User guide

Chapter 12: Improving recognition accuracy

corresponding to the region and language set for your Windows operating system or, if

different, for your user profile (see How region and language affect number and currency

punctuation).

For example, if your profile's region is set to United States and you enable both the

Prices and ISO currency codes Auto-Formatting options, when you dictate "Ten Dol-

lars" Dragon enters "USD10".

Auto-formatting phone numbers

Turns on automatic formatting of telephone numbers.

For U.S. English User Profiles using the United States or Canada for the Region:

Turns on automatic formatting North American telephone numbers when you speak a

sequence of seven or ten numbers. For example, if you say "7815551234", Dragon will

transcribe "781-555-1234".

NOTES

n Vanity phone numbers such as 1-800-EXAMPLE are not supported.

n The automatic formatting of U.S. telephone numbers is not supported for user

profiles with a UKRegion setting.

For User Profiles using the UK for the Region: Turns on automatic formatting of

UK telephone numbers.

NOTES

n Country code +44 can be dictated as "four four", "forty four" or "double four"

with a preceding plus sign. For example, if you say "plus-sign four four two nine

two oh seven four seven seven four seven", Dragon transcribes "+44 29 2074

7747".

n Area codes that are dictated without the preceding country code must be dictated

with a leading zero. For example, if you say "zero two nine two oh eight seven

nine three two seven", Dragon transcribes "029 2087 9327".

n When you dictate a 6-digit number, Dragon transcribes the number with no

spaces. When you dictate a 7-digit or 8-digit number, Dragon transcribes the

number with a space before the last 4 digits.

n The automatic formatting of UK telephone numbers is not supported for U.S.and

Canadian-based user profiles.

Auto-formatting prices

Inserts prices and currencies in the proper format with the appropriate currency symbol.

For example, "$10" instead of "10 dollars", or "€50" instead of "50 euros".

Supported currencies are:

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