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Dictate text
Read these topics to learn how to dictate with Dragon.
Click: To learn about:
Getting started with dictation
l How to start dictating
l Dictation best practices
Mixing dictation with typing
l What is Full Text Control?
l Using cache commands to resolve issues relating to typing and
dictating
Dictation overview
l Dictating text, including:
l Line and paragraph breaks
l Punctuation
l Quotes
l Bullets
l Email and Web addresses
l Proper nouns
l Hyphenated words
l Compound words
l Abbreviations
l Acronyms
Dictating punctuation and symbols
l Dictating punctuation and special characters
Dictating letters
l Spelling words and phrases
Dictating numbers
l Dictating numbers, including:
l Currency
l Dates
l Decimals
l Fractions
l Numerals
l Phone numbers
l Postal codes
l Roman numerals
l Time
l Weight
Take it back
l How to undo incorrect or misrecognized commands
Getting started with dictation
Creating a new document
1. Click the microphone button in the Status Window to turn the microphone on: .
2. Say "Open <application>." For example, "Open Microsoft Word."
3. Say "New file."
4. Begin dictating.
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