Dragon Anywhere
User Guide
Dragon Anywhere User Guide
Contents
Dragon Anywhere User Guide 1
GettingStarted 6
Architecture 7
Dictationworkflow 7
Customwordsandauto-texts 7
Help 7
Documents 7
SharingcontentwithDragondesktop 7
Usingmultipledevices 8
Multiplespeakersononedevice 8
WhatcanIsay 8
CanmultiplepeopleuseDragonAnywhere? 8
Supportingmultipleusers 8
DragonAnywhereforcorporations 8
AlreadyaDragonuser? 9
CommandssharedwithDragondesktop 9
HowDragonAnywherebehavesdifferentlythanDragonDesktop 10
DragonAnywhere-specificcommands 10
DragonAnywherecommands 10
Dictating,editingandcorrecting 11
Dictationtips 12
Customizingthevocabulary 13
Dictatingwithoutspaces 13
Addinglinesandspaces 14
Fixingmistakes 14
Editingtext 15
Controlthecursorbyvoice. 15
Selecttextbyvoice. 15
CorrectingText 16
Formattextbyvoice. 16
Dictatingpunctuation 17
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Usingthekeyboard 19
Tousethekeyboard 19
UsingaBluetoothmicrophone 20
ControllingDragonAnywhere 21
Dictationlanguages 22
SwitchinglanguagesfromtheDictationwindow 22
SwitchinglanguagesintheSettings 22
Addingphotos 22
Sharingyourdictation 23
Tosharedictation 23
Documents 23
Workingwithdocuments 24
Importingadocument 25
Sharingandsavingadocument 25
Tosharedictation 25
Totransfertexttoanotherapp 25
Settingupsharingapps 26
Printingadocument(iOSversion1.5+) 26
Addingnewwords 27
Addingcustomwords 27
ToaddawordintheDictationwindow 27
ToaddwordsusingtheWordswindow 28
Toimportwords 28
DragonAnywhereHelp 28
Importingcustomwords 28
Toimportwords 28
Editinganddeletingwords 29
Todeletewords 29
Todeleteoriginalwords 29
Todeletewordswhileyou'redictating 29
Troubleshootingworderrors 29
Auto-texts 30
Managingauto-texts 30
Creatingauto-texts 30
Editinganddeletingauto-texts 31
Importingauto-texts 31
Toexportauto-textsfromDragondesktopproducts 32
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Toexportauto-textsfromDragonforMac 32
Toimportauto-texts 32
ResolvingAuto-texterrors 33
Unsupportedcommandtypes 33
TextFormatting 33
ExportingdictationtoDropbox 33
ExportingtoDropbox 33
SyncingdocumentswithDropbox(iOSversion1.0.7+) 34
Overview 34
Importingexistingdocuments 34
Syncingnewdocuments 35
TheDropboxscreen 36
DropboxAPIlimiterror 36
De-AuthorizeDragonAnywheretouseDropbox 36
ExportingdictationtoEvernote 36
SyncingdocumentswithEvernote(iOSversion1.0.5+) 38
Overview 38
Importingexistingnotes 38
Syncingnewnotes 39
TheEvernotescreen 40
EvernoteAPIlimiterror 40
Settings 40
Login 40
Account 41
DictationSettings 41
Import/ExportSettings 41
Security 41
LookandFeel 42
Frequentlyaskedquestions 43
Gettinghelp 44
Managingyoursubscription 44
PurchaseaSubscriptiononiOS 44
PurchaseaSubscriptiononAndroid 44
DictateonMultipleDevices 45
Re-installingtheApp 45
ResolvingIssues 45
ManageYourSubscription 45
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NeedAdditionalHelp? 46
CommandsList 46
ToaccesstheCommandsList 46
Copyrights 46
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Getting Started
Tap toturnthemicrophoneon andstartspeaking.
Whenyou'redonedictating,tapthemicrophoneagaintoturnitofforsay"MicrophoneOff".
Say: To:
"Newline" Startanewline
"Newparagraph" Startanewparagraph,includingspacetooffsetitfromtheprevious
paragraph
"Scratchthat" Deletetextyoujustdictated
"Undothat" Undomostactionsandcommands
Punctuationmarks Toincludepunctuationinyourdictation
"WhatcanIsay?" Seealistofthingsyoucansay
Tap: To:
Deleteyourcurrentdocument.
Importdocumentsfromanycloudstorageservicesyoucanaccess
fromyourdevice,likeiCloud,GoogleDrive,DropboxorEvernote
Share,email,orsyncyourdocumentwithEvernoteorDropbox
Startanewdocument
OpenthesidebartoseeeverythingyoucandowithDragonAnywhere
Typeintoyourdocument
Seealistofbasicvoicecommands
SelectalltextintheDictationwindowandcopyittotheclipboardsoyou
canpasteitintoanotherappordocument
See: To learn about:
Dictating,editingand
correcting
Voicecommandsfordictation,editingandcorrecting;including
dictatingpunctuation,usingaBluetoothmicrophoneandcontrollingthe
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appbyvoice.
Documents Usingdocuments,includingimporting,exporting,printingandsyncing
withDropboxandEvernote.
Auto-texts Auto-Textcommandsforcontentyoure-usefrequentlyinyour
documents.Theysavetimeandeffort,andreduceerrors.
Addingnewwords Adding,importingandeditingcustomwords
Architecture
Dictation workflow
WhenyoudictateinDragonAnywhere,youraudioisencryptedandtransmittedtoourrecognitionservers
inasecuredatacenter.Theaudioisconvertedtotext,whichissenttoyourdevice.Theaudiofor
commandsyouspeakisalsosenttoourserversandtheresultingactioniscommunicatedtoDragon
Anywhere.
DragonAnywheredoesnotaccesscontentonyourdevice,suchasyourcontactsoryourlocation.
Youmusthaveanactiveinternetconnectiontoperformdictationaswellasmostactions.Theappmakes
minimaluseofyourinternetconnection.Approximately6kb/sareusedtotransferyouraudiotoour
servers.
Custom words and auto-texts
Thecustomwordsandauto-textsyoucreateorimportareuploadedtoourcentralserver.
Help
Thehelppagesareservedfromourserver.
Documents
Thedocumentsyoudictatearestoredlocallyonyourdevice.Youcanviewyourdocumentsandeditthem
withthekeyboardevenwhenyou'renotconnectedtotheinternet.Youcanshareyourdocumentsviaemail
orcloudstorageandcommunicationappsifyou'reconnectedtotheinternet.Toaccessadocumentfrom
multipledevices,youmustsharethedocumenttoacloudstorageservice.SeeSharingyourdictationfor
moreinformation.
Sharing content with Dragon desktop
Ifyou'reusingaversionofDragondesktopproductsorDragonforMacthatconnectstothecentral
managementserverinthecloud,youcansharecustomwordsandauto-textsbetweenDragonAnywhere
onyourmobiledeviceandDragondesktoponyourWindowsorMacintoshPC.
Toenabletheconnection,enteryourDragonAnywhereusernameandpasswordinDragondesktop.The
desktopproductwillthenuploadcustomwordsandauto-textcommandstothecentralserverwhere
DragonAnywherecanaccessthem.Thedesktopproductwillalsodownloadanycustomwordsorauto-text
commandsyou'veaddedinDragonAnywhere.Thedownloadmaynotoccurimmediatelyafteraddinga
wordorauto-text.ConsulttheDragondesktophelpforfurtherdetails.
Note:DragonAnywheredoesnotsupportwordpropertiesyou'vedefinedinDragondesktop.
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Note:DragonAnywheresupportsplaintextauto-texts.
Using multiple devices
YoucanuseDragonAnywhereonmultiplemobiledeviceswhereyou'veinstalledtheapp.Whenyoulogin
withyourusernameandpassword,yourcustomwordsandauto-textswillberetrievedfromthecentral
server.Therefore,youwillreceivethesamerecognitionexperienceonallofyourdevices.
IfyouwanttoaccessthedocumentyoucreateinDragonAnywhereonmultipledevices,sharethe
documentstoacloudstorageservice,suchasiCloudorGoogleDrive.
Multiple speakers on one device
DragonAnywhereadaptstoyourvoiceandwordusage.Youshouldnotallowotherpeopletodictatewhen
youareloggedinwithyourusername.Allowingotherpeopletodictatewilldegradeyouraccuracy.Each
speakerneedshisorheraccount.SeeCanmultiplepeopleuseDragonAnywhere?forfurtherdetails.
What can I say
Toviewthebuilt-incommands,say“WhatCanISay”andexplorethecommandcategories.Youcanalso
openthesidebar andchooseWhatCanISay.
Toviewthetextcommandsyouoryouradministratorhascreated,say“ShowMyCommands”or"ShowMy
Auto-texts"oropentheSidebarandchooseAuto-texts.
Can multiple people use Dragon Anywhere?
Onlyonepersonshoulddictatewitheachuserlogin(emailaddress.)
WhenyoulogintoDragonAnywhereaprofileiscreatedforyouontheserver.Asyoudictate,theprofileis
tunedforyourvoiceandthewordsyouuse.Ifanotherpersondictatesintotheappwhenyouareloggedin,
theiraudiowillbeaddedtoyourprofile,whichwillreduceyouraccuracy.
Supporting multiple users
IfanothermemberofyourhouseholdorofficewouldliketouseDragonAnywhere,havethempurchase a
subscription(https://www.nuance.com/dragon/dragon-anywhere.html).Theycanthenloginundertheir
username(emailaddress.)RemembertoswitchtothecorrectuserontheLoginscreenbeforeyoubegin
dictating.Toswitchbetweenusers,opentheSettingsfromtheSidebarandchooseLogOut.Youcanthen
chooseadifferentuserontheLoginscreenbytappingthepeopleiconorbyenteringanewusernameand
password.
Dragon Anywhere for corporations
IfyouareamemberofacorporationthatisinterestedindeployingDragonAnywhere,contactour
Corporate Salesgroup(https://www.nuance.com/dragon/dragon-anywhere.html).TheCorporateedition
allowsasiteadministratortomanageuseraccounts,wordsandauto-textswithinanorganization,aswell
astrackusagebyorganizationmembers.
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Click To learn about
DragonAnywhere-specificcommands CommandsthatareuniquetoDragonAnywhere.
CommandssharedwithDragondesktop CommandssharedwithDragondesktopproducts
andDragonforMac.
HowDragonAnywherebehavesdifferently
thanDragonDesktop
SomelimitationsonformattingcommandswithDragon
Anywhere.
Commands shared with Dragon desktop
ThesecommandsfunctioninDragonAnywhereaswellasinDragondesktopproductsandDragonfor
Mac:
Familiar commands
NewLine|NewParagraph
UndoThat|RedoThat
SelectPrevious|Next
Select(This|Previous|Next|First|Last)(Word|Sentence|Paragraph)
Select|Unselect<text>
Correct<text>
Correct<text>through<text>
ResumeWith
Cap<text>(tostartthenextwordyoudictatewithacapitalletter)
NoSpaceOn|Off
Spacebar
PressBackspace,Backspace2
PressBackspace,Backspace2
Numeral|RomanNumeral
Microphoneoff|StopListening
Bold|Underline|ItalicizeThat
ScratchThat|DeleteThat
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Familiar commands
TabKey
SelectAll
Select|UnselectThat
InsertBefore|After
GotoBeginning|End
AllCapsThat(toapplyallcapitalletterstoselectedtext)
WhatCanIsay(todisplaycommands)
GiveMeHelp
How Dragon Anywhere behaves differently than Dragon
Desktop
UnlikeDragondesktopproductsandDragonforMac,DragonAnywhererequirestexttobeselectedbefore
itcanbeformatted.Acommand,like"BoldThat,"willnotbeappliedautomaticallytothelastthingyousaid.
Selectthetextfirst,bysaying"SelectText"or"Selectlastword"andthensayaformattingcommand,such
as"UnderlineThat."
TheUndoThatcommandinDragonAnywherewillundorecognizedtextbutitwillnotundoformatting.To
undoaformattingcommandbyvoice,selectthetextandissuethe"UnformatThat"command.For
example,
Say"Select<text>"
Say"BoldThat"
Say"Select<text>"
Say"UnformatThat"
Thetextwillnolongerhavebolding.
Dragon Anywhere-specific commands
Dragon Anywhere commands
YoucanusevoicecommandsinDragonAnywheretoperformmostactions.Here’show:
Say To
NewDocument Startanewdocument.
Open OpentheDocumentswindow.
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Say To
Documents
GoToTitle MovetheinsertionpointtotheTitlefieldofyourdictation,whereyoucanassigna
filename.
GoToDictation MovetheinsertionpointtotheBodyfield.
ShareDocument Senddictationviatext,email,socialmediaorastorageapp.
EmailDocument Openyouremailprogramandinsertyourcurrentdictation.
Emailas
Attachment
SendyourdictationasanRTF,MicrosoftWord.orTXTemailattachment.
OpenSettings OpentheSettingswindow.
TransferText SelectalltextintheDictationwindowandcopyittotheclipboardsoyoucanpaste
itintoanotherapp.
Switchto
<language>
Changethedictationlanguage.Forexample,"SwitchtoGerman."
ShowKeyboard Openthekeyboard.
ImportDocument ImportadocumenttouseinDragonAnywhere.
ShowMyAuto-
texts
Showyourauto-texts.
ShowMyWords Showyourlistofcustomwords.
ChoosePhoto Selectaphototoaddtoyourdictation.
TakeaPhoto Takeaphototoaddtoyourdictation.
GiveMeHelp Openthehelppages.
Say“WhatCanISay”toseethecompletecommandslist.
Dictating, editing and correcting
Tap toturnthemicrophoneon andstartspeaking.
Whenyou'redonedictating,tapthemicrophoneagaintoturnitofforsay"MicrophoneOff".
Tap: To learn about:
Dictationtips DictatingwithDragonAnywhere.
Addinglinesand
spaces
Dictatinglinebreaksandspacesasyougo.
Fixingmistakes Makingcorrectionstomis-recognitionsoreditingyourownideas.
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Dragon Anywhere User Guide
Tap: To learn about:
Editingtext Editingtextandmovingthecursor.
Dictatingpunctuation Dictatingpunctuationasyougo
Usingthekeyboard Enteroredittextwiththekeyboard.
UsingaBluetooth
microphone
UsingaBluetoothmicrophonewithDragonAnywhere
CommandsList Toseeallsupportedcommands,justsay"WhatCanISay"oraccessWhat
CanISayitemonSidebar .
ControllingDragon
Anywhere
ControllingDragonAnywherebyvoice.
Dictationlanguages Changingthelanguageyoudictatein.
Addingphotos Addingphotostoyourdocumentsbyvoice.
Sharingyourdictation Sharingyourdictatedtextwithyourotherdevicesorcolleagues.
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Dictation tips
Microphone control
Tap toturnthemicrophoneon andstartspeaking.
Whenyou'redonedictating,tapthemicrophoneagaintoturnitofforsay"MicrophoneOff".
Audio tips
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Don'tallowotherpeopletodictatewithyouraccount.Thesystemadaptstoyourvoice,allowing
otherpeopletodictateintoyourprofilewilldegradeyouraccuracy.SeeCanmultiplepeopleuse
DragonAnywhere?formoreinformation.
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Holdyourmobiledevice6to18inchesfromyourmouth.
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Locatethemicrophoneonyourdeviceandavoidplacingyourhandoraprotectivecaseoverthe
microphonewhileyoudictate.
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Dictateatanormalvolumeandpace.Avoidyelling,talkingslowlyorsayingonewordatatime.
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Rememberthatunlessyouturnoffthemicrophone,DragonAnywherewillrecordeverythingit
hears.Whenyoucompleteaportionofdictation,turnoffthemicrophoneorsay"MicrophoneOff."
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Minimizetheamountofbackgroundnoise.Ifyoucan'tavoidbackgroundnoise,consider
connectingamicrophonetoyourmobiledevice,suchastheearbudmicrophoneincludedwith
yourphone.
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Dictation tips
Ifyouexperiencerecognitionerrorsinthefirstfewminutes,keepdictating.Thesystemwilladapttoyour
voiceafterafewminutes.Thisadaptationphaseisparticularlyimportantifyouspeakwithanaccent.
Ifyou'renewtodictation,thekeyistopronounceyourwordsclearlyandtohavearoughideaaboutwhat
youwanttosaybeforeyoustart,sothatyoucanspeakinfullsentenceswithminimalpauses.
DragonAnywhereincludesanexplicitcommandsyntaxtoperformdictation,selection,correctionand
commandandcontrolactivities.RefertotheCommandsListintheDictationsceneforaquicklookatthe
mostcommoncommands.Toseeallsupportedcommands,justsay"WhatCanISay"intheDictation
sceneoraccesstheWhatCanISayitemontheSidebar.
IfDragonAnywheremakesanerrororyouwanttochangesomething,waituntilyoufinishyourcurrent
sentence,paragraphordocument;thenyoucanproofreadandmakecorrectionsoreditsasrequired.
Remembertospeakpunctuationmarksyouwanttoappearinyourdocument.SeeDictatingpunctuation
forcommonpunctuationsymbols.
Correction
It'sveryimportanttocorrectmistakesifDragonAnywheremisunderstandswhatyousay.Correcting
mistakeswillimprovethespeechrecognitionaccuracyovertime.Whenyoucompleteadocument,the
systemcomparesthetextyoudictatedtothefinaltext,afteryoumakeeditsandcorrections.Thesystem
adaptstoyourcorrectionsandshouldnotmakethesamemistakesinthefuture.
Tocorrectamistake,say"Correct<text>"or"Correct<text>through<text>"andthendictateortypethe
desiredtext.
Auto-formatted text
DragonAnywherewillformatsometextautomatically.Forexample,dates,times,measurementsand
numbers.
Say To get
Januaryfirsttwothousandfifteen January1,2015
ohoneohonetwothousandfifteen 01/01/2015
teno'clockam 10:00am
50milligrams 50mg
Customizing the vocabulary
DragonAnywheremaintainsalargevocabularyofwordsandphrases,butitmaynotcontainwordsspecific
toyourindustry,clienteleorsocialnetwork.Ifyoudictatewordsthatarenotrecognizedcorrectly,youcan
extendthevocabularybyaddingindividualwords(Addingcustomwords)orbyimportingawordlist
(Importingcustomwords)fromDragondesktop.
Ifthesystemrecognizesawordthatyouareunlikelytouseinyourdictation,selectthewordandsay"Do
notrecognizethatword"topreventthewordfrombeingrecognizedinthefuture.
Dictating without spaces
Theremaybetimeswhenyouwanttodictateaseriesofletters,numbersandsymbolswithoutspaces,
suchaslicenseplatenumbers,VINnumbersorproductSKUs.Inthesecases,say"NoSpaceOn"priorto
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dictatingthesequenceofsymbols,asinthefollowingexample:
"NoSpaceOn"
"7550JN"
Willresultin"7550JN"
Ifyouneedtodictatemorethanoneutterancewithoutspaces,usethe"NoSpaceOn"and"NoSpaceOff"
commands,asinthefollowingexample:
"NoSpaceOn"
"Thisisasentence"
"NoSpaceOff"
Willresultin"Thisisasentence"
Adding lines and spaces
Whiledictating,saycommandstoinsertcommonkeyboardactions,includingthese:
Say To
NewLine Startanewline.ThisisthesameaspressingtheEnterkeyonce.
NewParagraph Startanewparagraph.ThisisthesameaspressingtheEnterkeytwice.
Thenextwordyouspeakwillbecapitalizedautomatically.
TabKey Enterawidespaceatthebeginningofaline,usuallytoaligntext.Thisis
thesameaspressingtheTabkey.
SpaceBar Addaspace
SingleSpaceDocument
SpaceandaHalf
Document
DoubleSpaceDocument
Thesecommandschangethelinespacingwhenthedocumentisdisplayed
inDragonAnywhere.Thismakesreadingandeditingeasier.Theresulting
linespacingdoesnotapplytoexportedtext.
Fixing mistakes
Usethesecommandstofixmistakes.
Note:Ifmis-recognitionsoccur,it'simportanttocorrectthemtoallowthesystemtolearnovertime.
Say To
UndoThat Undomostactionsandcommands.Toundoatextformattingaction,selectthetext
andsay,"UnformatThat"orsayaformattingcommand,suchas"BoldThat."
CorrectThat SelectthelastutteranceyoudictatedanddisplaytheCorrectionmenuwithcorrection
alternatives.
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Say To
ResumeWith
<text>
Replacealltextafterthespecifiedtext,withthenextthingyoudictate.Thecommand
actsontheprevious1000charactersdictatedduringthecurrentdictationsection.
Forexample,youmightdictatethewords,"Let'smeetinthelobbynearthefountain,"
butthenyougetabetteridea.Changeyoursuggestionbysaying,"ResumeWith
meet.""IntheLongfellowconferenceroom."
Thefinaltextwouldbe:"Let'smeetintheLongfellowconferenceroom."
Select<text> Tochangetext,selectitbyvoicebysaying,"Select<text>"orbylong-tappingthetext
andadjustingtheselectionhandles.Youcanthendictatenewtextoropenthe
keyboard andtypetherevisedtext.
ScratchThat Removethelastthingyousaid.Thecommandcanbespokenmultipletimesto
removemultipleutterances.
Press
Backspace,
Backspace2
SamebehavioraspressingtheBackspacekeyonthekeyboardonceortwice.
Editing text
Youcanedittextbyvoiceorwithtouchandthekeyboard.SeeUsingthekeyboard
Youmayfindthatacombinationofvoiceandtouchworksbest.
Note:Ifmis-recognitionsoccur,it'simportanttocorrectthemtoallowthesystemtolearnovertime.
Control the cursor by voice.
Say To
Gotobeginning|end Movecursortothebeginningorendofthetext.
Gotoendofsentence|
paragraph
Movecursortotheendofthecurrentsentenceorparagraph.
Goback Returncursortothelocationbeforethelastformattingorcorrection
commandwasissued.
Gototitle PlacecursorintheTitlefield.
Gotodictation PlacecursorintheDictationfield.
Select text by voice.
Say To
Select<text> Selectthespecifiedtext.
UnselectThat Unselectthepreviouslyselectedtext.
Select<text>Through Selectarangeoftext.
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Say To
<text>
SelectAll Selectallthetextintheeditor.
SelectPrevious|Next Selectthepreviousornextinstanceoftheselectedtext.
Select(previous|next)
(first|last)(sentence|
paragraph)
Selectthespecifiedsegmentoftext.
DeleteWord Selectawordandthensay"DeleteWord"toremoveitfromthe
document.
PressBackspace,
Backspace2
SamebehavioraspressingtheBackspacekeyonthekeyboardoneor
twice.
Correcting Text
Say To
Correct<text> SelectthespecifiedtextanddisplaytheCorrectionmenu.
CorrectThat SelectthelastutteranceyoudictatedanddisplaytheCorrectionmenu.
Correct<text>Through
<text>
Correctarangeoftext.
Format text by voice.
Inadditiontousingvoicecommands,youcanformattextbytouch.Long-tapthetextyouwanttoformat,
adjusttheselectionasneededusingthetexthandlesandthentapaformattingoptionontheEditmenu,
suchasBold,ItalicorUnderline.
Note:Youmustselecttextbeforeformattingit.Forexample,say"Select<text>"andthensay"Boldthat."A
formattingcommanddoesnotautomaticallyapplytothelastthingyousaid,asitdoesintheDragon
desktopproducts.
Youcanapplybold,italic,underline,colorandhighlightstoyourtextwithvoicecommands.
Say"ClientfailedtoappearforthehearingonJune15period"
Say"Selectfailedtoappear"
Say"Underlinethat"
Recognizedtext:ClientfailedtoappearforthehearingonJune15.
Say To
BoldThat Boldtheselectedtext.
ItalicizeThat Italicizetheselectedtext.
UnderlineThat Underlinetheselectedtext.
SetTextColorto<color> Changetheselectedtexttoacolor:red,green,yellow,blue,black,white,
clear
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Say To
SetHighlightColorto
<color>
Highlighttheselectedtext:red,green,yellow,blue,black,white,clear
UndoThat Removethelasttextchangeyoumade.Thiscommanddoesnotapplyto
textformatting.UsetheUnformatThatcommandinstead.
RedoThat Restoresthelasttextchangeyoumadewith"UndoThat".Thiscommand
doesnotapplytotextformatting.UsetheUnformatThatcommand
instead.
UnformatThat Removeformattingfromtheselectedtext.
CopyThat Copytheselectedtexttotheclipboard.
PasteThat Pastethecontentsoftheclipboardtothecurrentcursorlocationinthe
Dictationwindow.
Dictating punctuation
Asyoudictate,remembertosaypunctuationmarks.Forexample,todictate"Thedeadlineforthereportis
nextweek,nolaterthanThursday."say"Thedeadlineforthereportisnextweekcommanolaterthan
Thursdayperiod."
Makesureyoupauseslightlybeforeandafteryoudictatepunctuation.Thisway,ifyouwanttoinserta
commaandnottheword"comma,"DragonAnywherecanmoreeasilydetermineyourintent.
Belowisalistofcommonpunctuationsymbolsandtheirnames.
To Enter Say
& ampersandsign
’ apostrophe
@ atsign
' beginsinglequote/opensinglequote
" openquote,beginquote,closequote,endquote
\ backslash
: colon
, comma
^ caret
-- dash,emdash
. dot/point/period
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To Enter Say
GreatBritain-fullstop
$ dollarsign/dollar/dollars
= equalsign
! U.S./Canadaonly:exclamationpoint
OtherDialects:exclamationmark
£ U.S./Canada:poundsterlingsign
OtherDialects:poundsignpounds
® registeredsign
; semicolon
(tab) tabkey
_ underscore
{ U.S./Canada:leftbraceopenbrace
OtherthanU.S./Canada:leftcurlybracketopencurlybracket
[ U.S./Canada:leftbracketopenbracket
OtherthanU.S./Canada:leftsquarebracketopensquarebracket
( AllDialects:leftparenthesisopenparenthesisOtherthanU.S./Canada:left
bracketopenbracket
< leftanglebracket/openanglebracket
> rightanglebracket/closeanglebracket
- minussign
% percentsign
:-( frownyface
;-) winkyface
:-) smileyface
* asterisk
’s apostropheess
` backquote
' closesingle/quoteendsinglequote
" closequote,endquote
/ forwardslashslash
... ellipsis
° degreesign
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To Enter Say
. U.S./Canada:period
OtherthanU.S./Canada:fullstop
© copyrightsign
€ euro-sign/euro/euros
? questionmark
§ sectionsign
(space) spacebar
~ tilde
| verticalbar
} U.S./Canada:closebracerightbrace
OtherthanU.S./Canada:rightcurlybracketclosecurlybracket
] U.S./Canada:rightbracketclosebracket
OtherthanU.S./Canada:rightsquarebracketclosesquarebracket
) AllDialects:rightparenthesiscloseparenthesis
OtherthanU.S./Canada:rightbracketclosebracket
< lessthan
> greaterthan
# U.S./Canada:poundsignnumbersign
OtherthanU.S./Canada:hashsignsharpsign
+ plussign
Using the keyboard
UsethekeyboardtoenterwordsDragonAnywheredoesn'tunderstandortoenteroredittext.SeeAdding
customwordsformoreinformation.
To use the keyboard
1. IntheDictationwindow,dooneofthefollowing:
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Say"ShowtheKeyboard,"or
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Tapthekeyboardicon
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2. Editthetextasrequired.
3. Tohidethekeyboardandgobacktodictating,
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Onasmartphone,tapDoneabovethekeyboard.
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Onatablet,taphidekeyboard.
4. TaptheMicrophoneiconandcontinuedictating.
Using a Bluetooth microphone
DragonAnywheresupportsdictationwithBluetoothmicrophones.DragonAnywhereremembersyour
Bluetoothmicrophoneacrosssessions.
Apple devices - iOS
TopairaBluetoothmicrophonewithyouriOSdevice:
1. MakesureyourBluetoothmicrophoneispoweredonandin"Discoverable"mode.
2. LaunchSettings>Bluetoothandtapthenameofthedeviceyouwanttopairwith.
DragonAnywhereautomaticallyusesthepairedBluetoothmicrophone.IfyoudisconnecttheBluetooth
microphone,DragonAnywherewillautomaticallyswitchbacktothemicrophoneonyouriOSdevice.
Android devices
1. EnableBluetoothintheAndroidsettings.
2. PairyourBluetoothmicrophonewithyourAndroiddevice.
3. SwitchtoDragonAnywhereandlong-tapthemicrophonecontroltodisplaythemicrophoneicons.
4. TapthesmallBluetoothicon.
TheiconinthemiddleofthemicrophonecontrolchangestotheBluetoothsymbolanda
confirmationmessageappearsindicatingDragonAnywhereislisteningtotheBluetooth
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microphone.
5. Toswitchbacktothebuilt-inmicrophone,long-tapthemicrophonecontrolagainandtapthesmall
microphoneicon.
IfDragonAnywherenolongerdetectsyourBluetoothmicrophone,itswitchestothebuilt-inmicrophone
anddisplaysanerrormessage.ToresumeusingaBluetoothmicrophone,ensuretheBluetooth
microphoneisconnectedtoyourdeviceandfollowthestepsoutlinedabove.
Controlling Dragon Anywhere
Youcanperformmanyactionsbyvoiceratherthantouch.Thevoicecommandsallowyoutoperformtasks
fasterthantappingmultipleitemsonthescreen.Youcansaythesecommandswhenyouturnonthe
microphone.
Say"WhatCanISay"foracompletelistofcommands.
Say To
Givemehelp Openthehelppages.
Newdocument Savethecurrentdocumentandcreateanew,blankdocument.
Sharedocument OpentheSharemenutopickacloudstorageorcommunicationservice.
Importdocument LoadanRTF,RTFD,DOCX,TXTorHTMfilefromcloudstorage.
SavetoEvernote SaveyourdictationasanewnoteinyourEvernoteaccount.
Emaildocument Openanewemailmessagewithyourdictatedtextplacedinthemessage
body.
Emaildocumentas
attachment
OpenanewemailmessagewithyourdictatedtextattachedasanRTF,
DOCXorTXTattachment.
Opendocuments OpentheDocumentsscreentoviewandshareyourdocuments.
Showmywords OpentheWordsscreentoviewandaddcustomwords.
Showmyauto-texts OpentheAuto-textsscreentoviewandaddtextmacros.
Addthattovocabulary AddtheselectedwordtothevocabularybyopeningtheManageWords
page.
Showkeyboard Displaytheoperatingsystemkeyboard.
Showsettings OpentheSettingsscreen.
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Say To
Logmeout ClosethecurrentsessionandreturntotheLoginscreen.
Dictation languages
YoucanuseDragonAnywheretodictateinmultiplelanguages.
Thelanguageoftheapp'suserinterfaceisindependentfromthedictationlanguage.Theuserinterface
languageiscontrolledbytheLanguageyou'veselectedinyourdevicesettings.Thedictationlanguageand
thelanguageoftheonlinehelpiscontrolledbythelanguageyouselectintheDragonAnywheresettings.
Switching languages from the Dictation window
Whileyou'redictating,youcanusevoicecommandstochangethedictationlanguage.Forexample,ifyou
currentlydictatinginUSEnglishandyouwanttoswitchtoGerman,turnonthemicrophoneandsay,
"SwitchtoGerman."
Switching languages in the Settings
Ifyouwanttoswitchthedictationlanguageforanextendedperiodoftime,youcandefinethedictation
languageintheappsettings.
1.
OpentheSidebar andchooseSettings.
2. ScrolltotheDictationSettingssectionandchooseyourdesiredlanguagefromtheLanguagelist.
Adding photos
Youcanaddphotostoyourdocumentsbyvoice.
1. Withadocumentopenandthemicrophoneon,taptoplacethecursorwhereyouwanttoinsertthe
photo.
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Say"Choosephoto"andchooseaphotofromthePhotolibraryonyourdevice,or
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Say"Takephoto"andusethecameraonyourdevicetotakeaphoto.
2.
IfyouarepromptedtoallowDragonAnywheretousethecameraonyourdevice,selectYesor
Allow.
3. Whenyouhavethephotoyouwant,tapUse.Thephotoappearswhereyouplacedthecursorin
step1.
Note:Ifyouchooseahighresolutionphoto,theimagemayextendoffthescreentotheright.Youwillnot
beabletoscrolltotherighttoseetheremainderoftheimage.Whenyoushareyourdictation,theentire
photowillbeexported.
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Sharing your dictation
Shareyourdictatedtextwithyourotherdevicesorcolleagues.
To share dictation
1. IntheDictationwindow,dooneofthefollowingtoopentheSharingwindow:
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Say"Emaildocument,""EmailasAttachment,"or"Sharedocument."
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TapSharing andselect"Emaildocument,""EmailasAttachment,"or"Share
document."
2. Ifyouselecteitheroftheemailoptions,anewemailmessageappears.Entertheemailaddress
you'dliketosendthemessageto.
Thesendfromaccountisbasedonthedefaultaccountsetforyourdevice.
3. Ifyouselected"Sharedocument,"youcanchoosefromanystorageapponyourdevice(iCloud,
Dropbox,Box)tosendan.rtf,.rtfd,MicrosoftWordor.txtcopyofyourdictationthere.
Note:YoucandefineadefaultemailrecipientfortheEmailDocumentcommandinthesettings.
Documents
Click: To learn about:
Workingwithdocuments Thebasicsofworkingwithdocuments.
Importingadocument ImportingdocumentsintoDragonAnywhere.
Sharingandsavingadocument Sharingyourdictatedtextwithyourotherdevicesor
colleagues.
Settingupsharingapps Youcanshareyourdictationbyusingcloudstorageand
communicationappsinstalledonyourdevice.
ExportingdictationtoEvernote SavingyourdictationtoEvernote.
ExportingdictationtoDropbox SavingyourdictationtoDropbox.
Printingadocument(iOSversion1.5+) PrintingyourdocumentsfromDragonAnywhere.
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Working with documents
Tostartanewdocument:
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Tap andsay"NewDocument".
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Onceyou'vestartedadocument,tap atthetopofthewindoworsay,"NewDocument."
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OpentheSidebar andchooseDocuments,tap atthetopofthewindow.
opensthekeyboard
opensashortlistofcommandsforreference
pastes....
Asyoudictate,yourdocumentsareautomaticallysavedevery5seconds.
To open a saved document
OpentheSidebar andchooseDocumentsandtapadocumentfromthelist.
To rename a document
1. TapthefilenameontheDictationwindowtorenameadocument.Bydefault,adocumentis
named“Untitled”followedbyanumber.
2. Dooneofthefollowing:
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Todictateafilenameforyourdocument,tapMicrophone anddictate.
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Totypeafilename,tapKeyboard .
To sort documents
OpentheSidebarandchooseDocuments.Tap"Name"tosortdocumentsalphabeticallybyfilename,or
tap"Date"tosortdocumentschronologicallybythelast-savedtimestamp.
To delete, print, share or email a document
1. Swiperight-to-leftonadocumenttitle.
2. SelectDelete,Print,ShareorEmail.
3. Followthepromptsfortheoptionyouselected.
To delete one or more documents
1. TapSelect.
2. Selectthedocumentsyouwanttodelete.
3.
TapTrash .
4. TapDeletetoconfirm.
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Note:Documentsyoudeleteonmobiledevicescannotberestored.
Importing a document
Youcanimport.docx,.txt,.htm,.rtfd,and.rtfdocumentsbysaying“ImportDocument”orbyusingthe
Importtool .
Note:Notallfeaturesavailablein.docx,.rtfdand.rtfdocumentsaresupported,suchasheadersand
footers.You'llreceiveawarningmessageifunsupportedcontentispresentinadocumentyouwantto
import.
Sharing and saving a document
Shareyourdictatedtextwithyourotherdevicesorcolleagues.
To share dictation
1. OntheDictationscreen,dooneofthefollowingtoopentheSharingwindow:
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Say"Emaildocument,""EmailasAttachment,""Sharedocument"or"SavetoEvernote."
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TapSharing andselect"Emaildocument,""EmailasAttachment,""Sharedocument"
or"SavetoEvernote."
2. Ifyouselecteitheroftheemailoptions,anewemailmessageappears.Entertherecipient'semail
address.
The"sendfrom"accountisbasedonthedefaultemailaccountdefinedonyourdevice.
3. Ifyouselect"Sharedocument,"youcanchoosefromanycloudstorageapponyourdevice
(iCloud,Dropbox,Box,etc.)tostorean.rtf,MicrosoftWord,.rtfdor.txtcopyofyourdictation.
4. IfyouhavetheMicrosoftWordappinstalled,youcanchoosetheOpeninWord/CopytoWord
optionsfromtheSharemenutohaveyourdictatedtextopenedinMicrosoftWord.Youcanthen
saveyourdocumentfromMicrosoftWord.
Note:ToaccessdocumentsyoucreatedinDragonAnywherefrommultipledevices,youmustsharethe
documentstoacloudstorageservice.
Note:YoucandefineadefaultemailrecipientfortheEmailDocumentcommandintheSettings.
Note:YoucanindicatethedefaultformatforsharingdocumentsintheSettings.
To transfer text to another app
Ratherthansendingyourdictationasanemailoradocument,youmaywanttotransferyourdictatedtext
toanotherappviathecopyandpastefunctionsavailableinyourdevice'soperatingsystem.Thisprocedure
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isusefulforreplyingtoanemailoraninstantmessageorpastingtextintoaworkflowapp.
1. Dictatethetextyouplantotransferintoanotherapp.
2. Say"TransferText."
Aconfirmationmessageappearsindicatingyourtexthasbeencopied.
3. Useyourdevice'sfunctiontoswitchtothetargetapp,suchasdouble-tappingtheHomebutton.
4. Long-tapinthetargetappandchoosePastefromthepop-upmenu.
Setting up sharing apps
Youcanshareyourdictationbyusingcloudstorageandcommunicationappsinstalledonyourdevice.
Viewing your sharing apps
1.
OntheDictationscreen,taptheShareicon .
2. Scrolltoseeallappsthatacceptsharedcontent.
3. Iftheappyouwanttouseisnotpresent,tapMore,enablethedesiredserviceandtapDone.
Printing a document (iOS version 1.5+)
YoucanprintdocumentsfromtheDictationscreen,theDocumentsscreenorfromcloudstorageservice
screens,suchasEvernote.
ToprintfromtheDictationscreen,say,“PrintDocument”,selectaprinterandthentapPrint.
Youcanalsoprintwithoutusingvoicecommands:
1. Long-tapawordtoinvoketheEditMenu.
2. TapSelectorSelectAllontheEditMenu.
3. Adjusttheselectionhandlestoselectthetextyouwanttoprint.
4. TapPrintDocumentontheEditMenu.
YoumayneedtoscrolltheEditMenutoseethePrintDocumentitem.
ToprintfromtheDocumentsscreenoracloudstorageservicescreen:
1. Openthescreenandswiperight-to-leftonthedocumentyouwanttoprint.
2. TapPrint.
3. SelectaprinterandthentapPrint.
Anychangesyouhavemadetothedocumentwithinthecloudstorageservicewillberetrievedbeforethe
documentisprinted.
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Adding new words
Click To learn about
Addingcustomwords Howtoimproveaccuracybyaddingwordsspecifictoyour
workandindustry.
Importingcustomwords LeveragecustomwordsyouhaveaddedtoyourDragon
desktopproducts.
Editinganddeletingwords Removewordsfromthevocabularythatyoudon'twantto
haverecognizedoreditexistingwords.
Adding custom words
Youcanimproverecognitionaccuracybyaddingwordstothevocabularythatarespecifictoyourindustry
andsubjectmatter.ThewordsyouaddinDragonAnywhereareuploadedtothecentralmanagement
server.IfyouareusingaversionofDragonDesktoporDragonforMacthatconnectstothemanagement
server,theseitemswillalsobeavailableintheDragondesktopproducts.
To add a word in the Dictation window
IfDragonAnywheremis-recognizesaword,usethekeyboardtocorrectthewordthencompletethe
followingstepstoaddthecorrectedwordtotherecognitionvocabulary.
1. Long-tapthewordtodisplaytheEditmenu.
2. TapSelect.
3. Turnonthemicrophoneandsay,"Addtovocabulary."
TheAddWordscreenappears.
4. Iftheword'spronunciationisveryclosetoitsspelling,tap"UseDefaultPronunciation."
5. Iftheword'spronunciationisdifferentfromitsspellingoryoupronounceitinauniqueway,tapthe
microphonebuttonandsaytheword.
Thesystemwillcaptureyouraudiosampleandassociateitwiththeword.
6. Ifthewrittenformcontainsnon-alphabeticcharacters,youmustenteraspokenform.
7. Tapthe"Enterthewordasyouwouldpronounceit"linkandthenenteraphoneticrepresentation
forhowyoupronouncetheword.
Forexample:
Writtenform NASA
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Spokenform NaSa
To add words using the Words window
1.
OpentheSidebar andtapWords.
2. TapthePlussign.
3. Enteryourwordinthetextfield.
4. Completethestepsabovetoprovideanaudiosampleorspecifythepronunciationfortheword.
To import words
IfyouhavecustomwordsinDragondesktopproductsorDragonforMac,youcanimportthemintoDragon
Anywhere.SeeImportingcustomwords.
Dragon Anywhere Help
GettingStarted Dictating,editingandcorrecting
Documents Auto-texts
Addingnewwords AlreadyaDragonuser?
Importing custom words
Youcanimproverecognitionaccuracybyaddingwordstothevocabularythatarespecifictoyourindustry
andsubjectmatter.Youmustbeconnectedtotheinternettoimportwords.
To import words
IfyouhavecustomwordsinDragondesktopproductsorDragonforMac,youcanimportthemintoDragon
Anywhere.
1. ToexportyourwordsfromDragondesktopproducts,
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FromtheDragonBar,chooseVocabulary>ExportCustomWordandPhraseList.
2. ToexportyourwordsfromDragonforMac,
a. ChoosetheDragonmenuandchooseEditVocabulary.
b. Choosetheuserfromthedropdownmenu.
c. Selectthewordsyouwanttoexport
d. FromtheGearmenu,chooseExport.
3. Specifyalocationtosavetheexportedfile.
Choosealocationaccessiblefromyourmobiledevice,suchasDropBoxoriCloud.
4.
OpentheSidebar andtapWords.
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5. TapthePlussignandchooseImportWords.
6. SelectthefileyouexportedfromDragondesktopproductsorDragonforMac.
Amessageappearsindicatingifanyerrorsoccurredduringtheimportprocess.SeeTroubleshootingword
errors.
Editing and deleting words
Youcanremovecustomwordsyou'veaddedtothevocabularyaswellaswordsincludedintheoriginal
vocabulary.Youmaywanttoremoveanoriginalwordifitisbeingrecognizedinsteadofanotherwordyou
wanttodictate.
To delete words
1.
OpentheSidebar andchooseWords.
2. Taptheword(s)youwanttodelete.
3. TapDelete(trashcan).
Thewordlistisrefreshedandthedeletedwordsarenolongerpresent.
To delete original words
Youcandeleteoriginalwordswhileyou'redictatingorfromtheWordsscreen.
To delete words while you're dictating
1. Whenawordisrecognizedthatyoudon'twanttohaverecognizedinthefuture,selectthewordby
voiceorbylong-tappingthewordandchoosingSelectfromtheEditmenu.
2. Turnonthemicrophoneandsay,"Donotrecognizethatword."
3. OntheDeleteWordpage,tapDelete(trashcan).
4. ReturntotheDictationscreenanddeletethewordfromyourdocument.
Troubleshooting word errors
Afteryouimportawordlist,DragonAnywhereuploadsittothecentralmanagementserver.Youwill
receiveamessageifanyerrorsoccurredduringtheuploadprocess.Usethefollowingchecklistto
troubleshooterrors.
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WordlistsexportedfromDragonNaturallySpeakingmustcontaintheheaderline:
"@Version=Plato-UTF8"
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Eachwordmustappearonaseparatelineinthetextfile.
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Eachlinemustincludetheword'swrittenformfollowedbythespokenformseparatedbytwo
backslashcharacters,asinthefollowingexample:
Hershey, PA\\Her she Pennsylvania
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Auto-texts
Auto-textsaremacrosthatallowyoutogenerateablockoftextbysayingasingleutterance.Auto-texts
allowyoutocreatemoreconsistentdocumentationfasterthantypingordictatingallofthetext.
Theauto-textsyouaddinDragonAnywhereareuploadedtothecentralmanagementserver.Ifyouare
usingaversionofDragondesktopproductsorDragonforMacthatconnectstothemanagementserver,
theseitemswillalsobeavailableintheDragondesktopproducts.
Youcanuseauto-textsto:
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Insertyoursignatureblock
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Generateastandardsetofinstructions
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Insertaformthatyoucompletebyvoice
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Applystandardizedassessmenttext
DragonAnywheresupportsplaintextinnewlycreatedandimportedauto-texts.
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Managingauto-texts Creating,editinganddeletingauto-texts.
Importingauto-texts Importauto-textsfromyourDragondesktopproductsto
avoidhavingtodictatetextyouuserepeatedly
ResolvingAuto-texterrors Whenimportingauto-textcommandsfromDragondesktop
products,errorsmayoccur.Belowareexplanationsforthe
mostcommonerrors.
Managing auto-texts
Creating auto-texts
1.
OpentheSidebar andtapAuto-texts.
2.
TapthePlussign orclick .
3. Entertheutteranceyouwanttosaytoinvoketheauto-textintheNamefield.
Youmaywanttoincludeanactionverbintheauto-textname.Forexample,ifthenameofyour
auto-textis"Signature,"youmaychoosetoenterthespokenform"InsertSignature."Addingan
actionverbimprovestheaccuracyofauto-texts,particularlywhentheauto-textnameisasingle
word.
4. Enteranoptionaldescription.Thedescriptioncanhelpyouorotherusersunderstandor
rememberthepurposeoftheauto-text.
5. Enteranoptionalphoneticpronunciationfortheauto-textname,suchas"NASA"for"NASA."
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6. EnteryourtextintheAuto-textContentarea.
7. Hidethekeyboard.
8. TapSave.
Rules for auto-text spoken forms
Ifthewayyousaytheauto-textnameisverydifferentfromhowit'sspelled,enterapronunciationthat
representshowyousaythename.Youcanonlyusealphabeticcharactersinthepronunciation.For
acronymsthatarespelledoutusecapitalletters,separatedbyspaces.
Forthepronunciation,donotuse:
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Veryshortphrases(suchasonesyllableonly)
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Capitalletters(exceptforacronyms,forexample,CIA)
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Abbreviations
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Digits(use"twelve"insteadof"12")
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Punctuationmarks(e.g.,!,?,:)
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Symbols(e.g.,+,*,$)
Using auto-text fields
Ifyou'recreatingaform,youcanaddformfieldstoanauto-textbytappingtheInsertFieldbutton.The"[]"
characterswillappearintheContentarea.Youcanenteradescriptionordefaultvalueforthefield,suchas
"[Date]"orleavethefieldempty.
Whenyousaythespokentitleoftheauto-text,theformfieldswillappearinthedocument.Younavigatethe
formfieldsbysaying"NextInputField"and"PreviousInputField."Toacceptthedescriptionordefault
valueyouspecifiedforafield,say"AcceptDefault"whenthefieldisselected.
Using auto-texts during dictation
Youcanuseauto-textsatanytimewhenthefocusisintheBodyfieldontheDictationscreen.Toinvoke
theauto-text,saythenamethatyouenteredintheNamefieldontheAddAuto-textpage.Youdonotneed
tosayadditionalwords,suchas"auto-text,""macro,"or"create."
Ifyourauto-textincludesformfields,thefirstformfieldwillbeselectedbydefault.
Editing and deleting auto-texts
1.
OpentheSidebar andtapAuto-texts.
2. Taptheauto-text(s)youwanttodeleteorthesingleauto-textyouwanttoedit.
3. TapDelete(trashcan)orEdit.
Importing auto-texts
Importauto-textsfromyourDragondesktopproductstoavoidhavingtodictatetextyouuserepeatedly,
suchasformortemplatedata.Youfirstexportyourauto-textsfromthedesktopproductandthenimport
themintoDragonAnywhere.Youmustbeconnectedtotheinternettoimportauto-texts.
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To export auto-texts from Dragon desktop products
1. FromtheDragonBarchooseTools>CommandBrowser.
2. ChooseMode>Manage.
3. UsetheGrouplisttoselectthecommandgroupcontainingthetextcommandsyouwanttoexport.
Note:DragonAnywheresupportsplaintextcommands.
4.
Clickontheplussign(+)toexpandthelistifneededtofindthecommand(s)youwanttoexport.
5. Clickthecheckboxtotheleftofeachcommandyouwanttoexport.
6. ChooseManage>Export.
Note:Whenexportingauto-textsfromDragondesktopproducts,savethefilein.xmlformat.Save
thefiletoalocationyoucanaccessfromyourmobiledevice,suchasDropboxorGoogleDrive.
Note:IfDragondesktopproductscannotwritetothecloudstoragelocation,savetheXMLfileto
anotherlocation,suchastheDesktopandthenuseWindowsExplorertocopytheXMLfiletoyour
cloudservicefolder.
To export auto-texts from Dragon for Mac
1. ChoosetheDragonmenu>ShowCommands.
2. ClicktheGeariconandchooseExport.
3. SelectthecommandsyouwanttoexportandclickExport.
Savetheexportedfilestoalocationaccessiblefromyourmobiledevice,suchasiCloudorGoogle
Drive.
To import auto-texts
1. OntheDragonAnywhereSidebar,selectAuto-texts.
2. TapthePlussignandthentap"ImportAuto-texts."
3. Selectthecloudstorageservicewhereyousavedtheauto-textsfileintheexportprocedure.
Note:IfyoudonotseeyourXMLfileinthelist,choosethe"ShowAllFileTypes"optioninthe
cloudstorageapp.
4. Selecttheauto-textfileyouwanttoimport.
Aconfirmationmessageappearswithdetailsonwhichauto-textswereimportedsuccessfullyand
ifanyerrorsoccurred.SeeResolvingAuto-texterrorsformoreinformation.
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Resolving Auto-text errors
Whenimportingauto-textcommandsfromDragondesktopproducts,errorsmayoccur.Beloware
explanationsforthemostcommonerrors.
Unsupported command types
DragonAnywheresupportsauto-textcommands.Step-by-Step,MacroRecorderandAdvancedScripting
commandsarenotsupported.IfyouselectanXMLfiletoimportintoDragonAnywherethatcontainsthese
unsupportedcommandtypes,theywillbeignored.
Text Formatting
DragonAnywheresupportsplaintextauto-textcommands.IfyouselectanXMLfiletoimportthatcontain
richtextformatting,DragonAnywherewillselecttheplaintextversionofthecommandcontainedinthe
XMLfile.
Exporting dictation to Dropbox
YouhavetwooptionsforsharingyourdictationwithDropbox:
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ExportyourdictationasadocumenttoDropbox.Thisisaone-time,uni-directionalmethodof
sharing.Thismeansthatafteryousharethedocument,youwillbeabletoedititinanotherapp,
butitwillnotbepossibletosyncthechangesbacktoDragonAnywhere.Seebelowfordetails.
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Syncadocumenttothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinyourDropboxaccount.Anyfuture
changesyoumaketothedocumentinanotherapp,willbesyncedtoDragonAnywhere.See
SyncingdocumentswithDropbox(iOSversion1.0.7+)fordetails.
ToexportyourdictationasadocumenttoDropbox,youneedtohaveaDropboxaccount.Dragon
AnywhereperformsauthenticationthroughDropboxanddoesnotstoreyourcredentials.
Exporting to Dropbox
1. Dictateyourdocument,say"Sharedocument"andthenchooseDropboxonthelistofsharing
applications.
YoucanalsotaptheSharetool ,chooseShareDocumentandthenchooseaDropboxoption.
2. IfDropboxrequestsyoutoauthorizeDragonAnywheretouseyourDropboxaccount,enteryour
Dropboxcredentials,selectanauthorizationperiodandtapAuthorizeortapAllow.
3. SpecifyanameforthenewdocumentintheFilefield.
Bydefault,thedocumentwillusethenamefromtheTitlefieldontheDragonAnywhereDictation
screen.
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4. SelecttheDropboxfolderwhereyouwanttocreatethenewdocumentfromtheSaveLocationlist
ortapChooseaDifferentFoldertoselectanotherfolder.
5. TapSave.
Note:Afoldercannotcontaintwodocumentswiththesamename.Ifthisscenariooccurs,youwill
bepromptedtoreplacetheexistingdocumentortorenamethedocumentyouaresaving.
You'llreceiveaconfirmationmessagewhenyourdocumenthasbeensaved.
Syncing documents with Dropbox (iOS version 1.0.7+)
YouhavetwooptionsforsharingyourdictationwithDropbox:
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Syncadocumenttothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinyourDropboxaccount.Anyfuture
changesyoumaketothedocumentinanotherappwillbesyncedtoDragonAnywhere.Seebelow
fordetails.
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ExportyourdictationasadocumenttoDropbox.Thisisaone-time,uni-directionalmethodof
sharing.Thismeansthatafteryouexportthedocument,youwillbeabletoedititinanotherapp,
butitwillnotbepossibletosyncthechangesbacktoDragonAnywhere.SeeExportingdictationto
Dropboxfordetails.
Overview
DragonAnywhereprovidesfullintegrationwithDropbox.Thisallowsyoutoeasilyimportyourexisting
documentstoDragonAnywhereaswellasdictatenewdocumentsandsavethemtoafolderinDropbox.
WhenyoulinkyourDropboxaccounttoDragonAnywherean"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderiscreatedin
yourDropboxaccount.YoucanseethisfolderwithintheDropboxappandwebsite.Alldocumentsyou
importtotheDropboxdestinationinDragonAnywherearecopiedtothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folder.
AlldocumentsyoucreateinDragonAnywhereandsavetoDropboxarealsocreatedinthe"Apps\Dragon
Anywhere"folder.
The"Dropbox"screenwithinDragonAnywheredisplaysallthedocumentsinthe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"
folder.
WithintheDropboxapporwebsiteyoucanmovedocumentsintothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folder.
ThesedocumentswillappearontheDropboxscreeninDragonAnywhere.
Asyoudictateinasynceddocument,thenewcontentissavedtoDropboxwhenyouleavetheDictation
screenorwhenyousaytheSavetoDropboxvoicecommandorchoose"SynctoDropbox"ontheShare
menu.Eachtimethedocumentissaved,thesyncediconappearsintheupperrightcorneroftheDictation
screen .
Importing existing documents
YoucanimportdocumentsfromanyfolderinyourDropboxaccountintoDragonAnywhere.Importinga
documentcopiesittothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinyourDropboxaccount.Youcanalsoimporta
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documenttothelocalDocumentsstoragearea.SeeImportingadocument.Whenyouopenthedocument
inDragonAnywhere,thecontentsofthedocumentareimportedtoyourdevice.YoucanimportDOCX,
RTFandTextfiles.DragonAnywherestoresdocumentsinthe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinDOCX
format.
Note:YoumusthavetheDropboxappinstalledtoimportdocuments.
Note:ThenamesofdocumentssavedtoDropboxmustbeginwithaletteroradigitandcannotcontain
thesecharacters(\/:*?"<>|).Ifyouattempttoimportorsyncadocumentwhosenamecontainsthese
unsupportedcharacters,theunsupportedcharacterswillbereplacedwiththeletter"X".
1.
Choose"LinktoDropbox"fromtheSidebar .
2. Tap"LinkAccounts."
3. EnteryourDropboxaccountcredentialsandtapAllow.
Note:YoucanalsoimportfromtheDocumentsandDictationscreens.
4.
ChoosetheImporttoolfromthetoolbar .
5. ChooseDropboxfromtheImportmenu.
6. Selectthefolderfromwhichyouwanttoimportthedocument.
Ifyouhavemanyfolders,youcansearchforthedesiredfolderbytypingwordsintothe"Searchmy
Dropbox"field.
7. Chooseadocumenttoimport.
8. IndicateifyouwanttoimportthedocumentasalocaldocumentorasyncedDropboxdocument.
Ifyouchoosetosyncthedocument,itiscopiedtothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinyour
DropboxaccountandappearsontheDropboxscreenintheapp.Thedocumentiskeptinsync
whetheryoumakechangestoitinanotherapporinDragonAnywhere.
Ifyouchoosetoimportthedocumentasalocaldocument,itwillappearontheDocumentsscreen
inDragonAnywhere.Thedocumentcanonlybeeditedintheappandthensharedtoacloud
storageserviceorsentviaemail.FurthereditswillnotbereflectedinDropbox.
Note:Ifyouimportadocumentwiththesametitleasanexistingdocument,anumberwillbe
appendedtothedocumenttitletomakethetitleuniqueinDragonAnywhere.
Syncing new documents
TosyncanewdocumenttoDropbox,dictateyourdocumentontheDictationscreenandthensay"Saveto
Dropbox"or"SynctoDropbox."YoucanalsocreateanewdocumentontheDropboxscreen .Inthis
case,thedocumentwillbesavedtoDropboxautomatically,withoutyouneedingtosay,"SavetoDropbox."
OnceyouhavesavedadocumenttoDropbox,itwillbesavedautomaticallytoDropboxwheneveryou
leavetheDictationscreenorcreateanewdocument.Youdonotneedtokeepinvokingthe"Saveto
Dropbox"command.
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The Dropbox screen
TheDropboxscreen,availablefromtheSidebar,listsallDOCXdocumentsyouhavesyncedtoDropbox
fromDragonAnywhereorthatyoucopiedintothe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinDropbox.
TaptheSortmenutosortthelistalphabeticallybytitleorbylastdateupdated.
Tapthemagnifyingglasstosearchforadocumentbytitle.
Swiperight-to-leftoveradocumenttodeleteit,saveittoacloudstorageservice(Share)orEmailit.
SharingoremailingadocumentwillretrievethelatestcontentsofthedocumentfromDropbox.
Todeletemultipledocuments,tapSelectintheupper-rightcorner,tapthecheckboxnexttoeachdocument
youwanttodeleteandthentapthetrashcanicon intheupper-rightcorner.Documentsaredeleted
fromyourdeviceandfromthe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderinDropbox.
Syncing documents and sync errors
TheDropboxscreendisplaysthetitleandlastupdatedateforeachdocumentinthe"Apps\Dragon
Anywhere"folder.Documentsthatyouhavenotopenedonthecurrentdeviceincludethedescription,
"Opentosync."TapthesedocumentstoopenthemontheDictationscreenandtodownloadtheircontents
tothecurrentdevice.
IfDragonAnywhereexperiencesanerrortryingtosyncadocument,thedocument'sstatusontheDropbox
screenwillbe"Opentosync."Tapthedocumenttoloaditandattemptthesyncoperationagain.
IfyoumakechangestoadocumentinDragonAnywhereandinDropboxandthentrytosavethedocument
withavoicecommandortheSharemenu,youwillreceiveamessagerequestinghowyouwanttoresolve
thechanges—eitheroverwritingtheDropboxdocumentwiththeversionfromDragonAnywhereorcreating
acopyofthedocumentinDragonAnywhere.
Dropbox API limit error
IfyouperformmanyDropboxsynchronizationsorrepeatedlyviewtheDropboxscreenwithina1-hour
period,youmayreceiveamessagestating,"SavetoDropboxfailed!ApplicationreachedhourlyAPIcall
limittoDropbox."Whenthiserroroccurs,youarenotlockedoutofyourDropboxaccount.Youwillneedto
waituntilthebeginningofthenexthourbeforebeingabletoupdatetheDropboxscreenortosyncto
Dropbox.
De-Authorize Dragon Anywhere to use Dropbox
IfyounolongerwantDragonAnywheretoaccessyourDropboxaccount,opentheSettingspagefromthe
Sidebarandchoose"UnlinkDropbox."
WhenyouunlinkfromDropbox,alllocaldocumentsontheDropboxscreenonyourdeviceareremoved.
Documentsinthe"Apps\DragonAnywhere"folderwithinyourDropboxaccountareretained.Ifyouhave
linkedDragonAnywheretoDropboxonmultipledevices,youwillneedtoperformtheunlinkoperationon
eachdevicetoclearalllocalcopiesofdocuments.
Exporting dictation to Evernote
YouhavetwooptionsforsharingyourdictationwithEvernote:
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ExportyourdictationasadocumentattachedtoanEvernotenote.Thisisaone-time,uni-
directionalmethodofsharing.Thismeansthatafteryousharethedocument,youwillbeableto
edititinEvernote,butitwillnotbepossibletosyncthechangesbacktoDragonAnywhere.See
belowfordetails.
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Syncanotetothe"DragonAnywhere"notebookinyourEvernoteaccount.Anyfuturechanges
youmaketothenoteinDragonAnywhereorinEvernote,willbesyncedtoDragonAnywhere.See
SyncingdocumentswithEvernote(iOSversion1.0.5+)fordetails.
ToexportyourdictationasanattachmenttoanewnoteinEvernote,youneedtohaveanEvernote
account.DragonAnywhereperformsauthenticationthroughEvernoteanddoesnotstoreyourcredentials.
Exporting to Evernote on iOS
1. Dictateyourdocument,say"Sharedocument"andthenchooseEvernoteonthelistofsharing
applications.
YoucanalsotaptheSharemenu ,chooseShareDocumentandthenchooseEvernote.
2. IfEvernoterequestsyoutoauthorizeDragonAnywheretouseyourEvernoteaccount,enteryour
Evernotecredentials,selectanauthorizationperiodandtapAuthorize.
3. Specifyanameforthenewnote.
Bydefault,thenotewillusethenamefromtheTitlefieldontheDragonAnywhereDictation
screen.
4. Optionallyenteratagforthenewnote.
5. Selectthenotebookwhereyouwanttocreatethenewnote.
6. TapSave.
You'llreceiveaconfirmationmessagewhenyournotehasbeensaved.
Exporting to Evernote on Android
1. Dictateyourdocument,say"Sharedocument"andthenchooseEvernoteonthelistofsharing
applications.
YoucanalsotaptheSharemenu ,chooseShareDocumentandthenchooseEvernote.
2. IfEvernoterequestsyoutoauthorizeDragonAnywheretouseyourEvernoteaccount,enteryour
Evernotecredentials,selectanauthorizationperiodandtapAuthorize.
3. Toexportyourfirstnote,taptheEvernoteelephanticonatthebottomoftheDictationscreen.
4. Selectthenotebookwhereyouwanttocreatethenewnote.
5. Optionallychooseatagforthenote.
6.
TaptheEvernoteicon .
You'llreceivetheconfirmationcheckmarkwhenyournotehasbeensaved.
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7. Whensavingsubsequentnotes,youcanchangethenotebookand/ortagbytappingtheEvernote
elephanticonwhileitisspinning.MakethedesiredchangesandthentaptheEvernoteiconagain
tosavethenote.
Syncing documents with Evernote (iOS version 1.0.5+)
YouhavetwooptionsforsharingyourdictationwithEvernote:
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Syncanotetothe"DragonAnywhere"notebookinyourEvernoteaccount.Anyfuturechanges
youmaketothenoteinDragonAnywhereorintheEvernoteapp,willbesyncedtoDragon
Anywhere.Seebelowfordetails.
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ExportyourdictationasadocumentattachedtoanEvernotenote.Thisisaone-time,uni-
directionalmethodofsharing.Thismeansthatafteryousharethedocument,youwillbeableto
edititinEvernote,butitwillnotbepossibletosyncthechangesbacktoDragonAnywhere.See
ExportingdictationtoEvernotefordetails.
Overview
DragonAnywhereprovidesfullintegrationwithEvernote.Thisallowsyoutoeasilyimportyourexisting
notestoDragonAnywhereaswellasdictatenewnotesandsavethemtoanotebookinEvernote.
WhenyoulinkyourEvernoteaccounttoDragonAnywherea"DragonAnywhere"notebookiscreatedin
yourEvernoteaccount.YoucanseethisnotebookwithintheEvernoteappandwebsite.Allnotesyou
importfromEvernotearecopiedtothe"DragonAnywhere"notebook.AlldocumentsyoucreateinDragon
AnywhereandsavetoEvernotearealsocreatedinthe"DragonAnywhere"notebook.
The"Evernote"screenwithinDragonAnywheredisplaysallthenotesinthe"DragonAnywhere"notebook.
WithintheEvernoteapporwebsiteyoucanmovenotesintothe"DragonAnywhere"notebook.These
noteswillappearontheEvernotescreeninDragonAnywhere.
Asyoudictateinasyncednote,thenewcontentissavedtoEvernotewhenyouleavetheDictationscreen
orwhenyousaytheSavetoEvernotevoicecommandorchoose"SynctoEvernote"ontheSharemenu.
Eachtimethenoteissaved,thesyncediconappearsintheupperrightcorneroftheDictationscreen .
Importing existing notes
YoucanimportnotesfromanyofyourEvernotenotebooksintoDragonAnywhere.Importinganotecopies
ittothe"DragonAnywhere"notebookinyourEvernoteaccount.WhenyouopenthenoteinDragon
Anywhere,thecontentsofthenoteareimportedtoyourdevice.
1.
Choose"Evernote"fromtheSidebar .
Note:YoucanalsoimportfromtheDocumentsandDictationscreens.
IfyouhavenotconnectedyourEvernoteaccounttoDragonAnywhere,choose"LinktoEvernote"
fromtheSidebar,choose"LinkAccounts"andenteryourEvernotecredentials.
2.
ChoosetheImporttoolfromthetoolbar .
3. ChooseEvernotefromtheImportmenu.
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4. Selectthenotebookfromwhichyouwanttoimportthenote.
Ifyouhavemanynotebooks,youcansearchforthedesirednotebookbytypingwordsintothe
"FindNotebook"field.
5. Chooseanotetoimport.
Apreviewofthenoteappears.
6. Ifthenoteiscorrect,tapImport.Ifthisisnotthecorrectnote,tapBackandchooseanothernote.
7. IndicateifyouwanttoimportthenoteasalocaldocumentorasyncedEvernotenote.
Ifyouchoosetosyncthenote,itiscopiedtothe"DragonAnywhere"notebookinyourEvernote
accountandappearsontheEvernotescreenintheapp.Thedocumentiskeptinsyncwhetheryou
makechangestoitinEvernoteorinDragonAnywhere.Anyexistingtagsonthenotewillbe
preservedwhenitisimported.
Ifyouchoosetoimportthenoteasalocaldocument,itwillappearontheDocumentsscreenin
DragonAnywhere.Thedocumentcanonlybeeditedintheappandthensharedtoacloudstorage
serviceorsentviaemail.FurthereditswillnotbereflectedinEvernote.
Note:Ifyouimportanotewiththesametitleasanexistingnote,anumberwillbeappendedtothe
documenttitletomakethetitleuniqueinDragonAnywhere.
Note:Ifthenoteyou'reimportingcontainsanattachment,theattachmentwillberetainedin
DragonAnywherebutyoucannotedittheattachmentfromwithinDragonAnywhere.
Syncing new notes
TosyncanewnotetoEvernote,dictateyournoteontheDictationscreenandthensay"SavetoEvernote"
or"SynctoEvernote."YoucanalsocreateanewdocumentontheEvernotescreen .Inthiscase,the
documentwillbesavedtoEvernoteautomatically,withoutyouneedingtosay,"SavetoEvernote."
WhenyouinvokethesavetoEvernoteworkflow,apreviewofthenoteappearsthefirsttime.Subsequently
savesofthenotehappenautomatically.
1. Toaddtagstothenote,tapthe"Addtag"prompttext,typethenameofthenewtagandtap
Enter/Returnortypeacomma.
Youcanadduptofivetags.
2.
TochoosefromexistingtagsyouhavecreatedinEvernote,taptheAddTagsicon .
3. SelectuptofivetagsandthentapDone.
4. TapSyncintheupperrightcornertosaveyournotetothe"DragonAnywhere"folderinEvernote.
OnceyouhavesavedanotetoEvernote,itwillbesavedautomaticallytoEvernotewheneveryou
leavetheDictationscreenorcreateanewdocument.Youdonotneedtokeepinvokingthe"Save
toEvernote"workflow.
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The Evernote screen
TheEvernotescreen,availablefromtheSidebar,listsallnotesyouhavesyncedtoEvernotefromDragon
Anywhereorthatyoucopiedintothe"DragonAnywhere"folderinEvernote.
TaptheSortmenutosortthelistalphabeticallybytitleorbylastdateupdated.
Tapthemagnifyingglasstosearchforanotebytitle.
Swiperight-to-leftoveranotetodeleteit,saveittoacloudstorageservice(Share)orEmailit.Sharingor
emailinganotewillretrievethelatestcontentsofthenotefromEvernote.
Todeletemultiplenotes,tapSelectintheupper-rightcorner,tapthecheckboxnexttoeachnoteyouwant
todeleteandthentapthetrashcanicon intheupper-rightcorner.Notesaredeletedfromyourdevice
andfromthe"DragonAnywhere"notebookinEvernote.
Syncing notes and sync errors
TheEvernotescreendisplaysthetitleandlastupdatedateforeachnoteinthe"DragonAnywhere"
notebook.Notesthatyouhavenotopenedonthecurrentdeviceincludethedescription,"Opentosync."
TapthesenotestoopenthemontheDictationscreenandtodownloadtheircontentstothecurrentdevice.
IfDragonAnywhereexperiencesanerrortryingtosyncanote,thenote'sstatusontheEvernotescreenwill
be"notsynced."Tapthenotetoloaditandattemptthesyncoperationagain.
IfyoumakechangestoanoteinDragonAnywhereandinEvernoteandthentrytosavethenotewitha
voicecommandorthesharemenu,youwillreceiveamessagerequestinghowyouwanttoresolvethe
changes—eitheroverwritingtheEvernotenotewiththeversionfromDragonAnywhereorcreatingacopy
ofthenoteinDragonAnywhere.
Evernote API limit error
IfyouperformmanyEvernotesynchronizationsorrepeatedlyviewtheEvernotescreenwithina1-hour
period,youmayreceiveamessagestating,"SavetoEvernotefailed!ApplicationreachedhourlyAPIcall
limittoEvernote."Whenthiserroroccurs,youarenotlockedoutofyourEvernoteaccount.Youwillneedto
waituntilthebeginningofthenexthourbeforebeingabletoupdatetheEvernotescreenortosyncto
Evernote.
WhenyouunlinkfromEvernote,alllocaldocumentsontheEvernotescreenonyourdeviceareremoved.
Documentsinthe"DragonAnywhere"notebookwithinyourEvernoteaccountareretained.Ifyouhave
linkedDragonAnywheretoEvernoteonmultipledevices,youwillneedtoperformtheunlinkoperationon
eachdevicetoclearalllocalcopiesofnotes.
Settings
OpentheSidebar andchooseSettings
Login
Changing your password
Youcanchangeyourpasswordatanytime.
Enteryourcurrentpasswordandthenyournewpasswordtwotimes.
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Tocreateastrongpassword,werecommendincludingupperandlowercaseletters,numbersand
punctuationsymbols.
Note:Thecoloncharacter(:)andthebackslashcharacter(\)arenotallowedinpasswords.
Logging out of the app
YoucanleaveDragonAnywhererunningbetweenyourdictationsessions.Nocommunicationoccurswith
ourserversunlessyouareactivelyusingtheapp.Youmaychoosetologoutbetweensessionstosecure
yourdraftdocuments.Ifyourdocumentscontainsensitivedata,werecommendyoualsodefineapass
codeforyourmobiledevice.
1. ChooseLogout.
2. TapOKontheconfirmationmessage.
YouwillbereturnedtotheLoginscreen.
Account
Manage subscription
DragonAnywheresupportsonesubscriptionperemailaddress.
Ifyouwanttopurchaseadditionalsubscriptions,enterauniqueemailaddressforeachsubscription.
Link to Evernote
Formoreinformation,seeSyncingdocumentswithEvernote(iOSversion1.0.5+)
Link to Dropbox
Formoreinformation,seeSyncingdocumentswithDropbox(iOSversion1.0.7+)
Dictation Settings
Languages
YoucanuseDragonAnywheretodictateinmultiplelanguages.
Thelanguageoftheapp'suserinterfaceisindependentfromthedictationlanguage.Theuserinterface
languageiscontrolledbytheLanguageyou'veselectedinyourdevicesettings.Thedictationlanguageand
thelanguageoftheonlinehelpiscontrolledbythelanguageyouselectintheDragonAnywheresettings.
Formoreinformation,seeDictationlanguages
Import/Export Settings
Manage import and sharing settings
1. ScrolltotheImport/ExportSettingssection.
2. IfyouareworkingwithMacintoshapplicationsandneedtooutput.rtfdfiles,turnonthe"Sharein
MacTextEditformat"setting.
3. IfyouregularlyimportRTFfilesandreceivewarningmessagesaboutunsupportedcontent,you
maychoosetoturnoffthe"Showdocumentimportwarning"setting.
4. Ifyouplantosendyourdictatedtextinemailtothesamerecipient,turnonthe"Defaultemail
recipient"settingandentertherecipient'semailaddress.
Security
Remember password
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TheLoginscreenappearseachtimeyoustarttheapp.Youwillneedtoenteryourpasswordtoproceed.
YoucanchoosetohavetheapprememberyourpasswordontheSettingsscreen.Thiswillallowyouto
bypasstheLoginscreen.
Note:Ifyouexplicitlylogoutoftheapp,theLoginscreenwillappearthenexttimeyoustarttheapp.
1. TurnontheRememberPasswordsetting.
Look and Feel
Text display size
Youcandefinethesizeofthetextthatappearswhenyoudictate.Thefontdisplaysettingappliesonlyto
textdisplayedwithintheapp,nottothetextyouexportfromtheapp.Thesettingyouchooseappliestoall
textintheDictationscreen.Youcanalsochangethetextsizewhileyou'redictatingbysayingoneofthe
followingvoicecommands:"SetfontsizetoSmall|Medium|Large"
1. Chooseatextdisplaysize(Small,MediumorLarge).
2. Toseeifyourfontsizeselectionissatisfactory,switchtotheDictationscreenanddictatesome
text.
Line spacing for display
Youcandefinethelinespacingfortextyou'vedictatedontheDictationscreen.Increasingthelinespacing
maymakereadingandeditingthetexteasier.Thelinespacingsettingappliesonlytotextdisplayedwithin
theapp,nottothetextyouexportfromtheapp.Youcanalsochangethelinespacingwhileyou'redictating
bysayingoneofthefollowingvoicecommands:"Singlespace[thedocument],""Spaceandahalf[the]
document,""Doublespace[the]document."
1. Choosealinespacingvalue(1.0,1.5or2.0).
2. Toseeifyourlinespacingselectionissatisfactory,switchtotheDictationscreenanddictatesome
text.
Output font size for new documents
YoucanspecifythesizeoftextDragonAnywherecreateswhenyouemailyourdictationorshareitasa
document.Thetextsizeyouchooseappliestonewly-createddocumentsandwillnotoverridethetextsizes
indocumentsyouimportintoDragonAnywhere.Bydefault,anewdocumentuses12-pointtext.
1. Chooseanoutputfontsizefornewdocuments(12,14,16).
2. Whenyouemailorshareyourdictation,thefontsizeyouchoosewillbeused.
Beep when microphone turns off
Ifyouaredictatingwithoutlookingatthescreen,forexamplewhenyou'reinthecar,youmaywanttobe
informedwhenthemicrophoneturnsoff.Themicrophonewillturnoffafter20secondsofnotreceiving
audioorifacommandisrecognizedthatswitchesthefocusawayfromtheDictationscreen.Ifyouenable
thissetting,a"beep"willsoundwheneverthemicrophoneturnsoffexceptforwhenyoutapthemicrophone
controlorwhenyousay"MicrophoneOff."
1. Turnonthe"Beepwhenmicrophoneturnsoffsetting.
Resetting the app
Youmaychoosetoresettheappifyouhavemanydraftdocumentsyouwanttocleanupquicklyorifyou're
providingthedevicetoanotherpersontouse.Resettingtheapppermanentlyremovesalllocalcopiesof
yourdocuments.Ifyouhaveshareddocumentstocloudstorageservices,thosesharedcopieswillnotbe
removedwhentoresetDragonAnywhere.Resettingtheappalsochangesallsettingstotheirdefault
values.
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1. TapResetApplicationandthentapResetontheconfirmationmessage.
Frequently asked questions
Question Answer
DoIhavetoentermypassword
everytimeIlaunchorswitchto
theapp?
No,youcanturnonthe"RememberPassword"optiononthe
Settingspage.
HowdoIdismissthekeyboard
onmyphone?
Onphonesheldinportraitorientation,aDonelinkappearsinthe
upper-right-handcornerofthekeyboard.IftheDonelinkisnot
present,rotateyourphoneintolandscapeorientateandthentap
theKeyboardDismissbutton.
Isthereatimelimitfordictation? No,youcandictateforaslongasyouwant.
Isthereaquickreferencefor
commonvoicecommands?
Yes,taptheCommandsListicon ontheDictationscreento
seethemostcommoncommands.
Canmultiplepeopledictateinto
theapp?
Yes.Eachpersonwhousestheappshouldhavehisorherown
accountsinceeachaccounthasitsownspeechrecognition
profile.SeeCanmultiplepeopleuseDragonAnywhere?
CanItrainwordsintheapp? No.Asyoudictatewords,thesystemwilladaptautomaticallyto
yourpronunciationandwordusage.
DoDragonAnywhereand
Dragondesktopproductsshare
thesamespeechrecognition
profile?
No.DragondesktopproductsandDragonAnywhereuse
separatespeechrecognitionprofiles.It'spossibletosharecustom
wordsandauto-textcommandsbetweentheproducts.See
Architecture.
CanIuserecognitionmodes,
suchasSpellingandNumbers?
No.DragonAnywheresupportsDictationmode.Ifyouneedto
enterawordoracronymthatisnotbeingrecognized,pleaseuse
thekeyboard.
Whatcloudstorageservicescan
Iuse?
Youcanuseanycloudstorageservicetosharethedocuments
youcreateinDragonAnywhere,aslongastheserviceis
recognizedonyourmobiledevice.Popularcloudstorageservices
includeiCloud,GoogleDrive,DropBox,OneDriveandBox.
HowdoIbuymultiplecopiesof
theappforagroupofusers?
Seeourcorporatesalespagefordetails-https://www.nu-
ance.com/dragon/dragon-anywhere.html
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Getting help
Ifyouencounteraproblemthatisnotcoveredbythedocumentation,pleaseconsulttheDragonAnywhere
Support site(https://www.nuance.com/dragon/support/dragon-anywhere-support.html).
Managing your subscription
YoucanpurchaseamonthlyorannualsubscriptiontoDragonAnywherethroughAppleorGoogleIn-App
Purchase.Subscriptionsareauto-renewing.YoumanageyoursubscriptionthroughyouriTunesorGoogle
Playaccount.
Purchase a Subscription on iOS
1. LaunchtheDragonAnywhereappandchooseSubscribe.
2. Selectasubscriptiontopurchase(MonthlyorAnnual).
TheMonthlyproductincludesa1-week,freetrialperiod.
3. Enteranemailaddress.
TheemailwillserveasyourusernametologintoDragonAnywhere.
4. LogintoyourexistingiTunesaccounttocompletethepurchaseorchoosetocreateanewiTunes
account.
5. Confirmthesubscriptionyouwanttopurchase.
6. AccepttheApplesubscriptionterms.
7. Optionallyprovideyourfirstandlastname.
8. SpecifyapasswordforyourDragonAnywhereaccount
Note:Thecoloncharacter(:)andthebackslashcharacter(\)arenotallowedinpasswords.
9. YoucannowlogintoyourDragonAnywhereaccountusingtheemailaddressandpasswordyou
specifiedduringthepurchasingprocess.
Purchase a Subscription on Android
1. Launchtheapp,acceptthelicenseagreementandchooseSubscribe.
2. Selectasubscriptiontopurchase(MonthlyorYearly).
TheMonthlyproductincludesa1-week,freetrialperiod.
3. Enteranemailaddress.
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TheemailwillserveasyourusernametologintoDragonAnywhere.
4. Defineapasswordforyouraccount.
Note:Thecoloncharacter(:)andthebackslashcharacter(\)arenotallowedinpasswords.
5. Optionallyprovideyourfirstandlastname.
6. Confirmthesubscriptionyouwanttopurchase.
7. AccepttheGooglesubscriptionterms.
8. YoucannowlogintoyourDragonAnywhereaccountusingtheemailaddressandpasswordyou
specifiedduringthepurchasingprocess.
Dictate on Multiple Devices
Onceyouhavepurchasedasubscription,youcanuseDragonAnywhereonmultipledevices.OniOS
devices,usetheRestorePurchasefeatureoneachsubsequentdevicetoinstallyoursubscription.
1. InstalltheDragonAnywhereapp.
2. LaunchtheappandchooseSubscribe.
3. OniOS,chooseRestoreExistingSubscriptionatthebottomofthescreen.
4. OnAndroid,yourpurchasewillbeaddedtothecurrentdevicebasedonyourGooglePlayaccount.
EnsureyouareloggedinwiththesameGooglePlayaccountonalldeviceswhereyouwanttouse
DragonAnywhere.
Re-installing the App
Ifyouhaveuninstalledandre-installedtheapponadevice,youwilllikelyreceiveamessagethatyour
subscriptionhasbeenrestoredwhenyoulaunchtheapp.Ifyoudon’treceivethismessage,completethe
stepsabovetorestoreyoursubscription.
Resolving Issues
Ifyoureceiveanerrorduringthepurchaseprocess,confirmthefollowing:
l
YouenteredyouriTunesorGooglePlayusernameandpasswordcorrectly.
l
YouhaveavalidcreditcardassociatedwithyouriTunesorGooglePlayaccount.
Ifyoureceiveamessagethatyou’vealreadypurchasedasubscriptiontoDragonAnywhere,tapBackand
thenchooseRestoreExistingSubscription(iOS).
Manage Your Subscription
YoumanageyoursubscriptionthroughyouriTunesorGooglePlayaccount.
1. OpentheDragonAnywhereSettingspagefromtheSidebarmenuandchooseManage
Subscription.
YoucanalsoaccesstheiTunesSubscription ManagementsitefromabrowserortheiTunes
app.
YoucanalsoaccesstheGooglePlaySubscription ManagementsitefromabrowserorthePlay
Storeapp.
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2. LogintoyouriTunesorGooglePlayaccountandchooseManageSubscriptions.
3. SelecttheDragonAnywheresubscription.
4. ChooseyournewsubscriptionoptionsandthenchooseDone.
Need Additional Help?
Ifyouneedassistancetocompleteyourpurchaseortoresolveanissue,contactourSupportteam.See
Gettinghelpformoreinformation.
Commands List
DragonAnywhereincludesanexplicitcommandsyntaxtoperformdictation,selection,correctionand
commandandcontrolactivities.RefertotheCommandsListintheDictationsceneforquickaccesstothe
mostcommoncommands.
Toseeallsupportedcommands,justsay"WhatCanISay"intheDictationsceneoraccesstheWhatCanI
SayitemontheSidebar .
To access the Commands List
1.
IntheDictationscene,taptheCommandsListicon .
2. Scrollthelist,ifneeded,toseeallcommands.
3. Tapthe"Viewallcommands"linktoopentheWhatCanISaycontentthatcontainsallsupported
commands,includingauto-textsyouhaveaddedtothesystem.SeeManagingauto-textsformore
information.
Copyrights
Copyright©2021NuanceCommunications,Inc.Allrightsreserved.
Thismaterialmaynotincludesomelast-minutetechnicalchangesand/orrevisionstothesoftware.Changesareperiodicallymadeto
theinformationdescribedhere.Futureversionsofthismaterialwillincorporatethesechanges.
NuanceCommunications,Inc.mayhavepatentsorpendingpatentapplicationscoveringsubjectmatterinthisdocument.The
furnishingofthisdocumentdoesnotgiveyouanylicensetosuchpatents.
Nopartofthismaterialorsoftwaremaybereproducedinanyformorbyanymeans,including,withoutlimitation,electronicor
mechanical,suchasphotocopyingorrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystems,withouttheexpresswritten
consentofNuanceCommunications,Inc.Specificationsaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.
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