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Correcting and Editing

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

Playing back your dictation

(Preferred and higher)

Playback commands work in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word 97, 2000,

2002 and 2003, Corel WordPerfect 8 and 9, and Lotus Notes.

Although Dragon NaturallySpeaking never makes a spelling mistake,

the mistakes it does make can be challenging to find and fix.

Sometimes, what the program types looks very different from what

you actually said.

To make correcting mistakes easier, Dragon NaturallySpeaking

records your voice as you dictate. You can play back your voice

whenever you cannot tell by looking at your document what you

originally said.

Unless you have Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional or a

higher edition, playback is available only until you close a document. After

you close a document, Dragon NaturallySpeaking deletes the recorded

dictation for that document. See page 72 for information on saving dictation

for later correction (Professional and higher editions).

Playing back dictation from the Correction

When you’re working in the Correction menu, click the Play Back

button or say “Play That Back” to play the dictation that goes with the

words you’re correcting. Then edit the text to match what you said.

You can set up Dragon NaturallySpeaking to play back dictation

automatically whenever you open the Correction menu. On the

NaturallySpeaking menu, select Tools>Options>Correction tab. On

the Correction tab, select “Automatic playback on correction.”

Sometimes, there’s no dictation to play back. For example, you cannot

play back text that wasn’t entered by voice, such as words you typed or

pasted into your document.

Even when you have entered text by voice, you cannot play it back

after you have cut it, copied it, pasted it, or otherwise moved it around in the

document.

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