Practice Edition

User Guide
Dragon User Guide, Dragon Medical Practice Edition

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Chapter 1: Introduction
ragon Medical Practice Edition lets you talk to your computer
D instead of typing. As you talk, your words are transcribed onto your
screen and into your documents or e-mail messages.
Talking to a computer while it types what you say is called dictating.
You can dictate, rather than type, into any program that accepts text.
You can use Dragon Medical Practice Edition to:
■ Compose letters, memos, and send e-mail messages—Cut and paste
inside your documents as well as revise and format text. Just think
about what you want to say, and then say it into the microphone.
■ Enter data into forms or spreadsheets. (Available in Professional and
higher editions)—Most people can dictate numbers faster than they can
type. Using Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you can create custom
voice commands to let you move from field to field on your form by
voice.
■ Work on the Web—Search the Web, access information, and navigate
Web pages by speaking URLs and links.
■ Start programs and open menus.
■ Use handheld recorders to dictate while you are away from your
computer. Dragon can then transcribe what you said.

About this guide

This guide covers Dragon Medical Practice Edition. Most information in
the guide also applies to other editions of Dragon. The guide mentions
any differences between the editions.

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Conventions used in this guide

1 This guide contains many examples of words and phrases you can say
when using Dragon Medical Practice Edition. These examples appear
in italics with quotation marks, for example: “Format That Bold.”
2 Some procedures also include sample text for you to dictate. Sample
text appears in a different typeface, with punctuation in square
brackets.
3 This guide uses US spelling and punctuation for consistency.
4 This guide also includes tips and notes to help you use the software
more effectively. Tips and notes appear like this:
NOTE: If you pause correctly, but Dragon Medical Practice Edition still
types a command as dictation, you can force it to recognize what you say as a
command by holding down the CTRL key.
With Numbers Mode on, Dragon tries to interpret everything you say as a
number. If you dictate words, the results will be unpredictable. However, you
can still navigate menus and switch between programs by voice when
Numbers Mode is on.

What should I expect from Dragon Medical Practice

Edition?
One reason to use Dragon Medical Practice Edition is to boost your
productivity. Another is to reduce the strain using a computer puts on
hands, eyes, shoulders, etc. Maybe you like the idea of being able to lean
back in your chair, put your feet up on the desk, and still get work done.
Dragon Medical Practice Edition works by using sophisticated acoustic
and statistical models; it can quickly adapt to you in various ways,
becoming familiar with the sound of your voice as well as the particular
words you use in your dictations. For best results, you should develop
simple habits such as positioning your microphone consistently, dictating
punctuation, speaking clearly and evenly, pausing briefly before and after
voice commands, and taking advantage of the easy tools Dragon offers to
optimize accuracy: for instance, adding to Dragon's vocabulary your own
jargon, acronyms, phrases or words for which you want a special
pronunciation or spelling. Dragon lets you import lists of vocabulary

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entries all at once; you can even point Dragon to texts that are similar to
what you plan to dictate and it will quickly "study" them.
Personalizing Dragon's vocabulary is easy, and very important for
productivity, since it preempts recognition errors. (If a word you dictate is
not in Dragon's vocabulary, the software cannot transcribe it.) Properly
correcting Dragon's errors will also help it learn. The more you use
Dragon Medical Practice Edition, the more opportunities the software will
have to adapt to you, both in terms of acoustics and in terms of language.

Do I still need my keyboard and mouse?

Although you can use Dragon Medical Practice Edition to do almost
everything on your computer by voice, some things are still easier to do
using the mouse or keyboard.
If using a mouse and keyboard is an option for you, try experimenting
with using your voice and using your hands for different tasks, to see what
works best.

What if I can’t use a keyboard and mouse?

If using a mouse and keyboard is not an option, see Chapter 4: Working
on Your Desktop on page 47.

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Creation
his chapter discusses how to install and set up Dragon Medical
T Practice Edition, and how to train Dragon to understand your voice.
The installation process checks to make sure your system meets the
minimum system requirements needed for Dragon Medical Practice
Edition. These system requirements are listed in the information that
came with your copy of Dragon Medical Practice Edition.
If your system does not meet these requirements, Dragon will not be
installed.

Multiple users on one computer

Dragon Medical Practice Edition is licensed on a “per individual” basis.
You are permitted to install the software on more than one computer (such
as on a desktop and a laptop computer, or on a work and a home
computer), but you cannot use the software concurrently on more than
one computer. You are permitted to create multiple voice profiles, so long
as each voice profile is for you. If someone else wants to create a voice
profile, that person must purchase a separate Dragon license.
Volume license agreements are available.

Plugging in the microphone

To use Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you will need to plug in your
microphone.
If you are not sure how to plug in your microphone, consult the
documentation that came with your microphone.
NOTE: If you already have speakers for your computer, you can also use
these to playback recorded speech instead of your headphones.

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What you should know before installing

Installing Dragon Medical Practice Edition to a custom
location
The default installation directory for Dragon Medical Practice Edition is:
■ C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11 for Windows Xp
■ C:\Program Files (x86)\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11 for Windows
Vista, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008
During the installation procedure, you can choose to install Dragon
Medical Practice Edition to a different directory or drive on your
machine.
Choosing a different directory during installation only installs the Dragon
program files to that location.
Regardless of where you install the Dragon program files, Dragon
Medical Practice Edition always installs the languages and vocabularies
that you selected during the installation to the C: drive, as well as creating
the location where your users profiles will be created. These profiles can
consume a large amount of disk space on your C: drive. For more
information on the Dragon installation directories, see Dragon Medical
Practice Edition File Structure on page 26.
You can customize your installation to reduce the amount of disk space
used on your C: drive by not installing unwanted languages and
vocabularies. For more information, see Installing software — Custom
Installation on page 10.

Installing on Windows Vista/Windows 7

Dragon Medical Practice Edition is compatible with all editions of
Windows Vista.
If you upgrade a machine from a previous version of Windows to
Windows Vista/Windows 7 and that machine has Version 9.x, or 10.x of
Dragon installed, that version of Dragon will not work after upgrading to
Windows Vista. All your user profiles from these previous versions
remain intact and can be upgraded when you install Dragon Medical
Practice Edition or higher.

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Coexistence with other Dragon products

Coexistence with previous versions of Dragon
You can have only one version of Dragon installed on your system.
NOTE: Running Version 9.x or 10.x concurrently with Dragon Medical
Practice Edition is not supported.

Coexistence with the Dragon SDK Client Edition

You can install Dragon SDK Client Edition 11 on the same machine
where Dragon Medical Practice Edition is installed. In addition, Dragon
Medical Practice Edition and Dragon SDK Client Edition 11 can share
user profiles and vocabularies.
You can only run one product at a time. For example, if you are running
Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you cannot run any of the SDK Client
tools or samples.
NOTE: Coexistence of Dragon Medical Practice Edition with Dragon SDK
Client Edition Version 9.x or 10.x is not supported.

Before installing the software

Before installing, modifying, or upgrading Dragon Medical Practice
Edition:
1 Close all open applications.

2 Turn off or disable antivirus software; the installation process can

sometimes trigger a false virus report.
NOTE: You must have Administrator rights to install or uninstall Dragon on
all supported operating systems. Administrator rights are not required to
create a user profile or use the software after installation.
On Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows
Server 2008, if as an administrator you want to create a Dragon user profile
for a Windows limited user (user with restricted privileges), you must log on
using that Windows limited user account before creating the Dragon user
profile.
If you create a Dragon user profile for a limited user while logged in as a
Windows administrator, the limited user will not be able to access that user
profile. These restrictions also apply to an upgrade installation.

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3 Choose the type of installation to carry out.

Choose Installation Type

Choose whether to install the entire product or only particular

features of the product, as explained in the next section.

You can also carry out an MSI installation. Refer to the online
Dragon Medical Practice Edition Administrator Guide PDF or
Help file for details.

Choosing type of installation

When you install Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you can either do a
complete (typical) installation or a custom installation. Nuance
recommends you do a complete installation unless you are experienced
with the product. The table below tells more about each installation type.

TYP E DES CRIPTION

Typical/ Installs all options and speech profiles. Requires the
Complete maximum disk space.

Custom Lets you select particular options and vocabularies to

install. Can greatly reduce the disk space required. Dur-
ing a custom installation of Dragon Medical Practice
Edition, you can modify settings that are then applied to
all user profiles created with this installation, including
Windows limited account users.

NOTE: If you decide not to install some Dragon components by selecting

Custom installation, you can install them later by running the Setup program
again and choosing Modify.
If you are installing the product for multiple users, you should choose a
Custom installation rather than a Typical/Complete installation. To carry
out a custom installation, proceed to Installing software — Custom
Installation on page 10. Otherwise, proceed with Installing software —
Typical Installation on page 9.

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Installing software — Typical Installation

To install all features of Dragon Medical Practice Edition:
1 Insert the Dragon Medical Practice Edition DVD into your DVD
drive.
If the installation does not start automatically, use Windows Explorer
to find and double-click setup.exe on the DVD.
NOTE: Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008: When you
start the installation, you may see the message saying A program needs your
permission to continue. Click Continue to start the installation.
2 After the Windows Installer begins, it installs the following software
package if it is not already installed:
■ Visual C++ Version 9.0 Runtime
3 After the Wizard begins, click Next to proceed to the License
Agreement page. Read the text and select I accept the terms..., then
click Next.
4 Enter your User Name and Organization, and the Serial Number
supplied to your installation.
5 (Optional) When the Setup Type page appears, click the Change button
and choose where to install the product.

If earlier versions of Dragon are not installed on your computer, the

default directory is:
C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11
For a list of directories created by installation, see Dragon Medical
Practice Edition File Structure on page 26.
6 While you are still on the Setup Type page, select Typical.
7 Click Install to start the installation.

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8 When prompted, click Finish to complete the installation. (If you are
prompted to restart your computer, restart it now.)
9 Select Start > All Programs > Dragon Medical Practice Edition >
Dragon Medical Practice Edition. The DragonBar appears on your
desktop.
10 (optional) If you would like to upgrade user profiles from Dragon 9.x,
10.x, 11, and Dragon Medical 9.x and 10.x before proceeding, refer to
Upgrading User Profiles from Dragon 9.x, 10.x, 11, and Dragon
Medical 9.x and 10.x on page 24.
11 If you have no previously existing user profiles, the Profile Creation
wizard starts immediately after you run the product. Proceed to
Creating your user profile on page 16 to set up a user profile, then
continue as instructed, to train that user profile.
You are now ready to create a user profile, as explained under Creating
your user profile on page 16.

Installing software — Custom Installation

To install portions of Dragon Medical Practice Edition or
to install Dragon for multiple user profiles:
1 Insert the Dragon Medical Practice Edition DVD into your DVD drive.

If the installation does not start automatically, use Windows Explorer

to find and double-click setup.exe on the DVD.
NOTE: Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008: When you
start the installation, if you see a message saying A program needs your
permission to continue, click Continue to start the installation.
2 After the Windows Installer begins, it installs the following software
package if it is not already installed:
■ Visual C++ Version 9.0 Runtime
3 After the Wizard begins click Next to proceed to the License
Agreement page. Read the text and select I accept the terms..., then
click Next.
4 Enter your User Name and Organization, and the Serial Number
supplied to your installation.

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5 (Optional) When the Setup Type page appears, click the Change button
and choose where to install the product.
If earlier versions of Dragon are not installed on your computer, the
default directory is:
C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11
For a list of directories created by installation, see Dragon Medical
Practice Edition File Structure on page 26.
6 While you are still on the Setup Type page, select Custom for the type
of installation.

NOTE: If you decide not to install some components of Dragon Medical

Practice Edition by selecting Custom installation, you can install them later
by running the Setup program again and choosing Modify.
7 Click Next and you see a tree where you can select any particular
feature of the product and click the down arrow to its left to choose
where/when to install it:
■ Install now, on local hard drive
■ Install now, with all subfeatures on local hard drive
■ Install when it is needed on a just-in-time basis
These options are particularly useful for installing multiple
vocabularies.

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For example, see the selections for the US English vocabulary shown
in the illustration below.

8 Click Next again and, if you do not have the Professional edition, skip
to the next step. Otherwise, choose any check boxes under Additional
options to have additional dialog boxes pop up at the end of the
installation, where you can make changes that affect all users dictating
on this computer.

O PT I O N DESCR IPTI ON
Modify the application’s settings for all users
Displays the Options dialog box at the end of the installa-
tion; here you set several options for all user profiles at
once (see online Help for details). Useful for an installation
in a shared area; for example, in a conference room where
multiple professionals could dictate.
Modify the administrative settings

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OP TIO N DESCRI PTION

Displays the Administrative Settings dialog box at the end
of the installation, where you set up the Roaming User fea-
ture, where to backup your files, and who can modify
commands/vocabularies.
Modify the formatting options
Displays Auto-Formatting dialog box at end of installa-
tion, where you apply uniform formatting to all documents
dictated at this installation; for example, formats for dates,
times, and phone numbers. You also set whether to expand
contractions, apply abbreviations, and insert commas auto-
matically. See online Help for more details.

9 Click Next.
10 Click Install to start the installation.
11 When the installation completes, proceed with any of the following
sections that apply to your custom installation:
■ Modifying application settings for all users on page 14
■ Modifying administrative settings on page 14
■ Modifying formatting options for all users on page 15

12 When you are prompted to register the product, select one of the
registration options.
13 Click OK to register the product and click it again to proceed.
14 Check Yes, check for program updates after the setup completes to
download any updates after the setup completes and click Finish to
complete the installation.
15 If you chose to upgrade user profiles earlier, when the message about
upgrading your user profiles pops up, click OK. (The message might
tell you that the installation will not be complete until after your
system is restarted.)
16 If you were told you need to reboot in order to complete the
installation, reboot your computer now.
17 Select Start > All Programs > Dragon Medical Practice Edition >
Dragon Medical Practice Edition or click on the Dragon desktop icon.

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18 If you have user profiles from Dragon 9.x, 10.x, 11, and Dragon
Medical 9.x and 10.x that you would like to upgrade before
proceeding, refer to Upgrading User Profiles from Dragon 9.x, 10.x,
11, and Dragon Medical 9.x and 10.x on page 24. Otherwise, if you
have no previously existing user profiles, the Profile Creation wizard
starts immediately and you can create a user profile as explained under
Creating your user profile on page 16.

Modifying application settings for all users

If you checked off Modify the application’s settings for all users during a
custom installation, the Options dialog box opens immediately after the
installation completes.
NOTE: If you did a typical installation, open the Options dialog box by
running Dragon Medical Practice Edition and selecting Tools > Options.
In the Options dialog box, you see several tabs you can use to set up
various aspects of dictating with the product:
■ Correction ■ Hot keys ■ Miscellaneous
■ Commands ■ Playback/ ■ Data
■ View Text-to-speech

For more information on each tab, see the online Help.

Modifying administrative settings

If you checked Modify the administrative settings during a custom
installation, the Administrative Settings dialog box opens immediately
after the installation ends.
NOTE: If you did a typical installation, open the Administrative Settings
dialog box by running Dragon Medical Practice Edition without opening a
user profile and selecting Tools > Administrative Settings.
In the Administrative Settings dialog box, you see these tabs:
■ Roaming—To set up roaming users.
■ Miscellaneous—To create backup/distribution directories and control
who can modify custom commands.

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■ Scheduled Tasks—To schedule voice recognition optimization and

data collection for improved accuracy, and let users modify the
schedule.
For details, refer to the Help by clicking the Help button.

Modifying formatting options for all users

If you chose to modify formatting options on the Custom Setup page
during a custom installation, the Auto-Formatting dialog box opens after
the installation completes.
NOTE: If you did not do a custom installation, to set up formatting: Run
Dragon Medical Practice Edition, open a user profile, and select Tools >
Auto-Formatting Options. This modifies Auto-Formatting options only for
the user whose profile is open.
The Auto-Formatting dialog box appears as shown below.

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Creating your user profile

Before you can begin using Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you must
let Dragon create a user profile for each person who is dictating.
Your user profile stores acoustic information about your voice that
Dragon Medical Practice Edition uses to recognize what you say. This
profile also stores any changes you make to the standard vocabulary—any
special words, names, acronyms, and abbreviations you add.
When you launch the software for the first time, the Profile Creation
wizard starts and leads you through creating your user profile:

NOTE: If you upgraded a single user profile from an earlier version, Dragon
Medical Practice Edition opens that profile. If you upgraded multiple user
profiles, the Open User Profile dialog box displays all the upgraded user
profiles.

To create a user profile:

1 In the Name your user profile page, enter a name for the profile and
click Next .

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2 In the Select your age group page, select an age range for the user
profile. The age helps Dragon Medical Practice Edition work with
vocal differences it associates with different age ranges.
3 In the Help Dragon identify the words you say page, in the Region
section, select a region for the profile. The region represents the part of
the world where you learned to speak English and helps Dragon
interpret your speech based on regional differences.
4 In the Vocabulary section, select a vocabulary for the profile.
5 In the Help Dragon understand how you pronounce words page, select
an accent.
The accents you can choose from are:
■ Standard—Select if your accent is not covered by another choice or
your are not sure which accent to select.
■ Australian accented English
■ British accented English
■ Indian accented English
■ Inland Northern US (Great Lakes area)—Upstate New York through
the Chicago area
■ Pakistani accented English
■ SEAsian accented English—South East Asian
■ Southern US—Most of Southern United States, including Texas
■ Spanish accented English
Determining your own accent can be difficult. For example, say you
grew up in one part of the United States but have lived long enough in
another part to lessen your original regional accent. If you have any
doubt about picking an accent, select Standard and allow Dragon
Medical Practice Edition to learn your accent.
If you do not select a specific accent (in other words, you select the
Standard accent), you may want to perform Acoustic Optimization
after using the product for several hours. Acoustic Optimization
updates your user profile with accumulated acoustic data from any
corrections and additional training you may have done. Running
Acoustic Optimization will increase your overall accuracy. In the
process of increasing your accuracy, Acoustic Optimization may select
a different accent for you.

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If you select a specific accent, Acoustic Optimization still increases

your overall accuracy, but will not change your accent. Once you have
selected a specific accent for a user, you cannot change it later.
Dragon Medical Practice Edition lets you create and train user profiles
in multiple languages. If you have purchased an edition with support
for more than one language, you can add languages by later choosing
Custom during the installation and having the Dragon Medical
Practice Edition DVD available to install the language files during the
process of creating user profiles.
6 In the How do you talk to your computer? page, select a dictation
device. Select from either the list of Microphones or, if you record
your speech using a recording device, select a recorder from the list of
Recorders.
7 In the Review your choices page, be sure the information is correct
before you proceed.
8 Dragon Medical Practice Edition automatically chooses a speech
model to use as the foundation for your individual user profile. It also
selects the vocabulary it uses to recognize words correctly based not
only on their sound, but also on their context. However, if you want to
select a particular speech model and vocabulary, you can click the
Advanced button and in the Choose models page select a:
■ Speech model from the drop-down list for Speech model. Dragon
Medical Practice Edition uses the speech model to adapt to your
voice during training. Dragon automatically recommends the type
of speech model and vocabulary that is appropriate for your
computer’s speed/memory. Usually, you should follow Dragon’s
recommendation.
■ Type of vocabulary from the Vocabulary type list:

■ Medium—Requires at least 512 MB of RAM.

■ Large—Requires at least 1 GB of RAM.
■ Empty Dictation—(Professional edition only) Vocabulary with a
language model but without any words, designed for experienced
users or resellers who want to create highly specialized
vocabularies.

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9 Click OK to save your selections in the Choose models page and return
to the Profile Creation wizard.
10 Click the Create button in the lower right corner of the page to create
your user profile.
When Dragon Medical Practice Edition finishes creating your user
profile, it takes you through the next part of the process. Proceed to
Setting up/positioning your microphone on page 19.

Setting up/positioning your microphone

When Dragon Medical Practice Edition finishes creating your user
profile, it displays the Position your microphone properly page, where it
begins to lead you through the process of setting up your microphone.
Following the wizard’s instructions, position your microphone .
Positioning the microphone correctly is important. If the microphone is
out of place, Dragon Medical Practice Edition might not be able to hear
you clearly and make mistakes.
Consistent positioning is also important. Make sure that you position the
microphone the same way each time you dictate.
Here are some tips on using particular types of microphones:
Using a headset microphone
■ Position the microphone about a half-inch (approximately the width
of your thumb) from your mouth and a little off to the side. The
microphone should not touch your mouth, but it can be almost
touching your lips.
■ If you need to move the microphone out of the way, lift the “boom”
up and over your head, rather than bending it out of position or
removing the headset.
Using a handheld microphone
■ Hold the microphone one to three inches from your mouth and a
little off to the side.
■ If the volume display on the DragonBar turns red, try holding the
TM

microphone slightly farther from your mouth.

Using an array microphone
■ Position the array 18 to 30 inches from/pointed at your mouth.

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■ Avoid blocking the path between your mouth and the array, for
example by holding a book or paper in front of your face.
■ Avoid having any source of noise or signal other than your voice
directly facing the array within at least 15 feet.
11 After you have positioned the microphone, click Next to continue with
Checking microphone volume/sound quality on page 20.

Checking microphone volume/sound quality

After you have positioned the microphone and clicked Next, you see the
Dragon will adjust your volume page.
1 Click the Start Volume Check button and then read aloud the text
displayed in the box.
2 When the program beeps to indicate it has finished checking the
volume, click Next.
3 When the Dragon will test the quality of your sound system page
appears, click Start Quality Check and then read aloud the text
displayed in the box.
4 The program beeps when it has finished evaluating the sound quality
of your system. If Dragon displays Passed, click Next to continue.
NOTE: Windows Vista or XP: If you get a Sound level is too low error while
creating a Dragon user profile, to boost the microphone’s volume:
1. Select Start > Control Panel > Sound and Audio Devices.
2. On the Voice tab, click the Volume... button under Voice recording to open
the Recording Control dialog box.
3. Set the volume level for the appropriate input device type.
5 Continue with Training a new user profile on page 20.

Training a new user profile

Immediately after you create your profile, before you begin dictating, you
train Dragon Medical Practice Edition to understand your voice.
Performing training either during or after creating a user profile enhances
your recognition accuracy. In initial training you read aloud for several
minutes from one of the available texts.

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NOTE: For information on training a mobile user, see the Dragon Help.
If you skipped training earlier to open a user profile, On the DragonBar,
select Profile > Open User Profile and select your name in the list; then
click Open to proceed. Since you have not completed training, options for
Training appear.
To train a new user profile:
1 In the Read text aloud to train Dragon page, choose from these
training options:
■ Show text with prompting
■ Show text without prompting
■ Skip training (not recommended)

2 In the Read Training Text page of the wizard, click Go.

3 If you chose the first training option (Show text with prompting):
■ A yellow arrow showing you where to start reading appears.
■ Click Go and begin reading the text. To take breaks while you’re
training the program, click Pause.

NOTE: To advance through the first two screens, you must say the sentences
without pausing. For the rest of the screens, it’s okay to pause in the middle of
a sentence.
■ When the words change color, it means the computer has heard and
recognized them.
■ If you need to re-read the same words, click Redo, then re-read
them. If the computer still doesn’t get it, just click Skip. Otherwise,
click Next to continue.
4 If you chose the second training option (Show text without prompting):
■ In the Read Training Text page, click Next.
■ In the Choosing text to read section, choose a text to read aloud and
click Next.
■ In the Text Display page, choose how you want to read the text,
from the screen or from a printed page. If you choose to read from a
printed page, click Print to print the text.
■ Click Next to continue.

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■ If you chose to read the text from the screen, the Speaking to the
computer page appears and advises you to position your
microphone.
■ After you position your microphone, click Train to begin.
■ In the Speaking to the Computer popup, click Begin Training and
read the text in the box.
■ Click Next page to proceed from page to page.

5 When the list pops up, choose a text to read aloud and click OK.

You need to read for only about 5 minutes to train Dragon Medical
Practice Edition to recognize your voice.
You can take breaks during this training by clicking Pause Training.
Don’t worry if you make mistakes or laugh. You should try to read
exactly what you see on the screen, but it’s okay if you read something
incorrectly. The computer either ignores the mistake or positions the
yellow arrow at the beginning of the text for you to reread it.
The progress bar shows how much text is left to dictate.
NOTE: During training, dictating punctuation is not necessary.
6 When you’ve read enough, the Training wizard displays a
congratulations message. Click OK and Dragon Medical Practice
Edition starts adapting to your voice.
7 Proceed to Adapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning on page
22.

Adapting to your writing style, scheduling tuning

After Dragon Medical Practice Edition adapts to your voice, the Accuracy
wizard appears and prompts you to schedule regular Acoustic and
Language Model tuning, and optionally schedule Data Collection.
8

Let Dragon automatically improve your accuracy

The New User wizard gives you the option of setting up a schedule to
automatically run Acoustic and Language Model tuning processes:
NOTE: Acoustic and Language Model tuning processes add commonly used
word sequences the user dictates as well as acoustic data from any

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corrections and additional training the user executes. Scheduling tuning

processes helps Dragon Medical Practice Edition learn from you and makes
your dictation more accurate.
1 In the Let Dragon automatically improve your accuracy page, to
have Dragon Medical Practice Edition periodically tune your user
profile to improve your accuracy, be sure to check the Automatically
improve accuracy check box. If you do not change the schedules, by
default Dragon initiates Acoustic tuning every Monday at 2 AM and
Language Model tuning every day at 3 AM.
2 Click Next to continue.

Scheduling data collection (Help us improve Dragon)

After it lets you set the schedule for accuracy tuning, the Accuracy
wizard lets you set whether or not to collect data and schedule when it
should be collected:
NOTE: When you set Data Collection to run, it collects up to 500 MB of
acoustic data and text from your dictation sessions. Once the data is
collected, you have the option of sending it to Nuance to help improve the
accuracy of future versions of Dragon Medical Practice Edition. No personal
information is ever sent to Nuance and participation in data collection is
completely voluntary.
1 In the Help us improve Dragon page, you can choose:

■ Run Data Collection

■ Don’t run Data Collection but remind about this later
■ Don’t run Data Collection

2 Click Next to continue.

3 When the Congratulations, your profile is ready to use page
appears, you can now:
■ Choose to run the tutorial.
■ Learn about the many improvements in Dragon Medical Practice
Edition.
■ Modify how Dragon presents itself to you.
■ Begin dictating.

4 Click Finish to close the wizard.

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To upgrade existing user profiles before dictating, proceed to Upgrading

User Profiles from Dragon 9.x, 10.x, 11, and Dragon Medical 9.x and 10.x
on page 24.
Or to begin dictating, proceed to the next chapter, on page 31.

How Dragon automatically configures user profile

After you create a user profile, Dragon Medical Practice Edition
automatically analyzes your hardware and changes the default settings of
your users to optimize performance.
Depending on your hardware, you might receive a message that the
amount of RAM (memory) on your computer is relatively low for the
operating system. When you use Dragon on such a computer, try not to
have more than one or two applications open.

Upgrading User Profiles from Dragon 9.x, 10.x, 11,

and Dragon Medical 9.x and 10.x
The User Upgrade Wizard appears the first time you run Dragon Medical
Practice Edition.
NOTE: If you do not want to upgrade user profiles right now, you can exit
from the wizard and do it later.
Otherwise, you can start the User Upgrade Wizard from the Windows
Start menu at any time.

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To upgrade existing user profiles:

1 To start the User Upgrade Wizard, select Start > All Programs >
Dragon Medical Practice Edition > Practice Edition Tools > Upgrade
Users. The User Upgrade Wizard appears.
2 On the Select User Profiles to Upgrade page, modify the list of user
profiles to include profiles that you want to upgrade. The wizard starts
by including all user profiles in the current folder as candidates to
upgrade. You add user profiles to the list by clicking the Add button
and browsing for additional user profiles in other locations. You
remove user profiles from the list by selecting them and clicking the
Remove button. After the list contains only the user profiles you want
to upgrade, click Next.
3 Click Next and choose the location for the upgraded user profiles. As
the User Upgrade Wizard modifies your user profiles to work with the
newest version, it can place the upgraded user profile in another
location while not modifying the old user profiles.
4 Click the Browse button in the Choose Destination page of the wizard
to select the location for the upgraded user profiles. If you do not set a
location, Dragon Medical Practice Edition places the profiles in the
default location (see Dragon Medical Practice Edition File Structure
on page 26).

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5 (Optional) If you want to make changes to the locations of user

profiles, base vocabularies, and/or acoustic models, click the
Advanced button and the Advanced Options dialog box opens.
In this dialog box, you can make finer adjustments to how the wizard
upgrades particular user profiles. You see a list of the user profiles
being upgraded. For each user profile, you see the user profile name,
the old location of the profile, the vocabulary for the profile, and one
or more acoustic models for the profile.
When you click on the Location line of a user profile, the New
Location text box below the list becomes available. You can click
Browse and select a new location.
When you click on the Vocabulary line of a user profile, the New Base
Vocabulary text box below the list becomes available. You can choose
a new base vocabulary from the drop-down list.
When you click on the Acoustic model line of a user profile, the New
Acoustic Model text box below the list becomes available. You can
choose a new combination language, language model, and accent from
the drop-down list.
6 Click OK to return to the wizard.
7 Click Next to proceed to the Upgrade User Profiles page where you
click Begin to begin the upgrade process. Expect to wait
approximately 5 minutes for each user profile to upgrade.
8 When the upgrade process is complete, click Finish.

Dragon Medical Practice Edition File Structure

NOTE: File locations shown apply to installations in the default location.
The next two sections tell you where Dragon Medical Practice Edition
places files on your computer. The locations vary, depending on your
operating system.

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Windows XP Pro/XP Home/Windows Server 2003

directory structure
Dragon Program directory
You can specify this location during the installation.
C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11
\Ereg
\Help
\Program
\Tutorial (optional)
Data and user profile directories
You cannot change this location—Dragon Medical Practice Edition
always installs these directories to your \Document and Settings
directory.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11\
\Data
\Data\Training
\results
Roaming Users
\Users
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application
Data\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11\Results

Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008

directory structure
Dragon Program directory
You can specify this location during the installation.
C:\Program Files\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11
\Ereg
\Help
\Program
\Tutorial (optional)
Data and user profile directories

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You cannot change this location—Dragon Medical Practice Edition

always installs these directories to your \Document and Settings
directory.
C:\ProgramData\Nuance\NaturallySpeaking11\
\Data
\Data\Training
\results
Roaming Users
\Users
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Nuance\
NaturallySpeaking11\Results

Cleaning up after uninstalling

The following files remain on your machine after you uninstall:
\Windows\Speech\
VText.dll Xlisten.dll speech.hlp
Vdict.dll Xvoice.dll vcauto.tlb
WrapSAPI.dll spchtel.dll vcmd.exe
XTel.Dll speech.cnt vcmshl.dll
Xcommand.dll speech.dll vtxtauto.tlb
Dragon installs these files for Microsoft SAPI4 support. You do not need
these files if you do not have other speech applications that require
SAPI4. If you do have applications that require SAPI4 support, you might
need to re-install those applications if you remove these files.

Accessing log files, samples, and tools

You can open log files and samples from the desktop:
■ Dragon Medical log file (dragon.log)—Select Start > Programs >
Dragon Medical Practice Edition > Show Dragon Log.
■ Dragon setup files (dgnsetup.log)—Select Start > Programs > Dragon
Medical Practice Edition > Show Setup Log.
■ Structured command samples—Select Start > Programs > Dragon
Medical Practice Edition > MyCommands Samples.
■ Tools—Select Start > All Programs > Dragon Medical Practice
Edition > Practice Edition Tools.

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ow that you’ve installed the software and completed training, you’re

N ready to dictate your first sentence.

Starting Dragon Medical Practice Edition

If Dragon Medical Practice Edition is not already running, you can start it
by:
■ Double-clicking the Dragon Medical Practice
Edition icon on the desktop.
■ Selecting Start > Programs > Dragon Medical Practice
Edition > Dragon Medical Practice Edition.

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Turning on the microphone
Before you can dictate, you need to turn on the microphone. To turn on
the microphone, you:
■ Click the microphone icon on the DragonBar. You can click this icon
again to turn it off.

■ Press the plus (+) key on the numeric keypad to turn the microphone
on, and then press it again to turn the microphone off.
■ Click the microphone icon in the Windows task bar. Press the Dictate
button on the PowerMic II microphone.
The button and the volume meter on the DragonBar change to show if the
microphone is off or on.

Shows that the microphone is

off

Shows that the microphone is

on

NOTE: Once the microphone is off, you cannot turn it on again by voice.

Sleeping and waking up

To make Dragon Medical Practice Edition stop listening temporarily:
1 Say “Go to Sleep” or “Stop Listening.” Dragon ignores everything
except the “Wake Up” or “Listen To Me” commands.
2 To reactivate the microphone, say “Wake Up” or “Listen To Me.”

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You can also press the numeric plus (+) key to turn on/off the microphone
or use the Dictate button on the PowerMic II microphone.

Starting to dictate
To begin dictating, start a word processor (such as Microsoft® Word or
Corel® WordPerfect®) and begin a new document. Make sure your text
insertion point is at the start of the new document.
DragonPad

You can use the DragonPad, a simple word processor included with
Dragon. To open the DragonPad, from the Tools menu on the
DragonBar, click DragonPad.

TIP: Remember to click in the window you want to talk to before you speak.
Start talking.
As you speak, Dragon Medical Practice Edition indicates that it is
processing by displaying a small Dragon logo at your insertion point, and
when you pause, your dictated words appear in your document. Our
research shows that this enables many users to dictate better, without
being distracted by seeing the preliminary results accumulating in the
Results Box, as in previous versions. The traditional Results Box is still
available from the View tab of the Options dialog box.
Don’t worry about mistakes at this point; Dragon Medical Practice
Edition improves as you use it.

Using Natural Punctuation

Dragon Medical Practice Edition can automatically add periods and
commas at the appropriate places in your dictation without you having to
explicitly speak that punctuation. The Natural Punctuation feature can be
useful in helping you get used to dictation by focusing on what you are
saying rather than how your speech is punctuated.
Natural Punctuation inserts only periods and commas. You have to dictate
other punctuation marks. Even with Natural Punctuation turned on, you
can still dictate periods and commas. As you become more adept at
dictation and want more control over where punctuation appears, you may
want to explicitly dictate all your punctuation.

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"autopunctuation on" and "autopunctuation off" or by selecting Tools >
Auto-Formatting Options on the DragonBar and clicking Automatically add
commas and periods.
For more information on Natural Punctuation see Using Natural
Punctuation on page 107.

Dictating punctuation
You can dictate punctuation at any time while you are using Dragon
Medical Practice Edition, even when Natural Punctuation is enabled.
Use the following list as a guide to dictating the most common
punctuation marks. (For a complete list of punctuation, see the online
help.)

TO ENTER SA Y
, comma
. period or full stop
! exclamation point or
exclamation mark
? question mark
- hyphen or dash
: colon

Starting new lines and paragraph

While you are dictating, you can use the following commands to duplicate
the action of pressing the ENTER key once (to add a new line) or twice (to
add a new paragraph).

TO SAY
Add a new line “New Line”
Add a new paragraph “New Paragraph”

Saying "New Paragraph" presses the ENTER key twice and capitalizes the next
word you dictate.

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Tips for dictating text

■ To erase the last thing you said, say “Scratch That.”
■ You can repeat “Scratch That” to undo a sequence of phrases.
■ To undo the effects of a command, say “Undo That.” If “Undo
That” fails to undo an action, try repeating the command until you
completely undo the operation.
■ To stop a recognition in progress (and turn the microphone off), click
the small red button inside the Results Box.
■ You can change the very last phrase you spoke by saying “Bold
That,” “Cap That,” “Correct That,” and so on; you do not have to
select the text first.
■ To remove a trailing space after a word, you can say “Delete
Previous Character.”
■ You can create a spoken form for words you prefer not to say aloud. For
example, you can create a command that types “Snookums” whenever
you say “Mary's nickname.”
■ To clear (deselect) your last selection, say “Unselect That.”
For information on correcting any mistakes, see Chapter , Chapter 5:
Correcting and Editing on page 69.

Using the Dictation Box

Normally you can dictate and use Dragon voice commands in any text
window of any application. However, you may occasionally find an
application or a specific window in an application where some voice
commands won’t work or won’t work consistently.
In these situations, you can use a special window, called the Dictation
Box. You use the Dictation Box to dictate and edit text in these non-
standard windows without the difficulties you might otherwise
experience.
To start the Dictation Box:
1 Place your cursor where you want to put the text.

2 Start the Dictation Box by either:

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■ Select Tools > Dictation Box from the DragonBar
■ Press CTRL + SHIFT + D

3 When the Dictation Box displays, you can dictate and edit text inside
the Dictation Box using all Dragon Medical Practice Edition
commands.
4 Once you are done dictating and editing the text, switch back to the
application where you want to put the text and then say "Transfer
Text." The text you dictated in the Dictation Box is transferred to the
application.
For more information on using the Dictation Box with a non-standard
window, see the online help.

Printing and saving your dictated text

Printing
From the File menu of your word processor, use the mouse to choose
Print. Or say “Click File,” pause, and say “Print.” You can also simply
say “Print Document” or “Print File” if the Natural Language
Commands are enabled. See the online help for more information.
Saving
From the File menu, choose Save. You can also say “Click File” and
then say “Save.” Remember, you have to pause between the “Click File”
and the “Save” commands to have Dragon Medical Practice Edition
recognize them as two separate commands. If the Natural Language
Commands have been enabled, you can say “Save Document.”

Getting Help
To access the Dragon Help for Dragon Medical Practice Edition, click the
Help menu on the DragonBar and choose Help Topics.
Alternatively, you can say “Give Me Help.”
You can print individual Help topics with the Print button in the Help
window. To open the online Help links, just say their names. The links
display next to the application window and give you examples of the most
common commands that work in the application you are currently using.

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The online Dragon Help includes the following information not found in
this user guide:
■ A whats’s new section with information about features and changes in
Dragon Medical Practice Edition
■ Creating and Managing Users
■ Dictation Guidelines
■ Dictating using a Portable Recorder
■ Dictating with a Roaming User
■ Correcting Recognition Errors
■ Revising Text
■ Improving Recognition Accuracy
■ Working on Your Desktop
■ Working in Programs
■ Creating Commands with MyCommands
■ Dragon Tools

“What Can I Say?”

Saying “What Can I Say?” brings up the Dragon Sidebar with Dragon
Tips displaying below it. The Dragon Sidebar displays a selection of
useful commands that Dragon Medical Practice Edition recognizes for the
current context, whether it is a particular program you are using or the
Windows desktop.
To open the Dragon Sidebar:
1 On the DragonBar, Choose Help > Dragon Sidebar. You can also say
“What can I say” or “Show Dragon Sidebar.”

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to the window you are working in.
The contents of the Dragon Sidebar change
depending on the application that is active. For
example, when you switch between Microsoft
Outlook and the DragonBar,
the contents of the Dragon Sidebar
change accordingly.

DragonBar
commands

MS Outlook
commands

3 To see commands for the Windows Desktop, click on the desktop and
watch the commands in the Dragon Sidebar change.

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NOTE: A list of Global commands (available everywhere) appears if there

are no Dragon commands available for the active program.

Windows Desktop commands available

on the desktop and Global commands
available in all windows.

Global
commands

Desktop
commands

4 To see additional commands for the current program, click the Mouse
or MyCommands tab along the top of the Dragon Sidebar. Or click one
of the icons to the upper right (see next illustration) to open:
■ Command Browser
■ Vocabulary Editor
■ Options dialog box
■ Dragon Help

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MyCommands Editor Options
Icons to the top far right Command
Mouse
Commands
on Sidebar open various
functions inside Dragon. } Browser dialog box
Dragon
Help

5 For more information, see the online Dragon Help.

Tutorial
To start the Tutorial, choose Tutorial from the Help menu on the
DragonBar. The Tutorial includes a number of lessons covering the basics
of Dragon Medical Practice Edition.

Troubleshooting
If you are having problems using Dragon Medical Practice Edition, or if
you are getting unexpected results, please refer to the Resolving Problems
and Tips sections of the online Dragon Help.

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The DragonBar
The DragonBar gives you access to Dragon Medical Practice Edition
TM

functions and features.

Microphone button and volume display

When the microphone is on, the Volume Display shows the sound level:
■ Yellow means silence or that you are speaking too softly.
■ Green means that you are speaking at a proper level
■ Red means that you are speaking too loudly.

The Full Text Control indicator

The DragonBar includes a Full Text Control indicator that turns green
when you are in an application or window where all of Dragon Medical
Practice Edition’s functionality is supported. The Full Text Control
Indicator looks like a check mark. It turns green to show you can dictate.

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commands in any text window of any application. However, you may
occasionally find an application or a particular window in an application
where some voice commands won’t work or won’t work consistently.
When you are in a non-standard window, the Full Text Control indicator
turns off, indicating that you may have some difficulty selecting and
editing dictated text.
Also, when you start dictating into a non-standard window, the
DragonBar will display Dictating into a non-standard window.
If you have difficulty in dictating or correcting in one of these non-
standard windows, use the Dictation Box. See the online help for more
information on using the Dictation Box.

Extras toolbar
You can click the Extras button on the far right of the DragonBar to
open the Extras toolbar. The Extras toolbar displays buttons for
transcribing hand-held recorder audio and playing back your dictation.
Stop
Begin
Playback Begin Fast
Playback
Forward

Correction Transcribe
Begin Read
Button Button
Rewind That

Correction
Clicking the Correction button opens the Correction menu to teach the
computer what you said. See Chapter , Chapter 5: Correcting and Editing
on page 69.

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Transcribe
Use this button to transcribe your speech from a handheld recorder. See
the online Dragon Help for more information.
Start Playback and Stop Playback
When you select text and click the Start Playback button, you hear a
recording of your dictation. A yellow arrow displays on your screen
during playback, following what you said. Click the Stop Playback button
to stop the recorded speech playback.
Read That
When you select text and click the Read That button, Dragon Medical
Practice Edition reads the text to you.
Skip Back and Skip Forward
Use these buttons to skip backward or forward one utterance. To Dragon
Medical Practice Edition, an utterance is a group of words said together
without pausing.
You can display the Extras menu items in the main DragonBar. See the
online Dragon Help for more information.

Changing the DragonBar position

To change the position of the DragonBar, click the Dragon icon at the far
left of the DragonBar. A menu displays that lets you move the
DragonBar to various positions on your display:

SELECT... TO. ..
DragonBar docked to Lock the DragonBar to the top of the screen.
Top
(default)
DragonBar docked to Lock the DragonBar to the bottom of the
Bottom screen.
Floating DragonBar Freely position the DragonBar.
Clinging DragonBar Make the DragonBar appear just above the
window you are dictating into.

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Tray Icon only Hide the DragonBar completely and display
the Microphone icon only in the Windows
task bar.

NOTE: You can also hide the DragonBar by saying “Switch to Tray Icon
Only Mode.” To make a hidden DragonBar reappear, right-click on the small
microphone in the lower right corner of the screen. From the menu that
appears, click Restore Previous DragonBar Mode.

Controlling Dragon Medical Practice Edition with voice

commands
You can operate Dragon Medical Practice Edition with voice commands.
For example, to show the Extras toolbar, say “Show Extras Bar.” For a
list of other voice commands that control Dragon Medical Practice
Edition, see Controlling the DragonBar in the online Dragon Help.

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his chapter describes how to control almost everything on your
T computer with Dragon Medical Practice Edition voice commands.

Programs, documents, and folders

Using voice commands, you can start programs and open documents and
folders that appear in your Start menu or desktop.
You can’t start Dragon Medical Practice Edition by voice. However, you
can have Dragon Medical Practice Edition automatically start in Sleep
mode whenever you start Windows by selecting Have the microphone on
but asleep option in the Miscellaneous tab of the Options dialog box. See
the Dragon Help for more information.

Starting a program
To start a program from the Start menu, say “Start” and then the name of
the program exactly as it appears on the menu or submenu of the Start
menu. You can also say the name displayed below the icon on your
desktop.
For example, to start Microsoft® Internet Explorer®, say “Start Internet
Explorer.”

Shorter names for popular programs

For the popular Windows programs listed here, you can use shorter
program names in addition to the standard program label shown on the
Start menu or under the program icon on the Desktop. For other programs
you'll need to say the standard program label.
■ MS Word, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office Word
■ MS Excel, Microsoft Excel

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■ MS Outlook, Microsoft Outlook

■ Outlook Express
■ MS PowerPoint, Microsoft PowerPoint
■ MS Access, Microsoft Access
■ MS InfoPath, Microsoft InfoPath
■ Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer
■ Firefox, Mozilla Firefox
■ Corel WordPerfect, WordPerfect
■ Acrobat Reader
■ Lotus Notes

Opening documents and folders from the Start menu

To open a document or folder from the Start menu, say “Start” and then
the name of the document or folder exactly as it appears on the menu.
For example, to open a document named sales.doc, you could say “Start
Sales dot doc.” To open a document named journal.wpd, you could say
“Start journal dot w p d.”
To open a document or folder from your Windows® desktop, just say
“Start” and then the name below the icon. For example, to open a folder
named Projects, say “Start Projects.”

Switching between open windows

You can switch between the windows you have open by saying “Switch
to” and then say the name of the program or document window exactly as
it appears in the title bar.
For example, if Microsoft® Word® is running, you can switch to it by
saying “Switch to Microsoft word.”

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You can also switch between open windows by saying “Switch to

Previous Window” (same as pressing ALT +TAB ) and “Switch to Next
Window” (same as pressing ALT +SHIFT +TAB ).

SAY THIS TO
Switch to Next Switch to the next application.
Window
Switch to Previous Switch to the previous application.
Window
Switch to Microsoft Make Microsoft® Word the active
Word application.
Switch to (name of Switch to the open application you say. Say
application) the name of the application as it appears in
the title bar of the application window.

To switch between open programs or windows

To list all open programs: Say "List Programs" or "List all windows." The
List of Open Applications window opens.
To list open windows of multi-document applications: Say "List windows
for <program name>" For example, say "List windows for Microsoft
Word" The List of Windows opens.
To switch to an open program or window: Say "Choose n," where n is the
number of the program or window you want to switch to, or just say the
number next to the word. For example, say "Choose 2" or "2"
OR
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Opening and closing menus

You can activate any menu by saying the menu name.
To open a menu:
1 Open a program window (for example, Microsoft® Word) and make it
active.
Say the name of the menu you want to open (for example, say “File”). If
the command does not work, try saying “Click” and then the name of the
menu you want to open (for example, say “Click File”).
2 In this example, the File menu should open. If the command doesn’t
work (for example, if the word “click” is typed into your document),
you may have paused in the middle of the command.
3 Say the name of a menu item to activate it (for example, say “Save”).
4 To close a menu, say “Cancel.”
TIP: To open the Start menu, say “Click Start” or “Click Start Menu.”
NOTE: If commands are often typed into your document instead of recognized
as commands, you can make Dragon Medical Practice Edition recognize
commands only when they are preceded by saying “Click.” To do this, select
the Require “Click” to select menus and controls check box on the
Commands tab of the Options dialog box. For more information, see the
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Selecting buttons, tabs, and options

When Dragon Medical Practice Edition is running, you can select any
button, check box, text box, or other dialog box option you see by saying
its name. If that doesn’t work, say “Click” and then its name.
For example, to select a check box labeled Toolbar, say “Toolbar” or
“Click Toolbar.” To clear the check box (deselect it), say its name
again.
You can select tabs by saying the name of the tab, alone or preceded by
“Click.” In the dialog box pictured, you could say “Options” or “Click
Options” to select the Options tab. You can also move between tabs by
saying “Go to Next Tab” and “Go to Previous Tab.”
NOTE: In some programs, you may not be able to select dialog box items by
saying their names. If this happens, the following method of selecting items
may work: say “Tab Key” repeatedly to move to the item you want, then say
“Press Space Bar” to select it.
See also Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse on page 62.

Using Windows Desktop commands

You can use voice commands to perform many actions on the Windows
Desktop, as shown in the table below.

TO DO TH IS YO U CAN S AY

Open Windows special folders

Open your My Computer "Open My Computer"

window

Open your My Documents "Open My Documents"

folder

Open your My Pictures folder "Open My Pictures"

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Open your My Music folder "Open My Music"

Open your My Videos folder "Open My Videos"

Start applications and utilities

Start a program by name "Open <program name>"

Open Windows Explorer "Open Windows Explorer"

Open Windows Help and Sup- "Open Windows Help"

port Center

Open the Windows Task "Open Task Manager"

Manager

Open the Windows Run dia- "Open Run dialog"

log box

Open the Windows System "Open System Configuration Utility"

Configuration Utility
(msconfig)

Open the Windows Control "Open Control Panel"

Panel

Open the Windows Print "Open Print Manager"

Manager

Add a printer to your Win- "Add a new printer"

dows system

Add or remove programs to "Open Add or Remove Programs window"

your Windows system

Change the Windows Display "Change Display Settings"

Settings

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Change the Windows screen "Change screen resolution"

resolution

Change Windows Power "Change power settings"

Settings

Navigate between windows

Switch between windows "Choose n," where n is the number of the

window you want to switch to. For example,
say "Choose 2"
OR
"Switch to previous window"
OR
"Switch to next window."

Switch to a specific program "Switch to <program name>" For example,

or document say "Switch to Microsoft Word"
OR
"Switch to <document name>"
OR
"List windows for <program name>"

Work with windows

Enlarge the active window to "Maximize window"

the size of your monitor's
screen

Minimize the active window "Minimize window"

Close the active window "Close window"

Minimize all windows and "Show Desktop"

display the Windows Desktop "Minimize [all] windows"

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Return a maximized window "Restore window"

to its original size

Restore all minimized "Restore [all] windows"

windows

Selecting icons on the desktop

You can use voice commands to select icons on the Windows® desktop.
To select an icon on the desktop:
1 Switch to the Windows® desktop. To do this by voice, minimize all
open applications and place the mouse pointer over the desktop icon.
Say “Mouse Click” to make the desktop active.
2 Say the name of the icon (for example, “My Computer”). Dragon
types the icon name and Windows® selects it.
3 To select another icon, say “Move” and then the direction (up, down,
left, right) and number of icons (up to 20).
For example:
Say “Move Right 1,” “Move Down 2,” or “Move Up 3.”

Say “My Computer”

to select the My
Computer icon

Say “Move Down 2”

to select Recycle Bin

After you select an icon, you can say “Press Enter” to start or open the
program and “Press Shift F10” to display its right-click menu (as if you
had right-clicked the icon with the mouse).
You can also use voice commands for these actions. See Marking and
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Resizing and closing windows

To resize and close windows, say “Click” and then one of the following
window commands:

SAY THIS TO
Click Minimize or Minimize the active window.
Click Control Menu (pause)
Minimize
Click Maximize or Maximize the active window.
Click Control Menu (pause)
Maximize
Click Restore or Restore window to previous size.
Click Control Menu (pause)
Restore
Click Close or Close the active program.
Press ALT F4
Press CTRL F4 Close the active document, not the
whole program (works in many
programs).
Click Start Menu or Open the Windows® Start Menu.
Click Start or
Press CTRL ESC

NOTE: “Click” is required for the Control menu commands.

TIP: If you have trouble getting Dragon to recognize any of the window
commands, you can first open the Control menu by saying “Click Control
Menu,” then say the command.

Scrolling in popular programs

You can use the following commands in many programs to scroll and
move the view through the program's work area.
These voice scrolling commands work with Microsoft Office 2003 and
2007 programs, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and
InfoPath.

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TO S AY
Start automatic upward scrolling "Start Scrolling Up"
Start automatic downward scrolling "Start Scrolling
Down"
Stop automatic scrolling "Stop Scrolling"
Increase the speed of automatic scrolling "Scroll Faster"
Reduce the speed of automatic scrolling "Scroll Slower"
Move the visible page up one line "Scroll Up"
Move the visible page down one line "Scroll Down"
Move up one line in the text "Line Up"
Move down one line in the text "Line Down"
Move the page up by a screen "Page Up"
Move the page down by a screen "Page Down"

Scrolling in windows and list boxes

You can scroll vertically in a window (for example, an online Help
window) or list box by saying “Move Down” and “Move Up” and then
a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20). For example, say “Move
Down 4” or “Move Up 10.”
You can scroll horizontally by saying “Move Left” and “Move Right”
and then a number of scroll bar arrow clicks (up to 20). For example, say
“Move Left 10” or “Move Right 5.”

Opening lists and making selections

You can activate any list box by saying the list box name.
To open a list box:
1 Say the name of the list box you want to open.

2 Say “Show Choices,” “Drop List,” or “Open List.” The list box
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To make a selection from an open list:

1 Say the full name of the selection.

2 Say “Move Down” or “Move Up” and the number of places your
selection is from the current selection.

Pressing keyboard keys

You can activate Windows® menus and controls by pressing keys. With
Dragon Medical Practice Edition you can “press” any key on your
keyboard by voice. You can press letters, numbers, modifier keys (SHIFT,
CTRL, and ALT ), and so on.

You can say “Press,” “Press Key,” or “Type”—all three voice

commands work the same way.
NOTE: “Scratch That” will not erase keystrokes dictated with the Press Key
commands. You must select the text by voice or mouse and delete it or say
“Press Delete.”

Pressing letters
You can press any letter on your keyboard by saying “Press” and then
the letter. When you’re pressing letters, you must say “Press” before
each one. For example, to enter “txt,” say “Press t,” “Press x,” “Press
t,” pausing between letters.
TIP: You can also spell words using Spell mode. See Switching recognition
modes on page 115 for more information.
For similar-sounding letters (such as B, D, and V), you can use the
International Communications Alphabet to spell the letter keys, for
example, “Press alpha” or “Press bravo” or say “Press d as in
David” or “Press d for David,” and so on) as if you were spelling to
another person over the phone.

SAY THEN
Press a
b
any letter a–z or any international alpha-
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S AY THEN
a as in Albert/Alice/alpha
b as in Bill/Buffalo/bravo
c as in Cathy/Carl/Charlie
d as in David/daughter/delta
e as in Edgar/enter/echo
f as in Frank/fancy/foxtrot
g as in George/gopher/golf
h as in Henry/helmet/hotel
i as in Iris/Ireland/India
j as in John/justice/Juliet
k as in Karen/kitchen/kilo
l as in Larry/lemon/lima
m as in Mickey/magic/Mike
n as in Nancy/nobody/November
o as in Otto/over/Oscar
p as in Paul/people/papa
q as in Quentin/question/Quebec
r as in Robert/Rachel/Romeo
s as in Sam/Singapore/sierra
t as in Terry/Tyler/tango
u as in Ursula/unit/uniform
v as in Valerie/visit/Victor
w as in Wendy/wake/whiskey
x as in Xavier/Xerxes/xray
y as in Yolanda/Yvonne/yankee
z as in Zachary/zookeeper/zulu
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NOTE: You can say “Press c” or “Press Charlie” but you cannot say “Press
Cathy” or “Press Carl.”

Capitalizing a letter
You can capitalize a letter by saying “Press Cap,” then the letter.
For example, to enter “28K” say “twenty eight” and then “Press Cap
K” (or “Press Cap K for Karen”).

Pressing numbers
You can press numbers (0 to 9) by saying “Press” and then the number.
For example, say “Press 8.”

Pressing key combinations

When you’re pressing keys, you can press any combination of the
modifier keys (SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT ) at the same time as another key,
such as a letter. For example, you can say:
■ “Press Control Z” (undoes last action)
■ “Press Alt F” (opens File menu)

■ “Press Shift Tab” (moves backward through dialog box options)

NOTE: Dragon Medical Practice Edition ignores the command “Press
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Pressing function and numeric keypad keys

To press a function key (F1 to F12 ), say “Press Function” and then the
name of the key. For example, say “Press Function 1” to bring up the
online Help.
To press the keys on the numeric keypad, say “Press Keypad” and then
the name of the key. For example, to open the Correction menu, you can
say "Press Control Keypad Minus"
See the complete list below:

S AY T H EN
Press Keypad 1
Keypad 9 (you can say any number from 0
to 9)
Keypad Slash (/)
Keypad Asterisk (*)
Keypad Minus (-)
Keypad Plus (+) (turns the microphone on or
off)
Keypad Star (*)
Keypad Enter

NOTE: Num Lock must be on for the “Press Keypad” commands to work. You
can say “Press Num Lock” to turn Num Lock on.

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Pressing other keys

Here’s a list of other keys you can press by voice:

SAY THEN
Press Up Arrow
Down Arrow
Right Arrow
Left Arrow
Home Key
End Key
Page Up
Page Down
Insert Key
Delete Key
Control Key
Shift Key
Alt Key
Print Screen
Scroll Lock
Pause Key
Num Lock
Caps Lock

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Moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse

Dragon Medical Practice Edition provides hands-free mouse control with
MouseGrid and the mouse motion voice commands. You can use these
features to position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen, click the
mouse buttons, and drag objects—all by voice.

Moving the mouse pointer with MouseGrid

You can position the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen by using
MouseGrid. You can move the pointer relative to the full screen or the
active window.
To use MouseGrid:
1 Say “MouseGrid” to place the MouseGrid over the full screen (as
shown below) or say “MouseGrid Window” to place it over the
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2 Say a grid number from 1 to 9 to position the pointer in that numbered

area. In this example, to position the pointer over the Recycle Bin, say
“4.” A smaller MouseGrid will appear in the chosen grid square.

Say “4” to place

a smaller
MouseGrid over
grid square
number 4.

3 To zoom in over the desired area, say another grid number. In this
example, say “4” to place the pointer over the Recycle Bin icon.
4 Continue to say the respective grid number to zoom in until the mouse
pointer is over an icon or other object. You can use voice commands to
click the mouse or mark and drag the object. See the following
sections for instructions.
TIP: You can undo the last MouseGrid action by saying “Undo That.”
To close MouseGrid, say “Cancel.”

Moving the pointer with the Mouse command

You can move the mouse pointer up, down, left, or right a short distance
(a few millimeters) by using the mouse pointer commands.
You can combine moving the mouse pointer and clicking the mouse in a
single voice command. For example, you can say “Mouse Up 3 Click”
or “Mouse Right 2 Double Click.”
To move the pointer:
1 Say “Mouse” followed by the direction and number of times to move
it (up to 10). For example, say “Mouse Up 5” or “Mouse Left 10.”

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2 When the pointer is over an icon or other object, you can use voice
commands to click the mouse or mark and drag the object.

Clicking the mouse

You can click, double-click, left-click, and right-click the mouse buttons
by voice.
To click the mouse:
1 Position the mouse pointer over the object you want to select (for
example, say “MouseGrid 9 1” or “Mouse 2”).
2 Say “Mouse Click,” “Mouse Double Click,” “Mouse Left
Click,” or “Mouse Right Click.”
When an object is selected, you can mark and drag the object (as
described in the next section).

Marking and dragging objects

You can mark an object and drag it to a different location by voice.
To mark and drag an object:
1 Position the mouse over the icon or object you want to drag and then
say “Mark” (for example, say “MouseGrid 9 1 Mark”).
2 Move the mouse pointer to where you want to drag the object and then
say “Drag” (for example, say “MouseGrid 6 3 Drag”).
TIP: Instead of “Drag,” you can also say “Control Drag” and “Shift Drag”
to drag while holding down the CTRL or SHIFT key.

Dragging the mouse

You can use the following movement commands if you select the Enable
mouse motion commands check box on the Commands tab of the Options
dialog box.

SA Y THEN A THEN A SPEED

DIRECTION (OPTIONAL)

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"Drag Mouse" (to move) "Up" "Faster"

"Mouse Drag" (to move) "Down" "Very Fast"

"Control Mouse Drag" (to "Right" "Much Faster"

copy)
or
"Control Drag Mouse"

"Left" "Slower"

"Upper Right" "Very Slow"

"Upper Left" "Much Slower"

"Lower Right"

"Lower Left"

Moving the pointer with the mouse motion commands

In addition to the mouse movement methods described above, you can
also move the mouse by using the mouse motion commands. Say, for
example, “Move Mouse Right.” The mouse pointer begins moving to
the right and keeps moving until you say “Stop.”
Enabling the mouse motion commands
To use the mouse motion commands:
1 From the Tools menu on the DragonBar, choose Options and then the
Commands tab.
2 Select Enable mouse motion commands and click OK.
3 Click the Speed button to choose how fast the mouse pointer moves
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The mouse motion commands

Here is a summary of the available mouse motion commands.

S AY THEN A THEN A SPEED

DIR EC T ION (OPTIONAL)
Move Mouse Up Fast
Mouse Move Down Faster
Drag Mouse Right Much Faster
Mouse Drag Left Very Fast
Upper Left Slow
Lower Left Slower
Upper Right Much Slower
Lower Right Very Slow

While the mouse is moving, you can say any of the commands above. You
can also say:
■ “Stop” or “Cancel” to stop the mouse from moving
■ “Up,” “Down,” “Left,” “Right,” “Upper Left,” “Lower Left,”
“Upper Right,” or “Lower Right” to change the direction in which
the mouse is moving
■ “Faster,” “Much Faster,” “Slower,” or “Much Slower” to change
the speed at which the mouse is moving
■ “Click,” “Double Click,” “Right Click,” or “Left Click” to click the
mouse buttons
■ “Go to Sleep,” “Stop Listening,” or “Microphone Off” to turn the
microphone off
To specify which mouse button (left, right, or center) is being held down
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down during the mouse drag, use one of these commands before saying
one of the drag commands in the preceding table:
■ Left ■ Shift ■ Right Control
■ Middle (requires ■ Control ■ Right Alt
three-button mouse)
■ Alt
■ Right
■ Right Shift

For example, to drag with the SHIFT key held down, you could say “Shift
Mouse Drag Up.” To drag with the right ALT key held down (the ALT
key on the right side of the keyboard), you could say “Right Alt Drag
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hen Dragon Medical Practice Edition types the wrong words, you
W should correct these mistakes. By giving the program the right
word, you actually teach the program not to make the same mistakes
again.
Correcting mistakes requires some extra effort, but it saves you time in
the long run by making Dragon Medical Practice Edition more accurate.
You’ll probably need to correct mistakes often when you first start
dictating, and then less frequently as the program learns from your
corrections.
Make it a habit to correct mistakes to continue to improve the accuracy of
the program. Make sure you save your speech files when prompted, to
preserve the adjustments the program makes.
TIP: You must select a word before typing over it. Using the backspace key
and retyping (or saying “Scratch That”) will not enable the software to learn
from corrections and improve recognition accuracy. For accuracy to improve,
you must first select text and then correct it or overwrite it with the words you
said.

Correcting mistakes
There are a number of ways you can correct the misrecognitions in a
document. The following techniques describe the most basic methods, but
you can combine these techniques in any manner that suits your working
style.
To correct text with the keyboard:
1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you want to
correct.
2 Press the correction hot key to display the Correction menu. By
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change the hot key assignment on the Hot keys tab of the Options
dialog box. You can also click the Correction button on the Extras
toolbar of the DragonBar.
3 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key to
highlight that choice and then press ENTER to accept it. If no
alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text.
4 Continue until all the text is correct.

Correcting text using voice commands

1 Say “Select” or “Correct” and the text that is incorrect, the
Correction menu appears with a number of alternatives.
■ If one alternative is correct, say “Choose” and the number of that
alternative.
■ If none of the alternatives is correct, say “Spell That,” spell the
correct word or words into the Spell dialog box, and then say
“OK.”
Selecting a large amount of text or an entire document and then saying
“Spell That” can produce unpredictable results.
2 Verify that the correct text appears in the document in place of the
misrecognized text and continue to the next misrecognition.

Correcting text while playing back dictation

1 Move the insertion point to the beginning of the dictation you want to
correct.
2 Click Playback on the Audio menu of the DragonBar or click the
Begin Playback button on the Extras toolbar. You can also say, “Play
that back.”
3 When the playback of your dictation reaches a recognition error, press
the correction hot key. By default, this is the Ctrl+ minus (–) key on
the numeric keypad.
4 If one of the alternatives is correct, press the Down Arrow key to
highlight that choice and then press ENTER to accept it. If no
alternative is correct, just type or say the correct text and press the
Correction hot key again. Playback continues automatically from the
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5 Continue until all the text is correct.

Using the Correction menu

The Correction menu shows Dragon Medical Practice Edition’s best
guess of the alternatives to the words you dictated and selected.

To correct a word or phrase with the Correction menu:

1 When you notice a mistake, pause in your dictation, and then say
"Select" and the incorrect word or phrase. If the error is in the last
thing you said, you can just say "Select That."

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Dragon Medical Practice Edition highlights the word or phrase, and

the Correction menu appears.
2 If the correct word or phrase is on the list, start spelling to choose it, or
say "Choose" and the number of that choice. For example, say
"Choose 2." Do not say "Choose Numeral Two" or Dragon Medical
Practice Edition will transcribe the phrase as the text "Choose Numeral
Two" or "Choose 2" depending on how you set the number formatting
options on the Auto-Formatting dialog box.
3 If the word or phrase you want is not on the list, spell the word, or say
"Spell That," or just say the word again.
The Correction menu contains the items listed below. You can choose
them by voice, mouse, or using the down arrow and pressing Enter.

Numbered list of alternative recognitions

Lists alternatives to what Dragon Medical Practice Edition thinks it heard.
If one alternative is correct, say "Choose" and the number of that
alternative. For example, "Choose Two."
Do not say "Choose Numeral Two" or Dragon Medical Practice Edition
will transcribe the phrase as the text "Choose Numeral Two" or "Choose
2" depending on how you set the number formatting options on the Auto-
Formatting dialog box.

Spell That
Saying "Spell That" opens the Spelling window, where you can enter the
correct word or phrase by spelling it or typing it. Use the Spelling window
to play back a segment of dictation, modify an alternative that is almost
correct, or provide acoustic training so that Dragon Medical Practice
Edition better "hears" the difference between what you said and what it
had originally transcribed.
Note that if you enter a word in the Spelling window that is unknown to
Dragon Medical Practice Edition, Dragon adds the word to its Vocabulary.

Play That Back

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All Caps That

Capitalizes the initial letter in the selected word or words.

Add that to Vocabulary

Displays the "Add Individual Word" dialog so you can add the selected
word or phrase to the vocabulary. Adding the word or phrase will help
Dragon Medical Practice Edition recognize it in the future.

Unselect That
Deselects the selected word or words.

Don't Recognize That Word

Removes the selected word from your active Vocabulary, so that Dragon
Medical Practice Edition won't recognize it again. This can save you time
if Dragon repeatedly replaces words you dictate with words you don't use.
For example, if you dictate the name "Cassity" often and Dragon always
hears "Cassidy," you could use Don't Recognize That Word from the
Correction menu to turn off recognition of Cassidy. If you decide later
that you do need to use the word, you can add it back using the
Vocabulary Editor.

Make That a Command

Displays the MyCommands Editor to make the currently selected word or
phrase a Dragon Medical Practice Edition Command. With this option,
you can associate a block of dictation that you reuse frequently with a
single command. That way, you don't need to retype it or retrieve it from a
file location on your computer when you want to reuse it.

Correction Options
Opens the Correction tab of the Options dialog box in Dragon Medical
Practice Edition where you can modify the behavior of the Correction
menu and specify which command is used to bring it up, "Correct" or
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Correcting Punctuation
Note the following when correcting punctuation:
■ When you select a phrase (more than one word) that has punctuation,
be sure to dictate that punctuation. For example, say you initially
dictated, “Today is Thursday I have a meeting at 11 o’clock” and
the text was transcribed as “Today is Thursday, I have a meeting at
11 o’clock.” If you want to change the comma to a period, say
“Select Thursday comma.” If the correct punctuation appears in the
Correction menu, select it. Otherwise, you can dictate over the
selection by, for example, saying “Thursday period.”
■ When you select punctuation, the Correction menu might list alternate
punctuation
■ If Natural Punctuation is turned on, when you select a phrase that
Dragon Medical Practice Edition has added punctuation to, the choices
will include punctuation changes .
NOTE: When you select a word that has adjacent punctuation the Natural
Punctuation feature added, the selection will extend to include that
punctuation.

Selecting text by voice

Using Full Text Control ®

You can revise your dictation without correcting it by selecting the text
using the “Select” command and then saying new words to replace the
selected text.
To use Full Text Control®:
1 Dictate the sentence below:
“Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [period]”
or “Let’s meet for lunch on Tuesday [full stop]”
2 Say “Select lunch on Tuesday.” The words lunch on Tuesday
should be highlighted on the screen.
3 Say “dinner on Wednesday.” These words should replace lunch on
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Since “Tuesday” and “Wednesday” sound completely different, Dragon

Medical Practice Edition will know you are not correcting a recognition
mistake but rather revising your dictated text.
TIP: You can also select punctuation marks.
4 Say: “Select period” or “Select full stop”. If there’s more than one
period or full stop, you can say “Select Again” to select a different
one.
5 To replace the period or full stop with an exclamation mark, say
“exclamation mark.”
TIP: It is often easier for Dragon Medical Practice Edition to find the
matching text if you select a short phrase rather than individual words. If you
select some words that are already correct, just say them again along with the
ones you want to change.

Selecting the same text again

If the words you’re trying to select appear more than once on the screen
and Dragon Medical Practice Edition selects the wrong ones, just say
“Select Again.” The program then looks for another instance of the
same word or words.
You can also say “Select Again” if Dragon Medical Practice Edition
selects a word that sounds like the word you want, but is not the correct
one (for example, “two” instead of “too”).

Unselecting words
If the wrong text is selected, say “Unselect That.”
You can also unselect words by moving your insertion point (by mouse or
voice) to another part of your document. For example, say “Go to End
of Line” or click somewhere else in your document.

Selecting a longer phrase

You can select a longer phrase by saying “Select [text] Through
[text]”. For [text], substitute the actual word or words at the beginning
and the end of the range of wrong words. For example, you could correct
the underlined words in the following sentence:
With a little practice, who will develop a habit of dictating an unclear,
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by saying:
“Select who Through unclear” or “Select who will Through an
unclear”
Then dictate the correct text:
“you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear”
The final corrected sentence reads:
With a little practice, you will develop the habit of dictating in a clear,
steady voice, and the computer will understand you better.
NOTE: If you’re correcting more than one word, the words must all be in
sequence (next to each other). You can’t use a single command to correct
words that are in different parts of your document.

Selecting your whole document

To select all the text in your document, say “Select Document” or
“Select All.” This command is useful when you want to change the font
or the way text is aligned.
When you want to copy all the text in a document to another window, the
easiest way to do it is with the “Copy All to Clipboard” command.
NOTE: When a lot of text is selected, the “Scratch That” and “Cut That”
commands don’t work, nor can you overwrite the selection by dictating new
text. This prevents you from accidentally deleting a large part of your
document. To remove a large selection, you can say “Delete That” instead.

Selecting an entire paragraph or line

You can select the current paragraph by saying “Select Paragraph.” To
select the current line, say “Select Line.”
You can also select a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20). For
example, you can say “Select Previous 5 Paragraphs.”

S AY THEN THEN
Select Next Paragraph
Previous 2...20 Paragraphs
Forward Line
Back 2.20 Lines

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SAY THEN THEN

Last

Selecting a word or character

You can select the current word by saying “Select Word.” To select a
character, say “Select Next Character” or “Select Previous
Character.”
You can also select a number of words or characters (up to 20). For
example, say “Select Previous 2 Words.”

SAY THEN THEN

Select Next Word
Previous 2...20 Words
Forward Character
Back 2...20 Characters
Last

Moving around in a document

When you’re editing a document, you can move around in it 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.

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.”

SAY THEN
Go to Top
Move to Bottom
Top of Document

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S AY T H EN
Beginning of Document
Start of Document
Bottom of Document
End 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.”

S AY THEN
Go to Beginning of Line
Move to 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.
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 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”).
Dragon lets me talk instead of type.

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Moving up or down a paragraph or line

You can move up or down a paragraph by saying “Move Up a
Paragraph” or “Move Down a Paragraph.” You can also move up
and down a number of paragraphs (up to 20). For example, you can say
“Move Up 3 Paragraphs.”
You can move up or down a line by saying “Move Up a Line” or “Move
Down a Line.” You can also move up and down a number of lines (up to
20). For example, you can say “Move Down 3 Lines,” as delineated in
the table below:

SAY THEN THEN

Move Up a Paragraph or 1 Paragraph
Back 2...20 Paragraphs
Down a Line or 1 Line
Forward 2...20 Lines

Moving right or left a word or character

You can move to the right or left of a word by saying “Move Right a
Word” or “Move Left a Word.” You can also move right or left a number
of words (up to 20). For example, you can say “Move Right 3 Words.”
You can move to the next or previous character by saying “Move Right a
Character” or “Move Left a Character.” You can also move forward
and backward a number of characters (up to 20). For example, you can
say “Move Left 4 Characters” or “Move Back 6 Characters,” as d

SAY THEN T H EN
Move Right a Word or 1 Word
Forward 2...20 Words
Left a Character or 1 Character
Back 2...20 Characters

elineated in the next table:

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Copying, cutting, and pasting text

You can move text from one place to another by using the “Copy That,”
“Cut That,” and “Paste That” commands.
To copy, cut, or paste text:
1 Select the text you want to copy or cut.

2 Say “Copy That” or “Cut That.”

3 Move the insertion point to where you want to paste the text.
4 Say “Paste That.”

Deleting text
Deleting the last words you dictated
You can erase the last words you dictated by saying “Scratch That.”
When you say this command, Dragon Medical Practice Edition deletes
the last thing it typed into your document. This may be a full sentence, a
phrase, or just one word, if that’s all you said before pausing.
You can say “Scratch That” up to 10 times to delete the last few things
you said. If you repeat the command, you must pause before saying it
again. You can also say, for example, “Scratch That 5 Times.”

Going back as you dictate

When you’re dictating, sometimes you may hesitate or think of a better
way to say something right after you’ve said it. When this happens, you
can use the “Resume With” command to return to where you were before
the mistake.
Just say “Resume With” followed immediately by the word or words to
which you want to return. Then, continue dictating. Any text after the new
position of the insertion point will be replaced with your new dictation.
NOTE: When using the “Resume With” command, remember not to pause in
the middle. Say “Resume With” and then immediately say the words to which
you want to return. These words must be in the last three or four sentences
(100 characters) you said; you can’t use “Resume With” to return to an
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To go back as you dictate:

1 Suppose you dictate this sentence: “I have a deadline this week,
but we could meet for lunch… um… er… next Wednesday.”
2 To correct the sentence, return to the last correct words you remember
dictating. For example, say “Resume With meet for lunch.”
(Remember not to pause in the middle.)
3 Then, dictate the rest of the sentence. For example, say “next
Wednesday at noon.”

Deleting specific words

You can delete text by selecting it and saying “Delete That.”
To delete text:
1 Select the text you want to delete.

2 Say “Delete That.”

You can also say “Scratch That” to do the same thing.

Deleting the next or previous paragraph or line

You can delete the next or previous paragraph by saying “Delete Next
Paragraph” or “Delete Previous Paragraph.” You can delete the
next or previous line by saying “Delete Next Line” or “Delete
Previous Line.”
You can also delete a number of paragraphs or lines (up to 20). For
example, you can say “Delete Previous 5 Paragraphs.” See the
complete list below:

SAY THEN THEN

Delete Next Paragraph
Previous 2...20 Paragraphs
Forward Line
Back 2...20 Lines
Last

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Deleting the next or previous word or character

You can delete the next or previous word by saying “Delete Next Word”
or “Delete Previous Word.” You can delete the next or previous
character by saying “Delete Next Character” or “Delete Previous
Character.”
You can also delete a number of words or characters (up to 20). For
example, you can say “Delete Previous 5 Words.” See the complete list
below:

S AY THEN THEN
Delete Next Word
Forward 2...20 Words
Previous Character
Back 2...20 Characters
Last 2...20 Characters

NOTE: Another way to delete the previous character is by saying

“Backspace.” This is equivalent to pressing the BACKSPACE key. You can
“press” it multiple times (up to 20) by saying, for example, “Backspace 5.”

Spelling as you dictate

With the Spell command in Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you can
easily spell a word or phrase you want to dictate into your document. This
can be useful if you are dictating a word that is not likely to be in the
Dragon Medical Practice Edition vocabulary, such as a proprietary term, a
proper name, or a non-English word. Say, for example, “Spell b-u-o-n
space g-i-o-r-n-o.” The word you spelled appears right in your
document.
You must say “Cap” if the word contains a capital letter. For example, say
“Spell Cap R-u-m-p-e-l-s-t-i-l-s-k-i-n” to type “Rumpelstilskin.”

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If you say “Spell” by itself, without any letters after it, the Spell dialog
box opens.

You can then speak the letters and Dragon Medical Practice Edition types
them or you can correct any errors in the word you spelled.
When spelling, you can say numbers and special characters as well as
letters. For example, to dictate an automobile license plate number, you
could say “Spell y-h-m-6-0-9.” Dragon Medical Practice Edition would
type yhm609. Say “Spell Cap-m-a-c-m-i-l-l-a-n-trademark” to get
MacMillan™ in your document.
Spelling a word adds that word to the active vocabulary. Words that
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TIP: To dictate unusual text such as automobile license plate numbers or

product codes, you can also switch to Spell mode by saying “Switch To Spell
Mode,” and then dictate letters.
You can make the Spell dialog box appear whenever you use the Spell
command by setting the “Spell” commands bring up Spelling Window
option on the Correction tab in the Options dialog box. See the online
Dragon Help for more information.
You can also access the Spell dialog box when using the Select or Correct
commands.
For a list of how to spell special characters, see the Spelling topic in the
Dragon Help.

Playing back your dictation

Playback commands work in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word (Versions
97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2007), Corel WordPerfect (Versions 8, 9, 10,
and 12), and Lotus Notes.
Although Dragon Medical Practice Edition never makes a spelling
mistake, the mistakes it does make can be challenging to find and fix.
Sometimes, what the program types looks very different from what you
actually said.
To make correcting mistakes easier, Dragon Medical Practice Edition
records your voice as you dictate. You can play back your voice whenever
you cannot tell by looking at your document what you originally said.
NOTE: Unless you have Dragon Professional or a higher edition, playback is
available only until you close a document. After you close a document,
Dragon deletes the recorded dictation for that document. See page 87 for
information on saving dictation for later correction (Professional and higher
editions).

Playing back dictation from the Correction menu

When you’re working in the Correction menu, click the Play Back button
or say “Play That Back” to play the dictation that goes with the words
you’re correcting. Then edit the text to match what you said.
You can set up Dragon Medical Practice Edition to play back dictation
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menu, select Tools > Options > Correction tab. On the Correction tab,
select Automatic playback on correction.
Sometimes, there’s no dictation to play back. For example, you cannot
play back text that wasn’t entered by voice, such as words you typed or
pasted into your document.
NOTE: Even when you have entered text by voice, you cannot play it back
after you have cut it, copied it, pasted it, or otherwise moved it around in the
document.
If you have Dragon Medical Practice Edition, you can save your dictation
with your document for later playback (see Dictate now, correct later on
page 87). Otherwise, you cannot play back dictation after closing a
document.
If dictation is not available, the Play Back button is dimmed (grayed out).
When playback is not available, you may find text-to-speech useful for
checking your work. See Notes on correcting with another author’s user
profiles on page 89.

Playing back dictation in a document

To help you check your work for mistakes, you can play back a line, a
paragraph, a selection, or the whole document. After playback starts, you
can stop it as soon as you notice a mistake and automatically open the
Correction menu.
The Playback toolbar is an extra section of the DragonBar that is
normally hidden. To see the Playback toolbar, click the double chevron
icon on the DragonBar to open the Extras toolbar.
Stop
Begin
Playback Begin Fast
Playback
Forward

Correction Transcribe
Begin Read
Button Button
Rewind That

To play back dictation:

To play back dictation, do any of the following:
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■ Click the Begin Playback button on the Playback toolbar.

■ Move the insertion point to the text you want to play back and say any
of the following commands:

S AY TO
Play Back Line Play back dictation for the current line.
Play Back Paragraph Play back dictation for the current
paragraph.
Play Back Document Play back dictation for the whole
document.
Play Back Window Play back dictation for the text in view.
Play Back to Here Play back dictation from the top of the doc-
ument window to the insertion point.
Play Back from Here Play back dictation from the insertion point
to the bottom of the document window.

To stop playback:
To stop playback, do any of the following:
■ Click the Stop Playback button on the Playback toolbar.
■ Click anywhere in the document window.
■ Press the ESC key.
(It’s not possible to stop playback by voice, because the computer cannot
hear speech input when it is playing back dictation.)
To skip backward or forward:
You can skip backward or forward in your document by a few words by
clicking the Begin Rewind and Begin Fast Forward buttons.
To stop playback and correct a mistake:
To stop playback and correct a mistake, do any of the following:
■ Click the Correction button on the Playback toolbar.
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This stops playback and simultaneously opens the Correction menu.

There you can correct the text for the last phrase played back.
NOTE: By default, Dragon Medical Practice Edition stores about 90 minutes
of dictation (100 MB). If you want to be able to store more dictation, you can
change the amount of disk space that’s set aside for storing it. On the Tools
menu, click Options, and then click the Data tab. Increase the number in the
Disk space reserved for playback box.

Dictate now, correct later

When you dictate into the DragonPad, you can save your dictation with
your text so either you or someone else can correct it later. You must
create and edit your file in the DragonPad to be able to play back
dictation.
You can save dictation with your document if you select the Save
recorded dictation with document box on the Data tab of the Options
dialog. The first time you save a document in DragonPad during an
editing session, Dragon Medical Practice Edition asks you whether you
want to save your speech data. If you save your speech data, you can
reopen the document at a later time and play back your dictation. If you
do not save your speech data, your dictation is stored only during the
current editing session.

Correcting your own dictation

If you save your dictation, you can open your file later and play back and
correct the text as if you had just dictated it.
Correcting someone else’s dictation
You can play back someone else’s dictation and correct the text to match
the dictation. You can do this in two ways:
■ Correct the dictation using your own user profiles.
■ Correct the dictation using the document author’s user profiles.

Correcting with your own user profiles

You should use this correction technique if you regularly correct another
person’s text by voice and it is not important to maximize the author’s
recognition accuracy.
When you use your own user profiles to correct someone else’s text, you
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using any combination of voice commands and keyboard typing. Even

though you are correcting someone else’s dictation, your work won’t
reduce recognition accuracy for either you or the person who dictated the
text. But your corrections to the other person’s dictation won’t improve
his or her recognition either.

Correcting with the document author’s user profiles

You should use this correction technique if you do not need to correct by
voice and it is important to maximize the author’s recognition accuracy.
TIP: This technique works if all work is done on a single computer. Consult
your Dragon reseller about ways to dictate on one computer and correct on
another.
If you correct dictation using the author’s user profiles, you must not
correct by voice, or you may reduce that person’s recognition accuracy.
You can, however, improve the author’s recognition accuracy if you make
corrections by using the keyboard and mouse with the Correction menu,
as in the following procedure.
To correct using someone else’s user profiles:
1 Make sure you are not wearing the microphone headset, or that the
microphone is not turned on or plugged in. This action ensures that
you don’t accidentally reduce the accuracy of someone else’s user
profiles by using your voice.
2 Be sure the DragonPad Extras toolbar is displayed so you can see the
playback command buttons.
3 Open the user profiles of the person whose text you will correct.
4 In DragonPad, open the document to correct.
5 Use the buttons on the Extras toolbar to play back dictation.
6 Select the text you want to correct by mouse or keyboard.
7 Press the correction hot key (normally the Ctrl+ minus [–] key on the
numeric key pad) or click the Correction button on the DragonBar
Extras toolbar. The Correction menu appears with the selected text.
8 Use the keyboard to correct the text.
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NOTE: Notes on correcting with another author’s user profiles

This technique is effective if all work is done on a single computer. Consult
your Dragon reseller about ways to dictate on one computer and correct on
another.
Display the DragonBar Extras toolbar by clicking the double chevron icon
on the DragonBar (not possible in Cling mode).
■In the Correction menu, you can use the mouse or keyboard to select any of
the commands displayed below the correction choices. For example, you
can click Spell That to open the Spell dialog box and spell the word.
■You may want to select the following on the Correction tab of the Options
dialog box:
■ Correct commands bring up Spelling Window
■ Automatic playback on correction

With these settings, Dragon Medical Practice Edition automatically

plays back the author’s dictation for each selection of text you correct.
The Correction menu does not play back dictation.
■When you correct someone else’s dictation, be sure that the amount of disk
space you have reserved for storing dictation is at least as large as the
amount allocated for the user that created the text. You allocate the disk
space on the Data tab of the Options dialog box.
■Saving dictation with documents can take up more than a megabyte of disk
space per minute of dictation. To save this space, delete any dictation
audio you no longer need.
■Dragon Medical Practice Edition saves dictation audio in a file with the
same name as the document, but with the .dra extension. For example, for
a document called MyDoc.rtf, Dragon saves your dictation in a file called
MyDoc.dra in the same directory as your document.

Using text-to-speech
You can use text-to-speech to have text displaying on your screen (not
your current dictation) read aloud in a computer voice. You can use this
feature to have Dragon Medical Practice Edition read back a document
that you (or someone else) dictated while you listen for mistakes and
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Text-to-speech is available only in the DragonPad, Microsoft Word, and

Corel WordPerfect. You can, however, copy and paste text from other
programs and then use text-to-speech.
To start text-to-speech, do one of the following:
■ Select the text you want to hear (a line, a paragraph, and so on), and
then say “Read That.”
■ Select the text you want to hear, and then select Read That from the
Audio menu (or right-click in your document and click Read That from
the shortcut menu).
■ Move the insertion point to the text you want to hear and say any of the
following commands:

S AY TO
Read Line Read back the current line.
Read Paragraph Read back the current paragraph.
Read Document Read back the whole document.
Read Window Read back the text in view.
Read to Here Read back from the top of the document
window to the insertion point.
Read from Here Read back from the insertion point to the
bottom of the document window.

To stop text-to-speech, do one of the following:

■ On the DragonBar, on the Extras toolbar, click the Stop Playback
button
■ Right-click in your document and click Stop Playback/Reading from
the shortcut menu.
■ Press the ESC key.
You can control the speed, pitch, volume, and other text-to-speech
settings. On the DragonBar, click Tools > Options and select the
Playback/Text-to-speech tab.

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ou can bold text, change font sizes and styles, capitalize text, and
Y apply other formatting by voice.
Many formatting commands in Dragon Medical Practice Edition work for
text that is selected (highlighted) in your document. To select text by
voice, say “Select” plus the words you want to select. See Selecting text
by voice on page 74 for information.

Types of commands

Most of the commands listed in this chapter are global—they are

available in virtually every application. In addition to the global
commands listed here, Dragon Medical Practice Edition includes
many commands for editing and formatting that work in common
applications. For more information on finding these commands see
the Dragon Help.

NOTE: You can change the formatting properties of a word by using the Word
Properties dialog box. For example, you can set Dragon Medical Practice
Edition to type a space before or after a word, or to capitalize a word in a
title. See the Dragon Help for more information.

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Capitalizing text
Capitalizing first letter of next word you dictate
Dragon Medical Practice Edition capitalizes many words automatically,
such as the first word in a sentence (following a period, question mark, or
exclamation mark). It capitalizes the first word after you say “New
Paragraph” (not when you say “New Line”) and it capitalizes proper
names (when these words are already in the Dragon Medical Practice
Edition vocabulary in capitalized form).
NOTE: You can change the spacing and capitalization rules for a word in the
Word Properties dialog box. See the Dragon Help for more information.
When you’re dictating, you can capitalize words that aren’t automatically
capitalized by saying “Cap” and then the word. For example, say “Cap
zelda” to get Zelda.
TIP: If saying “Cap <word>” doesn’t work, try say “Cap Next <word>.”
TIP: To dictate the word “cap,” for example, in this sentence: The company
is putting a cap on salary increases, you must say “the company is putting a”
then say “Spell c-a-p,” and then say “on salary increases.” In this way,
Dragon Medical Practice Edition knows that you do not want to capitalize
any of the words within the sentence.

Capitalizing consecutive words

When you want to capitalize consecutive words (for example, if you’re
dictating a book title), you can turn capitals on and then turn them off
when you’re finished. This is usually easier than saying “Cap” before
each word. Another way to do consecutive capitalization is to dictate the
words, pause, and then say “Capitalize That” or “Cap That.”
To capitalize the first letters of consecutive words:
1 Say “Caps On” to turn capitals on.
NOTE: When “Caps On” is active, Dragon Medical Practice Edition uses
title case. This means it capitalizes the first letters all words except for
articles and prepositions (such as “the” and “to”).
2 Dictate the words you want capitalized. For example, say: “success
is a journey [colon] seven steps to achieving success in the
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Dragon Medical Practice Edition types:

Success Is a Journey: Seven Steps to Achieving Success in the
Business of Life
3 Say “Caps Off” to turn capitals off.

Dictating next word in all capital letters

When you’re dictating, you can enter a word in all capital letters by
saying “All Caps” and then the word.
For example, say “All Caps please” to get PLEASE.

Dictating consecutive words in all capital letters

When you want to dictate consecutive words in all capitals, you can turn
all capitals on and then turn them off when you’ve finished.
To dictate consecutive words in all capitals:
1 Say “All Caps On” to turn all capitals on (like pressing the CAPS
LOCK key).

2 Dictate the words that you want to appear in all caps. For example, say
“the end” and Dragon Medical Practice Edition types THE END
3 Say “All Caps Off” to turn all capitals off.

Dictating next word in all lowercase letters

When you’re dictating, you can enter a word in all lowercase letters by
saying “No Caps” and then the word.
For example, say “No Caps Jennifer” to get jennifer. (Dragon Medical
Practice Edition normally capitalizes this and other proper names.)

Dictating consecutive words in all lowercase letters

When you want to dictate consecutive words in lowercase letters (for
example, names of computer files or e-mail addresses), you can turn the
“no capitals” feature on and then turn it off when you are finished. This is
usually easier than saying “No Caps” before each word.
To dictate consecutive words in all lowercase letters:
1 Say “No Caps On” to turn no capitals on.

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2 Dictate the words you want to appear in all lowercase.

3 Say “No Caps Off” to turn no capitals off.

Capitalizing (or uncapitalizing) text already in your

document
You can change the capitalization of text already in your document by
selecting it and then saying “Capitalize That,” “Cap That,” or “All
Caps That,” or “Uncapitalize That,” “Uncap That,” or “No Caps
That.”
To capitalize or uncapitalize text:
1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Capitalize That,” “Cap That,” or “All Caps That,” or

“Uncapitalize That,” “Uncap That,” or “No Caps That.”

Formatting text
You can use voice commands to specify any combination of font name,
size, and style, in that order. These commands change text you dictate
from then on or text you have selected.
To set a new style for text you are about to dictate, use the “Set Font”
and “Set Size” commands. To change the style of text you have already
selected, use the “Format That” command.

Changing the font as you dictate

While dictating, you can change the font face, size, and style by saying
“Set Font” followed by the font attributes you want. For example, you
can say “Set Font Times” or “Set Font Arial 12 Bold.” When you
continue dictating, the new text appears with the font attributes you set.
Changing font face
S AY THEN
Set Font Arial
Courier
Courier New

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SAY T H EN
Garamond
Helvetica
Palatino
Times
Times New Roman

Changing font size

Say “Set Size” and then a size from 4 to 100 points. For example, say
“Set Size 18.” Then, continue dictating.
Changing font style
SAY THEN
Set Font Bold
Italics
Bold Italics
Underline
Strikeout
Plain or Plain Text or Normal or Regular

Changing a combination of font face, size, and style

Say “Set Font” and then the attributes you want (listed in the previous
sections). You can specify any combination of font face, size, and style,
but you must specify these attributes in that order (font face, then size,
then style). See the list of examples below:
■ “Set Font Arial”
■ “Set Font Arial 12” or “Set Font Arial 12 Point”
■ “Set Size 12 Bold”
■ “Set Font Arial Bold”
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NOTE: If you’re changing only the font size, use the “Set Size” commands,
not the “Set Font” command.

Changing the font later

You can go back and change the font face, size, or style of text by
selecting it and then using the “Format That” commands. “Format
That” works on selected text with the same combinations of font face,
size, and style as the “Set Font” commands (see the tables in the
previous section.)
To change the font:
1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Format That” and then the font attributes you want to apply as
described in the previous section. For example, say “Format that
Arial 18.”

Bold, italics, and underlining

You can apply formatting to text in your document by selecting it and then
saying “Bold That,” “Italicize That,” or “Underline That.” You can
also say “Strikeout That.”
To add bold, italics, and underlining:
1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Bold That,” “Italicize That,” “Underline That,” or

“Strikeout That.”
To remove formatting:
1 Select the text you want to change.

2 Say “Restore That” to remove formatting.

Aligning text
You can change how text is aligned by placing your insertion point in the
text and saying “Center That,” “Left Align That,” or “Right Align
That.”
To align text:
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2 Say “Center That,” “Left Align That,” or “Right Align That.”

You can also use the following commands on selected text: “Format
That Centered,” “Format That Left Aligned,” and “Format That
Right Aligned.”

Bulleted text
To add bullets to text, place your insertion point in the text and say
“Format that Bullet Style.” To remove bullets, say “Format that
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Punctuation, and Special Characters
his chapter describes how to dictate numbers, punctuation, Web
T addresses, and a few other special items. For complete information
on this topic, see the Dragon Help.
NOTE: If Dragon Medical Practice Edition is not formatting a word as you
would like, you can change the formatting properties of the word by using the
Word Properties dialog box. See the online help for more information.

Dictating numbers
In most cases you can dictate numbers, including postal codes, as you
normally say them. Dragon Medical Practice Edition
displays either a numeral (“3”) or the word (“three”), based on the
context. To force recognition of digits as numerals instead of text without
using the Numbers Mode, say “Numeral” before you say the digit, for
example, say “Numeral Three” to get 3. When dictating numbers:
■ You can use or omit the word and as part of a number. For example, say
“one hundred fifty” instead of “one hundred and fifty” to get the
number 150.
■ You can use “oh” and “zero” interchangeably to get 0.
■ If you want a comma in a four-digit number, you must speak it
explicitly. Numbers with five or more digits automatically include
commas, with the exception of US ZIP codes.
■ For a decimal point, say “point.”

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TIP: If you want to dictate only numbers, you can switch to “Numbers
Mode.” See Switching recognition modes on page 115 for more
information.

TO ENTER SA Y
1 one
numeral one
5 five
numeral five
17 seventeen
23 twenty three
179 one hundred seventy nine
one seventy nine
5423 five thousand four hundred and twenty three
5,423 five [comma] four twenty three
12,537 twelve thousand five hundred and thirty seven
142,015 one hundred and forty two thousand and fifteen
35.23 thirty five [point] two three
0.03 zero [point] zero three
43.28% forty three [point] twenty eight [percent sign]
02460 oh two four six zero
02460-1458 oh two four six zero [hyphen] one four five eight
2 3/4 two and three fourths
11/32 eleven over thirty two
$99.50 ninety nine dollars and fifty cents
45.35 45 Euros and thirty-five cents
£120.35 pound sterling sign one hundred and twenty point
thirty five

NOTE: If you are having problems dictating numbers, currency, times, or

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Using Numbers mode

Any time you need to dictate a series of numbers and do not want Dragon
Medical Practice Edition to recognize them as words, you can turn on
Numbers Mode. This could be useful, for example, if you are dictating in
a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft® Excel®.
To turn on Numbers Mode, say “Start Numbers Mode” or “Numbers
Mode On.” To turn off Numbers Mode, say, “Stop Numbers Mode” or
“Numbers Mode Off” or “Switch to Normal Mode.”
For more information on Numbers Mode and more ways to turn Numbers
Mode on and off, see the section Switching recognition modes on page
115.

Dates
You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say them. Say
“oh” or “zero” to enter 0.

TO ENTER S AY
22 January 1999 twenty two January nineteen ninety nine
April 9, 2001 April 9 [comma] two thousand and one
14/07/85 fourteen [slash] oh seven [slash] eighty five
3/11/02 three [slash] eleven [slash] zero two
3/11/2002 three [slash] eleven [slash] two thousand and
two
April 1st April first
March 22nd March twenty second
the 1980s the nineteen eighties

See also Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers on

page 103.

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Times of day
Dictate the time of day the way you would normally say it.
Dragon Medical Practice Edition automatically types the colon (:) if you
say “a m” or “p m” when dictating the time. Say “o’clock” or “colon
zero zero” to enter 00.

TO ENTER S AY
8:30 eight [colon] thirty
7:45 AM seven forty five a m
10:22 PM ten twenty two p m
3:00 three o’clock or three [colon] zero zero
5:00 PM five o’clock p m

See also Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers on page

103.

Telephone numbers
North American phone numbers
Say US and Canadian phone numbers as you normally would, pausing
briefly between each group of numbers.
You don’t need to dictate hyphens for most phone numbers (numbers that
are 7, 10, or 11 digits long). Dragon Medical Practice Edition adds them
automatically.

TO ENTER SA Y
965-5200 nine six five fifty two hundred
617-965-5200 six one seven nine six five fifty two oh oh
1-800-555-1212 one eight hundred five five five one two one
two
(617) 965-5200 [open parenthesis] six one seven [close
parenthesis] nine six five five two zero zero
1-212-555-1212 one two one two five five five one two one
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Telephone numbers outside North America

To dictate other phone numbers, including European phone numbers, you
must say all the punctuation, including the hyphens, spaces, and
parentheses.

TO ENTER S AY
(01628) 894150 [open parenthesis] oh one six two eight [close
parenthesis] eight nine four one five oh
027 629 8944 oh two seven [space bar] six two nine [space
bar] eight nine four four
61-7-4695-2055 six one [hyphen] seven [hyphen] four six nine
five [hyphen] two zero five five
(65) 2778590 [open parenthesis] six five [close parenthesis]
two seven seven eight five nine zero

See also Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers on

page 103.

Automatic formatting of dates, times, telephone numbers

To indicate how you want dates, times, telephone numbers, and other
numbers automatically formatted:
1 On the DragonBar, select Tools > Auto-Formatting. The Auto-
Formatting dialog box appears.
2 Click the check box labeled Format dates and select the format you
want from its drop-down list. For instance, select Month D, YYYY or
D/M/YY.
3 Click the check box labeled Format times. Dragon Medical Practice
Edition formats times based on your Regional Settings in Windows.
4 To have hyphens added to a phone number automatically, click the
check box labeled Format phone numbers (all other editions).
5 You can also click the check box for Prefer 5 million over 5,000,000.
6 Other formats you can click check boxes for on this tab include United
Kingdom and Canadian postal codes and several non-numeric formats
that involve using common abbreviations, expanded contractions,

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abbreviations of units of measure and titles (such as Mr., Ms., Dr.), and
formats for web and email addresses as well as street addresses.
7 Click OK to save the settings and close the dialog box.

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 ENTER SA Y
1/2 one half
1/4 one fourth or one quarter
15/16 fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen
3 7/8 three and seven eighths or three and seven over
eight

If the denominator (bottom number in the fraction) is greater than 10, you
can enter the fraction by saying “slash” or “over” between the two
numbers.

TO ENTER SAY
9/12 nine [slash] twelve or nine over twelve
5 3/56 five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six
130/70 one thirty over seventy

A few common fractions can also be displayed on your computer as

special characters (such as ¼, ½, or ¾) instead of two numbers separated
by a slash character (such as 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4). For information about
dictating fraction characters, see Switching recognition modes on page
115.

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Roman numerals
You can dictate Roman numerals by saying “Roman numeral” and the
number. For large numbers, say the number in small combinations (as in
the examples shown here).

TO ENTER SAY
I Roman Numeral one
IV Roman Numeral four
V Roman Numeral five
X Roman Numeral ten
L Roman Numeral fifty
C Roman Numeral one hundred
D Roman Numeral five hundred
M Roman Numeral one thousand
XXIV Roman Numeral twenty four
XXXI Roman Numeral thirty one
MCMXCVII Roman Numeral one thousand
Roman Numeral nine hundred
Roman Numeral ninety
Roman Numeral seven

TIP: Don’t pause after the word “Roman Numeral” when you’re dictating a
Roman numeral. If you pause, Dragon Medical Practice Edition may enter,
for example, “Roman numeral three” instead of “III.”

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Postal and ZIP Codes

Dragon Medical Practice Edition can automatically formats postal codes.
This feature is controlled from the Auto-Formatting tab of the Options
dialog box. For more information, see the Dragon Help.
US ZIP Codes
You can dictate US five-digit ZIP codes just as you dictate any group of
numbers. When dictating nine-digit ZIP codes, you must say the hyphen.

TO ENTER S AY
01886 oh one eight eight six
94704-1150 nine four seven oh four [hyphen] one one
five oh

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 ENTER SAY
NG3 2HX Postcode n g three two h x
E10 7BD Postcode e ten seven b d
EC2Y 4LK Postcode e c two y four l k
K1A 0M5 Postal code k one a zero m five
X0A 0H0 Postal code x oh a oh h oh

Currency and coin

You dictate your own currency as you would normally say it.
Currency in US/Canada
TO ENTER SAY
$58.00 fifty eight dollars and zero cents
$1.75 one dollar and seventy five cents

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TO ENTER S AY
$5.25 five dollars and twenty five cents
$3.9 billion three point nine billion dollars
45 forty five euros
99.50 ninety-nine euros and five cents
£ 2.20 pound sterling sign two point two oh
£ 5 million pound sterling sign five million

NOTE: Dragon Medical Practice Edition uses the currency symbol ($, £, and
so on) specified in your Windows Regional Settings as your default currency.
Dictate other currencies by first saying the currency symbol followed by
the digits.
If your Regional Settings are set to the United States or Canada, your
default currency is $ (dollar). If you want to dictate a dollar currency
amount, dictate it the way you normally do. 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: You must say “pound sterling sign” to enter £, since “pound sign”
means # in the U.S. vocabulary.

Punctuation
Using Natural Punctuation
Dragon Medical Practice Edition can automatically add commas and
periods at the appropriate places in your dictation without your having to
explicitly speak that punctuation. This Natural Punctuation feature can be
useful in helping you get used to dictation by focusing on what you are
saying rather than how your speech is punctuated.
Natural Punctuation only inserts periods and commas. You still have to
dictate other punctuation marks. Even with Natural Punctuation turned
on, you can still dictate periods and commas. As you become more adept
at dictation and want more control over where punctuation appears, you
may want to explicitly dictate all your punctuation.

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For information on correcting punctuation, see Correcting Punctuation on

page 74.
TIP: Periods will only appear at the end of a sentence once you have started
the next utterance or said “New Line” or “New Paragraph.”

Enabling and disabling automatic punctuation

Natural Punctuation is turned on by default.
There are two ways of turning Natural Punctuation on and off:
■ Select Auto-Formatting Options from the Tools menu of the
DragonBar and click Automatically add commas and periods.
■ By saying “autopunctuation on” and “autopunctuation off.”
Turning Natural Punctuation on and off by voice sets the option above
in the Auto-Formatting dialog box. If you disable Natural Punctuation
by voice, it stays disabled until you enable it again.

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 Dragon Help.

TO ENTER S AY
, comma
. period
dot
point or full stop
[each one has different spacing
characteristics]
? question mark
! exclamation mark
exclamation point
“ open quote
close quote
‘ open single quote
close single quote

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TO ENTER SAY
( open paren
left paren
left parenthesis
open parenthesis
) close paren
right paren
right parenthesis
close parenthesis
‘ apostrophe
‘s apostrophe-ess
- hyphen
minus sign
-- [double hyphen] dash
space bar

You can use the Vocabulary Editor to view or change the formatting
properties of the punctuation.

Words that end with ’s

To dictate a word ending with apostrophe S (’s), just say it as you
normally would. Dragon Medical Practice Edition often adds it. If Dragon
doesn’t include the ’s, you can add it later.

TO ENTER SAY
We took Mary’s car We took Mary’s car
that’s enough that’s enough
it’s time to go it’s time to go

Including ’s as you dictate

When you want to make sure that Dragon Medical Practice Edition types
a word with ’s, say “apostrophe ess” after saying the word. For words

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that already end in “s,” say “apostrophe” after the word, as in the
second example shown here.

TO ENTER SAY
We took my brother’s We took my brother [apostro-
car phe ess] car
I met my friends’ I met my friends [apostrophe]
children children

TIP: You can add ‘s to a word by selecting it and then saying it again with
“apostrophe ess.“

Dictating hyphenated words

Many hyphenated words and phrases are already in the Dragon
vocabulary. To dictate a word or phrase that is usually hyphenated, just
say it as you normally would.

TO ENTER SAY
long-lasting long lasting
up-to-date schedule up to date schedule
Tokyo-based company Tokyo based company
nine-year-old boy nine year old boy

Including hyphens as you dictate

To hyphenate words that Dragon Medical Practice Edition doesn’t
hyphenate automatically, just say “hyphen” wherever you want a
hyphen.

TO ENTER S AY
speech-recognition speech [hyphen] recognition software
software
power-sharing agreement power [hyphen] sharing agreement
Elizabeth Walker-Smith Elizabeth Walker [hyphen] Smith

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You can hyphenate words you just dictated with the command
“Hyphenate That.” Select the words you want to hyphenate and say
“Hyphenate That.” If you say this command when no words are
selected, Dragon Medical Practice Edition usually hyphenates 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:
1 Say “Select hyphen.”

2 Say “Space Bar.”

Preventing hyphens
You can prevent Dragon Medical Practice Edition 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 “lasting.” Or you can say “long
space bar lasting” without pausing, to insert a space in place of the
hyphen.

Dictating compound words

Dragon Medical Practice Edition joins compound words (such as “note”
and “book” to form “notebook”) automatically, based on standard usage.
To dictate a compound word, just say it as you normally would.

Compounding words as you dictate

To compound words that Dragon Medical Practice Edition doesn’t join
automatically, just say “No Space” between the words.

TO ENTER SAY
unitednations united [No Space] nations
WorldWide Web [Cap] world [No Space] [Cap] wide
[Cap] web

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You can also dictate consecutive words without spaces by turning No

spaces on and then turning them off when you’ve finished.
To dictate consecutive words without spaces:
1 Say “No Space On” to turn spaces off.

2 Dictate the words you want to appear without spaces.

3 Say “No Space Off” to turn spacing back on.

Compounding words later

You can compound the last words you said or compound selected words
by saying “Compound That.” This command removes all spaces
between selected words. Or, if no words are selected, it removes all spaces
in the last utterance. Any tabs or line breaks are also removed.
To compound words:
1 Select the text you want to join. For example, if you want to join the
words “Web TV,” say “Select Web TV.”
2 Say “Compound That.”

Dictating names
Many names of people, places, and events are already in the Dragon
vocabulary. For example, you can dictate “Martin Luther King,”
“New York Times,” and “Boston.”
To dictate a name, first try dictating the name. Dragon Medical Practice
Edition automatically capitalizes the names it knows. If Dragon
incorrectly types the name, correct it by keyboard or by voice (see
Chapter 5: 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 Dragon Help for more information.

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Dictating abbreviations and acronyms

Dragon Medical Practice Edition 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 ENTER SAY
Dr. Doctor
UK U K (say each letter)
RSVP R S V P (say each letter)
HTML H T M L (say each letter)
8 cm eight centimeters
pp. 27–33 pages 27 hyphen 33
NATO NATO (say as one word)
NASDAQ NASDAQ (say as one word)

If Dragon Medical Practice Edition types the full word instead of the
abbreviation or acronym, enters the wrong word, or includes incorrect
punctuation, just correct it in your document by voice or by keyboard.

Dictating e-mail and Web addresses

Dictate e-mail and Web addresses as you would normally say them.
Dragon Medical Practice Edition automatically formats them for you.

TO ENTER SAY
[email protected] Virginia at a o l dot com
info@samplecom- [No Caps On] info at sample
pany.com company dot com [No Caps
Off]
http://www.nuance.com [No Caps On] h t t p w w w
dot nuance dot com [No Caps
Off]

Here are some guidelines for dictating e-mail and Web addresses:

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■ When you say “h t t p” or “w w w,” Dragon Medical Practice Edition

knows to format the next words you say as a Web address.
■ Say the following abbreviations by pronouncing them as words:
“co,” “com,” “gov,” “mil,” “net,” and “org.”
■ Say the following abbreviations by saying each letter:
“a c,” “b n,” “c a,” “e d u,” “ie,” “h k,” “i d,” “i n,” “j p,”
“m y,” “p h,” “s g,” “t h,” and “u k.”
■ Use the “No Caps On” and “No Caps Off” commands to enter an
e-mail or Web address in all lowercase letters. For more information
about controlling capitalization, see Dictating consecutive words in all
lowercase letters on page 93.
TIP: You can create Text and Graphics custom commands for e-mail and
Web addresses you use often. See the online Dragon Help for more
information.

Dictating special characters

Dictating common special characters
The following special characters are in the Dragon vocabulary. To dictate
these characters, just say their names.

TO ENTER SAY
& ampersand or and sign
* asterisk
@ at sign
` backquote
© copyright sign
^ caret
° degree sign
$ dollar sign or dollar
euros or euro sign
% percent sign

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TO ENTER S AY
® registered sign
§ section sign
™ trademark sign
+ plus sign
- minus sign
« open euro quote
» close euro quote
# number sign or pound sign or hash sign
£ pound sterling sign
:-) smiley face
:-( frowny face
;-) winky face

For complete lists of special characters, see the Dragon Help.

Switching recognition modes

Dragon Medical Practice Edition lets you use different recognition modes
in your dictation. Dragon uses normal mode by default. In normal mode,
the program distinguishes between words, numbers, and commands.
In addition to normal mode, there are other modes:
■ Numbers mode—Dragon Medical Practice Edition recognizes only
numbers, commands, and punctuation. If you are dictating only
numbers (including currencies), working in this mode increases
recognition accuracy.
■ Spell mode—Dragon Medical Practice Edition recognizes only letters,
numbers, commands, and punctuation. In Spell mode, Dragon Medical
Practice Edition allows you to say any combination of letters, digits, or
symbols you might need dictate part numbers or license plate numbers.
You can also say keystrokes such as space bar or backspace key. Spell
mode is also useful for dictating internet or Web addresses.

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■ Command mode—Dragon Medical Practice Edition interprets

everything you say as a command and nothing is interpreted as dictated
text.
■ Dictation mode—Dragon Medical Practice Edition interprets
everything you say as dictation and nothing is interpreted as a
command, except for a few commands such as “New Line” and “New
Paragraph.”
To changes modes, you can:
1 Select the Words menu on the DragonBar and click the name of the
mode you want.
2 Switch modes by voice by saying one of these commands:

M OD E TO TURN ON, SA Y TO TURN OFF, SA Y

Numbers mode Numbers mode On or Numbers mode Off or
Start Numbers Mode Stop Numbers mode or
or Switch to Numbers Switch to Normal
mode mode
Spell mode Spell mode On or Spell Mode Off or
Start Spell mode or Stop Spell Mode or
Switch to Spell mode Switch to Normal
mode
Command mode Command mode On Command mode Off
or Start Command or Stop Command
mode or Switch to mode or Switch to
Command mode Normal mode
Dictation mode Dictation mode On or Dictation mode Off or
Start Dictation mode Stop Dictation mode
or Switch to Dicta- or Switch to Normal
tion mode mode

Turning a mode off by voice is the same as switching back to Normal

mode.
NOTE: You cannot dictate fractions in Number mode.

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Information, Sales, Services and Technical Support

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■ http://support.nuance.com/
■ http://www.nuance.com/help/contact
The Nuance website gives access to many resources, including Frequently
Asked Questions, usage tips, customer stories, Customer Service
information, Technical Support content, and a detailed comparison
between Dragon editions.
It also lists Value-Added Resellers who provide training and
customization services for Dragon, in person or remotely. These Nuance
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special equipment, environments, workflows, goals, and needs; enlisting
their services is particularly efficient for very busy users, very young
users, users who are new to computers, and in case of issues with hearing,
vision, mobility, or dyslexia, for instance.
If you purchased your software from a Value-Added Reseller, contact
them directly for technical support.
The Support area of the Nuance website offers a Knowledge Base of Tech
Notes containing the latest technical information on the Dragon product
family, including versions predating Dragon Medical Practice Edition. It
also includes documentation (User Guides, Reference Card…) and
listings of microphones, digital voice recorders, tablet PCs, and other
compatible hardware devices tested by Nuance and approved for use with
Dragon Medical Practice Edition.

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Index check boxes, selecting 48

clicking the mouse 58
Coexistence with previous versions 7
A Command Mode 116
abbreviations 109
commas
acronyms 109
autoimatically adding 103
All Caps Off 87
Compound That 108
All Caps On 87
compound words 107-108
All Caps That 88
contractions. See apostrophe ’s
All Caps [text] 87
Copy That 72
American English 13
apostrophe ’s 105 copying text 72
Correct [text] Through [text] 2, 67
applications
Correct [text] To [text] 2, 67
opening 45
switching 46 Correction menu 61
Audio Setup Wizard 20 creating a new user 17
Australian English 13 currency 101
Cut That 68, 72
cutting text 72
B
BACKSPACE key 74
Bold That 90 D
British English 13 dates 96
bulleted text 91 deferred correction 79
buttons, selecting 48 Delete That 73
deleting text
C backing up and resuming dictation 72
Cap That 88 characters 74
Cap [word] 86 last words dictated 72
Capitalize That 88 lines 73
Capitalize That 88 paragraphs 73
capitalizing text specific words 68, 73-74
already in a document 88 deselecting text 67
applying lowercase 87 dictate now, correct later 79
consecutive words 86-87 Dictation Box 36
next word 85 Dictation Mode 116
Caps Off 87 dictation, saving for later playback 79
Caps On 86 documents
Center That 91 moving to top/bottom 69
characters opening 45-46
deleting 74 selecting all text in 68
moving to next/previous 71 dollar sign 101
selecting 69 Dragon Log 26

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DragonBar 31, 39 I
Extras toolbar on 40 icons, selecting 49
DragonPad 33 Indian English 13
Insert After [text] 70
E Insert Before [text] 70
e-mail addresses, dictating 110 installation 8
ESC key 78, 83 International Communications Alphabet 52
Extras toolbar 40, 81 Internet addresses 110
Italicize That 90

F italics, adding or removing 90

folders, opening 45-46
fonts, changing 88 K
Format That 90 keyboard shortcuts
Format That Centered 91 stopping playback 78-79, 83
Format That Left Aligned 91 keyboard, pressing keys 51, 53-55
Format That Number 95
Format That Right Aligned 91 L
Left Align That 91
Format That Spelled Out 95
lines
formatting text 88
deleting 73
applying bold 90
moving to beginning/end of 70
applying italics 90
moving up/down 71
applying underlining 90
selecting 68
changing font face, size, and style 88
list boxes 50-51
removing formatting 90
lowercase, applying 87
fractions 99

M
G making selections
Give Me Help 37
list boxes 51
Go to Beginning of Line 70 measurements. See abbreviations
Go to Bottom 69 menus, opening and closing 47
Go to End of Line 70 microphone
Go to Sleep 32 plugging in 6
Go to Top 69 proper positioning 20
sleep mode 32
H turning on and off 31
help minus (-) key 79
online 37 modes 116
homophones, tips for selecting 66-67 money 101
Hyphenate That 107 mouse
hyphenated words 106 clicking 58
dictating 106 moving the pointer 55-57, 59
hyphens 106 MouseGrid 56
preventing 107 Move to Bottom 69
removing 107 Move to Top 69

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moving around a document Paste That 72

before/after specific words 70 pasting text 72
to beginning/end of line 70 periods
by paragraphs or lines 71 automatically adding 103
scrolling 50 phone numbers 97
to top/bottom of page 69 Play That Back 78
by words or characters 71 playback controls 76
multiple users 6 playing back dictation 76
correcting mistakes 79
N in the Correction dialog box 76
names in a document 77
dictating 108 skipping backward 78
Natural Punctuation 33, 103 skipping forward 78
new user, creating 17 stopping 78-79
No Caps Off 88, 110 storage space for 79
No Caps On 88, 110 possessives. See apostrophe ’s
No Caps That 88 postal and ZIP codes 100
No Caps [text] 87 pound sterling 101
No Space 108 problems dictating currency or time 95
No Space Off 108 programs, opening. See opening applications
No Space On 108 proper names, dictating 108
numbers 93 punctuation 33, 103
changing formats 95 automatic 103
currency 94, 101
dates 96 Q
fractions 99 QuickStart 43
Roman numerals 100
telephone numbers 97 R
times of day 96 Read That 82
Numbers Mode 95-96 Regional Settings control panel 95
Restore That 90
O Resume With 72
opening revising text. See Select-and-Say
folders 45 Right Align That 91
opening applications 45 Roman numerals 100
options, selecting 48
S
P ’s 105
Page Down 69 saving dictation 79
Page Up 69 storage space for 82
pages. See moving around a document Scratch That 68, 72
paragraphs scrolling 50
deleting 73 searching while selecting 67
moving up/down 71 Select Again 67
selecting 68 Select All 68

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Select Document 68 typeface, changing 88

Select [text] 66
Select-and-Say U
Select-and-Say Indicator 40 UK English 13
selecting text 66 Uncapitalize 88
again 67 Uncapitalize That 88
characters 69 Underline That 90
a document 68 unselecting text 67
lines 68 Upgrading 25-26
paragraphs 68 directory structure 25
punctuation 66 user files
specific words 67, 69 creating 17
Set Font 88-89 multiple users 6
Set Size 89 users. See user files
Setup Log 26
Skip Backward 78 W
Skip Forward 78 Web addresses 110
Skip Word button 22 What Can I Say 38
sleeping 32 windows
software installation 8 switching between 46
Southeast Asian English 13 words
speakers, plugging in 6 deleting 68, 73-74
special characters 111 moving to next/previous 71
Spell Mode 116 placing insertion point before/after 70
Spell That 62 selecting 67, 69
Spell [text] 75
spelling Y
as you dictate 75 years 96
errors 76
starting applications. See opening Z
applications ZIP codes 100
Stop Listening 32
Strikeout That 90
student voice models 18
switching windows 46

T
Tab key 48
tabs (dialog box), selecting 48
teenage voices 18
telephone numbers 97
text-to-speech 82
times of day 96
tion 1
troubleshooting 39

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