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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 3
Starting to Dictate
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide 33
When Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
is recognizing a command, the
Results box has a bold blue border, so you can tell that it is recognizing
your utterance as a command.
A line at the bottom of the Results box changes color from yellow to
green as you speak. This line is a volume meter that duplicates the
functions of the microphone volume meter on the DragonBar.
You can move the Results box anywhere on the screen by dragging it
with the mouse. To stop Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
in the middle of a
recognition process and switch off the microphone, click on the small red
circle in the upper-left corner of the Results box.
The Results box is useful in three ways. When you notice the volume
meter change to green, you know the computer is actually hearing you.
When you see the Results box fill with words, you know that Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
is processing what you say. And finally, after you
finish a command or phrase, the Results box shows you what Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
thought you said. You can then determine whether
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
recognized your dictation correctly.
You can also anchor the Results box permanently in one place. From the
Tools menu of the DragonBar, click Options, then click the View tab and
enable the respective option.
Controlling Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
with voice commands
You can access the functions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
with voice
commands. For example, to show the Extras toolbar, say “Show Extras
Bar.”(Available in Preferred edition only.) For a list of other voice
commands that control Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
, see “Controlling
the DragonBar” in the Appendix, page 218.