112, Characteristics | Nuance comm K609A-GC3-11.0, K609A-WN9-11.0

Dictating Numbers, Punctuation, and Special Characters

Dictating Punctuation

You can enter the punctuation marks and symbols listed below in text you dictate. For a list of all punctuation marks, see the online help.

TO E NTER	SAY
,	comma

.	period
	dot
	point
	[each one has different spacing
	characteristics]

?	question mark

!	exclamation mark (All Dialects)
	exclamation point (US/Canada)

“	open quote
	close quote

‘	open single quote
	close single quote

(	open paren (US/Canada)
	left paren (US/Canada)
	left parenthesis (All Dialects)
	open parenthesis (All Dialects)

)	close paren (US/Canada)
	right paren (US/Canada)
	right parenthesis (All Dialects)
	close parenthesis (All Dialects)

‘	apostrophe

‘s	apostrophe-ess

-	hyphen
	minus sign

-- [double hyphen]	dash

	space bar

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Contents

User Guide Page Contents Iii Formatting Introduction About this guide Conventions used in this guide What should I expect from Dragon? Do I still need my keyboard and mouse? What if I can’t use a keyboard and mouse? Plugging in the microphone Multiple users on one computer Installing on Windows Vista/Windows What you should know before installingInstalling Dragon to a custom location Before installing the software Coexistence with other Dragon productsCoexistence with previous versions of Dragon Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition Choosing type of installation Choose the type of installation to carry out Installing software Typical Installation To install all features of Dragon Installing software Custom Installation \Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11 Modify the administrative settings OPT ION Description Modifying application settings for all users Modifying administrative settings Modifying formatting options for all users Creating your user profile To create a user profile User Guide Installation and User Profile Creation Setting up/positioning your microphone Using a headset microphone Checking microphone volume/sound quality Using an array microphone Training a new user profile To train a new user Installation and User Profile Creation Adapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning Let Dragon automatically improve your accuracy Scheduling data collection Help us improve Dragon How Dragon automatically configures user profile To upgrade existing users Upgrading User Profiles User Guide Version 11.5 File Structure Windows Vista and Windows 7 directory structure Accessing log files, samples, and tools Cleaning up after uninstalling Installation and User Profile Creation Starting to Dictate Starting Dragon Turning on the microphone Sleeping and waking up Using Natural Punctuation Starting to dictate Dictating punctuation Starting new lines and paragraph Using the Dictation Box Tips for dictating text Getting Help Printing and saving your dictated textPrinting Saving What Can I Say? To open the Dragon Sidebar MS Outlook commands Global commands Desktop commands Tutorial TroubleshootingDragonBar Microphone button and volume display Full Text Control indicator Extras toolbar Controlling Dragon with voice commands Changing the DragonBar position Using QuickStart To enable QuickStartTo shut off/permanently disable QuickStart To Temporarily Disable QuickStart Using QuickStart Phone On/Off ProfilePage Shorter names for popular programs Programs, documents, and foldersStarting a program Switching between open windows Opening documents and folders from the Start menu To switch between open programs or windows Opening and closing menus To open a menu Selecting buttons, tabs, and options Using Windows Desktop commands User Guide Selecting icons on the desktop To select an icon on the desktop Resizing and closing windows Say Move Right 1, Move Down 2, or Move Up Scrolling in popular programs Scrolling in windows and list boxes Opening lists and making selectionsTo open a list box To make a selection from an open list Pressing keyboard keys Pressing letters Capitalizing a letter Pressing numbers Pressing key combinations Pressing function and numeric keypad keys Pressing other keys To use MouseGrid Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouseMoving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid Moving the pointer with the Mouse command Clicking the mouse Marking and dragging objectsTo move the pointer To click the mouse Moving the pointer with the mouse motion commands Dragging the mouse Mouse motion commands Enabling the mouse motion commands Working on Your Desktop Correcting mistakes To correct text with the keyboard Correcting text using voice commands Correcting text while playing back dictation Using the Correction menu Numbered list of alternative recognitions Spell That Make That a Command Play That BackAll Caps That Add that to Vocabulary Using Full Text Control Selecting text by voiceCorrecting Punctuation To use Full Text Control Selecting the same text again Unselecting words Selecting a longer phrase Selecting your whole document Selecting an entire paragraph or line Selecting a word or character Going to the beginning or end of a line Moving around in a documentGoing to the top or bottom of a page or document Placing the insertion point before or after a specific word Moving up or down a paragraph or lineTo place the insertion point before a specific word To place the insertion point after a specific word Copying, cutting, and pasting text Deleting textMoving right or left a word or character Deleting the last words you dictated Going back as you dictate Deleting specific wordsTo go back as you dictate To delete text Deleting the next or previous paragraph or line Deleting the next or previous word or character Spelling as you dictate Correcting and Editing Playing back your dictation Playing back dictation from the Correction menu Playing back dictation in a document To skip backward or forward To play back dictationTo stop playback Dictate now, correct later Correcting your own dictationCorrecting someone else’s dictation To stop playback and correct a mistake Correcting with the document author’s user files To correct using someone else’s user filesCorrecting with your own user files Correcting and Editing Using text-to-speech To start text-to-speech, do one of the following To stop text-to-speech, do one of the following Formatting Capitalizing text Capitalizing first letter of next word you dictateCapitalizing consecutive words To capitalize the first letters of consecutive words Dictating next word in all capital letters Dictating consecutive words in all capital lettersDictating next word in all lowercase letters Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters Formatting text Changing the font as you dictateTo dictate consecutive words in all lowercase letters To capitalize or uncapitalize text Changing font face Changing font sizeChanging font style Changing a combination of font face, size, and style To change the font Changing the font laterBold, italics, and underlining Aligning text Bulleted textTo add bold, italics, and underlining To remove formattingPage Dictating numbers 101 102 Dates Using Numbers mode103 104 Times of day 105 Telephone numbersNorth American phone numbers Telephone numbers outside North America Fractions 106Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers 107 Roman numerals 108 Postal and ZIP CodesUS ZIP Codes UK and Canadian Postal Codes Currency in US/Canada US English dialect 109Currency and coin 110 Enabling and disabling automatic punctuation Punctuation111 Characteristics 112 Dictating hyphenated words 113Words that end with ’s Including ’s as you dictate 114 Including hyphens as you dictateRemoving hyphens Preventing hyphens Dictating compound words 115Compounding words as you dictate Compounding words later Dictating names Dictating abbreviations and acronyms116 To compound words Dictating e-mail and Web addresses 117 Dictating common special characters Dictating special characters118 Switching recognition modes 119 120 Index 121 122 123 124 125 126 Information, Sales, Services and Technical Support 127