Dragon NaturallySpeaking tutorial: how to copy email addresses?

In this Dragon NaturallySpeaking tutorial, I show how to copy email addresses.

Sometimes, I get an email address in an application where the email address is not hyperlinked- meaning that if I want to send a message to that email ID, I cannot just click on it and automatically launch my email client with the recipient field already filled in with that email ID.

In that case, I have to use Dragon NaturallySpeaking commands to copy the email address. Usually, if you have to copy text, then you have to use the command "select X words forwards/backwards".

However, it is not immediately obvious in an email ID of how many words to select. So here is what you have to remember.

If the email ID is of the form abc@def.com, then you have to select 5 words.
If the email ID is of the form abc@def.co.jp, then you have to select 6 words

The letters before the @ form one word, the letter after that and before period "." form the next word
and then after that every period separates two word.

I hope this tutorial helps in improving your speed in working with Dragon NaturallySpeaking..

Please feel free to share similar trips in the comments below or write to me with any queries that you have on working with voice recognition and I will try my best to resolve them

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