Dragon NaturallySpeaking Voice Commands

Posted on Dec 10, 2024 in Computers

“To Bed”

Making the microphone temporarily stop listening.

“Business”

Reviving the microphone when paused.

“Off Mic”

Turn off the microphone. (You can turn it back on by voice.)

“New Line”

Press the Enter key once.

“New Paragraph”

Press the Enter key twice and type the following word capitalized.

“Tab Key”

Press the Tab key.

“Spacebar”

Press the spacebar.

“Partner Without Economic Space”

Do not put a space before the next word. In this example, socioeconomic status.

“Activate Without Space”

Stop putting spaces between words.

“Off Out of Space”

Put spaces between words.

“Mark Was a Dark and Silent Night”

Select text saying the whole phrase.

“Mark Was Silent Until”

Select text saying the beginning and the end of the sentence.

“Mark Dark”

Select a specific word.

“Mark It”

Select the last thing you said.

“Repeat Check”

Select another instance of the same text.

“Flag This”

Select the last thing you said and display the list of quick correction. (Option must be enabled to mark text commands open the Quick Fix.)

“Fix It”

Correct the last thing you said or selected text.

“Correct Canopy“

Correcting a word or specific words. In this case, canopy.

“Spell It”

Correct the last thing you said or selected text spelling. Use this command in the Quick Fix table if the correct word is not listed.

“Initial Capital Letters Spelling Coral”

Write a word spelled. In this example, Coral.

“Putting Accent to As“

Emphasizing a word when it was recognized as unaccented. In this example, how.

“Remove Comma After”

Quit the emphasis to a word when it was recognized as accented. In this example, as.

“Delete That”

Press the Delete key.

“Back”

Press the Backspace key.

“Back 5“

Press the Backspace key from 1 to 20 times. In this example, 5 times.

“Undo That” or “Undo Previous Action”

Undo the last action.

“Continue from Globalization“

Replace the text after the word or words given to what is going to dictate. In this example, from globalization.

“Scratch That”

Delete the last thing you said or selected text. You can say this command up to 10 times.

Scroll Through a Document

These commands move the cursor to where you inserted the text next to dictate or write.

Common Commands

• “Going to the End”
• “Go Top”
• “Go to Beginning of Line”
• “Go to End of Line”
• “Add Before Coral“
• “Add After Coral“
• “Go Up 3 Lines”
• “Skip 7 Characters to the Left”
• “Go Down 1 Paragraph”
• “Go Right 2 Words”

Cut, Copy, and Paste

Use these commands to cut, copy, and paste into documents:

• “Cut it”
• “Copy that”
• “Copy all to Clipboard”
• “Paste it”

Basic Formatting Commands

• “That Boldness” Apply bold.
• “That Italic Font” Apply italics.
• “Emphasize That” Apply underlined.
• “That Source Strikethrough” Apply strikethrough.
• “Restore it,” “That Source Raw” or “That’s Normal Source” Delete selected text format.
• “That Align Left” Align text left.
• “That Align Right” Align text right.
• “Center it” Center the text.
• “Change that to Letters” Convert a number (as 102) to text (one hundred and two).
• “Change that to Digit” Convert text (such as nine) to numeric format (9).
• “Enable Numeric Mode” or “Skip to Numeric Mode” display to Dragon NaturallySpeaking to recognize the dictation as numbers and write them as numerals.
• “Disable Numeric Mode” or “Exit Number Mode” Back to normal dictation of text and numbers.

Play the Dictation and Text Reading

Some editions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking allow playback of dictation. Also, in some editions, you can install the option Text-to-speech reading texts. If you have these features, use the following commands:

• “Play it”
• “Read line”
• “Read paragraph”
• “Read screen”
• “Read document”
• “Read window”
• “Read from here”
• “Read hitherto”

Working with Email

The commands described below work in supported e-mail programs. You can also use text editing commands for working regular with the text entered.

Login Email Program

Say “Start Mail” to launch your default email program.

Working in Email Programs

Use the following commands to search, open, and create messages:

• “Check Mail” or “Check for New Mail” Check for new messages in the Inbox.
• “Launch Mail” Open the mail message selected.
• “New Mail” or “Create Mail” Creating a mail message.

Control the DragonBar

These commands allow you to control the DragonBar and access help from Dragon NaturallySpeaking:

• “Click NaturallySpeaking” or “NaturallySpeaking” Open the menu bar DragonBar NaturallySpeaking (or DragonPad).
• “Click Users” or “Users” Users Open the menu bar DragonBar.
• “Start DragonPad” Start DragonPad word processor.
• “View Help” Display online help of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.
• “What I Say” or “View List of Commands” Show the list of commands.

Login, Change, and Quit Programs

Use these commands to start and exit programs, and also to change the active program:

• “Start Calculator” Start a program or document in the Windows Start menu or on your desktop. In this example, the Calculator program.
• “Start Mail” Launch your default e-mail program.
• “Click on the Start Menu” Open the Windows Start menu.
• “Switch to Microsoft Word” switch to another program or active document. In this example, Microsoft Word. The name of the program or document should be equal to that appears in the title bar.
• “Switch to Next Window” switch to the next open window on your screen.
• “Switch to Previous Window” Switch to the previous open window on your screen.
• “Click Close” Close the window or running program.

Control Programs

The following to control the operation of programs:

• “Format” or “Click Format” Click on a menu, button or control. In this example, Format.
• “Cancel” Close an open menu.
• “Go to the Next Tab” Click the next tab in a dialog as a property sheet.
• “Go to Previous File” Click on the previous tab in a dialog box.
• “Click Maximize” Maximize the active window to fill the entire screen.
• “Click on Close” Close the active window to the taskbar.
• “Click Restore” Restore a maximized window to its normal size.
• “Click Close” Close the active window.

Check the Keyboard

Say “Press”, “Push” or “Write” by the name of the key or keys you want to push.

Letters, Numbers, and Punctuation Marks

• Any letter from “A” to “Z”
• “A alpha or Alfredo”
• “B for bravo or Bartolo”
• “C or Carlos Charlie”
• “D delta or Daniela”
• “E, echo or Enrique”
• “F foxtrot or Francisco”
• “G golf or Gerardo”
• “H hotel or Humberto”
• “I Indian or Jeanne”
• “J Juliett or Knuth”
• “K-kilo or Kimono”
• “L of Lime or Lucia”
• “M for Mike or Miguel”
• “N of November or Natalia”
• “Ñ Nono”
• “Or Oscar or Octavio”
• “P Potato or Patrician”
• “Q” or “Quevedo Quebec”
• “Romeo and Ramiro R”
• “S Saw or Susana”
• “T Tango or Tamara”
• “U of Uniform or Ulises”
• “V for Victor / Victoria”
• “W Whiskey or Wilfred”
• “X X-ray or Xerox”
• “And Yankee or Yolanda”
• “Z for Zulu or Shoe”
• “Shift” followed by a letter (from “A” to “Z”)
• “Shift” followed by any of the expressions referred to as “Victor’s initial capital V”
• “Zero”
• Any number of “1” to “9”
• Any punctuation mark or symbol

Characters and Keyboard Shortcuts

• “Spacebar”
• “Tab Key”
• “Reverse”
• “Bloqueo Mayúsculas”
• “Enter”
• “Escape”
• “Imprimir Pantalla”
• “Bloqueo Desplazamiento”
• Pause
• “Bloqueo Numérico”
• “Arrow”
• “Down Arrow”
• “Arrow Right”
• “Left Arrow”
• “Start Button”
• “End Key”
• “Back Page”
• “Page Down”
• “Push Button”
• “Key Deletion”
• Any function key “F 1” to “F 12”
• Any key on the keypad (0 … 9,., /, *, -, +, Enter) as saying “numbers”, eg “Press largest.
• The keys “Shift”, “Control” or “H” (alone or in combination) followed by another key

Notes

• You can say “Press”, “Push” or “Compose” followed by any combination of modifier keys (Shift, Control, Alt) and any letter, number, symbol, arrow, and so on.
• You cannot cancel the push of a button saying “Delete that.”

Move and Click with the Mouse

These commands allow you to move and click with the mouse:

• “Mouse”
• “Click”
• “Double Click”
• “Click Left”
• “Right Click”
• “Mark”
• “Drag”
• “Control Drag”
• “Shift-drag”

Controlling the Mouse with MouseGrid^TM

These commands use MouseGrid technology to move, click and drag the mouse in the window or screen of the application:

• “Split Screen” “1 .. 9” “Click”
• “Split Window” “Click”
• “Screening on the Screen” “Double-click”
• “Grid in the Window” “Click left”
• “Right Click”
• “Mark”
• “Drag”
• “Control Drag”
• “Shift-drag”

When Displaying the Grid in the Mouse

When displaying the grid in the mouse, you can say these additional commands to reduce the size of the grid and perform actions with the mouse:

• “1 .. 9” “Click”
• “Click”
• “Double-click”
• “Click left”
• “Right click”
• “Mark”
• “Drag”
• “Control drag”
• “Shift-drag”

Examples

• “Split Screen”
• “Split Screen 3 2 5 Click”
• “Split Window 7 8 Double-click”

Move Program

Use these commands to move in programs:

• “Back Page” Press the PgUp.
• “Move Page” Press the PgDn.

Use these commands to move between icons on the Windows desktop and between programs:

• “Go” “1 … 20” “Up”
• “Down”
• “Left”
• “Right”

Example

7 lines to go forward in a list box from a dialog box, say:

“Go 7 below”

Dictating Numbers

In most cases, you can dictate the numbers as usual. For more information on the dictation of numbers, see the User’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

Examples

• To write 4, say “Four” or “Four numbers”
• 23 “Twenty-three”
• 179 “One hundred seventy-nine”
• 5423 “Five thousand four hundred twenty-three”
• 5.423 “Five-point four two three”
• 142,015 “One hundred and forty-two thousand and fifteen”
• 0.03 “Zero point zero three”
• 11/32 “Eleven over thirty-two”
• 965-5200 “Nine six five five two zero zero dash”
• 617-965-5200 “Six one seven nine six five hyphen five two zero zero”
• $45 “Forty-five dollars”
• $99.50 “Ninety-nine dollars and fifty cents”
• 8:00 “Eight o’clock”
• 8:30 PM “Half past eight PM”
• May 15, 2003 “Fifteen of May two thousand and three”
• MCMLIX “One thousand one hundred Roman fifty-nine in Roman numerals”