Dragon Dictation
Features and Usage
Can I speak commands and punctuations when I dictate?
Yes. If you want to have punctuation in your dictation results, you can speak them by saying "comma", "period", etc. Some special symbols such as "$", "%" are automatically placed in context. You can also perform some basic text commands by speaking them; for example you can say "New Paragraph" to have a new paragraph in your dictation. Below is a list of commonly used commands and punctuations.
Commonly used commands:
"New Line" or "Next Line" | Press the enter key once, capitalize next word |
"New Paragraph" or "Next Paragraph" | Press the enter key twice, capitalize next word |
Commonly used Punctuations
& | "ampersand" or "and sign" | . | "period" |
: | "colon" | ? | "question mark" |
! | "exclamation point" | , | "comma" |
= | "equal sign" | @ | "at sign" |
/ | "forward slash" or "slash" | - | "hyphen" |
' | "begin single quote" or "open single quote" | ' | "end single quote" or "close single quote" |
" | "begin quote" or "open quote" | " | "close quote" or "end quote" |
( | "left parenthesis" or "open parenthesis" | ) | "right parenthesis" or "close parenthesis" |
% | "percent sign" | $ | "dollar sign" |
# | "pound sign" | ° | "degree sign" |
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How can I correct recognition errors?
There are several ways to correct the dictated texts: You can tap on a word to get a drop-down list of alternative suggestions. Or you can tap the keyboard icon on the bottom left corner and use the standard iPhone™ text editing feature.
How can I send the dictated text as an email?
When you are ready to send the text, tap the icon on the lower right of the screen and select "Email" option. Dragon Dictation will launch your default email client and insert your composed text into a new email message. Currently you cannot specify subject or recipients by voice.
How can I send the dictated text as an SMS?
With an upgrade to OS 4.0, the body of the SMS will be populated with the contents of the scratchpad. When you are ready to send text, tap the icon on the lower right of the screen on the iPhone and select "SMS" option. Dragon Dictation will launch the SMS interface and insert your composed text into a new SMS message.
If you have not upgraded to OS 4.0 and you choose to send your dictation as a text message, the Dragon app will save the dictated text to the iPhone clipboard and bring you to the SMS message interface. There you need to create a new text message, choose who to message and then double tap on the input text box on top of the keyboard. You will then be able to paste the contents of the clipboard and send the message.
How can I use Dragon Dictation Notes™?
Dragon Dictation Notes™ is a new feature specifically for iPad™. You can dictate text which can be easily saved, viewed and managed with this Notes feature. For more information visit the How to Use section.
