Dragon Dictate For Mac Command Cheat Sheet Page 2
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2DRAGON DICTATE FOR MAC
COMMAND CHEAT SHEET
DRAGON DICTATE WINDOW COMMANDS
The Status window is the primary user interface for Dragon. This “control center” for the application includes
a microphone icon, a sound input level, a mode button, a “bring to front” button, and a Recognition Window
Show/hide Status Window
to correct errors. The bottom area of the Status window indicates the dictation target window (e.g., which
application Dragon will place your text into).
The Available Commands Window serves as a “cheat sheet” on your desktop to remind you about the voice
Show/hide Available Commands window
commands that you can use to control your computer.
The Recognition window is used to correct misrecognized text, “teaching” Dragon so that it will be less likely
Show/hide Recognition window
to make the same mistake moving forward.
Bring Dictate to the front
Brings Dragon Dictate to the front so that you can access the Status window and menu bar options.
BUTTON/KEYBOARD COMMANDS
Press Cancel/Don’t Save/OK
Selects and clicks a specific button within a dialog box.
Enters the key name as though the key had been pressed on the keyboard. Key names are alphabet keys,
Press the key [key name]
numbers, function keys, or other named keys.
Enters the key combination as though the keys had been pressed on the keyboard. Modifiers are Control,
Press the key combo [modifiers] [key name]
Shift, Command, Option, Function, and Caps Lock.
WORKING ON THE WEB
Select from Google, Bing or Yahoo to find your specific search criteria on the Web. For example, “Search
Search Google/Bing/Yahoo for “text”
Google for Boston Celtics schedule. ” These commands work regardless of what application is currently open
on your screen.
Web 100 Commands take you in your browser to any of 100 commonly used Web sites just by saying the
Jump to [site address]
name of the site. For example, you can say “Jump to CNN” to open the CNN web page no matter what
application is currently active on your screen.
In Safari, this command moves your cursor to the address bar. Dictate the site address just as you would say it
Access open location window
to a friend. When you have dictated the complete address, say “Press the key Enter. ”
Scroll up/down
Navigate the content of a web page by voice.
Issue this command and then dictate your text or paste the text you want to post to Facebook. You can also
Post to Facebook
dictate your post first, and then say “Post that to Facebook, ” where “that” is the last utterance Dragon just
heard.
The command “tweet [text]” also allows users to post text to Twitter. Or select text (via mouse or voice
Post to Twitter [text]
command), and say “Post that to Twitter. ”
MANAGING EMAIL
Consult your Address Book in Mail. Dragon Dictate allows you to say the name of any person or group having
an email address in your Address Book. “Name” is the primary addressee of your message. You can specify
Send email to [name]
multiple recipients by appending and [Name] to your command. After you’ve dictated your text, say Send
message to send your mail.
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