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Note: If these commands are enabled,

Dragon will try to recognize as one of

them any phrase starting with one of

these verbs followed by a word (or

words) present in the text: e.g. “bold

measures” or “cut corners.” Since

Dragon recognizes commands only if

they are spoken as one flow between

two pauses, this could happen if the

phrase is said in isolation—for

instance, if the speaker is creating a

list or had just hesitated as one often

does when composing out loud. (If

this does happen, one can say undo

that.)

Remember in particular the possibility

of unintended recognition of cut

<xyz> and delete <xyz>, especially if

you dictate without looking at the

screen. If you prefer to avoid this risk,

disable these commands by clearing

their checkbox on the Commands tab

of Dragon’s Options dialog.

Full Text Control, “unknown” text fields and the Dictation Box

Commands such as ‘correct <xyz>’ and ‘insert after <xyz>’ (where <xyz> is a word or phrase in the active text

field) work thanks to a Dragon functionality called Full Text Control (formerly “Select-and-Say”). This functionality

requires the text field to let Dragon be aware of its content—such as where words and sentences begin and end.

Many popular applications build their text fields (or at least most of their fields) in a standard way, and as a result

Dragon has Full Text Control in these fields. However, you may sometimes encounter a text field for which

Dragon cannot have awareness—and therefore Dragon cannot always apply all its normal capabilities. (For

instance, it may not capitalize the first word you dictate in that field.) You may not notice anything unusual if you

just dictate a flow of words, especially if you start with a word that is always capitalized, such as a name or the

subject pronoun “I”. However, if you take actions on the text (such as correcting a misrecognition or inserting text

within a sentence), Dragon may not be able to execute its “<verb> <xyz>” commands, or adjust spacing as it

usually does.

When the insertion point is in such an “unknown” field, the DragonBar’s Full Text Control indicator is dimmed.

Even in “unknown” text fields, one can use Dragon efficiently—knowing the following: