The following example scenarios have likely happened to most Dragon users:
(1) You are hurriedly dictating your email, enjoying the speed at which you can now create and reply to email, when suddenly your thoughts slow and you utter a single syllabled word that sounds like “send”. In MS Outlook, this will click the Send icon and, not so surprisingly, send your email message — before you are finished said message.
(2) In MS Word you may be dictating a letter, slow down and utter a single syllabled word that Dragon mishears as “print”, and you have now printed your unfinished document.
These are situations that do happen, despite our best efforts to remember to think before we speak and speak in continuous phrases. Thankfully, there is a simple resolution for Dragon Professional, Legal and Medical users.
Step 1: Create a Dragon voice command that does absolutely nothing. Name this command the same as that which is being inadvertently triggered (i.e. “send” or “print”). Make this command available in the appropriate application.
Step 2: If you do use the Dragon voice command to send email, print etc., create a Dragon voice command that performs this task but requires you to say something else (i.e. “print this document”). Before you make a command, however, you may discover that Dragon already provides another voice command to effect the same results (i.e. “send mail”), precluding the need for you to create an additional command.
If you are a client of Speakeasy Solutions who has received installation and training services related to Dragon version 10, please contact Alexandria for assistance if required.
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