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TIP Vocabulary entries may have more than one spoken form. You may add spoken forms to custom entries

and to existing entries, in order to be able to dictate them as comes naturally to you—for example, to obtain

the symbol ©, you might like to say “circle see” instead of the existing spoken form “copyright sign”.

Adding Spoken Forms allows you to dictate in the way that is most natural, but also quickest for you. In

addition to indicating pronunciation, Spoken Forms can be used for “vocal shorthand” and automatic

substitution: you say something short and easy, and Dragon types something longer or “trickier” to say or

remember. You will many examples in this workbook. This capability can be used to give consistency and

clarity to your writings; groups can take advantage of it to help everyone easily comply with recommendations

like avoiding abbreviations and potentially confusable items.

To add a Spoken Form via the Vocabulary Editor:

Step 1: First, decide what you want to say, and what Dragon should transcribe when you say it.

For example, suppose your school Central Lexington United High School is often called CLUHS or "cluss".

When you dictate "cluss", do you want Dragon to type CLUHS or Central Lexington United High School?

Step 2: In the Written Form field, type what you want Dragon to write. Be careful with its capitalization,

spacing, and spelling — including symbols or punctuation marks if needed, as in E*TRADE.

Step 3: In the Spoken Form field, type what you will actually say. In some cases (as in our “cluss” example),

you will enter one or more “made-up words” to represent the desired sound.

Step 4: Say A

dd or press Enter.

If you entered a “made-up word” in the Spoken Form field, Dragon brings up a dialog box to tell you

that it doesn’t know that word and will therefore guess its pronunciation — this gives you a chance to

catch any typo you may have made in the Spoken Form.

TIP Entries containing symbols, digits, or unusual spacing are particularly likely to warrant a Spoken Form.

If you add e-mail addresses to the Vocabulary, giving them a Spoken Form can make them quicker to dictate:

for instance, for AmyT&JohnB@yahoo.com

, “Amy and John at yahoo dot com” or even just “Amy and John at

yahoo”.