Work with Spreadsheets Using NaturallySpeaking
Using spreadsheets with older versions of NaturallySpeaking was difficult because you couldn’t directly address the names of the cells. You wanted to say something like, [more…]
Excel Voice Modes for NaturallySpeaking
Excel has two voice modes in which you work: dictation mode and edit mode, called Quick edition and Full edition, respectively. Unlike the Recognition modes, you do not select the Quick or Full Edition [more…]
Move the Cursor with NaturallySpeaking in Spreadsheets
The Move Up/Down/Left/Right commands can also be used when you work with spreadsheets. They do exactly what you need: move the cursor from one cell to another. If the currently selected cell is B2, saying [more…]
Input Spreadsheet Data with NaturallySpeaking
Spreadsheets are all about manipulating numbers, so the obvious question is how to get the numbers into the spreadsheet in the first place. The basic idea of how to get a number or date or time [more…]
Useful Reformatting Commands for Excel with NaturallySpeaking
Spreadsheets like Excel are capable of displaying numbers, dates, and times in a nearly infinite number of ways. Your best bet is not to worry too much about how to format a number in NaturallySpeaking [more…]
Dictate with NaturallySpeaking to Another Application
The first step in achieving dictation mastery of other applications is to make the words you say appear in a window controlled by the other application. [more…]
How To Use iTunes with NaturallySpeaking
Media applications that are speech-enabled with Dragon's LifeStyle Speech Pack include music applications such as iTunes. If you have even a passing interest in online music, you likely know about iTunes [more…]
How To Use Audacity with NaturallySpeaking
Audacityis a free open-source sound editor and recorder that you can download. Using Audacity, you can record podcasts, interview your favorite guru to post on your blog, or edit a recording you’ve already [more…]
How To Use NaturallySpeaking with Videos
Playing videos is one of the most popular online activities. It makes sense that you would want to make it as easy as possible. With voice-enabled commands, your next video is just a word away. [more…]
Dragon Dictation for the iPhone
What’s great about Dragon Dictation is that it turns your mobile device into a mini-NaturallySpeaking hub, and it’s free. You get the same quality dictation with the added benefit of bypassing the mini [more…]
Dictate with Dragon on the iPad
Nuance’s NaturallySpeaking mobile apps for the Apple devices, including the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, are incredibly easy. Mostly, you tap, speak, and send your messages to Facebook and Twitter. If [more…]
Correct What You Say Online with Dragon Dictation
The correction process with Dragon Dictation is a bit different when you dictate with your mobile device versus working with NaturallySpeaking on your PC. On your PC, you have the luxury of correcting [more…]
How To Use Dragon Search Online
Whether you’re on the go or multi-tasking, your iPhone can be a real lifesaver. You can search the web to locate the nearest restaurant, find a new oven, or get sports equipment. The hitch is that it’s [more…]
The Dragon Go! App for iPhone and iPad
If you like using Dragon Search, you’ll love using Dragon Go! Nuance created this free downloadable app for use with the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch [more…]
Dictate Wirelessly with the Dragon Remote Microphone Application
Mobile devices have really spoiled us. The idea that we might not be able to roam around wirelessly dictating our e-mails suddenly seems so "last century. [more…]
Dictate Notes to Your iPad with Dragon Dictation
It was inevitable that once we started talking into mobile phones, we’d want to talk to them as well. Now, thanks to Dragon NaturallySpeaking, you can have your phone or other mobile device take over the [more…]
How To Start Programs with NaturallySpeaking
NaturallySpeaking, lets you talk to your desktop and actually see results. Now your desktop responds to your commands by starting applications, opening windows, and giving you access to menus, including [more…]
How To Give Orders to Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer is an obedient application. If you say to NaturallySpeaking, “Start Windows Explorer,” it pops up, ready to take your orders. As with Computer, the Windows Explorer menus are available [more…]
Open Computer and Other Windows with NaturallySpeaking
You can open any folder on your desktop with the Startcommand. For example, say, “Start Computer,” or, more generally, “Start <folder name>.” In this example, the Computer folder opens in a window, just [more…]
Switch between Windows with NaturallySpeaking
If you have several application windows active on your desktop, you can switch from one to another just by saying so. You can do this in five ways: [more…]
How To Control Your Mouse with NaturallySpeaking
NaturallySpeaking gives you two methods to move the mouse pointer. MouseGrid breaks up the screen (or the active window) into a series of squares, letting you zero in on the location you want to move the [more…]
Move the Mouse Pointer Very Slightly with NaturallySpeaking
The NaturallySpeaking voice commands let you move the mouse pointer anywhere on your screen and give you access to the full range of mouse clicks: right, left, and double. If the mouse pointer is [more…]
How to Click the Mouse with NaturallySpeaking
NaturallySpeaking gives you two methods to move the mouse pointer. MouseGrid breaks up the screen (or the active window) into a series of squares, letting you zero in on the location you want to move the [more…]
Drag and Drop Voice Commands for NaturallySpeaking
After you have learned how to maneuver the mouse pointer and click, you’re ready to drag and drop. Drag-and-drop voice commands allow you to do almost everything that you can do with hand-and-mouse commands [more…]
NaturallySpeaking Dialogue Boxes and Hotkeys Commands
After you start dictating with NaturallySpeaking, it’s only a matter of time before you find yourself conversing with a dialogue box. In fact, you may have been talking to NaturallySpeaking dialog boxes [more…]
