Comments on: Some Tips For Dragon Dictation

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:58:00 +0000

Thanks for this. When I dictate dragon notes I can’t see what I am typing until I finish. Is this what you’d expect? I’m used to dragon naturally speaking for the PC where you can see what you are writing.

By: Roxann Souci

Roxann Souci — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:47:00 +0000

Thanks for the great information. I really needed these tips.

By: Munkypoop99

Munkypoop99 — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:53:05 +0000

In reply to Austin Private Investigator. You are controlling it faster than it can keep up. Go to the Dragon tools and under options and change the bar that you can move it to faster or more accurate. Move it to closer to the faster part and it will keep up more and not freeze as much

By: Munkypoop99

Munkypoop99 — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:46:39 +0000

I was wondering… Are there any cellular phones that are controlled by voice, either with Dragon or something. I know you can control phone calls and text messages. But what about the other Apps on the phone? Anything or a phone that has something like Dragon where you can control and use every single thing on the phone by using only your voice?

By: Munkypoop99

Munkypoop99 — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:40:00 +0000

Just reading over everything… And as far as Dragon speak goes. I upgraded from Dragon professional 11.5 and went to premium 12 and it works really well. Right out of the box and reading your initial first story, it was already more accurate than the previous version where I read every story. And there are more available options for it. I use it because I am paralyzed and have to use my voice to control everything I do on the computer. I’m very pleased with it. And if you have a problem, they have a new tutorial with either text based solutions or WebCam solutions to actually show you. I’m not an employee or anything, it just helps me so hopefully it will help others.

By: shawna deck

shawna deck — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 04:43:18 +0000

In reply to HJR. Why are there always spaces before all punctuation symbols ? I see that Bob asked about this in January , it doesn't look like it was ever addressed .

By: Michael Musgrove

Michael Musgrove — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:22:31 +0000

Great tips! Thanks for sharing.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:29:10 +0000

The DD on my myTouch 4G from T-Mobile has an annoying feature right now, it puts a space after a word I speak so that if I say “open the door comma please” into DD, it types: “open the door , please”… which messes up the look of the phrase. Is there any way to stop this? THANKS!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:41:06 +0000

I just started using this app today. I also would like to know how to save the document to go back in to edit it. So far I really like this app. I did a few “tests” and once I e-mailed them to myself, I could not find the dictation I just did to edit it. Any help would be great.
Thanks!

By: paul

paul — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:39:10 +0000

In reply to Jslayne. Try saying "tab key". It seemed to work for me, although it put in a character other than the tab! A search and replace in Word took care of that!

By: LM

LM — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:56:32 +0000

Does anyone know if there is a command to create a list, instead of having to keep saying “new line” over and over?

By: EmpowerTech

EmpowerTech — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:59:31 +0000

In reply to mary block.

I have had this same problem with children. It seems to be the highness and possibly the quietness of the voice. Try having him “SHOUT like a bear/monster”.
I do Assistive Technology assessments to determine what technology is available to people with disabilities for their particular goal at the non-profit EmpowerTech in Los Angeles.
Judy

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:26:12 +0000

I had created a personalized command in Outlook I called it “done”. I couldn’t find my way back to it to modify it the way I like. please advise me on the steps on how can I get back to my command and adjust it accordingly.

Thanks a lot

By: William Groff

William Groff — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:46:57 +0000

When I tap on DONE, where does the document go? Is my only choice to send it to another source? Also, once I send it, how do I delete the document from Dragon?

By: Mallory

Mallory — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:53:15 +0000

In reply to Jie-Ming. say "asterisk"

By: Mallory

Mallory — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:53:03 +0000

If I leave the app, is there a way to go back and retrieve everything I just dictated before I left?

By: Austin Private Investigator

Austin Private Investigator — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:23:14 +0000

I use Dragon when typing reports in my Private Investigation Business. I love the program and it saves me tons of time. On at least a few occasions now the program has hung – seems to happen when it gets confused about certain terms,i.e., like square feet and it wants to write feet2 as though it is an algebraic number. Then it will freeze. After the freeze I lose my work. Any suggestions or ideas why this happens?

By: Jslayne

Jslayne — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:11:57 +0000

I am an accounting college professor looking for a way to “speak” what I want to write on the board. Dragon works remarkably well. Is there a way to place a tab inbetween words? Or place words right- or left-justified?

By: HTJ

HTJ — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:22:52 +0000

I have had my iPhone 4 for 3 months, and one of the first apps I got for it was Dragon Dictation. I frequently use it on my 30 to 45 minute commute to and from work. A headset/boom mic is a must. I only found out about the voice commands for this app this week.

Some of the above commands work on my phone, some do not. I am not sure if this is because of the iOS, DD version, carrier, or what.

I have to agree with some of the posts above. There are times with the app is not able to process what has been spoken. I would also recommend that the buffer be saved also for reprocessing.

I have also noticed that if while dictating and I get a text or or phone call, that what ever work I had is wiped out, gone, not saved. Very frustrating. Once again, I would suggest that what ever has been completed, and what ever has been recorded, be saved to a file and reprocessed later.

Excellent application. Keep the good work up.

R/
Howard

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:00:54 +0000

How do I italicize or underline?
Is there a way to compose a text or email within dragon without choosing SMS or email and then having to manually type in addresses?

By: mary block

mary block — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:53:31 +0000

You sound like you know a lot, or maybe users on your blogs do.

I want to train a 9 year old with special needs to use dragon. The program is not picking up his voice. It seems that everything is working because it will pick up mine.

I’ve set him up for more volume, e.g. posture, etc.

Any suggestions. Does the system need a different type of microphone. His voice is rather soft and slightly high.

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By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:50:36 +0000

how do you toggle the NATO phonetic alphabet in the app? when i said “november victor india sierra oscar november” it listed those words, not the leading letters.

By: Hedda Ekstrom

Hedda Ekstrom — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:14:05 +0000

Anyone who knows the Norwegian command for New Paragraph?
I am working my way throu all commands in Norwegian and trying to make a list to publish, but I can’t make i a new pargraph.
This will be a great app for dyslexic people in Norwegian too.