DictatingNum bers, Punctuation, and Special Characters
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To compound words:

1Select the text you want to join. For example, if you want to
join the words “Web TV,” say “Se lect Web TV .”
2Say “Com pound Tha t.”
Dictating names
Many names of people, places, and events are already in the
Dragon vocabulary. For example, you can dictate “Ma rtin
Luthe r King, ” “New Yo rk Time s,” and “Bos ton.”
To dictate a name, first try dictating the name. Dragon
automatically capitalizes the names it knows. If Dragon
incorrectly types the name, correct it by keyboard or by voice
(see Correcting and Editing on page 69).
If the program continues to type a name incorrectly after you’ve
corrected it several times, train the word individually using the
Train Word dialog box. See the online help for more information.
Dictating abbreviations and acronyms
Dragon knows many common abbreviations (such as NYC and
BBC) and acronyms (such as NATO). To dictate an
abbreviation or acronym, just say it as you normally would.
TO EN TER SAY
US/Canada: Dr.
Other Dialects: Dr Doctor
UK U K (say each letter)
RSVP R S V P (say each letter)
HTML HT M L (say each letter)
8 cm eight centimeters
US/Canada: pp. 27–33
Other Dialects: pp 27–33 pages 27 hyphen 33
NATO NATO (say as one word)
NASDAQ NASDAQ(say as one word)