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CHAPTER 4
Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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Other Dialects: If your Regional Settings are set to the United Kingdom,
your default currency is £ (pound sterling). If you want to dictate a
pound sterling currency amount, dictate it the way you normally do. If
you want to dictate a dollar currency amount, say, for example, “dollar
sign fifty eight” (to enter $58) and so on.
Australian users can say “fifty eight dollars” to dictate $58, since the
Australian default currency is $ in Windows Regional Settings.
Fractions
You can dictate most common fractions the way you would normally say
them. To dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, and 1/16 or a
multiple of these fractions, just say the fraction normally.
If Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the fraction as a word (for example,
“one-third”), you can correct it as described in “Correcting recognition
mistakes” on page 15.
If the denominator is greater than 10, you can enter the fraction by
saying “slash” or “over” between the two numbers.
For information about dictating fraction characters (¼, ½, ¾), see
“Dictating uncommon special characters” on page 74.
TO EN T E R SAY
1/2 one half
1/4 one fourth or one quarter
15/16 fifteen sixteenths
or fifteen over sixteen
3 7/8 three and seven eighths or three and seven over eight
TO EN T E R SAY
9/12 nine [slash] twelve or nine over twelve
5 3/56 five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six
130/70 one thirty over seventy
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