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From the Display drop-down list of the Vocabulary Editor, choose “Words with spoken forms only”. Take a
moment to scroll through and look at existing spoken forms—you will get ideas for what kinds of entries
warrant them and how they can be written.
TIP Vocabulary entries may have more than one spoken form. You may add spoken forms to custom entries
and to existing entries, in order to be able to dictate them as comes naturally to you—for example, to obtain
the symbol ©, you might like to say “circle see” instead of the existing spoken form “copyright sign”.
Adding Spoken Forms allows you to dictate in the way that is most natural, but also quickest for you. In
addition to indicating pronunciation, spoken forms can be used for “vocal shorthand” and automatic
substitution: you say something short and easy, and Dragon types something longer or “trickier” to say or
remember. You will many examples in this workbook. This capability can be used to give consistency and
clarity to your writings; groups can take advantage of it to help everyone easily comply with recommendations
like avoiding abbreviations and potentially confusable items.
To add a Spoken Form via the Vocabulary Editor:
Step 1: First, decide what you want to say, and what Dragon should transcribe when you say it.
For example, suppose your school Central Lexington United High School is often called CLUHS or "cluss". When
you dictate "cluss", do you want Dragon to type CLUHS or Central Lexington United High School?
Step 2: In the Written Form field, type what you want Dragon to write. Be careful with its capitalization,
spacing, and spelling — including symbols or punctuation marks if needed, as in E*TRADE.
Step 3: In the Spoken Form field, type what you will actually say. In some cases (as in our “cluss” example),
you will enter one or more “made-up words” to represent the desired sound.
Step 4: Say Add or press Enter.
If you entered a “made-up word” in the Spoken Form field, Dragon brings up a dialog box to tell you that it
doesn’t know that word and will therefore guess its pronunciation — this gives you a chance to catch any typo
you may have made in the Spoken Form.
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