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Exercise 7: Dictate “access code: 75Zq/7”, then practice with similar sequences of your choice. (Pause briefly
after the colon, then say “spell 7 5 cap zee cue slash 7”. Try to not pause at all during the sequence; if you
paused, just resume by saying “spell” immediately followed by the rest of your sequence.)
Key points about dictating numbers and special text
 Dragon can format dates, times, prices, street addresses, phone numbers, Web addresses, units of
measure, and other special text automatically. The Auto-Formatting options dialog (from the Tools
menu) lets you turn these built-in rules off or on as desired.
 The restricted recognition modes can make dictating special text more efficient. They are accessible
by voice commands (“Numbers Mode on”, “switch to Normal Mode”) and through the DragonBar’s
Modes menu.
 If you will be dictating only numbers and punctuation, consider turning Numbers Mode on.
 If dictating a long sequence of characters (letters, digits, punctuation, symbols), consider Spell Mode.
(The Spell command is good for short sequences which you can say all at once, without pausing, such as
“spell T W O”.)
 When spelling out, you can insert a capital letter by saying cap just before the letter, and you can say
space or spacebar.