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Dictating Names, Numbers,
Punctuation & Special Characters
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, say, for example, “pound
sterling sign fifty eight” (to enter £ 58), and so on.
In US/Canada, you must say “pound sterling sign” to enter £,
since “pound sign” means # in the U.S. vocabulary. In all other
dialects, you can say “pound sign” to type £.
Other Dialects: If your Regional Settings are set to the United
Kingdom, your default currency is £ (pound sterling). If you want to
dictate a pound sterling currency amount, dictate it the way you
normally do. If you want to dictate a dollar currency amount, say, for
example, “dollar sign fifty eight” (to enter $58) and so on.
Australian users can say “fifty eight dollars” to dictate $58, since
the Australian default currency is $ in Windows Regional Settings.
Punctuation
Using Natural Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking can automatically add commas and periods
at the appropriate places in your dictation without your having to
explicitly speak that punctuation. This Natural Punctuation feature
can be useful in helping you get used to dictation by focusing on what
you are saying rather than how your speech is punctuated.
Natural Punctuation only inserts periods and commas. You still have to
dictate other punctuation marks. Even with Natural Punctuation
turned on, you can still dictate periods and commas. As you become
more adept at dictation and want more control over where punctuation
appears, you may want to explicitly dictate all your punctuation.
For information on correcting punctuation, see Correcting Punctuation
on page 57.
Periods will only appear at the end of a sentence once you have
started the next utterance or said "New Line" or "New Paragraph"
Enabling and disabling automatic punctuation
Natural Punctuation is turned on by default.
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