User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING PROFESSIONAL 4

[. . . ] Dragon NaturallySpeaking USER'S GUIDE August 1999. This publication may not include some last-minute technical changes and/or revisions to the program. Changes are periodically made to the information described here. Future editions of this manual will incorporate these changes. [. . . ] If the denominator is greater than 10, you can enter the fraction by saying "slash" or "over" between the two numbers. TO EN TE R SA Y 9/12 5 3/56 130/70 nine [slash] twelve (or "nine over twelve") five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six one thirty over seventy For information about dictating fraction characters (, , ), see "Dictating uncommon special characters" on page 57. Roman numerals You can dictate Roman numerals by saying "Roman" and the number. For large numbers, say the number in small combinations (as in the last three examples). TO EN TE R SA Y I IV V X L C Roman one Roman four Roman five Roman ten Roman fifty Roman one hundred Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 65 CHAPTER 3 More About Dictating continued TO EN TE R SA Y D M XXIV XXXI MCMXCVII Roman five hundred Roman one thousand Roman twenty Roman four Roman thirty Roman one Roman one thousand Roman nine hundred Roman ninety Roman seven TIP Don't pause when you're dictating Roman numerals. If you pause, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may enter "Roman three" instead of "III" (for example). Creating dictation shorthands A dictation shorthand is a quick way to insert frequently used text into your document. You can create dictation shorthands for text that you use often or text that's complicated to dictate. For example, you could create a shorthand that types "Michael D. Bowman" whenever you say "my signature. " (In this example, the written form for the dictation shorthand is "Michael D. Bowman, " and the spoken form is "my signature. ") WR I TT EN FO R M S PO KE N F OR M Michael D. Kennedy Waldron, Lichtin & Foust (617) 965-5200 This message was dictated with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. my signature my e-mail address R. Waldron Lichtin and Foust my phone number my e-mail signature 66 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 3 More About Dictating To create a dictation shorthand: 1 2 On the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Tools menu, click Vocabulary Editor. In the Written form box, type the text you want typed into your document. 3 In the Spoken form box, type the phrase you want to say to insert the written form text. Here are some guidelines for selecting a spoken form: s s s s Try to use unique phrases--don't use a phrase you might want to use in your writing. Make the spoken form something easy for you to remember. Use real words; otherwise, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may not know how they are pronounced and will prompt you to train them. If you use letters, put a space between them and a period after each one (for example, J. O. ). NOTE The written and spoken forms can't be more than 128 characters long. You can enter spaces, but you can't enter backslashes, nonprinting characters (for example, by pressing the TAB or ENTER key), or formatted characters (bold, italics, and so on). 4 Click Add. Dragon NaturallySpeaking adds the dictation shorthand to the vocabulary. When you dictate the spoken form, the program now enters the written form into your document. If Dragon NaturallySpeaking has trouble recognizing the dictation shorthand, you can train the phrase from Vocabulary Editor (select it and click Train). TIP You can create a dictation shorthand for a word you're having trouble getting Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize (for example, if the program often types "Lara" when you say "Laura" and correcting and training the word doesn't help). In this Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 67 CHAPTER 3 More About Dictating example, the written form for the shorthand would be "Laura, " and the spoken form should be a unique phrase, such as "Laura my office mate. " With Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional, you can also create your own voice commands for inserting frequently used text. A voice command can enter multiple lines of text, such as a full mailing address. See Chapter 7, "Creating Your Own Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands" (Professional edition only). 68 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 4 Editing a Document by Voice I f you followed the exercises in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start booklet, you learned a few useful commands for editing a document by voice. [. . . ] Scroll up one screen (same as pressing the Page Up key). 164 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide APPENDIX B Dragon NaturallySpeaking Commands List continued SA Y TO Line Down Line Up Start Scrolling Down Start Scrolling Up Speed Up Slow Down Stop Scrolling Check Box/ Click Check Box Radio Button/ Click Radio Button Type Text/ Edit Box/ Text Field Scroll down one line (same as clicking the down arrow in the scroll bar once). Scroll up one line (same as clicking the up arrow in the scroll bar once). Start automatic scrolling toward the end of the page. Start automatic scrolling toward the beginning of the page. [. . . ]