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8 Dictating Names, Numbers, Punctuation & Special Characters Currency and coin You can dictate your own currency as you would normally say it. Currency in US/Canada (US English dialect) TO E N T E R $58.00 $1.75 $5.25 $3.9 billion 45 99.50 £ 2.20 £ 5 million SAY fifty eight dollars and zero cents one dollar and seventy five cents five dollars and twenty five cents three point nine billion dollars forty five euros ninety-nine euros and five cents pound sterling sign two point two oh pound sterling sign five million Currency in Other Dialects (UK, Australian, Indian, and Southeast Asian English) TO E N T E R $58.00 $1.75 4.25 3.9 billion £ 45 £ 99.50 £ 2.20 £ 5 million SAY dollar sign fifty eight dollar sign one point seventy five four euros and twenty five cents three point nine billion euros forty five pounds ninety nine pounds and fifty pence two pounds twenty five million pounds NOTE Dragon NaturallySpeaking uses the currency symbol ($, £, and so on) specified in your Windows Regional Settings as your default currency. Dictate other currencies by first saying the currency symbol followed by the digits. US/Canada: If your Regional Settings are set to the United States or Canada, your default currency is $ (dollar). If you want to dictate a dollar currency amount, dictate it the way you normally do. If you want to dictate a pound sterling currency amount, say, for example, "pound sterling sign fifty eight" (to enter £ 58), and so on. TIP In US/Canada, you must say "pound sterling sign" to enter £, since "pound sign" means # in the U.S. vocabulary. In all other dialects, you can say "pound sign" to type £. Other Dialects: If your Regional Settings are set to the United Kingdom, your default currency is £ (pound sterling). If you want to dictate a pound sterling 90 Dragon NaturallySpeaking User's Guide