11.0

Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with the Internet

Below are some commands for common Internet-related tasks. The Command Browser lists many more, and the

Help contains a lot of detail about using your voice on the Web and about Web-related Dragon options.

TIP

Dragon includes commands you can say anytime to perform general Web searches, Web searches in

specific categories (maps, news, products, images, videos) or searches in certain specific sites, like Wikipedia.

You could say for instance ‘search images for chrysanthemum’ to see images found for that word by your

default search engine.

You can even take advantage of capabilities of specific engines: one example is Google’s conversions and

calculations, as in ‘search Google for 53 percent of 1100’ and ‘search Google for 77 euros in dollars’.

A key advantage of these “Web search shortcuts” is that, like the “desktop search shortcuts”, they can be used

anytime, no matter what program is currently active on your screen; they are very convenient time-savers!

NEW: In Dragon 10, search shortcut commands executed the search automatically. In Dragon 11, you can edit

the search string first: the new Edit Search Keywords dialog lets you revise, replace, or augment your dictated

keywords. The option is now on by default for Web and Desktop search commands. If you turn this option off,

you may not see any action on your screen right away after giving one of these search commands; this is normal

since the search itself needs a moment to complete.

The following covers actions often done in HTML pages and work with supported Web browsers (Mozilla Firefox

and Microsoft Internet Explorer). There are many more commands; please see the Help.

Navigation

Say go to address to go to the address bar; after entering a URL, say go there or press Enter.

Say go back or go forward to click the Back or Forward buttons; say go home to access the homepage.

Say add to favorites to add the current site to the Favorites list.

Say refresh page or reload page. (To stop a page load, you can say stop loading.)

Say page down or start scrolling down to see more of the web page. (You can then say stop scrolling.)

Accessing a specific item on a Web page

Note: For all these commands, if what you said matches multiple items on the screen, Dragon will display

numbered arrows next to the items; to indicate the desired item, say choose 3 or whatever number

corresponds to your choice. (If you need the numbers to go away, just say hide numbers.)

To click a hyperlink, you can say its name or just part of it, preceded by the word ‘click’ or not. (If a

red arrow appears next to it, say click that.)

IMPORTANT:

Dragon is always looking to match what it hears to possible commands. For HTML

windows, you can choose to require ‘click’ before the link name, since if you dictate a word or phrase

in isolation, it may activate a link instead of being transcribed—see the Commands tab of the Options

dialog; this option is on by default in Version 11.