“Cheat Sheet” for Dragon 10 users
Red = new in Version 10 “XYZ” = any word(s) See Dragon Help for details
Acoustics
 Connect/place microphone consistently: listening side facing corner of mouth
 Turn microphone off when not dictating: use hot key  , ‘stop listening’
 Choose first or additional Dictation Source (USB, Bluetooth mic, recorder…)
 Read additional Training text (Accuracy Ctr). Train individual word if needed.
 Check Audio Settings if hardware or environment changes
Dictation,
Capitalization,
and
Navigation
 Enunciate clearly but naturally. Stay silent if hesitating. Aim for full phrases.
 Say open paren, close quote, hyphen, ellipsis, pound|number|at|section sign…
 Pause briefly before and after commands, don’t pause within commands.
 ‘New Paragraph’ , ‘New Line’, ‘Tab’
 ‘Scratch that’, ‘Scratch that n times’, ‘Undo that’
 Time (AM/PM), ‘Roman numeral n’, %, units, ‘numeral n’, contractions… See Formatting
Options (Tools menu) & Word Properties.
 ‘Spell <characters>’ incl. alpha-bravo, slash, asterisk, dot…
 ‘Numbers Mode On’, ‘Switch to Spell | Command | Dictation | Normal Mode’
 ‘Caps On’, ‘ALL CAPS Off’, ‘Cap <word>’, ‘ALL CAPS <word>’, ‘no caps <Word>’
 ‘Go to top|bottom’, ‘Go to end of line’, ‘Move left n words’, ‘Move up n lines’
 ‘Insert before|after XYZ’
 ‘Mousegrid n n’, ‘Mousegrid window’, ‘Mouse right-click’, ‘Move|Drag mouse lower right’
 ‘Press Enter | Escape | F6 | Tab | Alt Down | Down Arrow | Page Up’
Correction
of
Misrecognitions
 ‘Correct XYZ’, XYZ being wrong word(s) on screen
(If already highlighted or just spoken: ‘Correct That’ – see hotkey, DragonBar extras)
 Playback* and deferred* Correction (dra file)  Double-click to select/correct words
Edit
and
Format
 ‘Delete line’, ‘Backspace n’, ‘Delete last|next n characters|words|lines’
 ‘Select line’, ‘Select XYZ’, ‘Select start Thru end’, ‘Select again’
 Replace text to revise: select by voice or hand, then overwrite
 ‘X That’: ‘Select | Delete | Copy | Bold | Paste | Hyphenate | ALL CAPS That’
 Direct commands: ‘Delete | Cut | Copy | Underline XYZ’ or ‘start Thru end’
 ‘Open Dictation Box’ (see Hotkeys)
Personalize
the Vocabulary
 ‘Open Accuracy Center’
 Open Vocabulary Editor to add, modify, or delete entries (and Word Properties)
 Create Spoken Forms (CNAT\see nat, Hseuh-tze\shoe tsee, interrogatories\rogs)
 ‘Import|Export custom words’ (.txt file, written\spoken form)
 Adapt Vocabulary from relevant text documents; ‘Increase Accuracy From Email’
Find /
*Edit / *Manage
Commands
*Shortcuts for
Web/PC Search
& MS Outlook®
 ‘Open Command Browser’. ‘What Can I Say’. ‘Give Me Help’
* ‘Add new command’: boilerplate (Text & Graphics), steps (keystrokes/open item/HeardWord…)
* Modify/clone commands: Edit or New Copy in Command Browser
* Import custom commands Manage in Command Browser
* ‘Search news | maps | shops | Google | the Web for XYZ’. ‘Find a site about XYZ’.
* ‘Search computer | files| email for XYZ’
* ‘Compose e-mail to <contact name(s)>’. ‘Compose e-mail about XYZ’
* ‘Schedule appointment with <contact name(s