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27 MacSpeech DictateChapter 5 — Dictation
Punctuation Examples
What You Say
What Happens
Ampersand &
Apostrophe ‘
Apostrophe ess ‘s
Asterisk *
At Sign @
Back Slash \
Back Quote / Backtick ‘
Caret ^
Cents Sign ¢
Close Angle Bracket >
Close Brace }
Close Bracket (US Only)
Close Square Bracket (All
Dialects)
]
Close Euro Quote »
Close Parenthesis (All Dialects)
Close Bracket (Non-US Dialects)
)
Close Quote ” (close curly quote)
Close Single Quote ’
Colon :
Comma ,
Copyright Sign ©
Dash <space> -- <space>
Degree Sign °
Dollar Sign $
Dot .
Ellipsis …
Em Dash <space> --- <space>
En Dash <space> -- <space>
Equals Sign =
Euro Sign €
Exclamation Mark (All Dialects)
Exclamation Point (US Only)
!
Forward Slash /
Full Stop (all dialects) .
Greater Than Sign >
Hash Sign (Non-US dialects) #
Hyphen <word>-<word>
Left Angle Bracket <
Less Than Sign <
Minus Sign -
New Line <one carriage return>
New Paragraph <two carriage returns>
Number Sign (US Only) #
Open Angle Bracket <
Open Brace {
Punctuation Examples
What You Say
What Happens
Open Bracket (US Only)
Open Square Bracket (All
Dialects)
[
Open Euro Quote «
Open Parenthesis (All Dialects)
Open Bracket (Non-US Dialects)
(
Open Quote “ (open curly quote)
Open Single Quote ‘ (open single quote)
Percent Sign %
Period (US only) .
Plus Sign +
Point .
Pound Sign (US Only) #
Pound Sign (non-US Dialects)
Pound Sterling Sign (US Only)
£
Question Mark ?
Registered Sign ®
Right Angle Bracket >
Section Sign §
Semi Colon ;
Sharp Sign (Non-US Dialects) #
Slash /
Space Bar <the space character>
Tab Key <the tab character>
Tilde ~
Trademark Sign ™
Underscore _
Vertical Bar |
Chat / Instant Messaging
In addition to being able to dictate directly to chat windows,
MacSpeech Dictate has some special commands you can
use when dictating an instant message in programs such as
iChat, AIM, MSN Messenger, and many others:
Commands Helpful in Chat Programs
What You Say What Happens
Send Message Sends the current message.
Smiley Face :-)
Frowny Face :-(
Winky Face ;-)
Numerals / Numbers
When you say a number, MacSpeech Dictate will either type
out the words or the number, depending on the context in
which the number was used. If you want to force the program