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Dictating Names, Numbers,
Punctuation & Special Characters
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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already end in “s,” say “apostrophe” after the word, as in the second
example shown here.
You can add ’s to a word by selecting it and then saying it again
with “apostrophe ess.“
Dictating hyphenated words
Many hyphenated words and phrases are already in the Dragon
NaturallySpeaking vocabulary. To dictate a word or phrase that is
usually hyphenated, just say it as you normally would.
TO ENTER SAY
We took my brother’s car We took my brother [apostrophe
ess] car
I met my friends’ children I met my friends [apostrophe]
children
TO ENTER SAY
long-lasting long lasting
up-to-date schedule up to date schedule
Tokyo-based company Tokyo based company
nine-year-old boy nine year old boy
TIP