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Open dotScribe Desktop from the Online Library
The Online Library includes an Open dotScribe control that asks your browser to hand off to the installed desktop app. In the Online Library, choose Open dotScribe. Your browser may ask for permission to open the dotScribe application. Allow it if ...
Use the Desktop date and time shortcut
dotScribe Desktop can paste the current local date and time with a configurable keyboard shortcut. Choose the shortcut Open the dotScribe menu. Open Settings. Find DateTime Shortcut. Choose CTL+SHIFT+D or CTL+SHIFT+T. Use it Place your cursor in the ...
Customize placeholder and bracket output
Desktop Settings can change how dotScribe writes placeholder and bracket markers when it inserts a phrase. Change placeholder output Open the dotScribe menu. Open Settings. Find Placeholder Output. Choose ***, [ ], or _. Change bracket output In ...
Can't sign in to dotScribe
If you cannot sign in, first separate a password problem from an account-verification or other access problem. Make sure you are using the email address for your dotScribe account. If you recently created the account, complete the verification step ...
Use dotScribe AI safely with patient information
dotScribe AI can help clinicians work with text while keeping the clinician in control of what is provided, reviewed, and used. Use only what the task needs When patient information is involved, provide only the minimum information needed for the ...
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Use and troubleshoot the Windows portable or USB version
Use the Windows portable/USB version when you want to run dotScribe without the standard installer and your organization permits portable applications. Run the portable version Go to dotScribe Downloads. Select WINDOWS USB. Download the portable ...
Install dotScribe on Windows
Download the current Windows installer from the official dotScribe Download page, run it, then open dotScribe and sign in. Go to dotScribe Downloads. Select WINDOWS INSTALL. Open the downloaded installer. Follow the Windows installation prompts. If ...
Sign out or exit the dotScribe desktop app
Use Sign Out when you want to end the current dotScribe account session. Use Exit dotScribe when you want to close the desktop app completely. Sign out Open the dotScribe menu. Choose Sign Out. The desktop app returns to its signed-out state so an ...
Change the execute key
The execute key is the keyboard key you press to insert the selected dotScribe result. The current choices are Left Control, Tab, and Enter. Open the dotScribe menu. Open Settings. Find Execute Key. Choose Left Control, Tab, or Enter. Return to your ...
Create and edit a personal phrase
Create reusable content in My Library so you can find and use it again later. Create a phrase Open the Online Library and go to My Library. Select the folder where you want the phrase, or create a new folder. Choose Add Phrase. Enter a clear name and ...