# Dictation commands

The following commands are interpreted and transformed into characters by the dictate endpoints:

| Action                  | Character | Keywords/Commands                                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Add a new line          | `\n`      | next line<br />line break<br />new line                                                                                            |
| Add a new paragraph     | `\n\n`    | next paragraph<br />new paragraph<br />paragraph                                                                                   |
| Add a period            | `.`       | dot<br />period<br />full stop                                                                                                     |
| Add a comma             | `,`       | comma                                                                                                                              |
| Add a question mark     | `?`       | question mark                                                                                                                      |
| Add an exclamation mark | `!`       | exclamation mark<br />exclamation point                                                                                            |
| Add an ellipsis         | `...`     | ellipsis                                                                                                                           |
| Add a semicolon         | `;`       | semi-colon                                                                                                                         |
| Add a colon             | `:`       | colon                                                                                                                              |
| Add quotes              | `"`       | quote<br />double quotation mark<br />double quote<br />open quote<br />close quote<br />open double quote<br />close double quote |
| Add single quotes       | `'`       | single quote<br />open single quote<br />close single quote<br />single quotation mark                                             |
| Add open parentheses    | `(`       | left paren<br />left parentheses<br />open paren<br />open parentheses<br />open parenthesis                                       |
| Add close parentheses   | `)`       | close paren<br />close parentheses<br />close parenthesis<br />right paren<br />right parentheses<br />right parenthesis           |
| Add open bracket        | `[`       | left bracket<br />open bracket                                                                                                     |
| Add close bracket       | `]`       | right bracket<br />close bracket                                                                                                   |
| Add a dash              | `-`       | dash<br />hyphen<br />minus                                                                                                        |