Control the microphone
Go to sleep | Stop listening
Wake up
Microphone off
Get help
Give me help
What can I say
– Show navigation commands
– Show correction commands
– Show formatting commands
– Show punctuation commands
– Open Help
Search the computer
Search the computer for...
Search documents for...
Search e-mail for...
Working with the web
(Dragon Web Extensions must be enabled in
Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox)
Go to Address Bar, Press alt d
Click Go, Press Enter
Refresh page, Press F5
Open new tab, Press control t
Find on this page, Press control f
Click <link name>
Click link
Click text fieldorclick edit box
Click [radio] button
Click checkbox
Click image
Clickk list box
then
show choices
– If more than one match:choose
<n>orhide numbersorcancel
Select text
Select all
Select <xyz>
Select next <n> words
Select <start> through <end>
Select previous paragraph
Select document
Unselect that
Correct Dragon’s errors
Correct <xyz>
Correct that
Edit text
Resume with <xyz>
Delete line
Delete last <n> words
Scratch that <n> times
Backspace <n>
Undo that
Cut that
Paste that
Quote that
Show Dictation Box
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
Add lines and spaces
New line
New paragraph
Press Enter
Press Tab key
Tab <n> times
Move in a list
Move down <n>
Go to bottom | top
Press Enter
Press right arrow
Format
Bullet selection, Unbullet that
Underline <xyz>, Capitalise <xyz>
Make this uppercase
All caps on | off
Work with windows
Switch to <window name>
Minimise 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
Move the mouse
Move mouse up
Move mouse right
Move mouse down slower
Stop
Position the mouse
MouseGrid
MouseGrid window
MouseGrid <1 to 9><1 to 9>
Cancel
Click the mouse
Mouse click
Mouse double click
Mouse right click
Drag the mouse
Drag mouse down faster
Mouse drag lower right very fast
Mouse drag up very fast
Principles
– To click a button or other interface item, say its name preceded by “click” (see the Commands tab of the Options dialog).
– Pause before and after commands but not within them.
Command cheat sheetDragon speech recognition
Nuance Dragon Professional Individual
Command type Sample Wording What happens
Search the Web (default search engine) “Search the Web for post offices in London.”
Your default Web browser displays the
results of the default search engine for the
given keywords.
Search specific Web sites “Search eBay for notebooks.”
Your default Web browser displays the
results of searching eBay for the given
keyword(s). Dragon supports this feature for
many Web sites, including the following:
About.com, Amazon, eBay, MSN, Twitter,
Wikipedia
Open the top Web site from Google’s “I’m
feeling lucky” for given keyword(s)
“Open top site for writing business plans.”
Your default Web browser opens and
displays Google’s top-ranked page for the
given keyword(s).
Search the Web with a specific search
engine
“Search Google for 53 divided by 12.”
Your default Web browser opens and
displays search results for the given
keywords. Dragon supports this feature for
the following search engines:
AOL, Bing, Google, Yahoo!
Search the Web for a specific type of
information
“Search video for JFK inaugural address.”
Your default Web browser opens and
displays the results of a search for the given
keywords in your default search engine’s
video category. Valid categories are:
– Search (news | events) for…
– Search (products | shops) for…
– Search (maps | places) for…
– Search (video | movies) for…
– Search (images | pictures | photos) for…
Command cheat sheetDragon speech recognition
Nuance Dragon Professional Individual
If you would like to... Just say...
** Delete the specified text or a range of text.
– Delete <text>
– Delete from <text> to <text>
** Cut the specified text or a range of text.
– Cut <text>
– Cut from <text> to <text>
** Copy the specified text or a range of text.
– Copy <text>
– Copy from <text> to <text>
Note: Similar commands exist for “bold,” “italicise,” “underline” and “capitalise.”
Add quotes or brackets.
– Quote that
– Empty Quotes
– Bracket that
– Empty Brackets
**Can be disabled on the Commands tab of the Options dialog.
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Command cheat sheetDragon speech recognition
Nuance Dragon Professional Individual
