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  • Common Commands

    The following tables list commands that you can use with Speech Recognition.

    To do this Say this
    Insert a new paragraph New paragraph, Insert sentence, Add new para, Add paragraph, New line
    Turn on listening mode Start dictation, Start listening, Wake up, Begin dictation, Microphone on
    Turn off listening mode Go to sleep, Stop listening, Microphone off, End dictation
    Delete the typed text Clear everything, Delete all text, Remove everything
    Copy text to clipboard Copy to Clipboard
  • Smileys
    To insert this Say this To insert this Say this
    ;-) Wink face :-) Smile, Smiley, Smiling face, Happy face
    :-)) Very happy face :-( Frown, Sad face, Angry face
    :-| Straight face, Neutral face :-/ Annoyed face
  • Special Characters
    To insert this Say this To insert this Say this
    © Add copyright, Insert copyright, Add copyright sign % Add percent, Insert percent, percent sign
    @ Add at, Insert at, at sign, at = Add equal, equal sign, equal
    + Add plus, plus sign, plus - Add minus, minus sign, minus
    ÷ Add division, division sign, division x Add multiplication, multiplication sign
    * Add asterisk, insert asterisk > Add greater than, greater than sign
    < Add less than, less than sign $, ¥, €, ¢ £ Insert dollar (or yen or euro or cent or pound) sign
  • Punctuation Marks

    You can prefix the command with either "add " or "insert ". For instance, you can say "add apostrophe " or say "insert apostrophe " and both command will add the ' symbol in the cursor position.

    To insert this Say this To insert this Say this
    . full stop, dot, point, period , comma
    · center dot (space) space
    ! exclamation mark, exclamation point & ampersand
    ' apostrophe ° degree
    # hashtag | vertical bar
    ellipsis : colon
    ; semicolon ? question mark
    / forward slash \ backslash
    _ underscore hyphen
    dash    
  • Quotes & Brackets
    To insert this Say this To insert this Say this
    Open single quote Close single quote
    Open double quote Close double quote
    { Open brace } Close brace
    ( Open parentheses ) Close paranthesis
    [ Open bracket ] Close bracket
    < Open angle bracket > Close angle bracket

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