User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING PROFESSIONAL 4

[. . . ] This publication may not include some last-minute technical changes and/or revisions to the program. For last-minute changes that are not incorporated in this edition, refer to the Readme file included in your program. Dragon Systems may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents. [. . . ] Otherwise, you must say "colon. " TO EN TE R SA Y 8:30 4:45 AM 10:22 PM 3:00 5:00 PM eight [colon] thirty four forty five a m ten twenty two p m three o'clock five o'clock p m If you want AM or PM entered in a different format (such as "a. m. "), you can correct the time after you dictate it (as described in "Correcting recognition mistakes" on page 13) or change the time symbol specified in your Windows Settings (see Regional Settings in the Windows Control Panel). Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 63 CHAPTER 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 EN TE R SA Y 617-965-5200 1-800-555-1212 (617) 965-5200 1-212-555-1212 six one seven nine six five fifty two hundred one eight hundred five five five one two one two [open paren] six one seven [close paren] nine six five five two hundred one two one two five five five one two one two NOTE To dictate other phone numbers, including European phone numbers, you must say all the punctuation, including the hyphens. This also applies to eight-digit numbers starting with 0 or 1 (for example, 1-965-5200). Currency and coin You can dictate U. S. currency as you would normally say it. TO EN TE R S AY $45 $99. 50 $1. 75 $5 million $3. 9 billion forty five dollars ninety nine dollars and fifty cents one dollar and seventy five cents five million dollars three point nine billion dollars NOTE Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses the currency symbol ($, , and so on) specified in your Windows settings. (See Regional Settings in the Windows Control Panel. ) 64 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 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. TO EN TE R SA Y 1/2 1/4 15/16 3 7/8 one half one fourth (or "one quarter") fifteen sixteenths (or "fifteen over sixteen") three and seven eighths (or "three and seven over eight") If Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the fraction as a word (for example, "one-third"), you can correct it (as described in "Correcting recognition mistakes" on page 13). If the denominator is greater than 10, you can enter the fraction by saying "slash" or "over" between the two numbers. TO EN TE R SA Y 9/12 5 3/56 130/70 nine [slash] twelve (or "nine over twelve") five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six one thirty over seventy For information about dictating fraction characters (, , ), see "Dictating uncommon special characters" on page 57. Roman numerals You can dictate Roman numerals by saying "Roman" and the number. For large numbers, say the number in small combinations (as in the last three examples). TO EN TE R SA Y I IV V X L C Roman one Roman four Roman five Roman ten Roman fifty Roman one hundred Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 65 CHAPTER 3 More About Dictating continued TO EN TE R SA Y D M XXIV XXXI MCMXCVII Roman five hundred Roman one thousand Roman twenty Roman four Roman thirty Roman one Roman one thousand Roman nine hundred Roman ninety Roman seven TIP Don't pause when you're dictating Roman numerals. If you pause, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may enter "Roman three" instead of "III" (for example). Creating dictation shorthands A dictation shorthand is a quick way to insert frequently used text into your document. You can create dictation shorthands for text that you use often or text that's complicated to dictate. Bowman" whenever you say "my signature. " (In this example, the written form for the dictation shorthand is "Michael D. Bowman, " and the spoken form is "my signature. ") WR I TT EN FO R M S PO KE N F OR M Michael D. Kennedy Waldron, Lichtin & Foust (617) 965-5200 This message was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. my signature my e-mail address R. Waldron Lichtin and Foust my phone number my e-mail signature 66 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 3 More About Dictating To create a dictation shorthand: 1 2 On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools menu, click Vocabulary Editor. In the Written form box, type the text you want typed into your document. 3 In the Spoken form box, type the phrase you want to say to insert the written form text. Here are some guidelines for selecting a spoken form: s s s s Try to use unique phrases--don't use a phrase you might want to use in your writing. Use real words; otherwise, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may not know how they are pronounced and will prompt you to train them. If you use letters, put a space between them and a period after each one (for example, J. O. ). NOTE The written and spoken forms can't be more than 128 characters long. You can enter spaces, but you can't enter backslashes, nonprinting characters (for example, by pressing the TAB or ENTER key), or formatted characters (bold, italics, and so on). 4 Click Add. Dragon NaturallySpeaking adds the dictation shorthand to the vocabulary. [. . . ] Close an open menu. For more information about these commands, see "Opening and closing menus" on page 91. 162 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide APPENDIX B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Selecting buttons, tabs, and options SA Y TO Click [button] Click [tab] Go to Next Tab/ Click Next Tab/ Move to Next Tab Go to Previous Tab/ Click Previous Tab/ Move to Previous Tab Activate a button or option. Switch to the next tab in a tabbed dialog box. Switch to the previous tab in a tabbed dialog box. For more information about these commands, see "Selecting buttons, tabs, and options" on page 93. Resizing and closing windows SA Y TO Click Maximize Click Minimize Click Restore Click Close Click Control Menu Maximize the active window. Open the Control menu for the active window. For more information about these commands, see "Resizing and closing windows" on page 94. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 163 APPENDIX B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List Controlling Internet Explorer SA Y TO 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. [. . . ]