Dragon Medical One Training - Voice Navigation
Learn Dragon Medical One voice navigation: verbal commands, hotkeys, and microphone button shortcuts for documents, Auto-Texts, and templates.
One of the most important steps to mastering Dragon Medical One is navigating documents with ease - whether by verbal commands or hotkeys. Moving through notes you just created, and through predefined fields in Auto-Texts and templates, keeps your workflow seamless and efficient.
This tutorial assumes you already have Dragon Medical One installed. It covers the basics of voice navigation, hotkeys, and microphone button shortcuts.
Voice commands for navigation
If you have used other versions of Dragon, many of these commands will already feel familiar. They work in existing documents, Auto-Texts/templates, and within Dragon Medical One itself.
Say "What can I say" with your microphone on to see available commands in context. Common navigation commands are listed on the left; the What can I say panel is shown on the right.
Dragon Medical One options
- Launch help
- Open settings
- Manage commands
- Manage vocabulary
- Manage Auto-Texts
- Anchor speech focus
Cursor location
- Go to end of sentence / Go to start of sentence
- Go to end of paragraph / Go to start of paragraph
- Go back
- Insert before [text]
- Insert after [text]
Auto-Text navigation
- Next field
- Previous field
- First field
- Last field
- Accept defaults - Removes all squared brackets [ ]
- Field complete - Removes squared brackets only from the selected field [ ]
Basic Dragon commands
- Hide Dragon / Show Dragon
- Close Dragon / Open Dragon
- Open dictation box / Close dictation box
- Transfer text - Transfers text to the target application
- Discard text - Deletes text in the dictation box
- Recall text - Rewrites text in the dictation box
Hotkeys
From the DragonBar, select the Nuance logo on the right-hand side and choose "Options". A window opens with four menu selections - choose "Hotkeys".
These options let you set a combination of Ctrl, Alt, and a key you choose for quick navigation. When you finish configuring the shortcuts you want, click Apply All at the bottom. To activate and release your input destination, press the selected keys.
Microphone buttons
Some microphones, such as the PowerMic and PowerMic Mobile, include predefined buttons for navigating Dragon Medical One. Transfer text, next field, previous field, and other commands come preset, and you can reconfigure them in Options.
From the DragonBar, select the Nuance logo on the right-hand side and choose "Options". In the Options window, choose "Microphone Buttons". Assign an action to each button you want to customize, then click Apply All at the bottom.
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