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TIP By default, Dragon applies its automatic formatting rules even if you pause within the segment (the option
“Allow pauses in formatted phrases” lets you turn this off.) If you need to dictate sequences of 7, 10 or 11 digits
and do NOT want them formatted as phone numbers, one trick is to say “numeral” just before.
Exercise 2: Dictate the following address. For the line containing the zip code, just say Oakland California 9 1 2
3 5; Dragon automatically uses the postal abbreviation for the state and precedes it with a comma.
127 Evergreen Terrace
Oakland, CA 91235
Exercise 3: Dictate the following dates. (Dragon automatically formats when you say, for instance, “Monday
July sixteenth 2009”.
TIP: You can change the default date format to one of those offered on the Auto-Formatting options dialog.
Monday, July 16, 2009 10/15/09 (say slash) 12-7-2013 (say hyphen)
Exercise 4: Dictate a few sentences containing prices, including the one here. (Say four dollars and ninety
cents; Dragon will automatically format it with the dollar sign and dot.)
Suggested retail price: $4.90
Exercise 5: Dictate the following sentence, or a similar one containing a URL. Pronounce the URL w w w dot
the best business dot com. Dragon will automatically remove the spaces between words.
Please visit www.thebestbusiness.com for more information.
Exercise 6: Dictate the following e-mail addresses. (Remember: for e-mail addresses you frequently dictate,
adding them to your vocabulary will ensure that you can dictate them quickly and with high accuracy.)
[e-mail] (say “Laura underscore Miller” and “at” or “at sign”)
[e-mail] (“customer service at sign electrical experts dot com”)
The restricted Recognition Modes
There may be times when you want Dragon to recognize less than it normally does. You may want to speak only
commands, or enter many numbers or characters in a row—when inputting figures or product codes into a
database, for instance.
Take a moment to explore Dragon’s restricted recognition modes, which include Numbers Mode, Spell Mode,
Command Mode and Dictation Mode. (Please see the Help for details beyond the ones below.) Note: Dragon
includes a persistent indication of the current recognition mode on the DragonBar (next to the Full Text Control
checkmark).
TIP Dictation Mode can be helpful if you want to dictate as quickly as possible.