User guide

Dragon 12 Installation and User Guide
Examples
To enter Say
4 "four" or "numeral four"
23 "twenty three"
179 "one hundred seventy nine", "one hundred and seventy nine," or "one seventy
nine"
5423 "five thousand four hundred twenty three"
5.423 "five point four twenty three"
142,015 "one hundred forty two thousand and fifteen"
127,400,042 "one hundred twenty seven million four-hundred thousand forty-two"
127 billion "one hundred twenty seven billion"
0.03 "zero point zero three" or "oh point oh three"
2 3/4 "two and three fourths"
11/32 "eleven over thirty two"
565-5000 "five six five five thousand"
781-565-5000 "seven eight one five six five five thousand"
$45 "forty five dollars"
$99.50 "ninety nine dollars and fifty cents"
€1.7 billion "One point seven billion Euros"
8:30 p.m. "eight thirty pm"
200 kg "200 kilograms"
50 meters "50 meters"
May 15, 2003 "May fifteen comma two thousand three" (Note: Saying "comma" is optional.)
MMIV "Roman numeral two thousand four"
iii (lowercase
Roman)
"Roman numeral three" "no caps that"
Boston, MA 02460 "Boston Massachusetts 02460"
Oakland, CA 99077 "Oakland California 99077"
Notes
n Most of these examples only work as shown when the appropriate number formatting
options are selected on the Auto-formatting dialog box.
n If you want a comma in a four-digit number, you must speak it explicitly. Numbers
with five or more digits automatically include commas.
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