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What You
Say
What Happens
Dictation Mode
Switches to Dictation
mode.
Command Mode
Switches to Command
mode.
Spelling Mode
Switches to Spelling
mode.
Go To Sleep Puts Dictate to sleep.
Wake Up
Wakes Dictate from
sleep.
Microphone Off Turns off the microphone.
Show Available
Commands Window
Displays a window with a
list of commands.
New Line
Presses the Return Key
once.
New Paragraph
Presses the Return Key
twice.
Space Bar Presses the space bar.
Tab Key Presses the tab key.
Go To End
Moves to the end of the
document.
Go To Beginning
Moves to the beginning of
the document.
Scratch That or
Forget That
Deletes the last thing
you said.
Delete the Word[s]
“text” [through/to
“text”]
Deletes the specified
word or words.
Insert Before/After
the Word[s] “text”
[through/to “text”]
Moves cursor to just
before or after the
specified word[s].
Select the Word[s]
“text” [through/to
“text”]
Selects the specified
word or words.
Cap <word>
Starts the next word with
a capital letter.
Caps On /
Caps Off
Turns the Caps On or
Caps Off. When on, each
word will be Capitalized.
All Caps <word>
Types the next word in
ALL capital letters.
All Caps On /
All Caps Off
Turns All Caps on or off.
When on, each word will
be in ALL CAPS.
What You
Say
What Happens
No Space On /
No Space Off
When on, no space will
be typed between words.
Period (US) or Full
Stop (all dialects)
Types period / dot [ . ]
Exclamation Point
(US) OR Exclamation
Mark (all dialects)
Types exclamation
mark [ ! ]
Dollars or Dollar Sign Types dollar sign [ $ ]
Pounds Sterling (US)
Pound Sign (non-US)
Types pound sign [ £ ]
Euros or Euro Sign Types euro sign [ € ]
Number Sign or
Pound Sign (US)
Hash Sign or Sharp
Sign (non-US)
Types number sign / hash
sign / sharp sign [ # ]
Comma Types comma [ , ]
Question Mark Types question mark [ ? ]
Colon Types colon [ : ]
Semicolon Types semicolon [ ; ]
Hyphen Types hyphen [ - ]
Dash Types dash [ -- ]
At Sign Types “at” sign [ @ ]
Ampersand /
And Sign
Types ampersand [ & ]
Open Quote /
Close Quote
Types open quote [ “ ]
or close quote [ ” ]
Open Parenthesis /
Close Parenthesis
Types open [ ( ] or
close [ ) ] parenthesis
Recognition
Window
What Happens
Choose “1” or
Pick “1”
Replaces selected text
with item 1 in Recognition
Window.
Edit “1”
Lets you to edit item 1 in
the Recognition Window.
Cancel Edit Cancels the edited item.
Press Play
Plays audio of most
recent phrase dictated.
Common Voice Commands