DictatingNum bers, Punctuation, and Special Characters
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Including hyphens as you dictate
To hyphenate words that Dragon doesn’t hyphenate
automatically, just say “hy phen” wherever you want a hyphen.
You can hyphenate words you just dictated with the command
“Hyph enate Th at.” Select the words you want to hyphenate
and say “Hyp henate T hat.” If you say this command when n o
words are selected, Dragon will usually hyphenate the last few
words that you said.
Removing hyphens
You can remove a hyphen by selecting it and replacing it with a
space.

To remove a hyphen:

1Say “Sele ct hyphen .”
2Say “Spac e Bar.”
Preventing hyphens
You can prevent Dragon from entering a hyphen by pausing
where the hyphen would normally be.
For example, to type “long lasting” (normally hyphenated) say
“long ,” then pause for a moment, and then say “la sting. ” Or
Tokyo-based company Tokyo based company
nine-year-old boy nine year old boy
TO EN TER SAY
speech-recognition
software speech [hyphen] recognition software
power-sharing
agreement power [hyphen] sharing agreement
Elizabeth Walker-Smith Elizabeth Walker [hyphen] Smith
TO EN TER SAY