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Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy
n MM/DD/YY
n MM-DD-YY
n D Month, YYYY
n D/M/YYYY
n D/M/YY
n DD/MM/YYYY
n DD/MM/YY
n DD-Mon-YY
n YYYY-MM-DD
NOTES
n If you clear the "Dates" checkbox, Dragon will not apply automatic date for-
matting. For example, after clearing the checkbox, if you dictate "July twenty sev-
enth," Dragon will write "July 27th."
By default, Dragon does not use the numeral form of numbers smaller than 10,
whether for cardinal numbers (one, two, three...)or ordinal numbers (first, sec-
ond, third...). If the "Dates"checkbox is cleared, Dragon writes "the 10th of
June" and "the seventh of June" unless you change the default setting "Numbers,
if greater or equal to" on the Auto-Formatting Options dialog box.
n If you use the "Dates As Spoken" setting, Dragon needs you to dictate dates in an
unambiguous way, using the name and not the digit for the month. For example,
with "Dates As Spoken" selected, Dragon will correctly format "January eleven
two thousand nine" and "the seventh of February two thousand four" using date
formats, but will format "eleven one two thousand nine" as a number.
If you dictate dates differently, for example you use digits to say the month, try
selecting the value that best matches how you dictate the date. For example, if
you normally say "eleven one two thousand nine", setting the date format to
"D/M/YYYY" will cause Dragon to correctly transcribe the date.
n If you omit the year, for example, you say "July twelve", Dragon transcribes "July
12" ("The twelfth of July" becomes "12 July") regardless of which date formatting
you select.
Auto-formatting common abbreviations
Enables Dragon to recognize most standard abbreviations while transcribing your dic-
tation. For example, Dragon would rewrite "versus" as "vs.", "Institute" as "Inst.", and
"Department" as "Dept." For more information about dictating abbreviations, see Dic-
tating abbreviations and acronyms.
Auto-formatting contractions
Enable this option if you want Dragon to expand contractions when you dictate them.
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