Specifications

Chapter 18: Improving recognition accuracy
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.
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
NaturallySpeaking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.
Note
n Ifyoumakeacorrectionthatcorrespondstoanauto-formattingoptionandaword
property,Dragondisplaysonlythesmartformatrulepromptforthewordproperty.
Adjusting Speed vs. Accuracy
Youcanincreaseproductspeedor,alternatively,increaserecognitionaccuracybyusingthe
Speedvs.Accuracyslider.
TheSpeedvs.Accuracysliderletsyoucontrolthenumberofwordsandphrasesthatthe
programexaminesinordertofindawordmatch.Themorewordsexamined,thegreaterthe
possibilityofanaccuratematchattheexpenseofusingmorememoryandtakingalonger
timetorecognizeyourspeech.
MovingtheslidercaninfluencetheperformanceofDragonNaturallySpeaking.Draggingthe
slidertowardaccuracysometimesincreasestheaccuracyofthematchesattheexpenseof
additionaltimeintranscribingyourdictation.Movingtheslidertotherightnormallyincreases
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