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Dictating abbreviations and acronyms – Sony ICD-R100VTP User Manual

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C H A P T E R 4

Dictating Names, Numbers & Punctuation

Dragon NaturallySpeaking User’s Guide

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Dictating abbreviations and
acronyms

Dragon NaturallySpeaking knows many common abbreviations (such as
NYC and BBC) and acronyms (such as NATO). To dictate an
abbreviation or acronym, just say it as you normally would.

If Dragon NaturallySpeaking types the full word instead of the
abbreviation or acronym or enters the wrong word, just correct it (as
described in “Correcting recognition mistakes” on page 15). The
Correction dialog box should display the abbreviation or acronym on the
list of alternatives. If none of the choices are correct, type it or spell it by
voice.

If you want to include periods or full stops in an abbreviation (for
example, U. K. instead of UK), just correct it. When the Quick Correct
list or Correction dialog box opens, you may see a version that includes
periods or full stops. If not, edit the corrected text to include them.

If Dragon NaturallySpeaking continues to misrecognize an abbreviation or

acronym, it may not be in the vocabulary. If you use it often, you should add it to the
vocabulary (as described in “Quick and easy ways to add new word
s” on page 34).

TO EN TE R

SA Y

US/Canada:

Dr.

Other Dialects:

Dr

Doctor

UK

U K (say each letter)

RSVP

R S V P (say each letter)

HTML

H T M L (say each letter)

8

cm eight

centimeters

US/Canada:

pp. 27–33

Other Dialects:

pp 27–33

pages 27 hyphen 33

NATO

NATO (say as one word)

NASDAQ

NASDAQ (say as one word)

NOTE

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