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In addition to menus, Windows program interfaces may contain controls such as buttons, checkboxes, tabs, and

radio buttons. How do you access these by voice? You guessed it: “say what you see” (preceded by “click” if

required). Please note:

 Dragon lets you require the word “click” before the names of menus independently from buttons and other

interface controls.

 By default, Dragon requires the word ‘click’ before the name of menus as well as buttons and other controls:

for instance, for a button labeled OK, you would say click OK. (This can be useful to prevent unintended

actions such as the voice-clicking of Send in email.) Dragon offers a similar “Require ‘Click’” option for HTML

links, which applies to hyperlinks in supported Web browsers, Learning Center, and Accuracy Center. See the

Commands tab of the Options dialog.

This workbook presents several of Dragon’s dialog boxes, which often contain controls labeled Cancel, Yes, No,

or OK. As you follow the instructions and perform the exercises in each chapter, you may wish to take the

opportunity to practice accessing the controls by voice.

Exercise 1: Previous lessons introduced you to the Options dialog box; we will use this dialog box to

practice accessing buttons, tabs, and other interface controls.

1. Open Dragon’s Options dialog, then its View tab.

2. Select and unselect the radio buttons and checkboxes for the DragonBar.

3. Restore the defaults.

IMPORTANT : Dragon lets you disable its ability to “track” the name of interface controls, in all programs or

just in programs of your choice: see the checkbox and drop-down list “Voice-enable menus, buttons and other

controls” on the Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog.

“Natural Language Commands” and the Command Browser

Dragon comes with large sets of commands that let you order actions directly and in a natural manner, instead of

going through menus, submenus, and dialog boxes: for instance, saying “Insert Page Break” in Microsoft Word

instead of opening the “Insert” menu, then choosing “Page Break.”