Sony ICD-BP150VTP Dragon Naturally Speaking 7 Users Guide - Page 92

8 Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters Times of day Dictate the time of day the way you would normally say it. US/Canada: Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically types the colon (:) if you say "a m" or "p m" when dictating the time. Say "o'clock" or "colon zero zero" to enter:00. TO E N T E R 8:30 7:45 AM 10:22 PM 3:00 5:00 PM SAY eight [colon] thirty or eight [numeric colon] thirty seven forty five a m ten twenty two p m three o'clock or three [colon] zero zero five o'clock p m TIP Dragon NaturallySpeaking will recognize times more accurately if you say "numeric colon" instead of "colon" when dictating times. Other Dialects: Dragon NaturallySpeaking automatically types the point (.) if you say "a m" or "p m" when dictating the time, depending on the regional setting. Say "o'clock" or "point zero zero" to enter .00. TO E N T E R 8.30 7.45 AM 10.22 PM 3.00 5.00 PM SAY eight [point] thirty seven forty five a m ten twenty two p m three o'clock five o'clock p m NOTE The format of "a.m." and "p.m." depends on your computer's regional Windows® settings. Telephone numbers North American phone numbers Say US and Canadian phone numbers as you normally would, pausing briefly between each group of numbers. 86 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide