{"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 <\/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 For example, saying: produces the text: (interestingly, if you say “Kevin Bacon”, Bacon is automatically capitalized for you)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: prevents first-class<\/em> from being hyphenated, and produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: (note the subtle difference between saying point<\/em> and dot<\/em>… dot<\/em> works between words)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n For example, saying: produces the text: (note the subtle difference between saying point<\/em> and dot<\/em>… dot<\/em> works between words)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\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 For example, saying: produces the text: (although in many cases, apostrophes are automatically inserted, like when saying Sam’s new iPhone<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n For example, saying: produces the text: (note the difference in spacing between this and when saying hyphen<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n For example, saying: produces the text: (note the difference in spacing between this and when saying dash<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n For example, saying: produces the text: For example, saying: produces the text: After figuring out how to use Siri dictation to quickly add items to a list in Paperless, I discovered some other commands it recognizes – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crushapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n \n Say this …<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n
\n … to do this<\/h3>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\n new line<\/td>\n move to the next line (like pressing “Return” on a keyboard)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n new paragraph<\/td>\n to start a new paragraph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n cap<\/td>\n to capitalize the next word<\/p>\n
\nI named my pet pig cap bacon<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI named my pet pig Bacon<\/em><\/p>\n\n caps on … caps off<\/td>\n to capitalize a section of text<\/p>\n
\ncaps on twenty five ways to eat bacon caps off<\/em><\/p>\n
\n25 Ways to Eat Bacon<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n all caps<\/td>\n to make the next word all uppercase<\/p>\n
\nI am hungry feed me all caps now please<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI am hungry feed me NOW please<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n all caps on … all caps off<\/td>\n to make part of what you say uppercase<\/p>\n
\nI am hungry all caps on feed me now all caps off please<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI am hungry FEED ME NOW please<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n no caps<\/td>\n to make the next word lowercase<\/p>\n
\nI like no caps Mike<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI like mike<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n no caps on … no caps off<\/td>\n to make sure part of what you say is all lowercase<\/p>\n
\nOur friends no caps on Steve and Tina no caps off live in California<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOur friends steve and tina live in California<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n space bar<\/td>\n to prevent a hyphen from appearing in a normally hyphenated word<\/p>\n
\nThis restaurant is first space bar class<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis restaurant is first class<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n no space<\/td>\n to prevent a space between words<\/p>\n
\nThis is the best no space tasting bacon ever<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis is the besttasting bacon ever<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n no space on … no space off<\/td>\n to prevent a section of text from having spaces between words<\/p>\n
\nThis is no space on the best tasting bacon no space off ever<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis is thebesttastingbacon ever<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n “period” or “full stop”<\/td>\n to place a “.” at the end of a sentence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n dot<\/td>\n .<\/p>\n
\nThe dot number pi is three dot one four<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe.number pi is 3.14<\/em><\/p>\n\n point<\/td>\n .<\/p>\n
\nThe point number pi is three point one four<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThe point number pi 3.14<\/em><\/p>\n\n “ellipsis” or “dot dot dot”<\/td>\n \u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n comma<\/td>\n ,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n double comma<\/td>\n ,,<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n “quote” or “quotation mark”<\/td>\n ”<\/p>\n \n “open single quote…close single quote”<\/td>\n to place single quotes around a section of text<\/p>\n
\nOpen single quote this is the best ice cream ever close single quote comma said Sally<\/p>\n
\n‘this is the best ice cream ever’, said Sally<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n apostrophe<\/td>\n ‘<\/p>\n \n exclamation point<\/td>\n !<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n inverted exclamation point<\/td>\n \u00a1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n question mark<\/td>\n ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n inverted question mark<\/td>\n \u00bf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n ampersand<\/td>\n &<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n asterisk<\/td>\n *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n open parenthesis<\/td>\n (<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n close parenthesis<\/td>\n )<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n open bracket<\/td>\n [<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n close bracket<\/td>\n ]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n open brace<\/td>\n {<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n close brace<\/td>\n }<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n dash<\/td>\n –<\/p>\n
\nThis dash is dash my dash cheese<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis – is – my – cheese<\/em><\/p>\n\n hyphen<\/td>\n –<\/p>\n
\nThis hyphen is hyphen my hyphen cheese<\/em><\/p>\n
\nThis-is-my-cheese<\/em><\/p>\n\n em dash<\/td>\n \u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n underscore<\/td>\n _<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n plus sign<\/td>\n +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n minus sign<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n equals sign<\/td>\n =<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n percent sign<\/td>\n %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n copyright sign<\/td>\n \u00a9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n registered sign<\/td>\n \u00ae<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n section sign<\/td>\n \u00a7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n dollar sign<\/td>\n $<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n cent sign<\/td>\n \u00a2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n euro sign<\/td>\n \u20ac<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n yen sign<\/td>\n \u00a5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n degree sign<\/td>\n \u00b0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n caret<\/td>\n ^<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n at sign<\/td>\n @<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n pound sterling sign<\/td>\n \u00a3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n pound sign<\/td>\n #<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n greater than sign<\/td>\n ><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n less than sign<\/td>\n <<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n forward slash<\/td>\n \/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n back slash<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n vertical bar<\/td>\n |<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n “smiley” or “smiley face” or “smile face”<\/td>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n “frowny” or “frowny face” or “frown face”<\/td>\n \ud83d\ude41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n “winky” or “winky face” or “wink face”<\/td>\n \ud83d\ude09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n e.g. (pronounced as “e g”)<\/td>\n e.g.<\/p>\n
\ne g when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/p>\n
\nE.g. when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n i.e. (pronounced as “i e”)<\/td>\n i.e.<\/p>\n
\ni e when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI.e. when you learn to ride a bike<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"