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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 3
Starting to Dictate
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Turning the microphone on and
off
Any of these three methods will switch the microphone between on and
off:
■ Press the numeric (+) key on your keyboard. This key is at the far
right of most keyboards. (It’s not the plus [+] key that appears above
the equal [=] sign on your regular keyboard).
■ Click the microphone button on the DragonBar.
■ Click the small microphone icon in the bottom right corner of the
screen, next to the clock:
Saying “Microphone Off” will also turn the microphone off. You cannot,
however, turn the microphone on by voice.
Whenever you’re not using Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
, turn off the
microphone. This prevents the computer from mistaking background
noise for words and filling your screen with useless text.
If you have a laptop computer, you may have to press several keys at
once to generate a numeric (+) keystroke. You may want to define
another key to turn off your microphone. See “Customizing Dragon
NaturallySpeaking” on page 207.
Sleeping and waking up
Saying “Go To Sleep” or “Stop Listening” without pausing will put Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
into sleep mode. The program still listens to your
speech, but the only phrases it will respond to in this mode are “Wa ke
Up” or “Listen to Me,” which turn the microphone on.
When in sleep mode:
■ The volume meter on the DragonBar (next to the microphone
button) will show a dark gray volume bar (instead of yellow or
green).