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Dragon Installation and User Guide
menucommands,oritemsinadialogbox.TodisplaytheInsertmenuinMicrosoftWordor
MicrosoftExcel,youwouldsay"Insert,"andthensaythenameofanyoftheavailable
commands,asrequired.AnotherexampleistheabilitytoopenaDesktopitem(afolder,for
instance),bysaying“open”followedimmediatelybyitsname.
Scripting (definition)
Dragonscriptinglanguageextensionsprovideasetoftoolsforcreatingvoicecommands.
CreatingscriptingcommandsrequiresfamiliaritywiththeMicrosoftVisualBasic
programminglanguage.
Unknown text field (definition)
AneditablewindoworfieldthatdoesnotsupportallofDragon'sselectionandcorrection
capabilities.Whenthecursorispositionedinanunknowntextfield,theNewDragonBaror
ClassicDragonBardisplaysthemessage"Unknowntextfield;considerusing'showDictation
Box'-SeeHelp.'"Inthosecases,Dragon'sFullTextControlindicatorisgrey.Youcanusually
select,correct,andusevariouscommandsinunknowntextfields,butifyouhavetrouble,use
theDictationBoxandtransfertextfromitintotheapplication.
Windows shortcut (definition)
YoucanuseWindowsShortcutsandcommandlinestoopenUserProfilesandVocabularies
directly.
Spell Mode (definition)
ArestrictedrecognitionmodethatcausesDragontorecognizeonlyletters,numbers,
commands,andpunctuation.Spellmodeisusefulfordictatingunpronounceable
alphanumericstrings,suchaspartnumbersandlicenseplatenumbers,andothertermsyou
anticipateDragonwon’tknow,suchasWebaddresses,wordsinaforeignlanguage,or
unusualproductnames.Say"StartSpellMode"or"SpellModeOn."Youcanstilluse
commandswhileinSpellMode.
Spoken Form (definition)
Referstowordsthatarespokenonewaybutwrittenadifferentway(theWrittenForm).This
featureletsyouaddawordthat,forexample,typesyourphonenumberwheneveryousay
“phonenumberline,”orautomaticallyaddspunctuation,suchas"UK"or"USA,"whichwould
normallyincludepunctuationinthewrittenforms(U.K.andU.S.A.).
Structured Commands (definition)
Usedtocontroltheactionofacommandbasedontheexistenceofastateintheapplication
thecommandisusedfor.Forexample,whenyouassignastatetoeachfieldinaform,the
samecommandcanperformdifferentactions,dependingonwhichfieldisactivated.Youcan
useAdvancedScriptingmethodstocontrolthestateswithinstructuredcommandsortoset
theinitialstatefromanon-structuredcommand.Youcanalsocreatestructuredcommands
thatprompttheusertoselectvaluesfromapredefinedlist.StructuredCommandsare
availableonlyinDragonProfessional,Legal,andMedicaleditions.
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