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CHAPTER 6
Numbers and Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 67
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will recognize times more accurately if you say
numeric colon instead of colon when dictating times.
Other Dialects: Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
automatically types the
point (.) if you say “a m” or “p m” when dictating the time, depending on
the regional setting. Say “o’clock” or “point zero zero” to enter .00.
The format of a.m. and p.m. depends on your computers regional
Windows
®
settings.
Telephone numbers
North American phone numbers
Say US and Canadian phone numbers as you normally would, pausing
briefly between each group of numbers.
You don’t need to dictate hyphens for most phone numbers (numbers
that are 7, 10, or 11 digits long). Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
will add
them automatically.
TO ENTE R SAY
8:30 eight [point] thirty
7.45 AM seven forty five a m
10.22 PM ten twenty two p m
3.00 three oclock
5.00 PM five oclock p m
TO ENTE R SAY
965-5200 nine six five fifty two hundred
617-965-5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two oh oh
1-800-555-1212 one eight hundred five five five one two one two
(617) 965-5200 [open parenthesis] six one seven [close
parenthesis] nine six five five two zero zero
1-212-555-1212 one two one two five five five one two one two
TIP
NOTE