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CHAPTER 4
Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Other Dialects: 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 point (.) if you say “a m,”
“p m,” or “o’clock” when dictating the time. Otherwise, say “point zero
zero” to enter .00.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses the time separator (dot or colon) and the AM/
PM symbol specified in your Regional Settings in the Windows Control Panel.
Telephone numbers
North American phone numbers
You can say U.S. and Canadian phone numbers (of 7, 10, or 11 digits)
naturally, by pausing briefly between each group of numbers. You don’t
need to dictate hyphens between groups of of 7, 10, or 11 digits.
However, when dictating eight-digit numbers starting with 0 or 1 (for
example, 1-965-5200), you must say all the punctuation, including the
hyphens, spaces, and brackets.
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
TO EN TE R SAY
965-5200 nine six five fifty two hundred
617-965-5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two hundred
1-800-555-1212 one eight hundred five five five one two one two
[phone] [open parenthesis] six one seven [close
parenthesis] nine six five five two hundred
1-212-555-1212 one two one two five five five one two one two
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