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Dictating Prices, Units, Dates, Times, Addresses…

Dragon NaturallySpeaking follows spacing and capitalization rules: for example, it inserts a space after comma

but none before, and it capitalizes at the beginning of sentences and paragraphs.

In this lesson, you learn about contextual automatic formatting that allows you to naturally dictate prices,

times, dates, abbreviations, contractions, units of measure, street addresses, e-mail addresses, URLs, ISO

currency codes and other special text. You also learn about Spell Mode and other recognition modes.

Automatic Text Formatting During Normal Dictation

On the Auto-Formatting Options dialog (available from the Tools menu), you can turn Dragon’s rules of

automatic formatting off and on, as desired. For example, you can choose to have Dragon:

- Transcribe numbers greater

than two as numerals. (By

default, Dragon follows the

rule that small integers should

be written as words unless in

contexts such as a unit or

address.) Use the drop-down

list on this dialog.

- Expand contractions (such as

“won’t” and “didn’t”).

- Insert two spaces after

periods.

Please see the Help for details.

TIP The Vocabulary Editor’s Word

Properties dialog offers related

capabilities. It lets you obtain

contextual formatting: you can ask

that numerals always be used after a

particular word (as in “version 4”) and

you can set alternate written forms

(for instance, if you prefer “figure” to

be written “Fig.” before numbers, as

in “Fig. 3”).

Note: The Vocabulary Editor also lets

you change the properties of Dictation

Commands (for instance, you may wish

“new line” to trigger capitalization,

as “new paragraph” does).

Please see Vocabulary Customization.

Exercise 1: Dictate some phone numbers with and without area code. (No need to say "hyphen".)

Please call 607-585-3926 instead of 587-1239. Toll free directory: 1-800-555-1212