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Text Type Examples
Punctuation—General
Most punctuation needs to be dictated to appear in the text. Say the
punctuation at the appropriate places in your dictation. Pause briefly
before and after you dictate punctuation.
See Dictating punctuation and symbols for more information.
Example
Say: "We're going to the park comma
then for ice cream period would you like to
come question mark"
Result: We're going to the park, then for
ice cream. Would you like to come?
Dragon will automatically add some punctuation within a word (such as an apostrophe) based on the
context of your dictation. For example, when you say "John's hat," Dragon adds the apostrophe
automatically.
Dragon may also add punctuation in certain cases, such as street addresses or dates, based on your Auto
Formatting preferences. See Auto Formatting for more information.
Quotes
You can add quotation marks before and after you speak a word or
phrase, as you would when typing, or by saying the text first and then
putting quotation marks around it.
To dictate quotes as you speak
1. Say "Open quote."
2. Dictate a word or phrase.
3. Say "Close quote."
To dictate quotes after dictating a word or phrase
l Say "Put quotes around that" to put quotation marks around the
last phrase you spoke.
l Say "Put quotes around <text>" to put quotation marks around
the specified text.
l Say "Put quotation marks around the selection" to put
quotation marks around the selected text.
Example 1
Say: "Open quote Don't find fault comma
find a remedy period close quote"
Result: "Don't find fault, find a remedy."
Example 2
Sample text: My Mom said, my kids are
my life.
Say: "Put quotes around my kids are my
life"
Result: My Mom said, "my kids are my
life".
Bullets
l Say "Bullet selection" to make the selected text into a bulleted
list item.
l Say "Bullet that" to make the last phrase you spoke into a
bulleted list item.
l Say "Bullet <text>" to make the specified text into a bulleted
list item.
Example
Say: "go to the grocery store"
Then say: "Bullet that"
Result: • go to the grocery store
Email and Web addresses
Dictate email and Web addresses as you would say them
conversationally. Many domain names are already in Dragon's
vocabulary.
l To make sure Dragon recognizes that your are dictating a Web
address, include "www dot" at the beginning of the address.
l If you do not include "www dot" in the Web address, you can
say "No space on" to prevent Dragon from inserting spaces in
Example 1
Say: "info at nuance dot com"
Result: [e-mail]
Example 2
Say: "www dot Boston Globe dot com"
Result: www.BostonGlobe.com
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