens. Click to select words to add to the vocabulary The Find New Words dialog box displays all the words in the current document that aren’t in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary (neither the active vocabulary nor the backup dictionary).
  • Page 36 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully found with unusual capitalization (for example, “Fluffy” and “joan”). NOTE Any capitalized words found at the beginning of a sentence or in a title (such as “War and Peace”) don’t appear in the list. Clear the “Include words added in this session”...

  • Page 37: Running Vocabulary Builder

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully instructions, see “Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize problem words” on page 38. NOTE Training new words is a good idea, but it’s not required. If a word is pronounced the way it’s spelled, Dragon NaturallySpeaking should be able to recognize it without training.

  • Page 38: Preparing Documents

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully as often as you like without overwriting language data gathered previously. To run Vocabulary Builder, you need to complete the following steps: Prepare documents Add words from a list (optional) Run Vocabulary Builder Add words found in documents The following sections describe these steps.

  • Page 39: Adding Words From A List

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Dragon NaturallySpeaking can process Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect files only if you have the corresponding word processor installed on your computer. If it’s not installed, convert the documents to another format, such as RTF.

  • Page 40: Running Vocabulary Builder

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully To create a list of words: Create a text (.txt) file and enter each word or phrase you want to add to the vocabulary on a separate line. Make sure words are spelled correctly. To include a spoken form, type a backslash (\) and then the spoken form.
  • Page 41 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Follow the instructions on the screen. (Optional) On the Add Words from a List page, specify a file containing words you want to add to the vocabulary. (See “Adding words from a list” on page 31 for more information about this step.) Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide...
  • Page 42 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully If you specify a file, click Add Words from List, and then click Next to continue. To skip this step, just click Next. On the Analyze Documents page, click Add. Vocabulary Builder uses documents you’ve written to teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you write.

  • Page 43: Adding Words Found In Documents

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Documents you select are added to the Analyze Documents page. If you need to remove a document, select it and click Remove. To start processing the documents, click Analyze Documents. NOTE If Vocabulary Builder displays an error message, it may mean that one or more of your files is not in the correct format (see the list of acceptable formats on...
  • Page 44 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully NaturallySpeaking how frequently you use different words and in what order. Vocabulary Builder does this whether or not you add new words. Click to select words to add to the vocabulary The Add New Words dialog box displays all the words found that aren’t in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking vocabulary (neither the active vocabulary nor the backup dictionary).
  • Page 45 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully The Adapt to Document Style page opens. Make your selections and click Next to continue. For the first option, select “Yes” to have Vocabulary Builder modify your speech files based on the language data gathered in analyzing your documents.

  • Page 46: Training Dragon Naturallyspeaking To Recognize Problem Words

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize problem words If Dragon NaturallySpeaking continues to get the same word or phrase wrong, it probably doesn’t recognize the way you pronounce it. When this happens, you should teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking how you say it.
  • Page 47 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully The Train Words dialog box opens. Text box Train Words helps you teach Dragon NaturallySpeaking your pronunciation for a word or phrase it continues to get wrong. Click Record. The word or phrase to train appears in the text box.

  • Page 48: Training Words When Using Find New Words Or Vocabulary Builder

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Training words when using Find New Words or Vocabulary Builder When you use Find New Words or run Vocabulary Builder, you’re prompted to train any new words you select for adding to the vocabulary. Training new words is a good idea, but it’s not required.

  • Page 49: Training Words From The Tools Menu

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Training words from the Tools menu You can also train words by opening the Train Words dialog box from the Tools menu. To train a word from the Tools menu: On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools menu, click Train Words.
  • Page 50 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully No-Space No-Space-On No-Space-Off To train a command in the previous list: On the Tools menu, click Vocabulary Editor. Scroll to the top of the list where the commands are listed. (To get there quickly, use the scroll box rather than the scroll arrows.) Click the command you want to train (it won’t become highlighted, but the space next to it in the Written form column will), and then click...

  • Page 51: Running General Training Again

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Click OK. For further instructions, follow steps 2–4 beginning on page 39. Make it a habit to train any words or voice commands Dragon NaturallySpeaking consistently misunderstands, so the program learns your pronunciation.

  • Page 52: Creating Specialized Vocabularies

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully There’s usually no time requirement, but the more you read, the more it can help Dragon NaturallySpeaking learn your pronunciation. As you read, speak clearly, as if you were dictating the text into a document. This will allow the program to learn how you sound when you dictate.

  • Page 53: Creating Vocabularies

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully is stored in the vocabulary along with the word, so it’s specific to a single vocabulary. Creating vocabularies These procedures apply only to Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional. To create a vocabulary: On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Vocabulary menu, choose New.

  • Page 54: Opening Vocabularies

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Opening vocabularies These procedures apply only to Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional. To open a vocabulary: On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Vocabulary menu, click Open. Select a vocabulary and click Open. You can also open a vocabulary that was open recently by selecting its name from the Vocabulary menu.

  • Page 55: Importing And Exporting Vocabularies

    C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully There must be at least one vocabulary on the computer, so if you’ve got only one, you can’t delete it. NOTE Always use the Delete button to delete vocabularies; don’t remove folders from the NatSpeak\…\Users folder on your hard disk.
  • Page 56 C H A P T E R 2 Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking Successfully Open the folder you created for storing the exported vocabulary files. Click Save. The exported vocabulary is saved as five files, all with the same name but with different extensions (.TOP, .TO1, TO2, and so on). These five files must remain in the same folder.

  • Page 57: More About Dictating

    C H A P T E R More About Dictating our Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start booklet explains the basics of dictating. This chapter describes how to dictate: Names of people, places, and events Abbreviations and acronyms Hyphenated and compound words Words that end with ’s E-mail and Web addresses Special characters (such as @, ©, é, and ¥)

  • Page 58: Dictating Names Of People, Places, And Events

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Breathe deeply from your abdomen and not from the top of your chest. Loosen up and relax: stretch your arms, shoulders, neck, and jaw muscles. Take occasional breaks: get up, move around, and stretch. Keep your vocal cords moist: take sips of water and use a straw so you don’t have to move the microphone out of place.

  • Page 59: Dictating Abbreviations And Acronyms

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating common spelling. If this isn’t the spelling you want, just correct the word (as described in “Correcting recognition mistakes” on page 13). The Correction dialog box displays any alternative spellings that are already in the vocabulary.

  • Page 60: Dictating Hyphenated Words

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating If you want to include periods in an abbreviation (for example, U. K. instead of UK), just correct it. When the Correction dialog box opens, you may see a version that includes periods. If not, edit the corrected text to include them.

  • Page 61: Removing Hyphens

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating To add a hyphen: Select the words you want to hyphenate. For example, if you want to hyphenate “speech recognition” in the following sentence, say “Select speech recognition.” I’m using speech recognition software Say “Hyphenate That.”...

  • Page 62: Compounding Words As You Dictate

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Compounding words as you dictate To compound words that Dragon NaturallySpeaking doesn’t join automatically, just say “No Space” between the words. TO E N TE R SA Y dragonsystems [No Caps] dragon [No Space] systems WebTV [Cap] web [No Space] tv...

  • Page 63: Dictating Words That End With 'S

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Dictating words that end with ’s When you dictate a word that should end with ’s, Dragon NaturallySpeaking adds it if it can hear the “ess” sound and the ending makes sense in the context.

  • Page 64: Dictating E-Mail And Web Addresses

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Dictating e-mail and Web addresses You can dictate e-mail and Web addresses as you would normally say them. Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically formats them for you. TO E N TE R SA Y Virginia39@aol.com [Cap] virginia thirty nine at a o l dot...

  • Page 65: Dictating Special Characters

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating described in “Training Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize problem words” on page 38). You can create dictation shorthands for e-mail and Web addresses you use often. (See “Creating dictation shorthands” on page 66.) Dictating special characters Dictating common special characters The following special characters are in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking...
  • Page 66 C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating you could dictate “copyright sign” and then correct the result to be the special character instead of the words “copyright sign.” The next time you say “copyright sign,” Dragon NaturallySpeaking should enter the symbol, not the words.
  • Page 67 C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Say the name of the special character (for example, say “copyright sign” to enter ©). For the complete list of special characters, see pages 151–155 in Appendix B. Click OK (or say “Click OK”). Dragon NaturallySpeaking enters the special character (for example, ©) and also adds it to the vocabulary.

  • Page 68: Dictating Foreign Words

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Dictate the accented character. (In this example, you would say “e acute” or “e accent acute” to enter “é.”) For the complete list of special characters, see pages 151–155 in Appendix B.

  • Page 69: Dictating Numbers

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Dictating numbers You can dictate most numbers as you would normally say them. For example, you can enter $250.95 by saying “two hundred fifty dollars and ninety five cents,” and you can enter 4:05 PM by saying “four oh five p m.” If you ever have trouble getting Dragon NaturallySpeaking to type a numeral rather than a word (for example, “4”...
  • Page 70 C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically includes a numeric comma (a comma without a trailing space) in numbers with five or more digits (for example, 12,537). To include a comma in a four-digit number, you must say “comma.”...

  • Page 71: Dates

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Dates You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say them. Say “oh” or “zero” to enter 0. TO E N TE R SA Y January 22, 1999 January twenty two [comma] nineteen ninety nine April 9, 2001 April nine [comma] two thousand and one...

  • Page 72: Telephone Numbers

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Telephone numbers You can say U.S. phone numbers naturally (by pausing briefly between each group of numbers). You don’t need to dictate hyphens between groups of numbers. TO E N TE R SA Y 617-965-5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two hundred...

  • Page 73: Fractions

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating Fractions You can dictate most fractions the way you would normally say them. To dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, and 1/16, or a multiple of these fractions, just say the fraction normally.

  • Page 74: Creating Dictation Shorthands

    C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating continued TO E N TE R SA Y Roman five hundred Roman one thousand XXIV Roman twenty Roman four XXXI Roman thirty Roman one MCMXCVII Roman one thousand Roman nine hundred Roman ninety Roman seven Don’t pause when you’re dictating Roman numerals.
  • Page 75 C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating To create a dictation shorthand: On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools menu, click Vocabulary Editor. In the Written form box, type the text you want typed into your document. In the Spoken form box, type the phrase you want to say to insert the written form text.
  • Page 76 C H A P T E R 3 More About Dictating example, the written form for the shorthand would be “Laura,” and the spoken form should be a unique phrase, such as “Laura my office mate.” With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, you can also create your own voice commands for inserting frequently used text.

  • Page 77: Editing A Document By Voice

    C H A P T E R Editing a Document by Voice f you followed the exercises in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start booklet, you learned a few useful commands for editing a document by voice. You learned how to Select-and-Say™ to revise text, move to the top and bottom of your document, capitalize a word, and apply bold, italics, and underlining.

  • Page 78: Moving Around In A Document

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Moving around in a document When you’re editing a document, you can move your cursor around the page by voice. After you move the cursor where you want it, you can dictate more text, select text, copy and paste, or apply formatting.

  • Page 79: Moving Up Or Down A Paragraph

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice After you move the cursor where you want it, you can dictate more text, paste text, add punctuation, and so on. To place the cursor before a specific word: To move the cursor before the word “lets”...

  • Page 80: Moving Up Or Down A Line

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Moving up or down a line You can move the cursor up or down a line by saying “Move Up a Line” or “Move Down a Line.” You can also move up and down a number of lines (up to 20).

  • Page 81: Moving Right Or Left A Character

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Moving right or left a character You can move the cursor to the next or previous character by saying “Move Right a Character” or “Move Left a Character.” You can also move forward and backward a number of characters (up to 20).

  • Page 82: Selecting The Same Text Again

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Say “Select period.” (If there’s more than one period, you can say “Select Again” to select a different one.) To replace the period with an exclamation point, say “exclamation point.” It’s often easier to select phrases than to select individual words.

  • Page 83: Selecting A Range Of Words

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Selecting a range of words You can select a range of words (for example, a sentence) with the “Select [text] Through [text]”* command. For [text], substitute the actual word(s) at the beginning and the end of the range you want to select.

  • Page 84: Selecting An Entire Paragraph Or Line

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Selecting an entire paragraph or line You can select the current paragraph by saying “Select Paragraph.” To select the current line, say “Select Line.” You can also select a number of paragraphs (up to 20). For example, you can say “Select Previous 5 Paragraphs.”...

  • Page 85: Copying, Cutting, And Pasting Text

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Copying, cutting, and pasting text You can move text from one place to another by using the “Copy That,”* “Cut That,” and “Paste That” commands. To copy, cut, or paste text: Select the text you want to copy or cut.

  • Page 86: Capitalizing Consecutive Words

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice If you need to dictate the word “cap” in a sentence (as in, “Don’t forget your baseball cap and glove”), just pause after saying “cap.” NOTE In certain programs, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may not always capitalize the first word you say;...

  • Page 87: Dictating Consecutive Words In All Capital Letters

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters When you want to dictate consecutive words in all capitals, you can turn all capitals on and then turn them off when you’re finished. To dictate consecutive words in all capitals: Say “All Caps On”...

  • Page 88: Capitalizing (Or Uncapitalizing) Text Already In Your Document

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document You can change the capitalization of text already in your document by selecting it and then saying “Cap That,” “All Caps That,” or “No Caps That.”* To capitalize or uncapitalize text: Select the text you want to change.
  • Page 89 C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice For example, you can say “Set Font Times” or “Set Font Arial 12 Bold.” When you continue dictating, the new text appears with the font attributes you set. Changing font face ( o n e ) S A Y...

  • Page 90: Changing The Font Later

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Changing a combination of font face, size, and style Say “Set Font” or “Format That” and then the attributes you want (listed in the previous sections). You can specify any combination of face, size, and style, but you must specify these attributes in that order (face, then size, then style).

  • Page 91: Deleting Text

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Deleting text Deleting the last words you dictated You can erase the last words you dictated by saying “Scratch That.” When you say “Scratch That,” Dragon NaturallySpeaking erases the last thing it typed into your document.

  • Page 92: Deleting Specific Words

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice Deleting specific words You can delete text by selecting it and saying “Delete That.” To delete text: Select the text you want to delete. Say “Delete That.” You can also say “Scratch That”...

  • Page 93: Using Text-To-Speech

    C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice You can also delete a number of words or characters (up to 20). For example, you can say “Delete Previous 5 Words.” See the complete list below: ( o n e ) ( o n e ) S A Y...
  • Page 94 C H A P T E R 4 Editing a Document by Voice To start text-to-speech: To start text-to-speech, do any of the following: Select the text you want to hear (a line, a paragraph, and so on), and then say “Read That.” Select the text you want to hear, and then select Read That from the Tools menu (or right-click in your document and select Read That from the pop-up menu).

  • Page 95: Controlling Your Computer By Voice

    C H A P T E R Controlling Your Computer by Voice n the previous chapters, you learned how to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to enter text. You can also use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to control your computer. For example, you can start programs, open menus, and click buttons by using your voice rather than the mouse and keyboard.

  • Page 96: Starting Programs

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice To be able to control Microsoft Office 97 and Office 2000 programs, Windows Explorer, and Internet Explorer, you must keep the “Use Active Accessibility for menu and dialog control” option selected in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Options dialog box (Miscellaneous tab).

  • Page 97: Starting A Program From The Windows Desktop

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Starting a program from the Windows desktop To start a program on your Windows desktop, just say “Start” and then the name below the icon. For example, to start Internet Explorer again, say “Start Internet Explorer.”...

  • Page 98: Opening Documents And Folders From The Windows Desktop

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Opening documents and folders from the Windows desktop To open a document or folder from your Windows desktop, just say “Start” and then the name below the icon. For example, to open a folder named “Projects,”...

  • Page 99: Copying Text To Other Programs

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice You can switch to the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window by saying “Switch to NaturallySpeaking.” Copying text to other programs When you’ve finished dictating, you can copy your text to another window.
  • Page 100 C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice select any menu item on it by saying its name (for example, by saying “Save”). Say “Click File” Say “Save” To open a menu: Open a program window (for example, the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window) and make it active.

  • Page 101: Selecting Buttons, Tabs, And Options

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Selecting buttons, tabs, and options When Dragon NaturallySpeaking is running, you can select any button, check box, text box, or other dialog box option you see by saying “Click” and then its name.

  • Page 102: Resizing And Closing Windows

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Say “Move” and then the direction (up, down, left, right) and number of icons (up to 20). For example, say “Move Right 1,” “Move Down 2,” or “Move Up 3.” Say “Move Right 1”...

  • Page 103: Scrolling In Windows And List Boxes

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice To minimize a window: Make the window you want to resize active. Say “Click Minimize.” To restore a window to its previous size: Make the window you want to resize active. Say “Click Restore.”...

  • Page 104: Controlling Internet Explorer

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Controlling Internet Explorer You can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to control Internet Explorer and browse the Web by voice. (To use this feature, you must have Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later installed.) You can control Internet Explorer by voice only if you chose to install Internet Explorer support (a default option) when you installed Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

  • Page 105: Going To Favorite Web Pages

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Going to favorite Web pages You can use voice commands to go to any Web site saved in your list of Favorites. You can also use voice commands to add a Web page to the Favorites menu.

  • Page 106: Entering A Web Address In The Address Bar

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Entering a Web address in the Address bar You can dictate Web addresses (URLs) in the Internet Explorer Address bar. To enter a Web address: Say “Go to Address” to move the cursor to the Address bar. Address bar Dictate the Web address (for example, say “w w w dot dragon systems dot com”).

  • Page 107: Following Links (Words, Buttons, And Images)

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Here’s a list of the voice commands you can use to control the Internet Explorer toolbar: SA Y Go Back Go back to the previous Web page (same as clicking the Back button).

  • Page 108: Scrolling In A Web Page

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice An arrow appears briefly to indicate which link was selected, and then the page opens. You can also say “Click” and then the link text. For example, you could say “Click News and events.”...

  • Page 109: Selecting Check Boxes And Other Options

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice You can also start automatic scrolling by saying “Start Scrolling Down” or “Start Scrolling Up.” Automatic scrolling is convenient when you want to read a Web page without using the mouse or keyboard. See the complete list of commands below: SA Y Go to Bottom...

  • Page 110: Entering Text In A Text Box

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice The question mark arrow points to the first check box. Always update Send reminder If it’s not the check box you want, you can move to the next or previous one by saying “Next”...

  • Page 111: Troubleshooting

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice If it’s not the text box you want, you can move to the next or previous one by saying “Next” or “Previous.” When your cursor is in a text box, you can dictate text. You can also correct recognition mistakes and use Select-and-Say for revisions, just as you do when you’re dictating into a document.

  • Page 112: Pressing Letters

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice You can press keyboard keys when you want to: Enter complex text, such as alphanumeric strings (for example, “FD-6389”). Use keyboard shortcuts without touching the keyboard. You can say “Press Key” or “Type” instead of “Press.” The following sections (pages 104–106) apply only to the Preferred and Professional editions.

  • Page 113: Capitalizing A Letter

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice continued S A Y* TH E N ( o n e ) n as in Nancy/November/nobody o as in Oscar/Otto/over p as in Paul/papa/people q as in Quentin/Quebec/question r as in Robert/Rachel/Romeo s as in Sam/Singapore/sierra t as in Terry/Tyler/teflon/tango...

  • Page 114: Pressing Function And Numeric Keypad Keys

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice NOTE Dragon NaturallySpeaking ignores the command “Press Control Alt Delete” (the keyboard shortcut for restarting a computer). Pressing function and numeric keypad keys To press a function key ( ), say “Press Function”...

  • Page 115: Moving The Mouse Pointer And Clicking The Mouse

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice continued S A Y* TH E N ( o n e ) Page Down Insert key Delete key Control key Shift key Alt key Print Screen Scroll Lock Pause Key Num Lock Caps Lock...
  • Page 116 C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice To use MouseGrid: Say “MouseGrid” to place the MouseGrid over the full screen or “MouseGrid Window” to place it over the active window. Say “MouseGrid” to place a grid over the full screen Say a grid number (from 1 to 9) to position the pointer in that numbered area.

  • Page 117: Moving The Pointer With The "Mouse" Command

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice When the pointer is over an icon or other object, you can use voice commands to click the mouse or mark and drag the object (as explained in the following sections).

  • Page 118: Marking And Dragging Objects

    C H A P T E R 5 Controlling Your Computer by Voice Marking and dragging objects You can mark an object and drag it to a different location by voice. To mark and drag an object: Position the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag, and then say “Mark”...

  • Page 119: Creating New Users And Managing Users

    C H A P T E R Creating New Users and Managing Users ore than one person can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking on the same computer. Someone who wants to use the program needs to create a new set of user speech files and train Dragon NaturallySpeaking to understand his or her voice.

  • Page 120: Creating A New User

    C H A P T E R 6 Creating New Users and Managing Users Creating a new user When someone new wants to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, that person needs to follow the steps described in this section to create a new user.

  • Page 121: Renaming A User

    C H A P T E R 6 Creating New Users and Managing Users Select a user and click Open. This loads your speech files, which includes information about your pronunciation that Dragon NaturallySpeaking needs to recognize your voice. You can also open a user that was open recently by selecting its name from the User menu.

  • Page 122: Restoring A Backup Copy Of A User

    C H A P T E R 6 Creating New Users and Managing Users To back up a user: Open the user you want to back up. On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking User menu, click Back Up. Dragon NaturallySpeaking makes a backup copy in a default location on your computer.

  • Page 123: Deleting A User

    C H A P T E R 6 Creating New Users and Managing Users Deleting a user If you know you will not need a user that you have created, you can delete it and free up hard-disk space. Removing a user can’t be undone, so make sure you don’t need it before you remove it.

  • Page 125: Creating Your Own Dragon Naturallyspeaking Commands

    C H A P T E R Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands f you have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, you can expand the power of the program by creating your own voice commands for tasks you do frequently. Commands can insert multiple lines of text into the current document, send keystrokes to the current program, or run complex scripts.

  • Page 126: About Commands

    C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands About commands NOTE The ability to create you own voice commands is available only in the Professional edition. In Chapter 3, “More About Dictating,” you learned how to create dictation shorthands for entering words or phrases you use frequently.

  • Page 127: Specifying Where A Command Will Be Active

    C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands After creating a command, if you need to make changes to it (for example, change its name or what it does), you can edit it by using the Edit Command Wizard.

  • Page 128: Specifying What A Command Will Do

    C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands Specifying what a command will do After naming the command, the next step is to specify what the command will do. The command can either type text and “press” keys (for example, press to open the Print dialog box) or run a script.
  • Page 129 C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands Select the program in which you want the command to be active. (Start the program if it’s not already running.) For this example, select your e-mail program (for example, Lotus ®...
  • Page 130 C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands Your command will work whenever the window title you specify in this step matches the window title of the active window. To continue, click Next. Enter the command name. For this example, enter “Type E-Mail Signature.”...
  • Page 131 C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands For this example, select Type text or keystrokes. To continue, click Next. In the Keystrokes box, type the text and keystrokes you want the command to type or send. For this example, type the text string “{Ctrl+End}”...
  • Page 132 C H A P T E R 7 Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands Check your selections. To close the wizard and create the command, click Finish. If you need to make changes, click Back. Try your new command. The command is application-specific, so you must first switch to the window where it’s active (in this example, Lotus Notes).

  • Page 133: Using Dragon Naturallymobile

    A P P E N D I X Using Dragon NaturallyMobile f you have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Preferred or Professional, you have a feature called Dragon NaturallyMobile™. Dragon NaturallyMobile makes it possible for you to dictate into a portable recorder and then use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to transcribe your recorded speech.
  • Page 134 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile Dragon NaturallyMobile also includes two features that can make using a recorder more convenient: A program called Dragon Sound Recorder, which lets you use your computer to record dictation and save it in wave (.wav) file format for later transcription.
  • Page 135 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile On the User Type screen, select “Into a recorder” and choose the method you’ll use to transfer recorded dictation. Select the first option (“Copy the data from recorder memory to the computer”) if you download digital data from a recorder’s memory to your computer.
  • Page 136 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile The Mobile Recorder Training Wizard opens. Follow the instructions on the screen to train Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize your recorded voice. If you have the Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder, refer to the Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with the Dragon NaturallyMobile Recorder card that came with your recorder for additional instructions.
  • Page 137 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile Here are some additional tips for getting good results: If you talk directly into a built-in microphone, always hold your recorder at the same distance from your mouth. Some users report that it’s easier to rest the recorder on their jaw for the most consistent results.
  • Page 138 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile Later, when you transcribe your recorded dictation, you can choose to have Dragon NaturallySpeaking ignore all but the commands in the previous list (or a subset of the list). This prevents potentially damaging recognition errors (for example, a phrase being incorrectly interpreted as the command “Delete Previous 5 Paragraphs,”...
  • Page 139 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile To transcribe recorded dictation: Start Dragon NaturallySpeaking. (You don’t need to turn the microphone on.) Open the user adapted for your recorded speech. (On the User menu, click Open.) On the Tools menu, click Transcribe.
  • Page 140 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile If your source is Through the Line Input Jack, press the play button on your recorder. Your recorded speech should appear on the screen. If text doesn’t appear, see the next section, “Troubleshooting.” When you’re transcribing into the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window, you can use your computer for other purposes while you wait for Dragon NaturallySpeaking to finish.
  • Page 141 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile To start playback: Select the text you want to play back and click the Start Playback button on the Dragon NaturallySpeaking toolbar (or press CTRL SHIFT Start Playback NOTE Because of memory constraints, Dragon NaturallySpeaking can play back only the last 100 utterances (defined by the pauses in your speech) of your dictation.
  • Page 142 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile You can set up Dragon NaturallySpeaking to play back dictation automatically whenever you open the Correction dialog box. (On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Miscellaneous tab. Select “Automatic playback on correction.”) Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder The Dragon NaturallySpeaking Sound Recorder is a tool you can use to...
  • Page 143 A P P E N D I X A Using Dragon NaturallyMobile Using the Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder as a microphone If you have a Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder, you can use it as a microphone when it’s connected to a computer with the supplied transfer cable.

  • Page 145: Appendix B Dragon Naturallyspeaking Commands List

    A P P E N D I X Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List his appendix lists the Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands. Most of the commands listed here are described in detail elsewhere in this guide. For more information about commands, follow the page references provided throughout the appendix.
  • Page 146 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List When you’re dictating in other programs, certain commands aren’t available. These commands are marked with an asterisk (*) in this appendix. Controlling the microphone Go to Sleep Make the microphone stop listening temporarily.
  • Page 147 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Going to the beginning or end of a line S A Y TH E N ( o n e ) Go to Beginning of Line Move to Start of Line End of Line For more information about these commands, see “Going to the...
  • Page 148 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Moving up or down a line S A Y T HE N ( o n e ) T HE N ( o n e ) Move a Line (or “1 Line”) Back 2 Lines Down...
  • Page 149 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Selecting text Selecting specific words* SA Y * Select [text] Select a specific word or words (must be visible on screen). Select Again Select the same text again but in a different place (must be visible on screen).
  • Page 150 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Selecting a word or character S A Y TH E N ( o n e ) T HE N ( o n e ) Select Next Word Forward Character Previous...
  • Page 151 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Formatting text Capitalizing or uncapitalizing text already in your document* SA Y * Cap That/ Capitalize either the last thing you said or Format That Capitals/ selected text. Format That Initial Caps/ Format That Cap/ Format That Caps...
  • Page 152 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Capitalizing or uncapitalizing consecutive words SA Y Caps On Turn initial caps on. Caps Off Turn initial caps off. All Caps On Turn all capitals on. All Caps Off Turn all capitals off.
  • Page 153 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Adding or removing bold, italics, and underlining* SA Y * Bold That Apply bold to either the last thing you said or selected text. Italicize That Apply italics to either the last thing you said or selected text.
  • Page 154 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Changing font size* S A Y* ( o n e ) TH E N ( o n e ) Set Size Format That Size n (a size from 4 to 120) * You can use these commands only when you’re dictating in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking window or in any of the programs listed on page 137 of this appendix.
  • Page 155 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Changing a combination of font face, size, and style* S A Y* ( o n e ) T HE N ( o n e ) T HE N ( o n e ) TH E N ( o n e ) Set Font Times...
  • Page 156 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Deleting text and undoing actions SA Y Scratch That Erase the last thing you said. You can say “Scratch That” more than once to keep erasing previous words or phrases.
  • Page 157 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Deleting the next or previous word or character S A Y T HE N ( o n e ) T HE N ( o n e ) Delete Next Word...
  • Page 158 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Correction dialog box commands SA Y Choose [number] Select an alternative from the numbered list and enter it in your document. Example: “Choose 2.” Select [number] Select an alternative from the numbered list for editing.
  • Page 159 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List International Communications Alphabet When spelling in the Correction dialog box, you can use the International Communications Alphabet to enter letters. SA Y S AY Alpha November Bravo Oscar Charlie Papa...
  • Page 160 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued TO E N TE R * SA Y § section sign/ section — em dash – en dash soft hyphen (Nonbreaking nonbreakable space/ space) no break space/ unbreakable space * To enter these characters by voice, you must be using a vocabulary created with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 4.0.
  • Page 161 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued TO E N TE R * SA Y euro sign/ EUR)** euro ¤ general currency sign/ international currency sign/ general currency/ international currency * To enter these characters by voice, you must be using a vocabulary created with Dragon NaturallySpeaking 4.0.
  • Page 162 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued TO E N TE R * SA Y ã, Ã, ñ, Ñ, õ, Õ a accent tilde (or “a tilde”) Cap n accent tilde (or “Cap n tilde”) and so on ä, Ä, ë, Ë, ï, Ï, ö, Ö, a accent umlaut (or “a umlaut”)
  • Page 163 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Mathematical symbols When spelling in the Correction dialog box, you can enter the following special characters by voice. (If the program has trouble recognizing a character, try using the longest available spoken form.) TO E N TE R * SA Y ¼...
  • Page 164 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued TO E N TE R * SA Y ° degree sign/ degree ¹ superscript 1 ² superscript 2/ squared/ square ³ superscript 3/ cubed/ cube µ Greek mu/ micro ø...
  • Page 165 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Entering numbers TO E N TE R S AY five (or “numeral five”) twenty three one hundred seventy nine (or “one hundred and seventy nine”) 5423 five thousand four hundred twenty three 5,423 five [comma] four twenty three 12,537...
  • Page 166 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued TO E N TE R S AY one fourth (or “one quarter”) 15/16 fifteen sixteenths (or “fifteen over sixteen”) 3 7/8 three and seven eighths (or “three and seven over eight”) 9/12 nine [slash] twelve (or “nine over twelve”)
  • Page 167 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Entering punctuation and special characters TO E N TE R S AY TO EN TE R SA Y period/ semicolon dot/ point comma/ hyphen/ numeric comma numeric hyphen question mark —...
  • Page 168 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued TO E N TE R S AY TO EN TE R SA Y percent sign backquote caret tilde & ampersand/ underscore and sign asterisk vertical bar smiley face frowny face Playing back dictation...
  • Page 169 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Using text-to-speech SA Y Read Line Read back the current line. Read Paragraph Read back the current paragraph. Read Document Read back the whole document. Read Window Read back the text in view.
  • Page 170 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Switching windows SA Y Switch to [program] Switch to a different program window. For [program], substitute the actual program name (as it appears in the title bar). Switch to Previous Window Switch to the previous window (equivalent to pressing ALT+TAB).
  • Page 171 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Selecting buttons, tabs, and options SA Y Click [button] Activate a button or option. For [button], substitute the actual button or option name. Click [tab] Activate a tab in a tabbed dialog box. For [tab], substitute the actual tab name.
  • Page 172 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Controlling Internet Explorer SA Y Go to Favorite [page] Go to a Web page on your Favorites menu. For [page], substitute the actual page name exactly as it appears in the Favorites menu. Go to Address Move the cursor to the Internet Explorer Address bar.
  • Page 173 A P P E N D I X B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued SA Y Line Down Scroll down one line (same as clicking the down arrow in the scroll bar once). Line Up Scroll up one line (same as clicking the up arrow in the scroll bar once).
  • Page 175 Index capitalizing text abbreviations 51–52, 63 already in a document 80 acoustical data 7–8, 44 applying lowercase 79 acronyms 51 consecutive words 78–79 active accessibility 88 next word 77–78 active vocabulary 22, 24 C C a a p p s s O O f f f f 78 adding words C C a a p p s s O O n n 78 in Vocabulary Editor 24...
  • Page 176 Index Correction dialog box exporting vocabularies 47 deleting text in 18 extra words appearing 10 keyboard shortcut for 13 moving the cursor in 17 selecting text in 18 Find New Words 26 spelling a correction 15 folders, opening 89–90 using 14 fonts, changing 80 currency 64 foreign words 60...
  • Page 177 Index Internet Explorer mouse adding a favorite Web page 97 clicking 109–110 moving the pointer 107, 109 entering a Web address 98 entering text in a text box 102 moving around a document following links 99 before/after specific words 70 going to a favorite Web page 97 by characters 73 scrolling in a Web page 100...
  • Page 178 Index selecting text 74 pages. See moving around a document again 74 characters 76 paragraphs deleting 84 a document 75 moving up/down 71 lines 76 selecting 76 paragraphs 76 starting new 138 punctuation 73 P P a a s s t t e e T T h h a a t t 77 specific words 75–76 periods, in abbreviations 52, 63 S S e e t t F F o o n n t t 80, 82...
  • Page 179 Index undoing unwanted changes 148 windows unselecting text 74 closing 95 resizing 94–95 users backing up 113 switching between 90 creating new 112, 126 Windows Explorer 88 deleting 115 WordPad 137 opening 112 WordPerfect 31, 137 renaming 113 words restoring from a backup copy 114 deleting 75, 84 speech files 111, 113 moving to next/previous 72...
  • Page 181 Corporate Headquarters Dragon Systems, Inc. 320 Nevada Street Newton, Massachusetts 02460 Tel: +1 -617-965-5200 Fax: +1 -617-527-0372 E-mail: info@dragonsys.com Dragon Systems UK Ltd. Dragon Systems UK Ltd. Seagate House Globe Park Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1LW United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1628 894150 Fax: +44 (0) 1628 894151 E-mail: info@dragon.co.uk Dragon Systems GmbH...

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