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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 popular Web-based email programs.

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). Take advantage of Dragon’s tool for adapting the Vocabulary based on sent emails

and finding Contact names to add. (See the Help menu’s Improve My Accuracy.)

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).

You can see all wordings for these commands in the Command Browser (choose “Dragon – Shortcuts for E-mail”

in its Context list). Note: for the shortcut for emailing the selection, “email the selection to…” is the only possible

wording.

Note: 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

Options dialog.

To see more commands, you can explore the Command Browser’s “Context” list and take advantage of the

Learning Center as well as the Help: for instance, you could say “search Dragon help for Outlook calendar.”