Siri Dictation

Tips For Siri Dictation

To have a number typed, say numeral and then the number

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SAY THIS …	… TO DO THIS
new line	move to the next line (like pressing “Return” on a keyboard)
new paragraph	to start a new paragraph
cap	to capitalize the next wordFor example, saying:I named my pet pig cap baconproduces the text: I named my pet pig Bacon (interestingly, if you say “Kevin Bacon”, Bacon is automatically capitalized for you)
caps on … caps off	to capitalize a section of textFor example, saying:caps on twenty five ways to eat bacon caps offproduces the text: 25 Ways to Eat Bacon
all caps	to make the next word all uppercaseFor example, saying:I am hungry feed me all caps now pleaseproduces the text: I am hungry feed me NOW please
all caps on … all caps off	to make part of what you say uppercaseFor example, saying:I am hungry all caps on feed me now all caps off pleaseproduces the text: I am hungry FEED ME NOW please
no caps	to make the next word lowercaseFor example, saying:I like no caps Mikeproduces the text: I like mike
no caps on … no caps off	to make sure part of what you say is all lowercaseFor example, saying:Our friends no caps on Steve and Tina no caps off live in Californiaproduces the text: Our friends steve and tina live in California
space bar	to prevent a hyphen from appearing in a normally hyphenated wordFor example, saying:This restaurant is first space bar classprevents first-class from being hyphenated, and produces the text: This restaurant is first class
no space	to prevent a space between wordsFor example, saying:This is the best no space tasting bacon everproduces the text: This is the besttasting bacon ever
no space on … no space off	to prevent a section of text from having spaces between wordsFor example, saying:This is no space on the best tasting bacon no space off everproduces the text: This is thebesttastingbacon ever
“period” or “full stop”	to place a “.” at the end of a sentence
dot	.For example, saying:The dot number pi is three dot one fourproduces the text: The.number pi is 3.14 (note the subtle difference between saying point and dot… dot works between words)
point	.For example, saying:The point number pi is three point one fourproduces the text: The point number pi 3.14 (note the subtle difference between saying point and dot… dot works between words)
“ellipsis” or “dot dot dot”	…
comma	,
double comma	,,
“quote” or “quotation mark”	”(although, if you need to place some text within quotation marks, using the “quote … end quote” commands may be more accurate)
quote … end quote	to place quotes around a section of textFor example, saying:She said quote see you next week end quoteproduces the text: She said “see you next week”
apostrophe	‘(although in many cases, apostrophes are automatically inserted, like when saying Sam’s new iPhone)
exclamation point	!
inverted exclamation point	¡
question mark	?
inverted question mark	¿
ampersand	&
asterisk	*
open parenthesis	(
close parenthesis	)
open bracket	[
close bracket	]
open brace	{
close brace	}
dash	-For example, saying:This dash is dash my dash cheeseproduces the text: This – is – my – cheese (note the difference in spacing between this and when saying hyphen)
hyphen	-For example, saying:This hyphen is hyphen my hyphen cheeseproduces the text: This-is-my-cheese (note the difference in spacing between this and when saying dash)
em dash	—
underscore	_
percent sign	%
copyright sign	©
registered sign	®
section sign	§
dollar sign	$
cent sign	¢
euro sign	€
yen sign	¥
degree sign	°
caret	^
at sign	@
pound sterling sign	£
pound sign	#
greater than sign	>
less than sign	<
forward slash	/
back slash	\
vertical bar	|
“smiley” or “smiley face” or “smile face”
“frowny” or “frowny face” or “frown face”
“winky” or “winky face” or “wink face”
e.g. (pronounced as “e g”)	e.g.For example, saying:e g when you learn to ride a bikeproduces the text: E.g. when you learn to ride a bike
i.e. (pronounced as “i e”)	i.e.For example, saying:i e when you learn to ride a bikeproduces the text: I.e. when you learn to ride a bike