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Chapter 18: Improving recognition accuracy
2. Dictateafewparagraphs.Youcandictatewithoutlooking,knowingthateverythingwill
betransposedastextandnocommands(exceptforDictationcommands)willbe
executed.YoucanalsodictatesentencesthatcontainwordsthatDragonnormally
interpretsascommands,suchas"Ireallylikedyournovel.No,scratch that-Ilovedyour
novel!"
DragonNaturallySpeakingshouldtranscribethewordsastextandnotexecutecommands
asitnormallywould.
Command Mode ( or )
InCommandModeDragonNaturallySpeakinginterpretseverythingyousayasacommand
andnothingisinterpretedasdictatedtext.Thiscanbehelpfulwhenformattinganexisting
document.
1. Say"StartCommandMode"or"CommandModeOn".
"CommandMode"appearsinthestatusboxoftheDragonBar.
2. Usecommandstoformatadocument.Forexample,tocapitalizethelastfivewordsyou
dictated,say"CapitalizetheLastFiveWords".
Formoreexamples,seeFormattingtextinMicrosoftWordorFormattingtextinCorel
WordPerfectintheDragonHelp.
Numbers Mode ( or )
To insert numeric characters
Bydefault,whenyousayanumberthatislowerthan10,Dragontranscribesitasaword,
unlessyousaythedictationcommand"numeral"beforeit.InNumbersModeDragon
NaturallySpeakinginterpretsalmostallofyourdictationasnumbers.Thisisusefulifyou
needtoenternumericdatainatableorinspreadsheets.
1. Say"StartNumbersMode"or"NumbersModeOn".
TheDragonBarshowstheNumbersmodeindicator and"Numbersmode"inthe
statusbox.
2. Dictateonlynumbers.Thenumberscanincludecurrencyorpercentages.Forexample,
say"5percentsign"toenter"5%"orsay"Sevenhundredtwentythreedollarsandsixty
eightcents"toenterthedollaramount"$723.68".
Spell Mode ( or )
To spell words or insert alphanumeric characters
InSpellModeDragonNaturallySpeakingallowsyoutosayanycombinationof
letters,digits,orsymbols.Forexample,useSpellModetodictatepartnumbers,
licenseplatenumbers,orpropernounsthatarenotinDragon'sVocabulary.You
canalsosaykeystrokessuchas"spacebar"or"backspacekey",orInternetor
Webaddresses.
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