Voice Recognition commands can be spoken during dictation to quicken the time required to write and format letters. Commands can include navigating around the letter, syntax, correcting mistakes, starting/stopping recording and more.
Category | Tonal Command | Result |
Dates | January first two thousand and eleven | January 1, 2011 |
oh one oh one two thousand and eleven | 01/01/2011 | |
January first | January 1 | |
The twentieth of May | May 20 | |
Times | The patient came at ten o'clock AM period | The patient came at 10 o'clock a.m |
Measurements |
one hundred and fifty two pounds |
152 pounds |
one hundred twenty two slash eighty |
122/80 |
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thirty seven degrees celsius |
37 degrees Celcius |
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ninety nine degrees fahrenheit |
99 degrees Fahrenheit |
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fifty micrograms |
50 mcg |
|
fifty milligrams |
50 mg |
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Punctuation Marks |
new paragraph/next paragraph |
a new paragraph |
new line/next line |
a new line |
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open quote/begin quote/close quote/end quote |
" |
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colon/colon mark |
: |
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semi-colon |
; |
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full stop/period |
. |
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question mark |
? |
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exclamation mark/exclamation point |
! |
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comma |
, |
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left parenthesis/open parenthesis |
( |
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right parenthesis/close parenthesis |
) |
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Symbols |
asterisk |
* |
slash |
/ |
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backslash |
\ |
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percent sign |
% |
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four/numeral four |
4 |
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twenty three |
23 |
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one hundred seventy nine/one hundred and seventy nine/one seventy nine |
179 |
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one hundred forty two thousand and fifteen |
142,015 |
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eleven over thirty two |
11/32 |
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two hundred kilograms |
200 kg |
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two fifths/two out of five |
2/5 |
Correction Commands
Tonal Command |
Result |
Accept defaults |
Accepts the default value of all auto-text fields and removes the field delimiters in all fields. |
All caps that |
Formats the selected text or the last thing you said as capital letters. |
Cap that |
Capitalizes the first letter of each selected word or all words of the last thing you said. |
Delete word / Scratch that word / Scratch word |
Deletes the word with the cursor focus (including any punctuation next to the word). |
Scratch that/ Delete that |
Deletes the last thing you said. |
Deselect that / Unselect that |
Cancels the selection. |
Field complete |
Accepts the default value and removes the field delimiters of the auto-text field with the focus. |
Go back |
Returns the cursor focus to before the previous selection command. |
Redo that / Redo last action / Redo |
Redoes the previous operation. |
Select all |
Selects all text in your dictation. |
Select first paragraph |
Selects the paragraph at the beginning of your dictation. |
Select first sentence |
Selects the sentence at the beginning of your dictation. |
Select first word |
Selects the word at the beginning of your dictation. |
Select last paragraph |
Selects the paragraph at the end of your dictation. |
Select last sentence |
Selects the sentence at the end of your dictation. |
Select last word |
Selects the word at the end of your dictation. |
Select next paragraph |
Selects the next paragraph. |
Select next sentence |
Selects the next sentence. |
Select next word |
Selects the next word. |
Select previous paragraph |
Selects the previous paragraph. |
Select previous sentence |
Selects the previous paragraph. |
Select previous word |
Selects the previous word. |
Select this paragraph |
Selects the paragraph with the cursor focus. |
Select this sentence |
Selects the sentence with the cursor focus. |
Select this word |
Selects the word with the cursor focus. |
Undo that |
Undoes last action |
Navigation
Tonal Command |
Result |
End of field / go to end of field / move to end of field |
Navigates to the end of the field. |
First field |
Navigates to the first field. |
Go to Background Information / move to Background Information |
Navigates to a specific field. |
Go to Clinical Assessment / move to Clinical Assessment |
Navigates to a specific field. |
Go to first field / move to first field |
Navigates to the first field. |
Go to HistoryDiscussion / move to History Discussion |
Navigates to a specific field. |
Go to last field /move to last field |
Navigates to the last field. |
Go to Management /move to Management |
Navigates to a specific field. |
Go to next field /move to next field |
Navigates forwards. |
Go to previous field /move to previous field |
Navigates backwards. |
Go to Previous Issues Procedures /move to Previous Issues Procedures |
Navigates to a specific field. |
Go to Reason for Presentation /move to Reason for Presentation |
Navigates to a specific field. |
Last field |
Navigates to the last field. |
Next field |
Navigates forwards. |
Previous field |
Navigates backwards. |
Start of field / go to start of field /move to start of field |
Navigates to the beginning of the field. |
Recording
Tonal Command |
Result |
Microphone off / stop listening / stop recording |
Switches off the microphone. |
Help
Tonal Command |
Result |
Back to dictation |
Changes the speech focus back to your dictation. |
Open help / show help |
Displays the help. |
Close help /hide help /close commands /hide commands |
Hides the help or the commands. |
What can I say /show commands |
Displays this list of commands you can use. |