Dragon NaturallySpeaking Quick Start Guide

Updated for Dragon Professional Individual and Dragon Home 16 (2024). Focused on voice and basic dictation.

Starting and Stopping Dragon

• Start Dragon: Launch Dragon from Start Menu or Desktop.
• Turn Microphone On/Off: Say "Wake up" or "Go to sleep".
• Exit Dragon: Say "Close Dragon" or manually quit from system tray.

Basic Dictation Commands

• Dictate Text: Speak naturally — Dragon will transcribe into active text field.
• New Line: Say "New line".
• New Paragraph: Say "New paragraph".
• Correct Word: Say "Correct [word]".
• Delete Word: Say "Scratch that" (undo last action).

Basic Commands

• Open Application: Say "Open [Application Name]" (e.g., "Open Microsoft Word").
• Switch Applications: Say "Switch to [Application Name]".
• Click Button or Link: Say "Click [Button/Link Name]".
• Scroll Page: Say "Scroll down" or "Scroll up".

Working with Web Pages

• Activate a Link: Say "Click [link text]".
• Move to Next/Previous Field: Say "Next field" or "Previous field" (on forms).

Editing and Formatting

• Select Text: Say "Select [text]".
• Bold/Italic/Underline: Say "Bold that", "Italicize that", "Underline that".

Other Useful Commands

• Open Help: Say "What can I say?"
• Launch DragonBar: Use DragonBar for microphone control and menus.

Full Dragon User Guide: Dragon Official User Guides