When I have a dropped third strike, I make no signal. If it is a swinging D3S, then everyone knows the batter swung and the ball was dropped. If it is a called 3rd, then I do give the verbal call.
If first base is occupied in the situations where the batter cannot advance to first base (less than 2 outs), I DO verbalize "batter's out" loud enough that at least the batter and catcher can hear me.
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