6.0
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing and Training
- Starting to Dictate
- Correcting and Editing
- Formatting
- Capitalizing text
- Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate
- Capitalizing consecutive words
- Dictating the next word in all capital letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters
- Dictating the next word in all lowercase letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters
- Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document
- Formatting text
- Capitalizing text
- Numbers and Punctuation
- Using E-Mail and Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Using Natural Language Commands
- Available Natural Language Commands
- The Sample Commands window
- The Command Browser
- Sample Commands
- Copying, moving, cutting, pasting, and deleting command samples
- Formatting command samples
- Spelling, grammar, and printing sample command samples
- Table sample command samples
- Microsoft Excel command samples
- Microsoft Outlook sample commands
- Microsoft PowerPoint sample commands
- America Online sample commands
- Hands-Free Computing
- Starting programs
- Opening documents and folders
- Switching between open windows
- Copying text to other programs
- Opening and closing menus
- Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
- Selecting icons on the desktop
- Resizing and closing windows
- Scrolling in windows and listboxes
- Pressing keyboard keys
- Activating commands by saying key names
- Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
- Hands-free tips
- Automate Your Work
- Workflow
- Speaking and Dictating
- Improving Accuracy
- Healthy Computing
- Using a Handheld Recorder
- Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Troubleshooting
- Commands List
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Controlling the microphone
- Controlling the DragonBar
- Controlling the DragonPad
- Adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces
- Selecting text
- Correcting text
- Deleting and undoing
- Moving around in a document
- Copying, cutting, and pasting text
- Capitalizing text
- Formatting text
- Entering numbers
- Entering punctuation and special characters
- Playing back and reading text
- Working with your desktop and windows
- E-mail commands
- Using Lotus Notes
- Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Working hands-free
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Index
CHAPTER
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
103
9
Hands-Free Computing
peech recognition is useful not only for creating documents. You can
control almost everything on your computer with Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
voice commands. This chapter tells you how.
If you have problems that limit typing, learn and practice with the
commands in this chapter. If you are able to type, using voice commands
is a matter of personal preference. Some people prefer to select menu
commands and buttons with the keyboard and mouse. Others enjoy the
convenience of telling the computer to “Close Window” or “Click OK.”
The voice commands detailed in this chapter work in many programs. If
the program you’re running uses “standard” menus and dialog boxes,
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will let you activate the menus and controls
by voice, even if Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
has never seen the program
before.
If you are navigating and controlling your computer by voice, it is sometimes
useful to force Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
to recognize only commands, not dictation. To
do this, say “Command Mode On.” This will prevent Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
from
misrecognizing a command as a dictation word. For more information on modes, see
page 82.
If you are using Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
version 4, you will need Service
Pack 6 or later in order to be able to use most of the voice commands described in this
chapter. If you are using Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
4 with a Service Pack lower than 6,
then you will not have Active Accessibility installed on your system and an error message
will appear. However, pressing keys by voice (page 111), and moving the mouse by
voice (page 117) will work regardless of what Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
Service Pack you
have.
S
TIP
NOTE