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always: ASAP is pronounced "ay sap" by many people. These facts are addressed by an important Dragon

feature: the Spoken Form.

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 as

well as to existing entries, in order to be able to dictate them as comes naturally to you: for example, to enter

the symbol ©, you might like to say “circle see” instead of the existing spoken form “copyright sign.”

TIP Entries containing symbols, digits, or unusual spacing are particularly likely to warrant a Spoken Form. If

the written form of a word contains any punctuation, consider providing a spoken form so that there is no

doubt as to how the item will be pronounced.

If you add e-mail addresses to the Vocabulary, giving them a Spoken Form can make them quicker to dictate:

for instance, “Amy and John at yahoo dot com” or even just “Amy and John at yahoo” for

AmyT&JohnB@yahoo.com.

Note: Spoken forms must not include punctuation, abbreviations, or symbols. Below are a few examples.

Written Form: The Man from U.N.C.L.E

Spoken Form: the man from uncle

Written Form: St. Clement's Hospital

Spoken Form: Saint Clements Hospital

Written Form: Soddy-Daisy, TN.

Spoken Form: Soddy Daisy Tennessee

Written Form: Trenton-Mercer Airport

Spoken Form: Trenton Mercer Airport