11.5

Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with the Internet

What you can do on the Web with Dragon 11 depends on what Web browser you use. A key difference between

Internet Explore and Mozilla Firefox is that Dragon doesn’t have Full Text Control in Firefox.

Below are some commands for typical Web-related actions. The Command Browser lists many more. Be sure to

see the Help for details about using your voice on the Web and about Web-related Dragon options.

The Web Search Shortcuts

Dragon includes commands you can say anytime to perform general Web searches, as well as searches in

specific categories (maps, news, products, images, videos) or specific websites, such as Wikipedia. You could

say for instance ‘search images for chrysanthemum’. Dragon will then present, in your default Web

browser, the results your default search engine found for that word in its image category.

A key advantage of these “Web

search shortcuts” is that, like

the “desktop search shortcuts”,

they can be used anytime, no

matter what program is

currently active on your screen.

No need to switch to your

browser before saying the

command. These commands

don’t even require your Web

browser to be open!

TIP These commands let you

take advantage of capabilities

of specific search engines. For

example: conversions and

calculations, as in ‘search

Google for 61 percent of 1100’

and ‘search Bing for 77 euros

in dollars’.

The “find a website…” shortcut commands, instead of presenting search results, directly open the page for the

top result of your search. (Using such a command can be the quickest way to open the website for an

institution.)

In Dragon 10, these search shortcut commands executed the search immediately. In Dragon 11, you have a

chance to first edit the search string: a small Edit dialog lets you revise, replace, or augment your dictated

keywords. This lets you make your search command very precise, which means you will find more quickly

exactly what you wanted.

The option is on by default for Web and Desktop search commands. If you turn this option off, you may not see

any action right away after giving one of these commands; this is normal since the search itself needs a

moment to complete.