11.0

Editing Text by Voice

Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets you use your voice to move around within a document and edit the contents—

whether or not that document was originally created by voice. As you learned, the software transcribes your

dictation wherever the insertion point is (usually shown as a thin blinking vertical bar some call cursor.)

This lesson presents some of the commands to select text and move the insertion point. Mouse and keyboard

can still be used, of course. Don’t try to do everything by voice unless you have to; at first, focus on getting

optimal accuracy in your dictations — speaking clearly, adapting the vocabulary, performing corrections as

needed…

IMPORTANT

: When you give a command like “delete <xyz>” or “select <xyz>” and Dragon 11 finds

multiple matches for the <xyz> word or phrase in your document, the software lets you handle that ambiguity

and even take advantage of it. It shows a number next to each visible match, so you can say the desired

number or (for commands that can apply it) say “choose all.” (The message area of the DragonBar offers a

reminder of this instruction when the numbers are displayed.)

Navigation and Selection Commands

TIP

Navigation commands use the words go and move interchangeably, and a space counts as one character.

Some commands move the insertion point regardless of its starting location:

move to top, or go to start of document –- moves to the beginning of the document

move to bottom –- moves to the end of the document

Other commands move the insertion point relative to its present location:

move to end of line (the current line, the one containing the insertion point)

move up(down) 1-20 line(s) or paragraph(s) –- e.g. move up 3 lines

move left(back) 1-20 word(s) or character(s) –- e.g. move left 7 words

move right(forward) 1-20 word(s) or character(s) –- e.g. move forward 3 characters

The insert commands position the insertion point just before or just after a specific word or punctuation mark:

insert before your office –- moves the insertion point to just before the phrase "your office"

insert after Joe comma -– moves to just after the comma following the word “Joe”