6.0
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing and Training
- Starting to Dictate
- Correcting and Editing
- Formatting
- Capitalizing text
- Capitalizing the first letter of the next word you dictate
- Capitalizing consecutive words
- Dictating the next word in all capital letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters
- Dictating the next word in all lowercase letters
- Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters
- Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your document
- Formatting text
- Capitalizing text
- Numbers and Punctuation
- Using E-Mail and Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Using Natural Language Commands
- Hands-Free Computing
- Starting programs
- Opening documents and folders
- Switching between open windows
- Copying text to other programs
- Opening and closing menus
- Selecting buttons, tabs, and options
- Selecting icons on the desktop
- Resizing and closing windows
- Scrolling in windows and listboxes
- Pressing keyboard keys
- Activating commands by saying key names
- Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse
- Hands-free tips
- Automate Your Work
- Workflow
- Speaking and Dictating
- Improving Accuracy
- Healthy Computing
- Using a Handheld Recorder (Preferred edition only)
- Customizing Dragon NaturallySpeaking
- Troubleshooting
- Commands List
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Controlling the microphone
- Controlling the DragonBar
- Controlling the DragonPad
- Adding paragraphs, lines, and spaces
- Selecting text
- Correcting text
- Deleting and undoing
- Moving around in a document
- Copying, cutting, and pasting text
- Capitalizing text
- Formatting text
- Entering numbers
- Entering punctuation and special characters
- Playing back and reading text (Available in Preferred edition only)
- Working with your desktop and windows
- E-mail commands
- Using Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Working hands-free
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Which commands work in which programs?
- Index
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 3
All other dialects use UK spelling, punctuation, and time and currency
formats (some number settings depend on your Windows Regional
Settings). Where multiple dialects are used in dictation examples, those
dialects appear in a different font style. For example:
■ You can also correct a longer phrase by saying “Correct [text] Through
[text]” (
US/Canada) or “Correct [text] To [text]” (Other Dialects).
This guide uses US spelling and punctuation for consistency.
4 This guide also includes tips and notes to help you use the software
more effectively. Tips and notes appear like this:
If you pause correctly, but Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
still types a command as
dictation, you can force it to recognize what you say as a command by holding down the
CTRL key.
With Numbers Mode on, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
tries to interpret
everything you say 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.
What’s new in version 6?
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
version 6 brings together the best
ScanSoft
TM
and Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
speech-recognition and
text-to-speech technology to create more accurate, powerful, and user-
friendly speech-recognition software. (Text-to-speech is available only in
the Preferred edition.) In addition to assisting users to operate a
computer hands-free, the software contains many new features and
general improvements.
Tools for greater accuracy
Accuracy Center
The Accuracy Center offers one-stop shopping for all the tools available
to improve recognition accuracy: audio settings, additional training,
adding words to the vocabulary, and the new Acoustic Optimizer can all
be found in this central location. (Some features of the Accuracy Center
are available only in Standard and higher editions.) See page 152.
TIP
NOTE