These are to be spoken when Dictation is active:
- “All Caps” to capitalize all of only the next word (e.g. START)
- “Caps” to capitalize the next word (e.g. Start)
- “Upper Case [letter]” for making a spelling out acronyms (e.g. SAT)
- “All Caps On” to turn on caps lock
- “All Caps Off” to turn off caps lock
- “Caps On” to format next words in title case
- “Caps Off” to return to default letter casing
- “No Caps” to use no capitals with the word
- “Numeral [number]” to type the number rather than word
- “New Paragraph” to create a new paragraph
- “New Line” to insert and start a new line
- “No Space” to prevent a space from being between the next word
- “No Space On” to turn off all spaces in the next sequence of words (helpful for passwords)
- “No Space Off” to resume normal spacing between words
- “Tab Key” pushes the cursor forward like hitting the tab key
Adding things like periods and commas can be done automatically by pausing in speech, or, usually more accurately, by just simply saying aloud the punctuation needed.
Here’s an example of how to use Dictation to write a quick message that looks as if it was typed normally:
“Hey Homer [comma] [new line]
What time do you want to see a movie [question mark] I think the [numeral 5] showing
is the [all caps] best [period] [new line]
Toodles [comma] Bart”
| Command | Result |
| question mark | ? |
| inverted question mark | ¿ |
| exclamation point | ! |
| hyphen | – |
| dash | – |
| em dash | — |
| underscore | _ |
| comma | , |
| open parenthesis | ( |
| close parenthesis | ) |
| open square bracket | [ |
| close square bracket | ] |
| open brace | { |
| close brace | } |
| semi colon | ; |
| ellipsis | … |
| quote | “ |
| end-quote | ” |
| back quote | “ |
| single quote | ‘ |
| end single quote | ’ |
| double-quote | “ |
| apostrophe | ‘ |
| colon | : |
| slash | / |
| back slash | \ |
| tilde | ~ |
| ampersand | & |
| percent sign | % |
| copyright sign | © |
| registered sign | ® |
| section sign | § |
| dollar sign | $ |
| cent sign | ¢ |
| degree sign | º |
| caret | ^ |
| at sign | @ |
| Pound sterling sign | £ |
| Yen sign | ¥ |
| Euro sign | € |
| pound sign | # |
| smiley face (or “smiley”) | :-) |
| frowny face (or “sad face”, “frown”) | :-( |
| winky face (or “winky”) | ;-) |
