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What’s New in Version 12.0?

Here is a list of changes and additions compared to Dragon11.5. If you are upgrading from a previous release,

please see also What's New in Dragon 11 and What's new in Dragon 11.5.

Options to require "Click":

Now saying "Click" is required for everything, by default

By default, as it does for hyperlinks, Dragon now requires you to say "Click <menu name >" or "Click <tab

name>" to open menus or tabs, or "Click <button name or list box name>" to select dialog box controls. For

example, to open the Home tab on the ribbon, you would say "Click Home" rather than just "Home."

Now you can require "Click" for menus or controls separately

Also, the former combined Require "Click" option has been divided to give you finer control. Now you can

require click for menus independently of buttons and other controls.

For example, you could set up Dragon to require that you say "Click" before menu names but not inside dialog

boxes.

The Dictation Box can open automatically:

When you start to dictate in an unknown text field (a text area where Dragon doesn’t have Full Text Control,

such as in Microsoft PowerPoint, or Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome in pages where the Dragon plug-in

does not apply), Dragon now automatically opens the Dictation Box to provide you Full Text Control. Once your

text is ready, you use the box’s Transfer button, and Dragon closes the box and inserts your content into the

text field where you started.

The option to automatically open the Dictation Box can be turned on and off in the Options dialog box,

Miscellaneous tab.

Note: By default, to voice-click the Transfer button, you must say “click transfer” and not just “transfer” (given that

the option “Require ‘click’” is enabled).

If this new option is disabled, you can open the Dictation Box when you wish, by using its hotkey or its entry in the

Tools menu, or by voice commands such as "show Dictation Box," as in previous versions.

Smart Format Rules:

When you make a correction related to formatting, such as abbreviations, titles, units of measure, or alternate

written forms, Dragon displays its Smart Format Rules box, offering to change one of its Auto-Formatting

options or Word Property settings. You can then either accept one of the adjustments offered, or dismiss the

box.

If you wish to, you can change settings yourself from the Auto-Formatting Options dialog box or the Vocabulary

Editor, as in previous versions. The Smart Format Rules feature simply "reaches out" to you, making it quick

and easy for you to adjust the settings you care about.