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To spell a capital letter, just say “cap” followed by the letter.•

You can use alternate pronunciations to spell letters: “alpha”, “letter alpha”, “letter a”, “bravo”, •

“charlie”, “delta”, “echo”, “foxtrot”, etc. (see the Help for the full list)

To insert a space, say “space” or "spacebar".•

If one of the choices listed is close, you can save time by modifying it: say modify and its number, •

which brings it to the top of the Spelling window.

Exercise 1: Look at the following sample, dictate it, then use the correct <xyz> command to fix any errors.

(Of course, this sample was designed to create errors! All the first and last names here could be spelled in

different ways.)

Until further notice, the BHDP meeting will be held in room B31 (not B40).

Special invitees this week: Stephen Hess, Anne Petersen, and Gene Wood.

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If several consecutive words are incorrect, correct them together. For instance, if "B40” were recognized

as "before tea,” you would say correct before tea.

Exercise 2: Dictate uncommon words, such as nicknames or product names, until a few misrecognitions

appear. Use the Spelling Window and practice spelling out what you actually said, as well as editing from the

list.

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In the Spelling Window, Backspace and Delete commands should be used instead of scratch that,

especially if Press Key commands are used.

Using Playback to Aid Correction

Sometimes, especially if you dictate a significant amount of text before correcting, you may not remember

exactly what you actually said. Dragon’s playback feature is very helpful in these instances. You can take

advantage of it in several ways.

If you see that a certain word or phrase appears incorrectly, use the correct command to open the Spelling

Window. Once it appears, click or say Play Back to hear the recording of your voice as you dictated that text.

It may be that in fact you had misspoken or mumbled; this happens to everyone, particularly near the end of

the day! In that case, close the Spelling window (you can say click cancel) and dictate the word(s) again.

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You can have playback occur automatically with Correction. On the Correction tab of the Options dialog,

check Automatic Playback on Correction. This is particularly helpful as you first learn to use Dragon; you may

want to turn it off after a few weeks of practice.

You can also use the playback to hear sections of dictation in the document itself (if your edition of Dragon

supports this feature). To do this, select the editable text you would like to hear played back. Then, say play

that back, or use the DragonBar’s Audio menu. If you find a misrecognition, you can stop playback by clicking

the mouse. (Since speech input cannot be received during playback, you cannot stop playback by voice. If

clicking the mouse is problematic for you, play small selections at a time.)

Note: You may wish to explore the Playback attributes in the Options dialog.