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by tracker1 4256 days ago
I know someone who does a lot of voice input, he tends to use simple sounds that are distinct as a trained syntax... like: "woof" for moving to the end of a line, and "bark" for moving back.. and other words/sounds that aren't common in conversation... he said it took some getting used to but the accuracy got a lot better.
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I use the word "bark" too, albeit for a different purpose. I think that sort of spec selection is just a habit that you naturally get into when creating a lot of voice commands.

Incidentally, I've learned a bit of Korean, and it's caused me to notice that Dragon recognizes words which don't end in multiple unvoiced consonants more easily than those that do. (For example, "taze" is better than "taste" and "pad" is better than "pact".)