The tables below list the voice commands that can be used while dictating in Dragon Copilot. The commands are grouped by functional area.

Recording

Command

Action/result

Start ambient recording

Activates the ambient recording microphone.

Microphone (ON | OFF)

Activates or deactivates the voice input (dictation) microphone.

Stop listening

Stop recording

Deactivates the voice input (dictation) microphone.

Editing

Command

Action/result

Scratch that

Deletes the last word or phrase spoken.

Undo that

Undoes the previous operation.

Redo that

Redoes the last 'undo that' operation.

Cut that

Cuts the selection and copies it to the clipboard.

Delete that

Deletes the last thing you said.

Delete word

Deletes the word with the cursor focus.

Resume with <text>

Continues editing from the specified text.

Insert before | after <text>

Puts the cursor focus before / after the specified text.

All caps that

Formats the selected text or the last thing you said as all capital letters.

No caps that

Changes all capital letters to lowercase in the selected text or in the last thing you said.

Accept defaults

Accepts the default value of all auto-text fields and removes field delimiters in all fields.

Paste that

Pastes the contents of the clipboard.

Copy that 

Copies the selection to the clipboard.

Selection commands

Command

Action/result

Select again

Select again is used when there are multiple instances of the same word. The "selection" will move backward from the cursor position.

Select <text>

Selects the specified text.

Select <text> to <text>

Selects the specified text.

Select all

Selects all the text in the dictation field.

Select < this | previous | next | first | last> word

Selects the appropriate word in the sentence - based on the current position of the cursor.

Select <this | previous | next | first | last> sentence

Selects the appropriate sentence in the paragraph - based on the current position of the cursor.

Select the <this | first | last | previous | next> paragraph

Selects the appropriate paragraph in the section - based on the current position of the cursor.

Unselect That

Deselect That

Cancels the selection

Navigation commands

Command

Action/result

Move to <section name | acronym (e.g. HPI or ROS)>

Go to <section name | acronym (e.g. HPI or ROS)>

Moves the cursor to the stated section within the note.

Move to <first | last> field | section

Go to <first | last> field | section

Moves the cursor to the stated field or section within the note.

Go back

Returns the cursor to the previous position.

Start of <field | section>

End of <field | section>

Navigates to the beginning of the field or section.

Navigates to the end of the field or section.

Move to | Go to start of <field | section | sentence | paragraph>

End of <field | section | sentence | paragraph>

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the sentence, paragraph, field, or section - based on the current position of the cursor. Moves the cursor to the end of the sentence, paragraph, field, or section  - based on the current position of the cursor.

Move to | Go to <top | bottom | end>

Moves the cursor to the beginning or end of the section - based on the current position of the cursor.

Transfer

Command

Action/result

Transfer all

Transfer the content of all non-blank sections to the desired location.

Transfer selected

Transfer the content of the selected sections to the desired location.

Other

Command

Action/result

Open | show dictation clipboard

Displays the Dictation clipboard, allowing you to find transcribed text dictated into a field or application that does not support dictation.

Provide | Send Dragon feedback

Provide | Send Dragon Copilot feedback

Displays the product feedback screen.

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