After figuring out how to use Siri dictation to quickly add items to a list in Paperless, I discovered some other commands it recognizes – based on this article about Dragon Dictation (a third party app for dictating text).
Here are the dictation commands that have worked for me with Siri.
For Paperless users: If you’d like your very own “pocket guide to Siri dictation commands”, open this web page on your iOS device, then tap this link to import a list titled “Siri Dictation Commands” into Paperless.
Say this … |
… to do this |
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new line | move to the next line (like pressing “Return” on a keyboard) |
new paragraph | to start a new paragraph |
cap | to capitalize the next word
For example, saying: produces the text: (interestingly, if you say “Kevin Bacon”, Bacon is automatically capitalized for you) |
caps on … caps off | to capitalize a section of text
For example, saying: produces the text: |
all caps | to make the next word all uppercase
For example, saying: produces the text: |
all caps on … all caps off | to make part of what you say uppercase
For example, saying: produces the text: |
no caps | to make the next word lowercase
For example, saying: produces the text: |
no caps on … no caps off | to make sure part of what you say is all lowercase
For example, saying: produces the text: |
space bar | to prevent a hyphen from appearing in a normally hyphenated word
For example, saying: prevents first-class from being hyphenated, and produces the text: |
no space | to prevent a space between words
For example, saying: produces the text: |
no space on … no space off | to prevent a section of text from having spaces between words
For example, saying: produces the text: |
“period” or “full stop” | to place a “.” at the end of a sentence |
dot | .
For example, saying: produces the text: (note the subtle difference between saying point and dot… dot works between words) |
point | .
For example, saying: produces the text: (note the subtle difference between saying point and dot… dot works between words) |
“ellipsis” or “dot dot dot” | … |
comma | , |
double comma | ,, |
“quote” or “quotation mark” | ”
(although, if you need to place some text within quotation marks, using the “quote … end quote” commands may be more accurate) |
“open single quote…close single quote” | to place single quotes around a section of text
For example, saying: produces the text: |
apostrophe | ‘
(although in many cases, apostrophes are automatically inserted, like when saying Sam’s new iPhone) |
exclamation point | ! |
inverted exclamation point | ¡ |
question mark | ? |
inverted question mark | ¿ |
ampersand | & |
asterisk | * |
open parenthesis | ( |
close parenthesis | ) |
open bracket | [ |
close bracket | ] |
open brace | { |
close brace | } |
dash | –
For example, saying: produces the text: (note the difference in spacing between this and when saying hyphen) |
hyphen | –
For example, saying: produces the text: (note the difference in spacing between this and when saying dash) |
em dash | — |
underscore | _ |
plus sign | + |
minus sign | – |
equals sign | = |
percent sign | % |
copyright sign | © |
registered sign | ® |
section sign | § |
dollar sign | $ |
cent sign | ¢ |
euro sign | € |
yen sign | ¥ |
degree sign | ° |
caret | ^ |
at sign | @ |
pound sterling sign | £ |
pound sign | # |
greater than sign | > |
less than sign | < |
forward slash | / |
back slash | |
vertical bar | | |
“smiley” or “smiley face” or “smile face” | 🙂 |
“frowny” or “frowny face” or “frown face” | 🙁 |
“winky” or “winky face” or “wink face” | 😉 |
e.g. (pronounced as “e g”) | e.g.
For example, saying: produces the text: |
i.e. (pronounced as “i e”) | i.e.
For example, saying: produces the text: |