{"id":133,"date":"2011-10-26T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sedcclint.com\/some-tips-for-dragon-dictation-isource"},"modified":"2011-10-26T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T14:24:00","slug":"some-tips-for-dragon-dictation-isource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedcclint.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/26\/some-tips-for-dragon-dictation-isource\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Tips For Dragon Dictation | iSource"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"image\" As a former long-time user of Dragon Naturally Speaking for the PC, I was eager to see if Dragon Dictation<\/a> would include the same command syntax.\u00a0 Largely, it has.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some tips and a quick reference guide to some of the helpful things you can say during your dictation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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FORMATTING:<\/b><\/p>\n

Cap <\/b>to capitalize a word: \u2018I was shopping at cap<\/b> Target”<\/p>\n

Caps On<\/b> for titles: “I was reading caps on<\/i><\/b> The Washington Post”<\/p>\n

All Caps<\/b> to capitalize the next word: “Can we go now all caps<\/i><\/b> PLEASE”<\/p>\n

All Caps On <\/b>and All Caps Off<\/b> are Caps Lock: “This is all caps on<\/i><\/b> NOT A JOKE all caps off<\/i><\/b> so stop playing”<\/p>\n

No Caps<\/b>, No Caps On<\/b>, and No Caps Off<\/b> are the exact opposite of the above: “I like Amy and no caps<\/i><\/b> amy”<\/p>\n

Space Bar<\/b> not only inserts a space, but can be used to prevent a hyphen in normally hyphenated words: \u2018A long-lasting or long space bar<\/b> lasting peace. \u2018<\/p>\n

No Space<\/b> for words you want together: \u2018Surf on the World no space <\/b>Wide no space<\/b> Web \u2018<\/p>\n

No Space On & No Space Off<\/b> for words you want together: \u2018I was running no space on <\/b>reallyreallyfast no space off<\/b> the entire time \u2018<\/p>\n

New Line<\/b> starts the following text on a new line, and New Paragraph<\/b> begins a new paragraph (effectively 1 and 2 carriage returns, respectively).<\/p>\n

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PUNCTUATION, SYMBOLS, OTHER TIPS:<\/b><\/p>\n

Say punctuation: period\u00a0 comma\u00a0 apostrophe\u00a0 open-parenthesis\u00a0 close-parenthesis\u00a0 asterisk\u00a0\u00a0 open quote\u00a0\u00a0 close quote<\/b>.\u00a0\u00a0 Note that you do not need to say apostrophe<\/b> for possessive names such as \u2018Joe \u2018s \u2018.<\/p>\n

There is a difference between a hyphen<\/i><\/b> \u2014 like this \u2014 and a dash<\/i><\/b>-like this.\u00a0 Similarly, point<\/i><\/b> (in numbers) and period<\/i><\/b> have spacing differences.<\/p>\n

Special symbols \u201c note that many of these will automatically be placed in context, such as the dollar<\/b>, cent<\/b>, degree<\/b>, percent<\/b>, and at<\/b> signs:<\/p>\n