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29 MacSpeech DictateChapter 5 — Dictation
UK and Canadian Postal Code Examples
What You Say What Happens
Postcode N G Three Two H X NG3 2HX
Postcode E Ten Seven B D E10 7BD
Postcode E C Two Y Four L K EC2Y 4LK
Postal Code K One A Zero M Five K1A 0M5
Postal Code X Oh A Oh H Oh X0A 0H0
Dates and Times
You can dictate most dates and times the way you would
normally say them. Say Oh or Zero to enter 0. In dialects
other than US and Canada you can also say Naught.
The US dialect of MacSpeech Dictate automatically types the
colon (:) if you say A M or P M when dictating the time. Say
O’clock or Colon Zero Zero to enter “:00.”
Non-US dialects automatically type the point (.) if you say A
M or P M depending on the regional setting.
Date and Time Examples
What You Say What Happens
Twenty Two January Nineteen Ninety Nine 22 January 1999
April Nine COMMA Two Thousand and One April 9, 2001
Fourteen SLASH Oh Seven SLASH Eighty
Five
14/07/85
Three SLASH Eleven SLASH Zero Two 3/11/02
Three SLASH Eleven SLASH Two
Thousand and Two
3/11/2002
April First April 1
March Twenty Second March 22
The Nineteen Eighties the 1980’s
Eight COLON Thirty
8:30 (US)
8.30 (others)
Seven Forty Five A M
7:45 AM (US)
7.45 AM (others)
Ten Twenty Two P M
10:22 PM (US)
10.22 PM (others)
Three O’Clock or Three COLON Zero Zero
3:00 (US)
3.00 (others)
Five O’Clock PM
5:00 PM (US)
5.00 PM (others)
Telephone Numbers
MacSpeech Dictate will format phone numbers for you. For
the US version, just say the number as you normally would,
pausing between groups of numbers.
US Telephone Number Examples
What You Say What Happens
Three Five Zero Zero Nine Zero Three 350-0903
Six Oh Three Three Five Oh Oh Nine Oh
Three
603-350-0903
US Telephone Number Examples
What You Say What Happens
One Eight Hundred Five Five Five One Two
One Two
1-800-555-1212
OPEN PARENTHESIS Six Zero Three
CLOSE PARENTHESIS Three Five Zero
Zero Nine Zero Three
[phone]
One Two One Two Five Five Five Twelve
Twelve
1-212-555-1212
When dictating a phone number for outside the US you
will need to say all the punctuation (hyphens, spaces, and
parenthesis).
Non-US Telphone Number Examples
What You Say What Happens
OPEN PARENTHESIS Oh One Six Two
Eight CLOSE PARENTHESIS EIght Nine
Four One Five Oh
[phone]
Oh Two Seven SPACE BAR Six Two Nine
SPACE BAR Eight Nine Four Four
027 629 8944
Six One HYPHEN Seven HYPHEN Four Six
Nine Five HYPHEN Two Zero Five Five
61-7-4695-2055
OPEN PARENTHESIS Six Five CLOSE
PARENTHESIS Two Seven Seven Eight
Five Nine Zero
(65) 2778590
Spelling Mode
Spelling Mode allows you to spell one letter or numeral at a
time, or speak punctuation marks. In Spelling Mode, Dictate
recognizes what you say as letters or numerals (e.g. “c”, or “1”)
rather than as words (e.g. “see”, or “won”). To launch Spelling
Mode, say the command Spelling Mode, or select Spelling
from the Speech menu item, or toggle through modes with a
designated hot key.
Spelling Mode Commands Examples
What You Say What Happens
a b c abc
1 2 3 EXCLAMATION POINT 123!
a SPACEBAR b SPACEBAR c a b c
a b CAP c abC
a b c SCRATCH THAT ab
a b c MOVE BACKWARD 1 CHARACTER d abdc
A limited number of commands are available in Spelling
Mode. These include “Cap <letter>”, “Spacebar”, and
“Move Backward/Forward [1-99] Character[s]”. Also, the
commands Scratch That, Scratch Word, Forget That, and
Forget Word will work and can be used to delete the last
letter spoken.