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CHAPTER 4
Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Other Dialects: Dictate your name and your town. For example, say “My
name is Harriet Timms [full stop] I live in Marlow [comma] Buckinghamshire
[full stop]”
All non-US/Canada dialects (UK, Australian, Indian, and Southeast Asian
English) use the same commands for punctuation, selection, number formatting, and so
on.
Say the words as clearly as possible. (Dragon NaturallySpeaking
automatically capitalizes the names it knows, so you don’t have to say
“Cap.”)
Did Dragon NaturallySpeaking get your name and town correct? If not,
it may mean that your name, town, or both aren’t in the vocabulary. Not
all proper names are in the vocabulary, but you can easily add them. See
“Quick and easy ways to add new words” on page 34.
When you dictate a name that can be spelled more than one way (for
example, “John” or “Jon”), Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the most
common spelling. If this isn’t the spelling you want, just correct the word
(as described in “Correcting recognition mistakes” on page 15). The
Correction dialog box displays any alternative spellings that are already
in the vocabulary. If none of the choices are what you want, type or spell
the name the way you want it to appear.
If the name is a popular one, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may continue to
use the more common spelling. If this is a problem, you can create a new
spoken form in your vocabulary for entering the spelling you want (see
“Editing your vocabulary” on page 41). Or, if you never use a particular
spelling, you can delete it from the vocabulary.
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