Working with email
Use Dragon to dictate emails in your favorite email application.
Creating a new message from anywhere on your Mac
Dragon can create email messages in Mail (or your default email application), pre-addressed to any person or group in your Contacts, no matter what application you are currently using.
Just say Send an email to <name>. You can also specify multiple recipients – for example, Send an email to Mom, Cindy and Patricia.
Dragon opens a new email window, addressed as specified, with the insertion point in the Subject line ready for you to dictate a subject.
To use this feature, you need to generate email commands in your Dragon preferences:
- Click the
in the menu bar and select Preferences… - In the General pane, select Generate Email Commands.
- Restart Dragon to generate commands for your contacts.
When you first launch Dragon, OS X generates a dialog box asking you to allow Dragon to access your contacts. To use email commands, you must click OK. If you click Don't Allow, you will need to uninstall and reinstall Dragon to reset Dragon's OS X permissions.
Working with email applications
|
Application |
Supports dictating and typing? |
Built-in commands included with Dragon? |
|---|---|---|
|
Apple Mail |
No. While dictating emails in Mail, avoid using your keyboard or mouse. See Mixing dictation with typing for more information. |
Yes. See Working with Mail for more information. |
|
Microsoft Outlook |
Yes. |
No. Use menu walking commands to access Outlook's menus. For example, say Click Message menu, then Click Reply. See Menu Walking for more information. |
|
Gmail (accessed with Firefox) |
Yes. |
Yes. Install Dragon Web Extensions for Firefox to use these commands. See Using Gmail for more information. |
Other email applications
You can use global commands such as menu walking in any application. However, Dragon may not offer correction and editing by voice in some applications. Check the Guidance window to see what Dragon can do in your current application. If you do not see the Guidance window, say Show Guidance. See Mixing dictation with typing for more information.