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Using Dragon NaturallySpeaking with the Internet

What you can do on the Web with Dragon depends on what Web browser you are using. Some commands that

are supported in Internet Explorer are not supported in Google Chrome. See the Command Browser for

supported commands for each browser.

This lesson introduces commands for typical Web-related actions, including shortcut commands. The Command

Browser lists many more. Be sure to see the Help for details about using your voice on the Web and about Web-

related Dragon options.

The Web shortcuts

Dragon includes commands you can say anytime to perform general Web searches, as well as searches in

specific categories (maps, news, products, images, videos) or specific websites, such as Wikipedia. You could

say for instance ‘search images for purple chrysanthemum.’ Dragon will then present, in your default Web

browser, the results your default search engine found for those words in its image category.

A key advantage of

these “Web search

shortcuts” is that they

can be used anytime,

no matter what

program is currently

active on your screen.

No need to first switch

to your browser. These

commands don’t even

require your Web

browser to be open!

TIP: These commands let you take advantage of capabilities of specific search engines. For example:

conversions and calculations, as in ‘search Google for 61 percent of 1400’ and ‘search Bing for 77 euros in

dollars’.

These shortcut commands can be disabled or enabled on the Commands tab of Dragon’s Options dialog.

Controlled by the same option is a different type of Web shortcut command: open top [web] site… Instead of

presenting search results, this command directly opens the website corresponding to the top result of the

keywords you included in the command. Using such a command can be the quickest way to open the website for