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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
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
1
1
Introduction
elcome to Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
—the software that lets you
talk to your computer instead of typing. As you speak, your words
appear swiftly on-screen just as if you had typed them.
You can talk (“dictate”) into many programs, including Microsoft
®
Word,
Corel
®
WordPerfect
®
, e-mail programs, personal information organizers,
and more. For example, you can use Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
to:
■ Compose letters, memos, and e-mail messages. Just think about
what you want to say and then say it into the microphone.
■ Enter data into forms or spreadsheets. Most people can dictate
numbers faster than they can type.
■ Work on the Web. You can search the Web, access information, and
navigate Web pages by speaking URLs and links.
You can also move text around within your document (“cut and paste”),
revise and format text, and control your computer by voice. You can start
programs, open menus, and send e-mails by voice.
After you become comfortable talking to your computer, you may want
to take the convenience of dictating a step further by using a handheld
recorder with Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
. (Available in Preferred
edition only.) With a handheld recorder, you can dictate while away from
your computer. When you return to your computer, Dragon
NaturallySpeaking
®
will type out (“transcribe”) what you said.
About this guide
This guide provides detailed information that will help you get the most
out of using Dragon NaturallySpeaking
®
. It will help you get up and
running with the software, show you how to dictate, edit, and format
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