User manual NUANCE DRAGON NATURALLYSPEAKING STANDARD 5

[. . . ] Professional, Preferred, and Standard editions. This material may not include some last-minute technical changes and/or revisions to the program. Changes are periodically made to the information described here. Future versions of this material will incorporate these changes. [. . . ] If you want to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, say, for example, "pound sterling sign fifty eight" (to enter 58), and so on. TIP In US/Canada, you must say "pound sterling sign" to enter , since "pound sign" means # in the U. S. In all other dialects, you can say "pound sign" to type . 82 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation Other Dialects: If your Regional Settings are set to the United Kingdom, your default currency is (pound sterling). If you want to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, dictate it the way you normally do. If you want to dictate a dollar currency amount, say, for example, "dollar sign fifty eight" (to enter $58) and so on. NOTE Australian users can say "fifty eight dollars" to dictate $58, since the Australian default currency is $ in Windows Regional Settings. Fractions You can dictate most common fractions the way you would normally say them. To dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, and 1/16 or a multiple of these fractions, just say the fraction normally. TO EN TE R SA Y 1/2 1/4 15/16 3 7/8 one half one fourth or one quarter fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen three and seven eighths or three and seven over eight If Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the fraction as a word (for example, "one-third"), you can correct it as described in "Correcting recognition mistakes" on page 15. 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 74. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 83 CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation 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 D M XXIV XXXI MCMXCVII Roman one Roman four Roman five Roman ten Roman fifty Roman one hundred 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 after the word "Roman" when you're dictating a Roman numeral. If you pause, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may enter "Roman three" instead of "III" (for example). 84 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 4 Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation Postal and Zip Codes US Zip Codes You can dictate US five-digit ZIP codes just as you dictate any group of numbers. You must say the hyphen when dictating nine-digit ZIP codes. UK and Canadian Postal Codes You can dictate UK postcodes by saying "Postcode" followed by the letters and numbers that make up the postcode. For Canadian postal codes, say "Postal code" followed by the letters and numbers that make up the postal code. Spacing and formatting will happen automatically. TO EN TE R SA Y NG3 2HX E10 7BD EC2Y 4LK K1A 0M5 X0A 0H0 Postcode n g three two h x Postcode e ten seven b d Postcode e c two y four l k Postal code k one a zero m five Postal code x oh a oh h o Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 85 CHAPTER 5 Editing and Revising Text I f you followed the online Tutorial and the Quick Start guide, you learned a few useful commands for editing a document by voice. You learned how to use Select-and-Say to revise text, move to the top and bottom of your document, capitalize a word, and apply bold, italics, and underlining. This chapter describes other ways to edit and revise text in a document by voice. It explains how to: s s s s s s Move around in a document Select text Copy, cut, and paste text Capitalize text Format text Delete text Selection, capitalization, and formatting commands may work differently in different programs, or be unavailable in some programs. All the commands listed here work in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, and WordPad. For more information, see "Which commands work in which programs?" on page 171 of Appendix B. TIP If a command doesn't seem to be working, check the DragonBar for a helpful tip or view the Command List of the online Help. Moving around in a document When you're editing a document, you can move around the page by voice. After you place the insertion point where you want it, you can dictate more text, select text, copy and paste, or apply formatting. Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide 87 CHAPTER 5 Editing and Revising Text Going to the top or bottom of a page or document You can move to the top or bottom of the current page by saying "Page Up" (equivalent to pressing the PAGE UP key) or "Page Down" (equivalent to pressing the PAGE DOWN key). You can move to the top or bottom of your document by saying "Go to Top" or "Go to Bottom. " You can use any command from the list below: SAY TH EN ( on e) Go to Move to Top Bottom Top of Document Beginning of Document Start of Document Bottom of Document Going to the beginning or end of a line You can move to the beginning or end of the current line by saying "Go to Beginning of Line" or "Go to End of Line. " You can use any command from the list below: SAY T H EN ( o n e) Go to Move to Beginning of Line Start of Line End of Line Placing the insertion point before or after a specific word You can place the insertion point before a specific word by saying "Insert Before" and then the word or words. You can place the insertion point after a word by saying "Insert After" and then the word or words. After you move the insertion point where you want it, you can dictate more text, paste text, add punctuation, and so on. 88 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide CHAPTER 5 Editing and Revising Text To place the insertion point before a specific word: To move the insertion point before the word "lets" in the sentence below, say "Insert Before lets" (or "Insert Before lets me talk"). Remember not to pause between any of the words. Dragon NaturallySpeaking lets me talk instead of type. To place the insertion point after a specific word: To move the insertion point after the word "talk" in the sentence below, say "Insert After talk" (or "Insert After lets me talk"). [. . . ] (Say it again to slow down more. ) Go to the next frame in a multiframe page. Go to the previous frame in a multiframe page. Working with forms SA Y TO Type Text or Edit Box Click Check Box or Check Box Click Image or Image Choose 2 Go to the first place on a Web page you can enter text. Enumerate all check boxes on the page, and go to the first one. Enumerate all images with links on the page, and go to the first one. [. . . ]