Did you know with Dragon Dictation mobile apps you can dictate commands and punctuation with your message and have it all transcribed such that it looks like you typed it? For example, when dictating a sentence just say “comma” or “period” and they will appear in the sentence where you spoke them. You can also perform basic text commands such as saying “New Paragraph” whereas a new paragraph is started – all by the power of your voice!
Want to know more? Here’s a list of commonly used commands and punctuations for quick dictation reference…
Commonly used commands
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"New Line" or "Next Line"
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Press the enter key once, capitalize next word |
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"New Paragraph" or "Next Paragraph"
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Press the enter key twice, capitalize next word |
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" Caps
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Type |
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"All Caps
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Type |
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"Caps On"
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Start typing words with initial capitals |
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"Caps Off"
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Stop typing words with initial capitals |
Commonly used Punctuations
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&
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"ampersand" or "and sign" |
.
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“period” |
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:
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"colon" |
?
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"question mark" |
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!
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“exclamation point” |
,
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"comma" |
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=
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"equal sign" |
@
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"at sign" |
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/
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"forward slash" or "slash" |
-
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"hyphen" |
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‘
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"begin single quote" or "open single quote" |
‘
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"end single quote" or "close single quote" |
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“
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"begin quote" or "open quote" |
“
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"close quote" or "end quote" |
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(
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"left parenthesis" or "open parenthesis" |
)
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"right parenthesis" or "close parenthesis" |
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%
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"percent sign" |
$
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"dollar sign" |
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#
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"pound sign" |
°
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"degree sign" |
Dictating commands and punctuation is not only fun- but an incredibly efficient way to compose messages simply and efficiently! We hope you find this cheat sheet helpful – and, happy dictating with Dragon!
- Dragon Mobile Apps Team
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