User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING PROFESSIONAL 5

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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 NOTE Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses the time separator (dot or colon) and the AM/ PM symbol specified in your Regional Settings in the Windows Control Panel. Telephone numbers North American phone numbers You can say U. S. and Canadian phone numbers (of 7, 10, or 11 digits) naturally, by pausing briefly between each group of numbers. You don't need to dictate hyphens between groups of of 7, 10, or 11 digits. However, when dictating eight-digit numbers starting with 0 or 1 (for example, 1-965-5200), you must say all the punctuation, including the hyphens, spaces, and brackets. TO EN TE R SA Y 965-5200 617-965-5200 1-800-555-1212 (617) 965-5200 1-212-555-1212 nine six five fifty two hundred six one seven nine six five fifty two hundred one eight hundred five five five one two one two [open parenthesis] six one seven [close parenthesis] nine six five five two hundred one two one two five five five one two one two 80 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation Telephone numbers outside North America To dictate other phone numbers, including European phone numbers, you must say all the punctuation, including the hyphens, spaces, and parentheses. TO EN TE R SA Y (01628) 894150 [open parenthesis] oh one six two eight [close parenthesis] space bar eight nine four one five oh oh two seven [space bar] six two nine [space bar] eight nine four four six one [hyphen] seven [hyphen] four six nine five [hyphen] two zero five five [open parenthesis] six five [close parenthesis] two seven seven eight five nine zero 027 629 8944 61-7-4695-2055 (65) 2778590 TIP In dialects outside US/Canada, you can say "bracket" instead of "parenthesis. " Currency and coin You can dictate your own currency as you would normally say it. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 81 CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation Currency in US/Canada (US English dialect) TO EN TE R S AY $58. 00 $1. 75 $5. 25 $3. 9 billion 45 99. 50 2. 20 5 million fifty eight dollars and zero cents one dollar and seventy five cents five dollars and twenty five cents three point nine billion dollars pound sterling sign forty five pound sterling sign ninety-nine point five oh pound sterling sign two point two oh pound sterling sign five million Currency in Other Dialects (UK, Australian, Indian, and Southeast Asian English) TO EN TE R S AY $58. 00 $1. 75 $4. 25 $3. 9 billion 45 99. 50 2. 20 5 million fifty eight dollars one dollar and seventy five cents four dollars twenty five three point nine billion dollars forty five pounds ninety nine pounds and fifty pence two pounds twenty five million pounds NOTE Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses the currency symbol ($, , and so on) specified in your Windows Regional Settings as your default currency. Dictate other currencies by first saying the currency symbol followed by the digits. US/Canada: If your Regional Settings are set to the United States or Canada, your default currency is $ (dollar). If you want to dictate a dollar currency amount, dictate it the way you normally do. If you want to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, say, for example, "pound sterling sign fifty eight" (to enter 58), and so on. TIP In US/Canada, you must say "pound sterling sign" to enter , since "pound sign" means # in the U. S. In all other dialects, you can say "pound sign" to type . 82 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation Other Dialects: If your Regional Settings are set to the United Kingdom, your default currency is (pound sterling). If you want to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, dictate it the way you normally do. If you want to dictate a dollar currency amount, say, for example, "dollar sign fifty eight" (to enter $58) and so on. NOTE Australian users can say "fifty eight dollars" to dictate $58, since the Australian default currency is $ in Windows Regional Settings. Fractions You can dictate most common 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 15. 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 74. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 83 CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation 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 D M XXIV XXXI MCMXCVII Roman one Roman four Roman five Roman ten Roman fifty Roman one hundred 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 after the word "Roman" when you're dictating a Roman numeral. If you pause, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may enter "Roman three" instead of "III" (for example). 84 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation Postal and Zip Codes US Zip Codes You can dictate US five-digit ZIP codes just as you dictate any group of numbers. You must say the hyphen when dictating nine-digit ZIP codes. UK and Canadian Postal Codes You can dictate UK postcodes by saying "Postcode" followed by the letters and numbers that make up the postcode. For Canadian postal codes, say "Postal code" followed by the letters and numbers that make up the postal code. Spacing and formatting will happen automatically. TO EN TE R SA Y NG3 2HX E10 7BD EC2Y 4LK K1A 0M5 X0A 0H0 Postcode n g three two h x Postcode e ten seven b d Postcode e c two y four l k Postal code k one a zero m five Postal code x oh a oh h o Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 85 CHAPTER 5 Editing and Revising Text I f you followed the online Tutorial and the Quick Start guide, you learned a few useful commands for editing a document by voice. You learned how to use Select-and-Say to revise text, move to the top and bottom of your document, capitalize a word, and apply bold, italics, and underlining. This chapter describes other ways to edit and revise text in a document by voice. It explains how to: s s s s s s Move around in a document Select text Copy, cut, and paste text Capitalize text Format text Delete text Selection, capitalization, and formatting commands may work differently in different programs, or be unavailable in some programs. All the commands listed here work in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, and WordPad. For more information, see "Which commands work in which programs?" on page 171 of Appendix B. TIP If a command doesn't seem to be working, check the DragonBar for a helpful tip or view the Command List of the online Help. Moving around in a document When you're editing a document, you can move around the page by voice. [. . . ] Scroll down one line (same as clicking the down arrow in the scroll bar once). Scroll up one line (same as clicking the up arrow in the scroll bar once). (Say it again to slow down more. ) Go to the next frame in a multiframe page. Go to the previous frame in a multiframe page. Working with forms SA Y TO Type Text or Edit Box Click Check Box or Check Box Click Image or Image Choose 2 Go to the first place on a Web page you can enter text. [. . . ]