This may be a basic question - I'm just now starting to use a handheld recorder, and in order to fully utilize it, I will need to dictate unusual names (not just John Smith, but maybe something like Braylon Hezekiah-Jorge [a made up name]). These are names that will be unknown to myself or Dragon prior to dictating them (I can't just add a list of names to Dragon before transcription). How can I do this with a recorder? I have tried using "spell mode on" and "switch to spell moder" commands (which work fine when dictating straight into Dragon), but they don't seem to work on the transcription feature (I just get a literal transcription of the command). Any suggestions?

 DNS Medical 9.1 (just moved to 9.5)

Olympus DS-30 handheld

Dave 

Dave

Dragon Naturally Speaking Medical 10.1, various Windows XP and even a Vista configuration.

dstultz,

Using Spell Mode is probably the most sure fire way of dictating uncommon common names. Here are the directions straight from the dragon help file:

In Spell Mode Dragon NaturallySpeaking allows you to say any combination of letters. You can also say keystrokes such as space bar or backspace key. Spell Mode is also useful for dictating internet or Web addresses. Say "Start Spell Mode" or "Spell Mode On." "Spell Mode" appears in the status box of the DragonBar.

Braylon

I just spelled that name in spell mode. After giving the last letter I said Cap That to capitalize the name. You can then go back to normal mode by saying, "stop spell mode."

Braylon

I just spelled the previous word by using the international military alphabet. Below my name are the commands for doing so.

Martin

To capitalize a letter say "Cap" before the letter.

To Spell	Say
0	zero or oh or numeral zero
1	one or numeral one
2	two or numeral two
3	three or numeral three
4	four or numeral four
5	five or numeral five
6	six or numeral six
7	seven or numeral seven
8	eight or numeral eight
9	nine or numeral nine
a	a or letter a or alpha or letter alpha
b	b or letter b or bravo or letter bravo
c	c or letter c or charlie or letter charlie
d	d or letter d or delta or letter delta
e	e or letter e or echo or letter echo
f	f or letter f or foxtrot or letter foxtrot
g	g or letter g or golf or letter golf
h	h or letter h or hotel or letter hotel
i	i or letter i or india or letter india
j	j or letter j or juliet or letter juliet
k	k or letter k or kilo or letter kilo
l	l or letter l or lima or letter lima
m	m or letter m or mike or letter mike
n	n or letter n or november or letter november
o	o or letter o or oscar or letter oscar
p	p or letter p or papa or letter papa
q	q or letter q or quebec or letter quebec
r	r or letter r or romeo or letter romeo
s	s or letter s or sierra or letter sierra
t	t or letter t or tango or letter tango
u	u or letter u or uniform or letter uniform
v	v or letter v or victor or letter victor
w	w or letter w or whiskey or letter whiskey
x	x or letter x or xray or letter xray
y	y or letter y or yankee or letter yankee
z	z or letter z or zulu or letter zulu
&	ampersand or ampersand sign or and sign
*	asterisk or star
'	single quote or apostrophe
"	quotation marks or quote or double quote or double quotes
‘	open single quote or begin single quote
’	close single quote or end single quote
“	open double quote or begin quote or open quote or begin double quote
”	close double quote or close quote or end quote or end double quote
@	at sign or at
\	backslash
/	forward slash or slash
:	colon
,	comma
^	caret or hat
…	ellipsis
=	equal sign or equals sign or equal or equals
?	question mark
;	semicolon
	spacebar or space
~	centered tilde or tilde
_	underscore
-	hyphen
-	soft hyphen
--	dash (enters two hyphens)
—	em dash
–	en dash
	unbreakable space or no break space or nonbreakable space
.	All dialects: period or dot Other than US/Canada: full stop or point
!	All dialects: exclamation mark Other than US/Canada: exclamation point
(	All dialects: open paren or open parenthesis or left paren or left parenthesis Other than US/Canada: left bracket or open bracket or open brackets
)	All dialects: close paren or close parenthesis or right paren or right parenthesis Other than US/Canada: right bracket or close bracket or close brackets
[	US/Canada: open bracket or left bracket Other than US/Canada: open square bracket or left square bracket
]	US/Canada: close bracket or right bracket Other than US/Canada: close square bracket or right square bracket
{	All dialects: open brace or left brace Other than US/Canada: open curly bracket or left curly bracket
}	All dialects: close brace or right brace Other than US/Canada: close curly bracket or right curly bracket
<	less than or less than sign
>	greater than or greater than sign
‹	left angle bracket or open angle bracket
›	right angle bracket or close angle bracket
#	All dialects: number or number sign or sharp or sharp sign or hash or hash mark or hash sign US/Canada only: pound or pound sign
%	percent sign or percent
‰	per mille or per thousand
+	All Dialects: plus sign or plus Other than US/Canada: add sign
|	vertical bar or vertical or bar
TM	trademark sign or trademark
©	copyright sign or copyright
®	registered sign or registered or registered trademark or registered trademark sign
†	dagger
‡	double dagger
¶	paragraph sign or paragraph
§	section sign or section
$	dollar sign or dollar or dollars
¢	cent sign or cent or cents
£	US/Canada: pound sterling or sterling sign or sterling or pounds Other than US/Canada: pound or pound sign or pound sterling or pounds
¥	yen sign or yen
	euro sign or euro or euros
ƒ	guilder sign or guilder
¤	general currency sign or general currency or international currency sign or international currency
´	accent acute or acute
`	back quote or accent grave or grave
˜	accent tilde
¨	accent umlaut or umlaut or dieresis
ˆ	accent circumflex or circumflex
¸	accent cedilla or cedilla
à	a accent grave or a grave or alpha accent grave or alpha grave
á	a accent acute or a acute or alpha accent acute or alpha acute
â	a accent circumflex or a circumflex or alpha accent circumflex or alpha circumflex
ã	a accent tilde or a tilde or alpha accent tilde or alpha tilde
ä	a accent umlaut or a umlaut or a dieresis or alpha accent umlaut or alpha umlaut
è	e accent grave or e grave or echo accent grave or echo grave
é	e accent acute or e acute or echo accent acute or echo acute
ê	e accent circumflex or e circumflex or echo accent circumflex or echo circumflex
ë	e accent umlaut or e umlaut or e dieresis echo accent umlaut or echo umlaut
ì	i accent grave or i grave or india accent grave or india grave
í	i accent acute or i acute or india accent acute or india acute
î	i accent circumflex or i circumflex or india accent circumflex or india circumflex
ï	i accent umlaut or i umlaut or i dieresis or india accent umlaut or india umlaut
ñ	n accent tilde or n tilde or november accent tilde or november tilde
ò	o accent grave or o grave or oscar accent grave or oscar grave
ó	o accent acute or o acute or oscar accent acute or oscar acute
ô	o accent circumflex or o circumflex or oscar accent circumflex or oscar circumflex
õ	o accent tilde or o tilde or oscar accent tilde or oscar tilde
ö	o accent umlaut or o umlaut or o dieresis or oscar accent umlaut or oscar umlaut
ù	u accent grave or u grave or uniform accent grave or uniform grave
ú	u accent acute or u acute or uniform accent acute or uniform acute
û	u accent circumflex or u circumflex or uniform accent circumflex or uniform circumflex
ü	u accent umlaut or u umlaut or u dieresis or uniform accent umlaut or uniform umlaut
ý	y accent acute or y acute or yankee accent acute or yankee acute
ÿ	y accent umlaut or y umlaut or y dieresis or yankee accent umlaut or yankee umlaut
å	angstrom or a ring
ç	c accent cedilla or c cedilla or charlie accent cedilla or charlie cedilla
¡	inverted exclamation mark or inverted exclamation point
¿	inverted question mark
«	open angle quotes or begin angle quotes
»	close angle quotes or end angle quotes
ß	german sharp or german sharp s or sharp s
œ	ligature oe or oe diphthong or oe ligature
æ	ligature ae or ae diphthong or ae ligature
ð	eth or icelandic eth
þ	thorn or icelandic thorn
º	masculine ordinal
ª	feminine ordinal
š	s wedge
„	double comma
¼	one quarter or one quarter sign or quarter sign or quarter
½	one half or one half sign or half or half sign
¾	three quarters or three quarters sign
×	times sign or times or multiply or multiply sign or multiplication sign
÷	divide sign or divide
±	plus minus sign or plus minus or plus or minus sign or plus or minus
¦	broken vertical bar
¬	not sign or not or logical not sign or logical not
¯	macron or macron sign
°	degree sign or degree
¹	superscript 1
²	superscript 2 or square or squared
³	superscript 3 or cube or cubed
µ	greek mu or micro
ø	o slash
·	centered dot or middle dot or center dot
‚	alternate comma

Note

You can type two consecutive characters by saying "Double" and the character. For example, "Double Z" or "Double Zulu." You cannot, however, say "Double U" because Dragon NaturallySpeaking transcribes it as the letter "W." In this case, say "Double Letter U."

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The default setting on a digital recorder user profile does not permit spelling.  It is strictly dictation with a very small handful of commands such as cap that, new paragraph and punctuation.  However, you can enable full command capability during the transcription process.  Try the following:

1.  Begin by left clicking Transcribe Recording under NaturallySpeaking's Sound menu

2.  Click the Advanced button

3.  The default setting is Restricted Commands.  Click All Commands.

4.  Click to the Okay button and browse to the appropriate file you wish to transcribe

Note: The reason why NaturallySpeaking's default setting is Restricted Commands is because it's very easy to say a short phrase that NaturallySpeaking may misconstrue as a command.  Example: If you dictate the word File with a short pause before and after the word, NaturallySpeaking will click the File menu and the rest of your dictation will be lost.  Use this setting with caution.

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Lunis,

> The default setting on a digital recorder user profile does not permit spelling. 

In this case a regular user profile could be used and you feed it the .wav file. Directions from the Dragon Professional Help file are:

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I've tried the techniques mentioned in the previous post (selecting "all commands" before transcribing the .wma file from my olympus WS-110) but even when i clearly say "spell mode on" it doesn't seem to make a difference. i'm using dns 9 medical.

is it necessary to say "letter a, letter b, letter c" or "alpha bravo charlie" while in spell mode?

is there another way to start spell mode?

thanks in advance.

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