BRIEF:   in at least two places I have caught Dragon setting the meta-bit, bit seven, when emitting the @ symbol.

 specifically, emacs ( where it is interpreted as a repeat count)

 

and in many web forms,  e.g. from Chrome, e.g. entering an email address, where it is just  plain a different symbol.

 

---+  example: emacs

When I am dictating into GNU Emacs using Dragon the @ sign emitted by Dragon has its "meta" bit set (bit 7)

 

e.g. the  Dragon  custom words entry "A@XYZ.com\\a at xyz dot com"

 

When typed into emacs produces 

 

 AXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXY.com@XY.com

 

i.e. A{X rep 64}YZ.com

 

 obviously this is problematic for email addresses.

 

 does anyone know of a fix  in Dragon?

 

 I can fix it in the emacs by binding M-0  to @,  but meta-0 or alt-0  already has a meaning in some emacs packages.

 

---+ TL;DR ( more detail)

 

I.e. Dragon's @ is interpreted as M-0 (meta-0, alt-0),  which is (one of) EMACS' bindings for the command  digit-argument, used to  repeat the next character N times (or to provide a numeric argument many keyboard commands).

 

e.g. the  Dragon  custom words entry "A@XYZ.com\\a at xyz dot com"

 

When typed into emacs produces 

 

 AXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXY.com@XY.com

 

i.e. A{X rep 64}YZ.com

 

 

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From EMACS'  built-in help-for-help, here is what C-/ k {speech "@sign"} gives in my emacs

 

where C-/ k …  shows the translation from key (sequence) to command

 

M-0 (translated from runs the command digit-argument (found in global-map), which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in ‘simple.el’.

…

Part of the numeric argument for the next command.
C-u following digits or minus sign ends the argument.

 

Background: C-/ is emacs command help-for-help (at least my binding)

and C-/ k

k KEYS      Display the full documentation for the key sequence.

K KEYS      Show the Emacs manual’s section for the command bound to KEYS.

 

 

I.e. somehow {speech "@sign"} is generating M-@ instead of @.

 

Note the ascii values

64. 0x40 @ (at sign)
32. 0x20 {Space}
0.   0x00 {null}

and M-0 == M-@ in most keyboard mappings

 

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I conjecture that many apps are stripping the meta bit.

 

 

 

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Have you tried deleting (there are two) and re-creating these words?

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~/elisp/dragon.el:135:
;;;
;;; Allow Dragon to enter non-ASCII characters:
;;;

;;
;; Dragon attempts to insert non-ASCII characters (e.g., accented
;; letters) using Window's hold down alt key and press 4 numeric
;; keypad digits method. The following code implements the part of
;; this input method used by Dragon for Gnuemacs. In particular, it
;; assumes input of the form {alt+NumKey0} {alt+NumKeyA} {alt+NumKeyB}
;; {alt+NumKeyC}, A, B, & C digits, to enter the Windows-1252 character
;; with number ABC (in decimal). E.g., use {alt+NumKey0}
;; {alt+NumKey2} {alt+NumKey3} {alt+NumKey9} to enter an i with 2 dots
;; above it (character number 239).

see https://github.com/mdbridge/bit-bucket/blob/master/GPL/elisp/dragon.el

That answers a lot. Thx,

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PG

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Thanks @mdl, but... I should have said that EMACS is not the only place I see this. It happens all over the place, e.g. in web browser login forms.

I suppose that I can write elisp for emacs, and Javascript for various webbrowsers, and ...

But it looks to me like a more fundamental and widespread problem.

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BTW I did try disabling DragonCapture, and/or the dictation box, and it seems to make no difference.

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This setting of the meta-bit on @ sign frequently occurs when I enter an email address into a web form, not just in emacs.


I suppose I could create a command @, but I dislike pause before and after


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