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Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide
n If you use the "Dates As Spoken" setting, Dragon needs you to dictate
dates in an unambiguous way, using the name and not the digit for the
month. For example, with "Dates As Spoken" selected, Dragon will cor-
rectly format "January eleven two thousand nine" and "the seventh of
February two thousand four" using date formats, but will format
"eleven one two thousand nine" as a number.
If you dictate dates differently, for example you use digits to say the
month, try selecting the value that best matches how you dictate the
date. For example, if you normally say "eleven one two thousand nine",
setting the date format to "D/M/YYYY" will cause Dragon to correctly
transcribe the date.
n If you omit the year, for example, you say "July twelve", Dragon tran-
scribes "July 12" ("The twelfth of July" becomes "12 July") regardless
of which date formatting you select.
Auto-formatting common abbreviations
Enables Dragon to recognize most standard abbreviations while transcribing
your dictation. For example, Dragon would rewrite "versus" as "vs.",
"Institute" as "Inst.", and "Department" as "Dept." For more information
about dictating abbreviations, see Dictating abbreviations and acronyms.
Auto-formatting contractions
Enable this option if you want Dragon to expand contractions when you
dictate them. For example, if you say "Don't go near the water", Dragon
transcribes "Do not go near the water".
If you leave this option turned off, Dragon enters contractions the way you
dictate them.
Note:In some situations, the formal expression of a contraction may be
ambiguous. For example, the phrase "It's always" could either mean "It is
always" or "It has always," depending on the tense of the verb that follows.
In this situation, Dragon always expands the contraction, regardless of how
this option is set.
Auto-formatting “ million” instead of ” ,000,000”
Enable this option to have Dragon enter the word "million"rather than zeros
and commas (",000,000") when you dictate round numbers in the millions.
For example, Dragon enters "8million" rather than "8,000,000."
If a number in the millions range is not rounded to the nearest million,
Dragon enters the number as digits. For example, if you dictate "eight million
one hundred thousand" Dragon enters "8,100,000".
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