Useful commands

Tip:  This article has a full list of Dragon Medical One commands

Say...

To do this...

Scratch that

Delete the last statement

Delete that

Delete the selected text or last statement

Undo/redo that

Undo or redo the last action

Select [TEXT]

Select a word

Select [TEXT] through [TEXT]

Select a range of text

Select that

Select the last dictated text

Select first word/last word/next word Select all

Selects desired text

Deselect that

Deselects highlighted text

Say...

To do this...

Go to top

Move cursor to top of page

Go to bottom/end

Move cursor to bottom/end of page

Go to beginning of sentence/paragraph

Move cursor to beginning of current sentence/paragraph

Go to end of sentence/paragraph

Move cursor to end of current sentence/paragraph

Say...

To do this...

Copy that

Copies selected text to the clipboard

Paste that

Pastes selected text at your cursor

New paragraph

Create a new paragraph with a space between the paragraphs (it's like selecting the Enter key 2x)

New line

Create a new line (it's like selecting the Enter key once)

Insert before/after [TEXT]

Move cursor before or after desired text

Cap that

Capitalize the first letter of each word in the selected text

All caps that

Capitalize each letter of every word in the selected text

Bold that

Bold selected text

Underline that

Underline selected text

Say...

To type...

Comma

,

Period/Full stop

.

Exclamation mark

!

Question mark

?

Colon

:

Semicolon

;

Open quote ... Close quote

" ... "

Open parens ... Close parens

( ... )

Say...

To do this...

What can I say

Open the What you can say menu and see a list of commands

Show training

Open training within Dragon Medical One

Open help

Open Dragon Medical One help

Dictation Box

Use the command "open dictation box" or "close dictation box" to open/close the dictation box. Use the following icons when the Dictation Box is open:

page icon with arrow pointing left Transfer text: Moves Dictation Box text to where your cursor is positioned.

page icon with arrow pointing right Recall text: Brings back the last transferred text.

Note: This does not remove the text from where you moved it.

 Discard text: Deletes the content of the Dictation Box.

Microphone control

Microphone is OFF  2023.3 dragonbar microphone off

Microphone is ON  DragonBar with green microphone icon

Dictation best practices

Follow these best practices for better results in your documentation.

  • Start dictating after you turn on the microphone and stop dictating before you shut it off to avoid clipping.

  • Pause briefly before and after saying commands to ensure they are recognized.

  • Speak in full sentences, including punctuation.

  • Hold the microphone in your non-dominant hand so you can operate your mouse while dictating.

  • Press and hold the red talk button to dictate.

  • Release the talk button to stop. Dragon cannot hear you if the microphone is off.

  • Remember to hold the button until you are finished dictating or you may experience clipping.

  • Position the microphone just below your mouth and approximately 3-5 fingers or 5 cm away from your chin.

  • Select the microphone icon on the DragonBar to talk (the microphone turns green and the icon spins when Dragon is listening).

  • Select the microphone icon again to stop recording.

Manage your vocabulary

Tip:  This article shows you how to add words to your vocabulary. And Learn how to train words here.

  1. Say Add word or Add that to vocabulary.

  2. Type the correct spelling.

  3. Select Default Pronunciation or select the microphone icon to train a word. Note: It is not necessary to press the talk button on your PowerMic to train a word.

  1. Say Manage vocabulary > search for the word/phrase to change/train > correct as needed.

  2. Select + to add a new word/phrase.

Templates (Auto-texts)

Create Auto-texts to insert blocks of text or templates with a voice command.

Tip:  Get all the details on how to create and use Auto-texts in Dragon Medical One.

  1. Highlight the desired text in your document.

  2. Say Make that an Auto-text.

  3. Enter a Name for your Auto-text.

  4. Confirm the Spoken form (what you will say to insert the template).

  5. Select Save.

  • Next/previous field (moves to next/previous variable in your template)

  • First/last field (moves to first/last variable in your template)

  • Accept defaults (clears all brackets and accepts ALL default text)

  • Field complete (removes brackets and accepts the text only in the CURRENT variable field)

Custom commands (Step-by-step commands)

Step-by-step commands can execute commonly-used keystrokes and actions on your desktop.

Tip:  Get more details on how to create and use Step-by-step commands in this article.

  1. Say Manage commands or Manage Step-by-step commands.

  2. Select +.

  3. Enter a Name for your command.

  4. Enter a Description (optional).

  5. Enter a Spoken form (this is what you'll say to activate the command).

  6. Select New Step and select a step type; repeat for each step/keyboard shortcut.

  7. Select Apply All then Close.

  1. Say Manage commands or Manage Step-by-step commands.​​​​​​​

  2. Select the Step-by-step command you want to edit.

  3. Make desired changes.

  4. Select Apply All, then Close when you have made all your changes.

  1. Say Manage commands or Manage Step-by-step commands.

  2. Select the Step-by-step command(s) you want to delete.

  3. Select X.

  4. Select Apply All, then Close when you have made all your changes.

Important reminders

  • Remember to turn off the microphone when you are finished dictating.

  • Correct commonly misrecognized words to increase accuracy and save time.

  • Position the cursor where you want your text to go...your text will be typed in the window in which your cursor is blinking.

  • Select Microphone from the DragonBar menu to quickly change microphones without logging off.

  • Access Log Off and Exit from the DragonBar menu.

  • Select Log Off to change specialty or language.

  • Select Exit when finished at a workstation to protect your profile from being accessed by other clinicians.

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