11.5

IMPORTANT: In Dragon’s commands, <xyz> represents the relevant segment on the screen (which could be

one or more words, and could include numbers or punctuation marks). When you give the ‘correct <xyz>’

command, be sure to say what appears on the screen, not what you had intended.

Note that when performing a correction, it can be useful to provide some context for the word(s) in error: for

instance, to correct "a" in "sent a request," you may want to say “correct sent a” or "correct sent a request."

The Correction Menu: the default interface

By default, when you say a command starting with the word "correct,” Dragon brings up the Correction Menu,

which lists alternative transcriptions as well as a few of the commands you may wish to say. (In the example

illustrated below, the speaker said “correct Madison.”)

 If what you had said is in the list of choices,

you can pick it by voice (say "choose" followed

by the number of the desired choice) or by

hand (clicking on the desired choice, or using

the down arrow).

 If it is not, you can click or say "spell that"

which opens the Spelling Window. There, you

can indicate the correct transcription using

voice, keyboard, mouse, or a combination

(see below).

Note that the last item on the Correction menu gives you direct access to the Options dialog’s Correction tab.

(As seen on that tab, another default setting you can modify is Dragon’s opening the Correction menu also

when you use commands that start with the word “select”.)

Correcting in the Spelling Window

Some users prefer the Spelling Window to be the default interface for Correction, in order to be able to act

directly when Dragon’s choice list doesn’t show their desired transcription (instead of having to use “spell

that” from the Correction menu to get to the Spelling Window).

This requires making changing one of the options on the Correction tab of Dragon’s Options dialog. Here is one

way to do this: say “open Dragon options”, then say “Correct commands bring up Spelling Window” (or click

that option’s checkbox).