Guide to demonstrate the Quick Commands available with Dragon
Overview
Dragon is a powerful speech recognition software developed by Nuance Communications. It
allows you to create text using voice commands. Dragon can help dictate clinical notes,
reports, and other medical documents directly into Claimocity progress notes on the desktop
application.
Dragon Commands
The below actions are available as quick commands when using Dragon.
Editing Commands
- Scratch that: Deletes the last word or phrase.
- Delete that: Deletes the last word or phrase.
- Undo that: Undoes the last action.
- Select <word>: Selects the specified word.
- Select that: Selects the last utterance.
- Select all: Selects all text in the current document.
- Correct <word>: Corrects the specified word.
- Correct that: Corrects the last word or phrase.
Formatting Commands
- New paragraph: Starts a new paragraph.
- New line: Starts a new line within a paragraph.
- Insert before <word>: Inserts text before the specified word.
- Insert after <word>: Inserts text after the specified word.
- Capitalize that: Capitalizes the last word or phrase.
- Capitalize <word>: Capitalizes the specified word.
Punctuation Commands
- Comma: Inserts a comma.
- Period: Inserts a period.
- Full stop: Inserts a period.
- Exclamation point: Inserts an exclamation point.
- Question mark: Inserts a question mark.
- Colon: Inserts a colon.
- Semi colon: Inserts a semicolon.
Microphone Commands
- Stop listening: Pauses speech recognition.
- Stop recording: Pauses speech recognition and stops dictation.
- Microphone Off: Turns off the microphone.
Vocabulary Commands
- Add word: Adds a new word to the vocabulary.
- A popup window will display to prompt the user to add to the vocabulary.
- Add that to vocabulary: Adds the last word or phrase to the vocabulary.
- A popup window will display to prompt the user to add to the vocabulary.
Tips for Effective Use
- Speak clearly and naturally.
- Pause briefly between commands and dictation
- Use simple, direct language
- Experiment with different commands to find what works best for you
- Click here to learn How to Use Dragon with Claimocity