Sony ICD-BP150VTP Dragon Naturally Speaking 6 Users Guide - Page 74

CHAPTER 6 Numbers and Punctuation Fractions Telephone numbers outside North America To dictate other phone numbers, including European phone numbers, you must say all the punctuation, including the hyphens, spaces, and parentheses. TO EN TE R (01628) 894150 027 629 8944 61-7-4695-2055 (65) 2778590 SAY [open parenthesis] oh one six two eight [close parenthesis] eight nine four one five oh oh two seven [space bar] six two nine [space bar] eight nine four four six one [hyphen] seven [hyphen] four six nine five [hyphen] two zero five five [open parenthesis] six five [close parenthesis] two seven seven eight five nine zero TIP In dialects other than US/Canada, you can say "bracket" instead of "parenthesis." You can dictate most common fractions the way you would normally say them. To dictate 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, 1/8, 1/9, 1/10, and 1/16 or a multiple of these fractions, just say the fraction normally. TO EN TE R 1/2 1/4 15/16 3 7/8 SAY one half one fourth or one quarter fifteen sixteenths or fifteen over sixteen three and seven eighths or three and seven over eight If the denominator (bottom number in the fraction) is greater than 10, you can enter the fraction by saying "slash" or "over" between the two numbers. TO EN TE R 9/12 5 3/56 130/70 SAY nine [slash] twelve or nine over twelve five [space bar] three [slash] fifty six one thirty over seventy 66 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide