12.0

Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking for E-mail

“Voice-typing” in itself is a great benefit for e-mail usage, but for certain e-mail applications, Dragon lets you

do much more. This lesson introduces important commands and tips for using Dragon with e-mail, including

shortcut commands and two popular Rich Internet Applications: Gmail and Hotmail/Outlook.com.

IMPORTANT Although Dragon can automatically format email addresses and URLs as you dictate them, it

can be efficient to add to the Vocabulary e-mail addresses and domains you use frequently (be sure to specify

Spoken Forms as needed). Users of Lotus Notes, Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows Mail should take

advantage of Dragon’s tool for adapting the Vocabulary based on sent emails as well as finding Contact names

to add. (See the Help menu’s Improve My Accuracy.)

Voice Shortcut Commands

Dragon has many commands for use in Microsoft Outlook, including in the Inbox (you can forward, move, or flag

messages, for instance) and in the Calendar.

For quickly creating messages, appointments, meetings, and tasks, Dragon offers “shortcut” commands that

work no matter what is currently active on your screen. At any time, you can say for instance create email to

Jane Miller and Payroll, schedule meeting with Joe Keller and Jane Brown, create appointment at noon,

schedule appointment on August fifteenth, create task about office supply inventory, or email the

selection to Jane Miller (“the selection” being the selected text or file).

Note: In version 12, for the shortcut for emailing the selection, “email the selection to…” is the only possible

wording. All previous wordings have been deprecated.

TIP Before using these commands, make sure Dragon is able to recognize unusual words such as the names

you plan to mention (use the Accuracy Center).

These shortcut commands can be

disabled or enabled from the checkbox

"Enable E-mail and Calendar commands"

on the Commands tab of the Dragon’s

Options dialog.