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Table Of Contents
- Dragon Professional for Mac User Guide
- Get started
- Using the Dragon menu
- The Status Window
- The Guidance window
- Recognition modes
- Preferences window
- Using profiles and dictation sources
- Using DragonPad
- FAQs
- What's New?
- Upgrading from Dragon Dictate 4 or Dragon for Mac 5: FAQ
- Activate and Register
- Use the microphone
- Dictate text
- Getting started with dictation
- Mixing dictation with typing
- Dictation overview
- Take it back
- Dictating punctuation and symbols
- Dictating letters
- Dictating numbers
- Correct mistakes
- Edit text
- Format text
- Auto Formatting
- To open the Auto Formatting window:
- Street Addresses
- UK and Canadian postcodes
- Web and email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Abbreviated titles
- Dates
- Times
- Use numerals starting with
- Partially format -illion numbers
- Prices and currencies
- ISO currency codes
- Units of measure
- Social Security Numbers
- All other numbers
- Common abbreviations
- Expand contractions
- Insert two spaces after period
- Allow pauses in formatted phrases
- Formatting
- Capitalization
- Spacing
- Aligning text
- Auto Formatting
- Transcription
- Control your computer
- Launching and quitting applications
- Navigating application windows
- OS X controls
- Working with the Finder
- Using dialog controls
- Key commands
- Menu Walking
- Mouse commands
- MouseGrid
- Create documents
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Working with TextEdit
- Navigating within a document
- To move the cursor to the first or last position in the current document
- To move the cursor a specified number of words from its current position
- To insert the cursor before a specified word or phrase
- To move the cursor to its previous position
- To move the cursor up, down, left or right
- To move the cursor to a new text field
- Related topics:
- Use applications
- Working with Mail
- Working with TextEdit
- Working with Microsoft Word
- Working with Safari
- Working with Firefox
- Working with Calendar
- Working with Messages
- Browse the web
- Dragon Web Extensions
- Installing Dragon Web Extensions
- Upgrading Dragon Web Extensions
- Setting up Dragon Web Extensions—Safari
- Setting up Dragon Web Extensions—Firefox
- Using Dragon Web Extensions to access links and other Web controls
- Disabling or Uninstalling Dragon Web Extensions—Firefox
- Disabling or Uninstalling Dragon Web Extensions—Safari
- Working with Safari
- Working with Firefox
- Posting to Facebook and Twitter
- Dragon Web Extensions
- Make Dragon more accurate
- Use email
- Working with email
- Working with Mail
- Working with webmail
- AutoTexts
- Manage Dragon Commands
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting overview
- Troubleshooting audio and recognition
- Troubleshooting Dragon Web Extensions
- Troubleshooting Commands
- Troubleshooting Vocabulary
- Issues with Upgraded Profiles
- Uninstall Dragon Professional Individual for Mac version 6
To enter Say To enter Say
l Hash sign
l Sharp sign
$
l Dollar sign
€
l Euro sign
£ U.S. and Canada:
l Pound sterling sign
Other dialects:
l Pound sign
¥
l Yen sign
|
l Vertical bar
~
l Tilde
¶
l Paragraph sign
§
l Section sign
:-(
l Frowny face
:-)
l Smiley face
;-)
l Winky face
Related topics:
l Dictation overview
l Recognition modes
Dictating letters
In this topic, learn how to:
l Spell words in Dictation mode and Spelling mode
l Dictate letters
l Dictate acronyms
l Dictate accents and other non-English letters
If you are trying to dictate a very unusual word, you may find you need to spell it out. If you use the word frequently,
you can add it to Dragon's vocabulary. See Adding a User vocabulary item for more information.
Recognition modes and spelling
You can say the names of letters in Dictation mode.
Spelling mode, however, will generally produce better results because:
l It only understands letters and numbers, so it is less likely to misinterpret your speech.
l It will not attempt to insert spaces if you pause between letters.
To switch to spelling mode, just say "Switch to Spelling mode." Remember to say "Switch to Dictation mode" to return
to Dictation mode when you are done spelling.
Letters
To type a letter:
l Say the name of the letter, e.g. "A," "B," etc.
l If you are in Spelling mode, you can use the International Radio Alphabet name of the letter.
Click to view the International Radio Alphabet letters
Say: Result: Say: Result:
Alpha a November n
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