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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
Number type Examples
Result: Boston, MA 02110
Example 6—Currency
Say: "Ninety nine dollars and fifty cents"
Result: $99.50
Example 7—Dates
Say: "May fifteenth two thousand fifteen"
Result: May 15, 2015
Example 8—Time
Say:"Eight thirty pm"
Result: 8:30 PM
Example 9—Weight
Say: "Two hundred kilograms"
Result: 200 kg
Forcing numerals
If your dictated numbers appear in text form ("four") rather than
numeral form ("4"), you can force Dragon to interpret your numbers
as numerals:
l Say "Numeral <number>."
Example
Say: "Numeral four"
Result: 4
Superscripts
l Say "Superscript <number>."
Example
Say: "Superscript two"
Result: ²
Roman numerals
l Say "Roman numeral," and then say your number.
To dictate lowercase Roman numerals
1. Say "Roman numeral."
2. Say your number.
3. Say "Lowercase that."
Example 1
Say: "Roman numeral two thousand four"
Result: MMIV
Example 2
Say: "Roman numeral three"
Say: "Lowercase that"
Result: iii
Numbers mode
If you want to dictate many numbers that must be in numeral form,
you can switch to Numbers mode.
To dictate numbers in Numbers mode
1. Say "Numbers mode."
2. Dictate your numbers.
3. Say "Dictation mode" when you are done to switch back.
Example
Say: "One hundred seventy nine"
Result: 179
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