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That’s Not What I Said!

Sometimes, the program will type

something that sounds like what you

said but isn’t quite right. It won’t help

to: YELL, t a l k s l o w l y, or.

say. only. one. word. at. a. time. Dragon

NaturallySpeaking

software does better

when you say full sentences and speak in

your “natural” voice.

Correcting Recognition Errors

You should correct recognition errors

when they occur.

You can correct mistakes in your text

by using the “Select <word or words>”

command.

For example, if you say:

“Let’s meet to discuss the Conzelmann

contract.”

And the program types:

You can say: “Select Councilman”

You will see the correction menu:

You can say “Choose 1” or use the

mouse to select the correct choice.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking® software

will then correct the text in your

document and will learn from your

correction.

Correction Tips

You can also get the Correction menu

to appear by selecting text with the

mouse or keyboard and pressing

the correction hot key (by default,

the minus [-] key on your numeric

keypad).

If what you really said does not appear

in the list, you can say “Spell That” or

just type in the correct text.

If the text you are trying to select

appears in your document more

than once and the computer selects

the wrong one, you can say “Select

Again” and it will select a different

occurrence.

If you find yourself frequently

correcting small common words, it is

often more effective to select more

than one word. For example, say

“Select going to” instead

of “Select to” even if “going” is the

correct text.

For more information on how to

improve recognition accuracy, from

the Tools menu, click Accuracy

Center.

Dictation Tips

Pronounce each word clearly and

distinctly and say all punctuation, but

speak with your natural

inflection, not in a monotone voice.

Say commands without pausing

between the command words (for

example, say “New Paragraph”)

BUT—do pause before and after a

command (for example, say “Select

last 3 words” [pause]

“Bold That”). This lets the program

separate commands from words to be

typed.

Be sure that your microphone is in the

correct position and check it.

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Cutting / Pasting / Deleting Text

Copy That Copy selected text

Cut That Cut selected text

Paste That Paste cut or copied

text

Scratch That Delete the last thing

you said

Inserting Basic Punctuation

Period or Full stop .

Comma ,

Question Mark ?

Exclamation point !

Colon :

Semicolon ;

Hyphen -

Dash --

Open quote “

Close quote ”

Open parenthesis (

Close parenthesis )

For more information, see the User’s Guide

or the online help

Navigate

New line Press the Enter key

once

New paragraph Press the Enter key

twice

Space bar Press the Space Key

Tab key Press the Tab key

Go to bottom Move to insertion

point to the end of the

document

Insert before

/ Insert after

<word or words)

Move the insertion

point before or after

certain text to insert

text there.

Selecting text

Select <word or

<words>

Select a particular

word or words to

replace, correct, or for-

mat. Example: “Select

Mary had a little lamb”

Select Again Select the same word

or words again but in a

different place

Formatting

Bold That Apply bold to selected

text

Italicize That Apply italics to se-

lected text

Underline That Apply underlining to

selected text

Restore That Remove formatting

from selected text

Cap <word>”

or “Cap Next

<word>”

Start the next word

with a capital. Ex-

ample: “Cap hot Cap

dog” = Hot Dog

All Caps <word> Type the next word in

all capitals.

Example: “All Caps

yikes” = YIKES

Common Voice Commands

SAY... TO...

Sample Commands

What can I say? Brings up a partial

list of available

commands that

work in the active

application

For a complete list of commands, start the

Command Browser.

SAY... TO...