Nuance viavoice 10-personal edition Benutzerhandbuch

Appendix B. Frequently used commands in dictation

This appendix describes the commands you can use to place punctuation and
symbols in your text.

Most of these commands are implemented in ViaVoice as dictation macros. If
you do not like the action associated with a particular character, you can
change it with the Dictation Macro Editor.

Formatting and spacing

If a formatting command is misrecognized during your dictation and you do
not see it among the alternate words, type the command in the Correction
window exactly as shown below.

Say this: To obtain this result:

CAPITAL-LETTER Capitalizes the next word

LOWERCASE Puts the next word in lowercase letters

NEWLINE Starts a new line

NEWPARAGRAPH Inserts one blank line; next word is capitalized

NO-SPACE Prevents a space from being inserted

SPACEBAR Inserts a space

UPPERCASE Puts the next word in capital letters

Punctuation in dictation

When you dictate, each word in your text is followed by a space. Punctuation
marks, however, have special actions so that your text obtains the right
appearance. These actions are noted in the table below. Joins left means that
the character is appended to the preceding word without an intervening
space.

To get:

Say:

Action:

Colon

Joins left

Comma

Joins left

Exclamation point

Joins left; the next word is capitalized

Period

Joins left; the next word is capitalized

Question mark

Joins left; the next word is capitalized

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Semicolon

Joins left