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Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters
Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide
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These commands change the last number dictated or a selected number.
The “Format That Number” and “Format That Spelled Out” commands work for numerals
and currency, but not for dates, times of day, telephone numbers, and most fractions.
Using Numbers Mode
Any time you need to dictate a series of numbers and do not want Dragon
NaturallySpeaking 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
NaturallySpeaking 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.”
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 101.
and off, see the section “Switching Recognition Modes” on page 101.
Dates
You can dictate most dates the way you would normally say them. Say “oh” or “zero”
to enter 0. In dialects other than US/Canada, you can also say “nought.”
to enter 0. In dialects other than US/Canada, you can also say “nought.”
S A Y
TO C H ANG E
Format That Number
one to 1
first to 1st
nineteenth to 19th
5 million to 5,000,000
five million to 5,000,000
eight dollars to $8 (US/Canada)
seven pounds to £7 (Other Dialects)
first to 1st
nineteenth to 19th
5 million to 5,000,000
five million to 5,000,000
eight dollars to $8 (US/Canada)
seven pounds to £7 (Other Dialects)
Format That Spelled Out
4th to fourth
27 to twenty-seven
5,000,000 to five million
27 to twenty-seven
5,000,000 to five million
TO ENTE R
SAY
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
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