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 6
Numbers and Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
80
Modes
When you start working in Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
, you are in
normal mode by default. You can dictate words, numbers, and commands,
and the program will recognize them.
Suppose, though, that you want to work in a spreadsheet, dictating only
numbers. In this case, you can turn on numbers mode. With numbers
mode on, Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
tries to recognize everything it
hears as a number. If you are dictating only numbers (including
currencies), working in this mode will increase recognition accuracy.
There are four special modes, in addition to normal mode:
■ Numbers mode—The software recognizes only numbers,
commands, and punctuation.
■ Spell mode—The software recognizes only letters, numbers,
commands, and punctuation.
■ Command mode—The software recognizes only commands.
■ Dictation mode—The software recognizes only words in its
dictation vocabulary, plus a few commands such as “New Line” and
“New Paragraph.”
To switch modes, from the Words menu on the DragonBar, click the
name of the mode you want. Or, to switch modes by voice, say one of
these commands:
■ “Switch to Numbers Mode”
■ “Switch to Spell Mode”
■ “Switch to Command Mode”
■ “Switch to Dictation Mode”
■ “Switch to Normal Mode”
You can turn modes on and off by voice. When you turn a mode off, this
is the same as switching back to normal mode.
You cannot dictate fractions in number mode.
NOTE