{"id":758,"date":"2011-10-15T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.crushapps.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2020-05-15T01:50:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T01:50:35","slug":"more-fun-with-siri-dictation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/more-fun-with-siri-dictation\/","title":{"rendered":"More Fun With Siri Dictation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After figuring out how to use Siri dictation to quickly add items to a list in Paperless<\/a>, I discovered some other commands it recognizes – based on this article about Dragon Dictation<\/a> (a third party app for dictating text).<\/p>\n

Here are the dictation commands that have worked for me with Siri.<\/p>\n

\"Import<\/a>For Paperless<\/a> users:<\/strong> 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”<\/a> into Paperless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Say this …<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n

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… to do this<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

new line<\/td>\nmove to the next line (like pressing “Return” on a keyboard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
new paragraph<\/td>\nto start a new paragraph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cap<\/td>\nto capitalize the next word<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nI named my pet pig cap bacon<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nI named my pet pig Bacon<\/em><\/p>\n

(interestingly, if you say “Kevin Bacon”, Bacon is automatically capitalized for you)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

caps on … caps off<\/td>\nto capitalize a section of text<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\ncaps on twenty five ways to eat bacon caps off<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\n25 Ways to Eat Bacon<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

all caps<\/td>\nto make the next word all uppercase<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nI am hungry feed me all caps now please<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nI am hungry feed me NOW please<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

all caps on … all caps off<\/td>\nto make part of what you say uppercase<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nI am hungry all caps on feed me now all caps off please<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nI am hungry FEED ME NOW please<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

no caps<\/td>\nto make the next word lowercase<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nI like no caps Mike<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nI like mike<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

no caps on … no caps off<\/td>\nto make sure part of what you say is all lowercase<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nOur friends no caps on Steve and Tina no caps off live in California<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nOur friends steve and tina live in California<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

space bar<\/td>\nto prevent a hyphen from appearing in a normally hyphenated word<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThis restaurant is first space bar class<\/em><\/p>\n

prevents first-class<\/em> from being hyphenated, and produces the text:
\nThis restaurant is first class<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

no space<\/td>\nto prevent a space between words<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThis is the best no space tasting bacon ever<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nThis is the besttasting bacon ever<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

no space on … no space off<\/td>\nto prevent a section of text from having spaces between words<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThis is no space on the best tasting bacon no space off ever<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nThis is thebesttastingbacon ever<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

“period” or “full stop”<\/td>\nto place a “.” at the end of a sentence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dot<\/td>\n.<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThe dot number pi is three dot one four<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nThe.number pi is 3.14<\/em><\/p>\n

(note the subtle difference between saying point<\/em> and dot<\/em>… dot<\/em> works between words)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

point<\/td>\n.<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThe point number pi is three point one four<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nThe point number pi 3.14<\/em><\/p>\n

(note the subtle difference between saying point<\/em> and dot<\/em>… dot<\/em> works between words)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

“ellipsis” or “dot dot dot”<\/td>\n\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
comma<\/td>\n,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
double comma<\/td>\n,,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“quote” or “quotation mark”<\/td>\n”<\/p>\n

(although, if you need to place some text within quotation marks, using the “quote … end quote” commands may be more accurate)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

“open single quote…close single quote”<\/td>\nto place single quotes around a section of text<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nOpen single quote this is the best ice cream ever close single quote comma said Sally<\/p>\n

produces the text:
\n‘this is the best ice cream ever’, said Sally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

apostrophe<\/td>\n‘<\/p>\n

(although in many cases, apostrophes are automatically inserted, like when saying Sam’s new iPhone<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

exclamation point<\/td>\n!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
inverted exclamation point<\/td>\n\u00a1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
question mark<\/td>\n?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
inverted question mark<\/td>\n\u00bf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ampersand<\/td>\n&<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
asterisk<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
open parenthesis<\/td>\n(<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
close parenthesis<\/td>\n)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
open bracket<\/td>\n[<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
close bracket<\/td>\n]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
open brace<\/td>\n{<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
close brace<\/td>\n}<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dash<\/td>\n–<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThis dash is dash my dash cheese<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nThis – is – my – cheese<\/em><\/p>\n

(note the difference in spacing between this and when saying hyphen<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

hyphen<\/td>\n–<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\nThis hyphen is hyphen my hyphen cheese<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nThis-is-my-cheese<\/em><\/p>\n

(note the difference in spacing between this and when saying dash<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

em dash<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
underscore<\/td>\n_<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
plus sign<\/td>\n+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
minus sign<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
equals sign<\/td>\n=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
percent sign<\/td>\n%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
copyright sign<\/td>\n\u00a9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
registered sign<\/td>\n\u00ae<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
section sign<\/td>\n\u00a7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dollar sign<\/td>\n$<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
cent sign<\/td>\n\u00a2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
euro sign<\/td>\n\u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
yen sign<\/td>\n\u00a5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
degree sign<\/td>\n\u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
caret<\/td>\n^<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
at sign<\/td>\n@<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pound sterling sign<\/td>\n\u00a3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
pound sign<\/td>\n#<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
greater than sign<\/td>\n><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
less than sign<\/td>\n<<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
forward slash<\/td>\n\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
back slash<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
vertical bar<\/td>\n|<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“smiley” or “smiley face” or “smile face”<\/td>\n\ud83d\ude42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“frowny” or “frowny face” or “frown face”<\/td>\n\ud83d\ude41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
“winky” or “winky face” or “wink face”<\/td>\n\ud83d\ude09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
e.g. (pronounced as “e g”)<\/td>\ne.g.<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\ne g when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nE.g. when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

i.e. (pronounced as “i e”)<\/td>\ni.e.<\/p>\n

For example, saying:
\ni e when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/p>\n

produces the text:
\nI.e. when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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