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Dictation commands

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

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