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24 MacSpeech DictateChapter 5 — Dictation
Punctuation Examples
What You Say
What Happens
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 {
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>
Punctuation Examples
What You Say
What Happens
Tab Key <the tab character>
Tilde ~
Trademark Sign ™
Underscore _
Vertical Bar |
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.
Here are a few examples to give you an idea of how you can
use MacSpeech Dictate in chat programs such as iChat,
MSN Messenger, and many others:
Commands Helpful in Chat Programs
What You Say What Happens
New Line Sends the current message.
Smiley Face :-)
Frowny Face :-(
Winky Face ;-)
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 MacSpeech
Dictate to type a number instead of typing the words for the
number, say Numeral before saying the number.
MacSpeech Dictate has the built-in ability to properly format
numbers as they are spoken. Here are some examples:
Number Examples
What You Say What Happens
One or Numeral One 1
Five or Numeral Five 5
Seventeen 17
Forty Two 42
One Hundred Seventy Nine 179
Five Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty
Three
5423
Five COMMA Four Twenty Three 5,423
Twelve Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty
Seven
12,537
One Hundred and Forty Two Thousand and
Fifteen
142,015
Thirty Five POINT Two Three 35.23
Zero POINT Zero Three (All Dialects)
Naught POINT Naught Three (Non-US
Dialects)
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