Sony ICD-BP150VTP Manual

Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

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Say the following abbreviations by pronouncing them as words:

“co,” “com,” “gov,” “mil,” “net,” and “org.”

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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.”

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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 63.

You can create Text and Graphics custom commands for e-mail and Web addresses you use

often. See “Automate Your Work (Preferred and higher)” on page 153.

Dictating special characters

Dictating common special characters

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

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ampersand or and sign

asterisk

at sign

backquote

caret

degree sign

dollar sign or dollar
euros or euro sign

percent sign

registered sign

section sign

™

trademark sign

plus sign

minus sign

open euro quote

close euro quote

All Dialects: hash sign or sharp sign
US/Canada: number sign or pound sign

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