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Table Of Contents

Contents
Introduction
- About this guide
- What’s new in version 6?
- What should I expect from Dragon NaturallySpeaking?
  - Do I still need my keyboard and mouse?
Installing and Training
- System requirements
- Plug in the microphone
- Plug in the speakers
- Install the software
- Create a new user
  - About vocabularies
- Audio Setup
- New user training
- Training problems and solutions
Starting to Dictate
- Key tips for dictating
- Turning the microphone on and off
- Sleeping and waking up
  - Printing and saving your dictated text
- Online Help
  - “What Can I Say?”
- The DragonBar
Correcting and Editing
- The Correction menu
  - Using the keyboard or mouse commands
  - Correcting quickly
- Selecting text by voice
- Moving around in a document
- Copying, cutting, and pasting text
- Copying text to other programs
- Deleting text
- Keyboard editing shortcuts
- Spelling as you dictate
Formatting
- Capitalizing text
- Formatting text
Numbers and Punctuation
- Dictating numbers
- Punctuation
  - Words that end with ’s
- Dictating hyphenated words
- Dictating compound words
  - Compounding words as you dictate
  - Compounding words later
- Dictating names
- Dictating abbreviations and acronyms
- Dictating email and Web addresses
- Dictating special characters
  - Dictating common special characters
  - Dictating uncommon special characters
- Modes
Using E-Mail and Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Working with e-mail
- Working with Microsoft Internet Explorer
Using Natural Language Commands
- Available Natural Language Commands
- The Sample Commands window
- The Command Browser
- Sample Commands
Hands-Free Computing
- Starting programs
  - Starting a program from the Start menu
  - Starting a program from the Windows desktop
- Opening documents and folders
  - Opening documents and folders from the Startmenu
  - Opening documents and folders from the Windows desktop
- 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
- Viewing or editing commands
- Searching commands
- Creating new commands
  - Creating Text and Graphics commands
  - Creating Step-by-Step commands
- Deleting custom commands
- Renaming custom commands
- Exporting commands
- Importing commands
- Creating Macro Recorder Commands
- Some useful commands
Workflow
- Dictate first, correct later
  - Listening to your recorded voice
- Ways to correct your dictation
Speaking and Dictating
- Speak clearly
- Pronounce each word
- Pause if you like
- Give it context
- Leave out the fillers
- Speak with inflection
- Breathe fully
- Close your eyes
- Be alert
- Relax
- Composing
Improving Accuracy
- The Accuracy Center
- Tools to improve your vocabulary
- The ideal system for best accuracy
- Some practical ways to improve accuracy
Healthy Computing
- Ergonomics and posture
- Maintaining good vocal health
Using a Handheld Recorder
- Installing recorder software
- Creating a user adapted to your recorded speech
- Dictating into your recorder
  - The restricted command set
- Transcribing recorded dictation
- Correcting mistakes
- Using the Dragon NaturallyMobile recorder as a microphone
- Better accuracy with a recorder
Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- The Options dialog box
Troubleshooting
- Testing your sound system
  - Fixing sound problems
- Other problems and solutions
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
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Index

CHAPTER 5

Formatting

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

Capitalizing text

Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you

dictate

Dragon NaturallySpeaking

capitalizes many words automatically. It

capitalizes the first word in a sentence (following a period, question

mark, or exclamation mark). It capitalizes the first word after you say

“New Paragraph” (though not when you say “New Line”) and it

capitalizes proper names (when these words are already in the Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

vocabulary in capitalized form).

You can change the spacing and capitalization rules for a word in the Word

Properties dialog box. See “Changing word properties“ on page 176 for more

information.

When you’re dictating, you can capitalize words that aren’t automatically

capitalized by saying “Cap” and then the word. For example, say “Cap

fluffy” to get “Fluffy.”

To dictate the word “cap,” for example, in this sentence: “The company is putting

a cap on salary increases,” you must say “the company is putting a” then say “Spell c-a-

p,” and then say “on salary increases.” In this way, Dragon NaturallySpeaking® knows

that you do not want to capitalize any of the words within the sentence.

Capitalizing consecutive words

When you want to capitalize consecutive words (for example, if you’re

dictating a book title), you can turn capitals on and then turn them off

when you’re finished. This is usually easier than saying “Cap” before

Types of commands

Most of the commands listed in this chapter are global—they are

available in virtually every application. In addition to the global

commands listed here, Dragon NaturallySpeaking

includes many

commands for editing and formatting that work in common

applications such as Microsoft

Word

and Corel

WordPerfect

These extra commands are called Natural Language Commands. For

more information on Natural Language Commands, see page 97.

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