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Some features *not in all editions*.See Dragons Help resources for more details.Nuance Communications, Inc. 200 9 All rights reserved.

XYZ = any word(s)Items marked in red are new in Version 10

TOPIC SKILLS

Microphone /Acoustics

Connect/place microphone: facing cornerof mouth, comfortable, stable, consistent Turn microphone off when not dictating: use hot key (+), stop listening

Choose your first or additional Dictation Source (USB, Bluetooth mic, recorder) Read additional Training text from Accuracy Center; train individually if needed Check Audio Settings if your hardware or environment changes

Dictation,Punctuation,

Capitalization,and

Navigation

Enunciate clearly but naturally. Stay silent if hesitating. Aim for full phrases. Punctuate: open paren, close quote, hyphen, ellipsis, section|pound|atsign Pause briefly before and after commands, dont pause within commands. New Paragraph(skips a line), New Line(carriage return), Tab Scratch that, Scratch that n times, Undo that

Time (AM/PM), Roman numeral n, %, units, numeral n, contractions See FormattingOptions (DragonBars Tools menu) & Word Properties (Vocabulary Editor).

Command Spell incl. alpha-bravo-charlie, slash, asterisk, dot Numbers Mode On, Switch to Spell | Command | Dictation | Normal Mode

Caps On, ALL CAPS OFF, Cap , ALL CAPS , no caps

Go to top|bottom, Go to endof line, Move left n words, Move up n lines Insert before|afterXYZ Mousegrid n n, Mousegrid window, Mouse right-click, Move mouse lower right Press Enter | Escape | F6 | Tab | Alt Down | Down Arrow | Page Up

Correctinga Misrecognition

Correct XYZ (the wrongword(s) on the screen) If already highlighted or just spoken: Correct That (or hotkey, DragonBar extras)

Use Play back Double-click to select/correct words

Editingand

Formatting

Delete line, Backspace n, Delete last|nextn characters|words|lines Select line, Select XYZ, Select startthrough end, Select again Replace text to revise (select by voice or hand, then overwrite)

XThat: Select | Delete | Copy | Bold | Paste | Hyphenate | Cap That Direct commands: Delete | Cut | Copy | Underline | Bold | Italicize XYZ orrange Open Dictation Box

Personalizing theVocabulary

(for accuracy andease)

Open Accuracy Center: access tools to optimize the accuracy. Open Vocabulary Editorto add, modify, or delete entries (and their Properties) Create Spoken Forms (CSAT\see sat, Hseuh-tze\shoe tsee, interrogatories\rogs) Import|Export custom words (plain .txt, backslash for spoken forms)

Adapt Vocabulary from relevant text documents; Increase Accuracy From Email

Finding,*Editing/Managing

Commands

*Shortcuts forWeb/PC Search &

Outlook

Show Sample Commands. Open Command Browser. Give Me Help Add new command Boilerplate (Text & Graphics), Step-by-Step sequences Modify or clone commands: Edit or New Copy (Script tab of the Command Browser) Import custom commands (Manage tab of the Command Browser)

Search news | maps | Google | the Web forXYZ. Find a site about XYZ. Search computer | files| e-mail forXYZ Compose e-mail to . Compose e-mail about XYZ Schedule appointment with

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Cutting / Pasting / Deleting Text

Copy That Copy selected text

Cut That Cut selected text

Paste That Paste cut or copied

text

Scratch That Delete the last thing

you said

Inserting Basic Punctuation

Period or Full stop .

Comma ,

Question Mark ?

Exclamation point !

Colon :

Semicolon ;

Hyphen -

Dash --

Open quote

Close quote

Open parenthesis (

Close parenthesis )For more information, see the Users Guide

or the online help

Navigate

New line Press the Enter key

once

New paragraph Press the Enter key

twice

Space bar Press the Space Key

Tab key Press the Tab key

Go to bottom Move to insertion

point to the end of the

document

Insert before

/ Insert after