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Chapter 7: Dictating Text
Chapter 7: Dictating Text
Thissectioncontainsthefollowingtopics:
DictationBasics 77
Undoingactions 78
Correctingtexterrorsasyoudictate 79
Dictationcommands 80
Typingorspellingtext 81
Spellingwords 82
Dictatingnumbers 84
Dictation Basics
DictatetoDragonNaturallySpeakingmuchasyouwoulddictatetoapersontranscribing
yourdictation.Bydefaultyoumustexplicitlysaymostpunctuationandcapitalizationother
thanforpropernamesoratthebeginningofasentence.YoucanhaveDragon
NaturallySpeakingautomaticallyinsertcommasandperiodsinmostsituationsbyselecting
the"Automaticallyaddcommasandperiods"boxontheAuto-formattingdialogbox.For
moreinformation,seeDictatingpunctuationandsymbolsandDictationcommands.
ClickhereforDragon'sTop5s:"Dictation"
Thefollowingtabledescribessomebasicdictationcommands.
Tostartdictating,justsaywhateveryouwanttosay,speakingnormallyinphrases.Then:
To Say
Startanewparagraph(presstheEnterkey
twice)
"NewParagraph"
Startanewline(presstheEnterkeyonce) "NewLine"
Enterpunctuationmarks,suchas"!" Thenameofthepunctuationmark,suchas
"exclamationpoint"
Dictatesymbolsorspecialcharacterssuch
as"®"
Thestandardnameofthesymbol,suchas"registered
sign"
Completelistingofdictationcommands
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