How to Say Punctuation & Symbols
While dictating, say the name of the punctuation or character that you want to display:
Say this... | To display this... |
|---|---|
new line | a new line in a document |
new paragraph | a new paragraph in a document |
period | . |
comma | , |
colon | : |
semicolon | ; |
hyphen, dash, minus sign | - |
question mark | ? |
exclamation mark, exclamation point | ! |
open paren, open parenthesis | ( |
close paren, close parenthesis | ) |
open brace, open curly brace | { |
close brace, close curly brace | } |
open bracket, open square bracket | [ |
close bracket, close square bracket | ] |
less than sign, open angle bracket | < |
greater than sign, close angle bracket | > |
hash sign, number sign, pound sign | # |
at sign | @ |
asterisk, asterisk sign | * |
ampersand, and sign | & |
tilde sign | ~ |
forward slash, slash | / |
back slash | \ |
double slash | // |
quote, open quote, open double quote, start quote | " |
unquote, close quote, close double quote, end quote | " |
open single quote | ' |
close single quote | ' |
apostrophe | ' |
apostrophe S | 's |
percent sign | % |
| ellipsis | ... |
dollar sign | $ |
pound sterling sign | £ |
cent sign | ¢ |
copyright sign | © |
degree sign | ° |
division sign | ÷ |
equal sign | = |
plus sign | + |
multiplication sign | * |
plus or minus sign | ± |
one quarter sign | ¼ |
one half sign | ½ |
three quarters sign | ¾ |
underscore sign | _ |
vertical bar | | |
smiley face | :-) |
winky face | ;-) |
frowny face | :-( |