What you can say

Applies To

Dragon Copilot (physicians) desktop Dragon Copilot (physicians) embedded Dragon Copilot (physicians) mobile Dragon Copilot (physicians) web

Here's a focused list of voice commands you can use while dictating in Dragon Copilot. The commands are grouped by functional area.

Note

The features and functionality available to you might vary based on your organization's configuration, language settings, and whether you're using the web, mobile, or desktop app.

Access a full, searchable list of available commands in the Dragon Copilot application.

Select Help and feedback .
Select What can I say?

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Use the search field to find a command, or expand a section to browse available commands. Select the arrow next to a command to view its description and the phrases you can say.

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Recording

Start ambient recording activates the ambient recording microphone.
Microphone off deactivates the voice input (dictation) microphone.
Stop listening deactivates the voice input (dictation) microphone.

Dictation

New paragraph moves the cursor down two lines.
New line moves the cursor down one line.

Editing

Scratch that | Delete that deletes the last word or phrase you spoke.
Undo that undoes the previous operation.
Redo that redoes the last 'undo that' operation.
Insert before | after [text] puts the cursor focus before or after the specified text.
Cap that formats the selected text or the last thing you said with initial caps.
Accept default accepts the default value of the auto-text field where you are and removes field delimiters in that field.
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

Select again is used when there are multiple instances of the same word. The "selection" moves 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.
Unselect that | Deselect that cancels the selection.
Select the first paragraph
Select (the) last sentence
Select (the) next sentence
Select the previous word
Select this word

Move across sections commands

(Move to | Go to) Previous | Next (field | section) moves the cursor to the previous or next field or section within the note.

Move within a field or section commands

Go to beginning of sentence | paragraph navigates to the beginning of the sentence or paragraph.
Go to end of sentence | paragraph navigates to the end of the sentence or paragraph.
Go | move to start of (field | section) moves the cursor to the beginning of the field or section, based on the current position of the cursor.
Go | move to top moves the cursor to the beginning of the section, based on the current position of the cursor.
Go | move to bottom moves the cursor to the bottom of the section, based on the current position of the cursor.

Open and close settings

go to settings | open settings | show settings opens settings.
close settings closes settings.

Navigate within settings

go to microphone settings | go to mic settings | go to mike settings | open microphone settings | open mic settings | open mike settings | show microphone settings | show mic settings | show mike settings navigates to microphone settings.
go to general settings | open general settings | show general settings navigates to general settings.

Open help and resources

go to help | open help | show help opens help.
go to resources | open resources | show resources opens resources.

Microsoft commands (Dragon Copilot desktop only)

launch Microsoft Outlook | open Microsoft Outlook | show Microsoft Outlook | start Microsoft Outlook opens Microsoft Outlook.
launch Microsoft Word | open Microsoft Word | show Microsoft Word | start Microsoft Word opens Microsoft Word.

Word commands (Dragon Copilot desktop only)

new document | create new document | open new document opens a new Word document.
save document | save changes | save document changes saves the Word document that has the focus.

Outlook commands (Dragon Copilot desktop only)

create email | create mail | compose email | compose mail creates a new email in Outlook.
new meeting | create meeting | schedule meeting | book meeting creates a new meeting in Outlook.
reply to email | reply to mail replies to the email that has the focus in Outlook.

Transfer (Dragon Copilot desktop only)

Transfer all transfers the content of all non-blank sections to the current cursor location.
Transfer selected transfers the content of the selected sections to the current cursor location.

Anchoring (Dragon Copilot desktop only)

Anchor (dictation | speech focus) | Send text here anchors the speech focus to an app; the dictation results are written into this app even if you navigate to another app.
Release (dictation | speech focus) releases the speech focus from an app.

Other

Open Dragon | show Dragon restores the app to the foreground if it's minimized or in the background.
What can I say opens the list of available voice commands.