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Spelling characters

You can say the characters listed in this topic after the "Spell" or "Spell That" command
or when the Spelling window is open. You can also say these characters in the Add
Individual Word dialog box (click Vocabulary > Add New Word or Phrase) and the Train
Words dialog box (click the Train button on the Vocabulary Editor dialog box).
NOTE

The "Undo That" command is not available in the Spelling window. If you need to
correct a dictation error by voice while you are using the Spelling window, you may use
the Scratch That, Backspace, or Delete commands.
This topic contains information about the following groups of characters:
n
n
n
n
n

Numbers

Numbers
Letters

Punctuation and special characters

International punctuation

Accent characters and accented letters

Fractions and mathematical symbols
To spell
0
1

two or numeral two

three or numeral three

four or numeral four

five or numeral five

six or numeral six

seven or numeral seven

eight or numeral eight

nine or numeral nine

To spell
a

zero or oh or numeral zero

one or numeral one

Letters

Say

Say

a or letter a or alpha or letter alpha

Note: To capitalize any letter say "cap" before the letter.

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b or letter b or bravo or letter bravo

d or letter d or delta or letter delta

e
f

h
i

k
l

m
n
o

p
q
r

s
t

u
v

w
x
y
z

Punctuation and special characters

To spell
&
*
'

c or letter c or charlie or letter charlie

e or letter e or echo or letter echo

f or letter f or foxtrot or letter foxtrot

g or letter g or golf or letter golf

h or letter h or hotel or letter hotel

i or letter i or india or letter india

j or letter j or juliet or letter juliet

k or letter k or kilo or letter kilo

l or letter l or lima or letter lima

m or letter m or mike or letter mike

n or letter n or november or letter november

o or letter o or oscar or letter oscar
p or letter p or papa or letter papa

q or letter q or quebec or letter quebec

r or letter r or romeo or letter romeo
s or letter s or sierra or letter sierra
t or letter t or tango or letter tango

u or letter u or uniform or letter uniform

v or letter v or victor or letter victor

w or letter w or whiskey or letter whiskey

x or letter x or xray or letter xray

y or letter y or yankee or letter yankee

z or letter z or zulu or letter zulu
Say

ampersand or ampersand sign or and sign

asterisk or star

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"
""

"<text>"

@
\
/
:
,

=
?
;

~
_
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single quote or apostrophe

quotation marks or quote or

double quote or double quotes
empty quotes

quote selection
quote that

open single quote or

begin single quote

close single quote or end single quote

open double quote or begin quote or
open quote or begin double quote
close double quote or close quote or
end quote or end double quote
at

backslash

forward slash or slash

colon

comma

caret or hat
ellipsis

equal sign or equals sign or equal or equals

question mark
semicolon

spacebar or space

centered tilde or tilde

underscore
hyphen

soft hyphen

em dash

dash (enters two hyphens)

en dash

unbreakable space or no break space or

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.
!
(
)
[
]
U.S./Canada:
[]
Other than U.S./Canada:
()

U.S./Canada:
[<text>]
Other than U.S./Canada:
(<text>)
{
}
<
>

#
%

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nonbreakable space
period or dot
full stop or point

exclamation mark
exclamation point

open paren or open parenthesis or

left paren or left parenthesis
left bracket or open bracket or open brackets

close paren or close parenthesis or

right paren or right parenthesis
right bracket or close bracket or close brackets
open bracket or left bracket
open square bracket or left square bracket

close bracket or right bracket

close square bracket or right square bracket
empty brackets

bracket that
bracket selection
open brace or left brace
open curly bracket or left curly bracket

close brace or right brace

close curly bracket or right curly bracket
less than or less than sign

greater than or greater than sign

left angle bracket or open angle bracket

right angle bracket or close angle bracket

number or number sign or sharp or sharp sign or

hash or hash mark or hash sign
pound or pound sign
percent sign or percent

per mille or per thousand

plus sign or plus
add sign

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vertical bar or vertical or bar

copyright sign or copyright

TM

International punctuation

To spell

dm;

trademark sign or trademark

registered sign or registered or registered
trademark or registered trademark sign
dagger

double dagger

paragraph sign or paragraph

section sign or section

dollar sign or dollar or dollars

cent sign or cent or cents

pound sterling or sterling sign or sterling or pounds

pound or pound sign or pound sterling or pounds
yen sign or yen

euro sign or euro or euros

guilder sign or guilder

general currency sign or general currency

or international currency sign or international currency
Say

inverted exclamation mark or

inverted exclamation point
inverted question mark

open angle quotes or begin angle quotes

close angle quotes or end angle quotes

german sharp or german sharp s or sharp s

ligature oe or oe diphthong or oe ligature
ligature ae or ae diphthong or ae ligature
eth or icelandic eth

thorn or icelandic thorn

masculine ordinal

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feminine ordinal
s wedge

double comma

Accent characters and accented letters

To spell

Say

accent acute or acute

back quote or accent grave or grave

accent tilde

accent umlaut or umlaut or dieresis

accent circumflex or circumflex
accent cedilla or cedilla

a accent grave or a grave or

alpha accent grave or alpha grave
a accent acute or a acute or
alpha accent acute or alpha acute

a accent circumflex or a circumflex or

alpha accent circumflex or alpha circumflex
a accent tilde or a tilde or
alpha accent tilde or alpha tilde

a accent umlaut or a umlaut or a dieresis or

alpha accent umlaut or alpha umlaut
e accent grave or e grave or
echo accent grave or echo grave
e accent acute or e acute or
echo accent acute or echo acute

e accent circumflex or e circumflex or

echo accent circumflex or echo circumflex
e accent umlaut or e umlaut or e dieresis
echo accent umlaut or echo umlaut
i accent grave or i grave or
india accent grave or india grave
i accent acute or i acute or
india accent acute or india acute

i accent circumflex or i circumflex or

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india accent circumflex or india circumflex

i accent umlaut or i umlaut or i dieresis or

india accent umlaut or india umlaut
n accent tilde or n tilde or
november accent tilde or november tilde
o accent grave or o grave or
oscar accent grave or oscar grave
o accent acute or o acute or
oscar accent acute or oscar acute

o accent circumflex or o circumflex or

oscar accent circumflex or oscar circumflex
o accent tilde or o tilde or
oscar accent tilde or oscar tilde

o accent umlaut or o umlaut or o dieresis or

oscar accent umlaut or oscar umlaut
u accent grave or u grave or
uniform accent grave or uniform grave
u accent acute or u acute or
uniform accent acute or uniform acute

u accent circumflex or u circumflex or

uniform accent circumflex or uniform circumflex
u accent umlaut or u umlaut or u dieresis or
uniform accent umlaut or uniform umlaut
y accent acute or y acute or
yankee accent acute or yankee acute

y accent umlaut or y umlaut or y dieresis or

yankee accent umlaut or yankee umlaut
angstrom or a ring

c accent cedilla or c cedilla or

charlie accent cedilla or charlie cedilla

Fractions and mathematical symbols

To spell
1/4
1/2
3/4

Say

one quarter or one quarter sign or

quarter sign or quarter

one half or one half sign or half or half sign

three quarters or three quarters sign

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n
n
n

times sign or times or multiply or

multiply sign or multiplication sign
divide sign or divide

plus minus sign or plus minus or

plus or minus sign or plus or minus
broken vertical bar

not sign or not or logical not sign or logical not

macron or macron sign
degree sign or degree
superscript 1

superscript 2 or square or squared

superscript 3 or cube or cubed

greek mu or micro

centered dot or middle dot or center dot

o slash

alternate comma

NOTE

You can type two consecutive characters by saying "Double" and the character. For
example, "Double Z" or "Double Zulu". You cannot, however, say "Double U" because
Dragon transcribes it as the letter "W". In this case, say "Double Letter U". In version
13, within normal dictation, Dragon no longer recognizes its built-in alternate
pronunciations of letters (alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta, etc. which some people call
military alphabet or phonetic alphabet) -- therefore, saying bravo Charlie will be
transcribed as bravo Charlie. To avoid ambiguity with the corresponding words, these
letter pronunciations are reserved for spelling out: this means when one is in the
Spelling Window, when in Spell Mode, and when giving a Spell command for
example, the command spell space Charlie alpha papa.
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