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Chapter 23: Improving recognition accuracy
10. Save your
Remember that as Dragon works on your documents with you,
it needs to save what it learns. After you correct dictation, train words, or perform any of the other accuracy optimization operations, save your profile to save your changes for your next session.
Using Smart Format Rules
Smart Format Rules may display when Dragon notices that you corrected dictated text
corresponding to an Auto-Formatting option or Word Property
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Through this optional feature, Dragon displays reaches out to offer one or more adjustments to its settings.
When Dragon presents a Smart Format Rules box, you can choose one of the adjustments it offers. Or you can just ignore the dialog box and continue working, or say “cancel” and the box will close.
Here is an example of the Smart Format Rule for units of measure that appears if you change the standard abbreviation for kilograms, which is kg:
What to do when a Smart Format Rules box displays
When Dragon displays a Smart Format Rule, you can usually do any of the following: n
If you don't want Dragon to auto-format the text using this rule now and in future dictation, say choose 1 - Never <apply rule>, where apply rule represents the autoformatting rule you changed with your dictation.
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If you want Dragon to use the same auto-formatting setting the next time you dictate it and in the future, say choose 2 - Always <apply rule>.
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If you don’t want to adjust any rule, ignore this box. It will go away when you continue dictating or working in your document. You can also say “Cancel” to dismiss the box.
For Smart Format Rules about entering zeros rather than the word "million," for numbers
greater than or equal to 10, and for word properties , the choices are slightly different. The
Smart Format Rules display the applicable choices in those cases. For details and
examples, see Options controlled by Smart Format Rules below.
When the Smart Format Rules box displays
The Smart Format Rules box displays when you edit auto-formatted text using n the Correction menu n the Spelling window
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Showing the last Smart Format Rule
If a Smart Format Rules box displays and you continue dictating or cancel it accidentally, you can redisplay it by saying the command "Show Smart Format Rule." Previously accepted rules can not be displayed.
Disabling Smart Format Rules
If you want to turn off the Smart Format Rules feature,
1. Select Tools menu > Options from the DragonBar. For example, say "Switch to
DragonBar," then "Click Tools," then "Options."
2. On the Options dialog box, Correction tab, say "click Show Smart Format Rules" to clear the checkmark beside the option.
3. Say "Click OK" to close the dialog box and apply your changes.
Restoring a Smart Format Rule
You can restore a default in the Auto-formatting dialog box or Word Properties dialog box.
Another way to restore a setting: correct the text to the format you want and pick the corresponding rule from the Smart Format Rules box that your correction triggered.
Options controlled by Smart Format Rules
Auto-formatting Web and e-mail addresses
Turns on automatic e-mail and Web address formatting, so that you can dictate them as you would normally say them out loud. For example, if you say "jane dot smith at my adventure travel dot com" Dragon enters "[email protected]." Dragon substitutes the @ sign for the spoken "at," uses a period for "dot," and omits spaces. Or if you say "www dot nuance dot com," Dragon enters www.nuance.com
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Auto-formatting street addresses
Turns on automatic formatting of postal addresses. For example, if you say "49 orchard lane boston massachusetts oh two four four six," Dragon enters "49 Orchard Lane,
Boston, MA 02446."
Certain addresses can be hard for Dragon to interpret. For example, "Two Hundred Forty
Fifth Street" could be interpreted as 245th Street, 200 45th Street, or 240 5th Street. In a situation like this, Dragon uses context to try to determine what you meant. In some cases, using the word "And" can help to narrow down the choices. In the example above, saying
"Two Hundred And Forty Fifth Street" would eliminate 200 45th Street as a possibility.
For user profiles whose region setting is UK or Canada: This option also enables the proper formatting of UK postcodes and Canadian postal codes. For example, you could format a postcode for London by saying "W Two Four R J" to enter W2 4RJ, and format a postal code for Toronto by saying "M Five H Two L Two" to enter M5H 2L2."
See Choose your region and vocabulary in the Dragon Help.
For user profiles whose region setting is United States: If you are using a U.S.
English user profile, you can enable UK postcodes and Canadian postal codes from the
UK and Canadian postcodes option in this dialog box.
See Choose your region and vocabulary in the Dragon Help.
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Auto-formatting titles
Inserts abbreviated versions of any title in Dragon's Abbreviated titles list. For example,
"Mr." for "Mister," or "Pres." for "President."
Auto-formatting dates
Controls how Dragon formats dates when you dictate the day, month, and year together.
Use the drop-down button to select the format you want to use most often. Available formats are: n
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Month D, YYYY n
Month DD, YYYY n
Mon D, YYYY n
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M/D/YYYY n
M/D/YY n
MM/DD/YYYY n
MM/DD/YY n
MM-DD-YY n
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D/M/YYYY n
D/M/YY n
DD/MM/YYYY n
DD/MM/YY n
DD-Mon-YY n
YYYY-MM-DD
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If you clear the "Dates" checkbox, Dragon will not apply automatic date formatting.
For example, after clearing the checkbox, if you dictate "July twenty seventh,"
Dragon will write "July 27th."
By default, Dragon does not use the numeral form of numbers smaller than 10, whether for cardinal numbers (one, two, three...) or ordinal numbers (first, second, third...). If the "Dates" checkbox is cleared, Dragon writes "the 10th of June" and
"the seventh of June" unless you change the default setting " Numbers, if greater or equal to " on the Auto-Formatting Options dialog box.
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If you use the "Dates As Spoken" setting, Dragon needs you to dictate dates in an unambiguous way, using the name and not the digit for the month. For example, with "Dates As Spoken" selected, Dragon will correctly format "January eleven two thousand nine" and "the seventh of February two thousand four" using date formats, but will format "eleven one two thousand nine" as a number.
If you dictate dates differently, for example you use digits to say the month, try selecting the value that best matches how you dictate the date. For example, if you normally say "eleven one two thousand nine", setting the date format to
"D/M/YYYY" will cause Dragon to correctly transcribe the date.
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If you omit the year, for example, you say "July twelve", Dragon transcribes "July
12" ("The twelfth of July" becomes "12 July") regardless of which date formatting you select.
Auto-formatting common abbreviations
Enables Dragon to recognize most standard abbreviations while transcribing your dictation. For example, Dragon would rewrite "versus" as "vs.", "Institute" as "Inst.", and
"Department" as "Dept." For more information about dictating abbreviations, see Dictating abbreviations and acronyms.
Auto-formatting contractions
Enable this option if you want Dragon to expand contractions when you dictate them. For example, if you say "Don't go near the water", Dragon transcribes "Do not go near the water".
If you leave this option turned off, Dragon enters contractions the way you dictate them.
Note: In some situations, the formal expression of a contraction may be ambiguous. For example, the phrase "It's always" could either mean "It is always" or "It has always," depending on the tense of the verb that follows. In this situation, Dragon always expands the contraction, regardless of how this option is set.
Auto-formatting “ million” instead of ” ,000,000”
Enable this option to have Dragon enter the word "million" rather than zeros and commas
(",000,000") when you dictate round numbers in the millions. For example, Dragon enters
"8 million" rather than "8,000,000."
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If a number in the millions range is not rounded to the nearest million, Dragon enters the number as digits. For example, if you dictate "eight million one hundred thousand"
Dragon enters "8,100,000".
Auto-formatting numbers, if greater than or equal to
Enters numbers as numerals if they are equal to or greater than the value shown in the drop-down list. If the number is less than the chosen value, the number is spelled out. For example, using the value of "10", Dragon will write "five" when you dictate "five" and "11" when you dictate "eleven".
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Note: You can also use Dragon to enter numbers as Arabic or Roman numerals. See
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Auto-formatting units of measure
Turns on automatic formatting of standard units of measure, such as feet and inches. For example, if you say "Six Foot Three Inches", Dragon enters 6' 3".
If a unit of measure is not formatted in the way you expect, you can also use the Word
Properties dialog box to use an alternate form for that particular unit of measure.
Auto-formatting ISO currency codes
If you have selected the Prices option, then you can select "ISO currency codes" to display currency amounts with the International Standards Organization currency symbol corresponding to the region and language set for your Windows operating system or, if
different, for your user profile (see How region and language affect number and currency
punctuation).
For example, if your profile's region is set to United States and you enable both the Prices and ISO currency codes Auto-Formatting options, when you dictate "Ten Dollars"
Dragon enters "USD10".
Auto-formatting phone numbers
Turns on automatic formatting of telephone numbers.
For U.S. English User Profiles using the United States or Canada for the
Region: Turns on automatic formatting North American telephone numbers when you speak a sequence of seven or ten numbers. For example, if you say "7815551234",
Dragon will transcribe "781-555-1234".
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Vanity phone numbers such as 1-800-EXAMPLE are not supported.
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The automatic formatting of U.S. telephone numbers is not supported for user profiles with a UK Region setting.
For User Profiles using the UK for the Region: Turns on automatic formatting of UK telephone numbers.
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Country code +44 can be dictated as "four four", "forty four" or "double four" with a preceding plus sign. For example, if you say "plus-sign four four two nine two oh seven four seven seven four seven", Dragon transcribes "+44 29 2074 7747".
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Area codes that are dictated without the preceding country code must be dictated with a leading zero. For example, if you say "zero two nine two oh eight seven nine three two seven", Dragon transcribes "029 2087 9327".
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When you dictate a 6-digit number, Dragon transcribes the number with no spaces.
When you dictate a 7-digit or 8-digit number, Dragon transcribes the number with a space before the last 4 digits.
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The automatic formatting of UK telephone numbers is not supported for U.S. and
Canadian-based user profiles.
ISO code
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USD
CAD
EUR
JPY
GBP
CHF
Auto-formatting prices
Inserts prices and currencies in the proper format with the appropriate currency symbol.
For example, "$10" instead of "10 dollars", or "€50" instead of "50 euros".
Supported currencies are:
Symbol
$
US$
C$
€
¥
£
F
Name
Dollars
Cents
U.S. dollars
Canadian dollars
Euros
Yen
Pounds Sterling Pence/Penny
Swiss francs
Auto-formatting times
Turns on automatic formatting of standard time formats. For example, if you say "Six Thirty
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PM", Dragon will transcribe "6:30 PM". Dictating standard time runs on a 12 hour clock, letting you make the distinction between AM and PM.
Military time: With the Time option enabled, you can also dictate times in military format.
For example, if you say "sixteen hundred hours", Dragon transcribes "1600 hrs". If you say "oh three oh five hours" or "zero three zero five hours", Dragon transcribes "0305 hrs".
Dictating Military time uses a 24-hour clock and abbreviates "hours" to "hrs".
Auto-formatting UK and Canadian postcodes
Turns on proper formatting of UK postcodes and Canadian postal codes. For example, with the option on, format a London postcode by saying "W Two Four R J" to enter W2
4RJ, and format a Toronto postal code by saying "M Five H Two L Two" to enter M5H
2L2.
Auto-formatting other numbers
Enables the formatting of all numbers not covered by other options on this dialog box, such as negative numbers, numbers with punctuation, fractions, decimals, and Roman numerals.
Note: Dragon applies Auto-formatting for mixed numbers and also for fractions where the denominator is 5 or greater, but not for simple fractions like "one half," "two thirds," and "three quarters."
For more information, see Dictating numbers
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Auto-formatting US social security numbers
Turns on automatic formatting of U.S. Social Security Numbers when you speak a sequence of 9 numbers. For example, if you say "123456789," Dragon enters "123-45-
6789."
Auto-formatting using Word Properties
Use Word Properties to customize how Dragon enters words or phrases as you dictate
them. Word Properties can add custom spacing before and after, next word capitalization, settings for numbers before and after, or apply alternate written forms, such as abbreviations.
To add or edit Word Properties, see Creating Word Properties .
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