Dragon speech recognition
Nuance Dragon Professional Individual, v15
Command cheat sheet
Control the microphone
Go to sleep | Stop listening
Wake up | Listen to me
Microphone off
Get help
Give me help
“Search the help for …”
What can I say
– Show navigation commands
– Show correction commands
– Show formatting commands
– Show punctuation commands
– Open help
Basic dictation and editing
Add lines and spaces
New line | Press enter
New paragraph
Press Tab key | Tab key | Tab
Tab <n> times
Dictating punctuation
Period
Comma
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Fixing mistakes
Undo | Undo that
Scratch that
Scratch that <n> times
Delete line
Delete last <n> words
Delete <text>
Resume with <xyz>
Backspace <n>
Correct <xyz>
Correct that
Select text
Select all
Select <xyz>
Select next <n> words
Select <start> through <end>
Select previous paragraph
Select document
Unselect that
Format
Underline <xyz>, Capitalize <xyz>
All caps on | off
Quote that
Bracket that
Copy and paste
Cut | Copy that
Cut |Copy <text>
Cut |Copy from <text> to <text>
Paste that
Spell out
Spell that
Spell <cap b a hyphen 5>
Spell <Charlie alpha papa>
Switch to Spell mode
Move the insertion point
Insert before <xyz>
Go back
Go to top | bottom
Move down <n> lines
Go to end of line
Move left <n> characters
Page up | down
Move in a list
Move down <n>
Go to bottom | top
Press Enter
Press right arrow
Add new words or commands
Add new word
Add new command
Open vocabulary editor
Open command browser
Search the computer
Search the computer for...
Search documents for...
Search e-mail for...
Searching the web
Search the web for <text>
Search eBay for <text>
Open top sites for <text>
Search video for <text>
How to issue commands
When issuing voice commands, be
sure to pause before and after the
full text of the command, but do not
pause in the middle of the command.
Do not include additional words within
your command.
To click a button or other
interface item
Say its name preceded by “click” (see
the Commands tab of the Options
dialog).
To learn more about Dragon
Professional Individual, as well as
the complete line of Dragon speech
recognition products, visit:
www.nuance.com/dragon/
Command cheat sheet
About Nuance Communications, Inc.
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May 2017
Dragon speech recognition
Nuance Dragon Professional Individual, v15
Working with the web
(Dragon Web Extensions must be enabled
in Internet Explorer
®
or Chrome
™
)
Show links
Press alt d
Press Enter
Press F5
Open new tab, Press control t
Press control f
click <link name>
click link
click text eld or click edit box
click [radio] button
click checkbox
click image
click list box then show choices
– If more than one match: choose
<n> or hide numbers or cancel
Work with windows
Switch to <window name>
Minimize window
Show Desktop
Restore windows
List all windows
List windows for <program>
Start and close items
(see the options for Start menu and
Desktop)
Click Start
Start DragonPad
Start <item name>
Start Microsoft Word
Start Internet Explorer
Open Control Panel
Close window, Press alt F4
Mouse control
Move mouse up
Move mouse right
Move mouse down slower
Stop
Mouse click
Mouse double click
Mouse right click
