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APPENDIX
Commands List
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 237
Entering numbers
TO ENTE R SAY
5five or numeral five
23 twenty three
179 one hundred (and) seventy nine or one seventy nine
NOTE: The word “and” is optional.
5423 five thousand four hundred (and) twenty three
5,423 five [comma] four twenty three
12,537 twelve thousand five hundred and thirty seven
142,015 one hundred and forty two thousand and fifteen
35.23 thirty five [point] two three
0.03 All Dialects: zero [point] zero three
Outside US/Canada: nought [point] nought three
43.28% forty three [point] twenty eight [percent sign]
22 January 1999 twenty two January nineteen ninety nine
April 9, 2001 April nine comma two thousand and one
14/07/85 fourteen [slash] oh seven [slash] eighty five
6/12/00 six [slash] twelve [slash] double oh or six [slash] twelve
[slash] double zero
NOTE: If you say “oh oh,” you must then say “Format
That Number” to remove the extra space.
1/22/2000 one [slash] twenty-two [slash] two thousand
8:30 eight [colon] thirty
4:45 am four forty five a m
10:22 pm ten twenty two p m
5:00 PM five o’clock p m
£45 US/Canada: pound sterling sign forty five
Other Dialects: forty five pounds
$99.50 ninety nine dollars and fifty cents
£5 million US/Canada: pound sterling sign five million
Other Dialects: five million pounds
$3.9 billion US/Canada: three point nine billion dollars
Other Dialects: dollar sign three point nine billion
1/2 one half