11.0

Full Text Control, “non-standard” fields, and the Dictation Box

Commands such as ‘correct <xyz>’ and ‘insert after <xyz>’, which quote words from the active text field,

work thanks to a Dragon functionality called Full Text Control (formerly “Select-and-Say”). This functionality

requires the text field to let Dragon be aware of its content—such as where words and sentences begin and

end.

Many popular applications build their text fields (or at least most of their fields) in a standard way, and as a

result Dragon always has Full Text Control in these fields. However, you may sometimes encounter a text field

for which Dragon cannot have awareness—and therefore Dragon cannot always apply all its normal capabilities.

(For instance, it may not capitalize the first word you dictate in that field.) You may not notice anything

unusual if you just dictate a flow of words (especially if you start with a word that is always capitalized, such

as a name or the subject pronoun “I”). However, if you take actions on the text (such as correcting a

misrecognition or inserting text within a sentence), Dragon may not be able to execute its “<verb> <xyz>”

commands or apply spacing as it usually does.

When the insertion point is in such a text field, the DragonBar displays a special message and its Text Control

indicator is dimmed.

Even in “unknown” (“non-standard”) text fields, one can use Dragon efficiently, knowing the following:

If dictating short entries, you may want to just apply what does work in all text fields: dictate normally 1.

and, if necessary, say ‘spacebar’ (or press the spacebar), say ‘cap’ before a word to force its capitalization

(you can also address capitalization after completing your dictation, using the commands “cap that” or

“capitalize <xyz>”), say ‘move <left|right|up|down>’ commands or reposition the insertion point by

hand, etc.