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The Ultim ate
MacSpeech
Dictate 1.5
Global
Commands
List

Copyright © ATMac 2010
http://atmac.org/

This list includes all global MacSpeech Dictate commands available in MacSpeech Dictate version 1.5.8 and which are mentioned in
either the documentation or the included AppleScript commands list. I have explained commands only where necessary, and tried to
group the commands roughly by function.

In general, the more dictation-focussed commands are listed first, the ones which control how the operation of MacSpeech Dictate
itself, and the application-focussed commands afterwards but because of the way dictation works, the distinction between the two
sets is fuzzy at best.

This document includes only Global commands - ones you can use in any application. It does not include Application Specific
commands which exist for Mail, Finder, Safari, iChat, iCal, and TextEdit. These can be viewed in the Tools > Commands window
within MacSpeech Dictate if you are interested.

Understanding This Document
This is a command
Most commands are written like that, just say exactly whatʼs written. Where the output is not obvious, explanatory text is in italics like
this. Things in italics are never commands.

This is a command [with an optional section]
Commands set out like this will work with or without the section in square brackets, say either one. Sometimes the command has a
different effect with the optional section, which should be obvious from the command itself.

This is a command with one/two/three options
With commands set like this you select the appropriate option from the “one/two/three” section, so the command here could be “This
is a command with one options”, “This is a command with two options”, and “This is a command with three options”.

Note
This list is produced by Ricky Buchanan of ATMac http://atmac.org/. Itʼs not an official MacSpeech document and all errors are mine,
not theirs! Please be nice.

The Ultimate MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 Global Commands List Copyright © ATMac 2010 http://atmac.org/

Controlling MacSpeech Dictate Itself Edit 1/2/3/etc.
[Switch to] Command Mode Cancel Edit
[Switch to] Dictation Mode Edit (or cancel edit) of the numbered item in the recognition
[Switch to] Spelling Mode window.

Bring Dictate to the Front Dictation
Cache Document
Show/Hide Available Commands Window Cache Selection
Show/Hide Recognition Window Purge Cache
Show/Hide Status Window Refer to the manual if youʼre not clear on the cache. Itʼs vital
for mixed verbal and keyboard/mouse editing of dictated text.
Microphone off
Delete the Word[s] (text) [Through/to (text)]
Sleeping and Waking
[Switch to] Sleep Mode Insert After the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)]
Go To Sleep Insert before the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)]
Moves your insertion point before dictating.
Turn [the] Microphone On
Wake up Numeral
Roman Numeral
Phrase Training Tell MacSpeech to interpret the next phrase as a number or
Press Play Roman numeral.
Play The Selection
Replays the audio of you speaking the current or selected Undo Dictation
phrase. Redo Dictation

Train Vocabulary From Selection Scratch/Forget That
Train the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)] Scratch/Forget Word

Pick/Choose 1/2/3/etc. Individual Keystrokes
Select the numbered item from the recognition window to re- Press The Key (keyname)
place the recognised phrase.
Press The Key Combo (modiﬁers) (keyname)
Press The Keys (modiﬁers) (keyname)


Spacing Capitalisation
No Leading Space All Caps
All Caps Off
No Space All Caps On

No Space Off Uppercase the Word(s) “text” (through/to “text”)
No Space On
Cap
No-Break/Non-breaking/Unbreakable Space Caps Off
Caps On
Smilies
Frowny [face] Capitalise the Word(s) “text” (through/to “text”)

Laughing face No Caps
No Caps Off
Smiley [face] No Caps On
Winky [Face] Lowercase the Word(s) “text” (through/to “text”)
Winky laughing face Application Control
About this Application
Movement
Move Backward (1-99) Words Access Find Window
Move Forward (1-99) Words
Cancel This Operation
Go to Beginning
Move to Beginning of Document File Close
File New
Go to End File Open
Move to End of Document
Press Cancel
Next Field Press Donʼt Save
Previous Field Press OK
For moving within a spreadsheet or table. Press Save


Save This Document Kill [Application]
Quit [Application]
Show Date and Time
Next Application Window
Undo Last Action Previous Application Window
Redo Last Action
Put Computer To Sleep
Quit This Application
Restart The Computer
Computer Control
Switch To Next Application Send/Create an Email/Note To/For [Name] (And [Name])
Switch To Previous Application (Copying [Name]) (Blind Copying [Name])

Activate/Launch/Open [Application] Special Restart
Start or switch to the named application. Restart immediately with no prompting for conﬁrmation.

Capture Screen Special Sleep
Capture Selection Force the computer to sleep

Select All Switch To Space One/Two/Three/Four
Select the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)]
Turn Dock Hiding On/Off
Copy Selection
Cut Selection Common Punctuation
Paste From Clipboard [Forward] Slash

Expose All Windows At Sign
Expose Application Windows
Expose Desktop Close/End [double] quote[s]

Hide All Applications Close/Right Bracket (Non-US Dialects)
Hide Other Applications
Close/Right Paren/Parenthesis (All Dialects)
Hide This Application
Show All Applications Comma
Access Force Quit Window Dash


Exclamation Mark (All Dialects) Spelling Alphabet
The international spelling alphabet can be used in spelling
Exclamation Point (US Only) mode if Dictate is having trouble understanding individual let-
ters. Usually spelling things out the regular way will be ﬁne.
Full Stop (all dialects)
Alpha
Hyphen Bravo
Charlie
New/Next Line Delta
Echo
New/Next Paragraph
Foxtrot
Open/Begin [Double] Quote[s] Golf
Hotel
Open/Begin Single Quote India
Juliet
Open/left Bracket (Non-US Dialects) Kilo
Lima
Open/left Parenthesis (All Dialects) Mike
November
Optional Ess Oscar
This inserts ʻ(s)ʼ Papa
Quebec
Period (US only) Romeo
Sierra
Period paragraph (US only)
Tango
Question Mark Uniform
Whiskey
Semicolon Xray
Yankee
Single quote Zulu

Space Bar

Tab Key


Spelling Mode Keys Jump To Delicious
These key names are recognised in spelling mode. Jump To Dictionary.Com
Jump To Digg
End Jump To Discovery
Enter Jump To Disney
Escape
F1-F20 Jump To E*Trade
Forward Delete Jump To EBay
Home Jump To Electric Opinions
Left/Right/Up/Down Arrow Jump To Encyclopedia Britannica
Page Up/Down Jump To Entertainment Weekly
Return Jump To Epicurious
Space Jump To ESPN
Jump To Etsy
The Web 100
Jump To All Experts Jump To Facebook
Jump To Amazon Jump To Fandango
Jump To American Heart Association Jump To Fedex
Jump To AOL Jump To Flickr
Jump To Apple
Jump To Gadget Blog
Jump To Baby Center Jump To Gawker
Jump To Bartleby Jump To Geni
Jump To Go Ask Alice
Jump To CafePress Jump To Google
Jump To Cars Jump To Great Outdoor
Jump To CBS Sports
Jump To CitySearch Jump To HealthFinder
Jump To Classic Gaming Jump To Hollywood Stock Exchange
Jump To CNet Jump To Hufﬁngton Post
Jump To CNN
Jump To Comedy Central Jump To iLounge
Jump To Consumer Reports Jump To Invitations
Jump To Craigslist Jump To iVillage


Jump To Last Fm Jump To SciFi
Jump To Library Of Congress Jump To Shutterﬂy
Jump To LinkedIn Jump To Slate

Jump To MacSpeech Jump To Technorati
Jump To MeetUp Jump To The Knot
Jump To Monster Jump To The Onion
Jump To Motley Fool Jump To The Smoking Gun
Jump To Movies Jump To The Street
Jump To Mp3.com Jump To Thomas
Jump To MSNBC Jump To Threadless
Jump To MTV Jump To Travelocity
Jump To MySpace Jump To Tripod
Jump To Tumblr
Jump To National Geographic Jump To Twitter
Jump To Nerve
Jump To Netﬂix Jump To Ultimate Band List
Jump To Nolo Press Jump To US Postal Service
Jump To NPR Jump To USA Today

Jump To Odio Jump To W3C
Jump To Wall Street Journal
Jump To Pandora Jump To WebMD
Jump To PBS Jump To WhatIs
Jump To Pitchfork Jump To Wikipedia
Jump To Poetry Daily Jump To Wired
Jump To Priceline
Jump To Yahoo
Jump To Quote.Com Jump To YouTube

Jump To Reddit Jump To Ziff Davis
Jump To Roadside America Jump To Zoho
Jump To Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Jump To Salon
Jump To Scholastic


Full Character List
This list contains all characters which can be output by MacSpeech Dictate, including those already listed in the “Punctuation” section
for completeness. The “modes” column tells you whether the specific pronunciation given will work in dictation mode, spelling mode,
or both modes.

Pronunciation Modes Output
(letter) [accent] tilde Spelling Letter with a tilde, eg ñ, etc.
(letter) accent acute Spelling Letter with an acute, eg á, é, etc.
(letter) accent circumflex Spelling Letter with a circumflex, eg â, ê, etc.
(letter) accent grave Spelling Letter with a grave, eg à, è, etc.
(letter) accent umlaut Spelling Letter with an umlaut, eg ä, ë, etc.
(letter) ring above Spelling Letter with a ring above it, eg å, ů, etc.
(One) Half (Sign) Spelling One half sign
(One) Quarter (Sign) Spelling One quarter sign
[Forward] Slash Both /
A E dipthong/ligature Dictation æ
Alternate Comma Spelling ‚ Unicode 8218, lowered single quote
Ampersand Both &
Ampersand Sign Spelling &
And Sign Both &
Angstrom Spelling Å
Apostrophe Straight apostrophe, no preceding space
Apostrophe Ess Straight apostrophe + “s”, no preceding space
Asterisk Both *
At Sign Both @
Backquote Both `
Backslash Both
Backtick Dictation `


Bar Spelling |
Broken Vertical Bar Spelling !
Caret Both ^
Cent Spelling ¢
Center dot Both ·
Cents Sign Both ¢
Charlie accent cedilla Spelling ç
Close Euro Quote(s) Both »
Close/End [double] quote[s] Dictation Straight double quote followed by a space.
Close/End Angle Quote(s) Spelling »
Close/End Single Quote Spelling Right single curly quote.
Close/End Single Quote Dictation Single straight quote followed by a space.
Close/Right [Curly] Brace Both }
Close/Right Angle Bracket Dictation >
Close/Right Angle Bracket Spelling › Right angle bracket
Close/Right Bracket (Non-US Dialects) Both )
Close/Right Bracket (US Only) Both ]
Close/Right Curly Bracket Both }
Close/Right Paren/Parenthesis (All Dia- Both )
lects)
Close/Right Square Bracket (All Dialects) Both ]
Colon (Mark) :
Comma ,
Copyright Spelling ©
Copyright Sign Both ©
Cubed/Cube Spelling Superscript 3


Dagger Spelling †
Dash Both --
Degree Spelling °
Degree Sign Both °
Divide (Sign) Spelling ÷
Division Sign Both ÷
Dollar Spelling $
Dollar Sign Both $
Dot .
Double Comma Both Unicode 8222, a lowered double quote
Double Dagger Spelling ‡
Double Dagger Sign Dictation ‡
Ellipsis Spelling … A true ellipsis character
Ellipsis/Dot-dot-dot Both ... Three separate periods
Em Dash Dictation ---
Em Dash Spelling — True em-dash
En Dash Dictation --
En Dash Spelling – True en-dash
Equals Spelling =
Equals Sign Both =
Eszet/German Sharp S Dictation ß
Euro Spelling "
Euro Sign Both "
Exclamation Mark (All Dialects) !
Exclamation Point (US Only) !
Feminine Ordinal Spelling ª Superscripted letter a


Feminine Ordinal Sign Dictation ª Superscripted letter a
Full Stop (all dialects) .
Greater Than Spelling >
Greater Than Sign Both >
Greek Mu Both μ
Guilder Spelling ƒ
Guilder sign Both ƒ
Hash Sign (Non-US dialects) #
Hat Spelling ^
Hyphen Both - Note: in dictation mode, no space before or after the hyphen will be in-
serted
Icelandic Eth Dictation #
Icelandic Thorn Dictation $
Inverted Exclamation Mark (US-only) ¡
Inverted Exclamation Point (All dialects) ¡
Inverted Question Mark ¿
Large Center Dot Dictation • Bullet character
Left Angle Bracket <
Less Than Spelling <
Less Than Sign Both <
Logical And Dictation &&
Logical Not Spelling ¬
Logical Not Sign Both ¬
Logical Or Dictation ||
Macron Spelling ¯ Raised dash
Macron Sign Both ¯ Raised dash


Masculine Ordinal Spelling º Superscript letter o
Micro Spelling µ
Micro Sign Dictation µ
Micron Dictation µ
Middle Dot Spelling ·
Minus Sign -
Multiplication Sign Dictation %
Multiply/Times (Sign) Spelling %
New/Next Line Dictation Presses the Return key once.
New/Next Paragraph Dictation Presses the Return key twice.
Not (Sign) Spelling ¬
Number Sign (US Only) #
O E Dipthong/Ligature Dictation œ
One-Half Sign Both One half sign
One-Quarter Sign Both One quarter sign
Open Euro Quote(s) Both «
Open Square Bracket (All Dialects) Both [
Open/Begin [Double] Quote[s] Dictation Straight double quote, followed by a space.
Open/Begin angle quote(s) Spelling «
Open/Begin Single Quote Dictation Single straight quote preceded by a space.
Open/Left (Curly) Brace Both {
Open/Left Angle Bracket Dictation <
Open/Left Angle Bracket Dictation ‹ Left angle quote
Open/left Bracket (Non-US Dialects) Both (
Open/Left Bracket (US Only) Both [
Open/Left Curly Bracket Both {


Open/left Parenthesis (All Dialects) Both (
Optional Ess Dictation (s)
Oscar Oblique Stroke Spelling ø
Paragraph Spelling ¶
Paragraph Sign Both ¶
Per Mille Sign Dictation ‰
Per Thousanth/Mille Spelling ‰
Percent Spelling %
Percent Sign Both %
Period (US only) .
Period paragraph (US only) Inserts period followed by two newline characters
Plus (Or) Minus (Sign) Spelling ±
Plus Or Minus Sign Both ±
Plus Sign Both +
Point Both .
Pound Sign (non-US Dialects) Both £
Pound Sign (US Only) #
Pound Sterling Sign (US Only) Dictation £
Question Mark ?
Registered Spelling ®
Registered Sign Both ®
Right Angle Bracket >
S With Caron Dictation &
Section Spelling §
Section Sign Both §
Semicolon ;


Sharp Sign (Non-US Dialects) #
Single dagger sign Both †
Single quote Straight single quote.
Soft Hyphen Spelling Unicode 173, optional hyphen (not every application interprets this correctly)
Space Bar Both Space character
Squared/Square Spelling Superscript 2
Star Spelling *
Sterling (Sign) Spelling £
Superscript One/Two/Three Both Superscripted 1/2/3 characters
Tab Key Dictation Single tab character.
Three Quarters Spelling Three quarters sign
Three Quarters Sign Both Three quarters sign
Tilde Both ~
Trademark Spelling ™
Trademark Sign Both ™
Underscore Both _
Vertical Bar Both |
Yen Spelling ¥
Yen sign Both ¥


Congratulations - youʼve now read every MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 global command that exists, to the best of my
knowledge.

For more information about using and getting the most from MacSpeech Dictate you can always visit ATMac
http://atmac.org/ or, of course, MacSpeechʼs own site http://macspeech.com/.

I hope you found this list useful. Feedback is always welcome - you can email me at help@atmac.org or leave
comments on the ATMac site any time.


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