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CHAPTER 4
Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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With Numbers Mode on, Dragon NaturallySpeaking tries to interpret
everything as a number. If you dictate words, the results will be unpredictable. However,
you can still navigate menus and switch between programs by voice when Numbers
Mode is on.
Dates
You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say them. Say
“oh” or “zero” to enter 0. In dialects outside US/Canada, you can also say
“nought.”
If Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the date in the wrong format, just
correct it (as described in “Correcting recognition mistakes” on page 15).
When the Correction dialog box opens, the format you want may be on
the list of alternatives.
Times of day
US/Canada: Usually, you can dictate the time of day the way you would
normally say it. Say “o’clock” to enter :00. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
automatically types the colon (:) if you say “a m,” “p m,” or “o’clock”
when dictating the time. Otherwise, say “colon zero zero” to enter :00.
TO EN TE R SAY
22 January 1999 Twenty two January nineteen ninety nine
April 9, 2001 April 9 [comma] two thousand and one
14/07/85 fourteen [slash] oh seven [slash] eighty five
3/11/02 three [slash] eleven [slash] zero two
3/11/2002 three [slash] eleven [slash] two thousand and two
April 1st April first
March 22nd March twenty second
The 1980s The nineteen eighties
TO EN TE R SAY
8:30 eight [colon] thirty
4:45 AM four forty five a m
10:22 PM ten twenty two p m
3:00 three o’clock
5:00 PM five o’clock p m
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