Nuance ScanSoft MacSpeech Dictate Global Commands List

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MacSpeech Dictate 1.5 Global Commands List

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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.

Controlling MacSpeech Dictate Itself

[Switch to] Command Mode [Switch to] Dictation Mode [Switch to] Spelling Mode

Edit 1/2/3/etc. Cancel Edit

Edit (or cancel edit) of the numbered item in the recognition window.

Bring Dictate to the Front

Show/Hide Available Commands Window Show/Hide Recognition Window Show/Hide Status Window

Microphone off

Sleeping and Waking

[Switch to] Sleep Mode Go To Sleep

Turn [the] Microphone On Wake up

Phrase Training

Press Play Play The Selection

Replays the audio of you speaking the current or selected phrase.

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

Dictation

Cache Document Cache Selection Purge Cache

Refer to the manual if youʼre not clear on the cache. Itʼs vital for mixed verbal and keyboard/mouse editing of dictated text.

Delete the Word[s] (text) [Through/to (text)]

Insert After the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)] Insert before the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)]

Moves your insertion point before dictating.

Numeral Roman Numeral

Tell MacSpeech to interpret the next phrase as a number or Roman numeral.

Undo Dictation Redo Dictation

Scratch/Forget That Scratch/Forget Word

Pick/Choose 1/2/3/etc.

Select the numbered item from the recognition window to replace the recognised phrase.

Individual Keystrokes

Press The Key (keyname)

Press The Key Combo (modiﬁers) (keyname) Press The Keys (modiﬁers) (keyname)

Spacing

No Leading Space

No Space

Capitalisation

All Caps All Caps Off All Caps On

No Space Off No Space On

No-Break/Non-breaking/Unbreakable Space

Smilies

Frowny [face]

Laughing face

Smiley [face]

Winky [Face]

Winky laughing face

Movement

Move Backward (1-99) Words Move Forward (1-99) Words

Go to Beginning Move to Beginning of Document

Go to End Move to End of Document

Next Field Previous Field

For moving within a spreadsheet or table.

Uppercase the Word(s) “text” (through/to “text”)

Cap Caps Off Caps On

Capitalise the Word(s) “text” (through/to “text”)

No Caps No Caps Off No Caps On

Lowercase the Word(s) “text” (through/to “text”)

Application Control

About this Application

Access Find Window

Cancel This Operation

File Close File New File Open

Press Cancel Press Donʼt Save Press OK Press Save

Save This Document

Show Date and Time

Undo Last Action Redo Last Action

Quit This Application

Computer Control

Switch To Next Application Switch To Previous Application

Kill [Application] Quit [Application]

Next Application Window Previous Application Window

Put Computer To Sleep

Restart The Computer

Send/Create an Email/Note To/For [Name] (And [Name]) (Copying [Name]) (Blind Copying [Name])

Activate/Launch/Open [Application]

Start or switch to the named application.

Capture Screen Capture Selection

Select All Select the Word[s] (text) [through/to (text)]

Copy Selection Cut Selection Paste From Clipboard

Expose All Windows Expose Application Windows Expose Desktop

Hide All Applications Hide Other Applications Hide This Application Show All Applications

Special Restart

Restart immediately with no prompting for conﬁrmation.

Special Sleep

Force the computer to sleep

Switch To Space One/Two/Three/Four

Turn Dock Hiding On/Off

Common Punctuation

[Forward] Slash

At Sign

Close/End [double] quote[s]

Close/Right Bracket (Non-US Dialects)

Close/Right Paren/Parenthesis (All Dialects)

Comma

Access Force Quit Window

Dash

Exclamation Mark (All Dialects)

Exclamation Point (US Only)

Full Stop (all dialects)

Hyphen

New/Next Line

New/Next Paragraph

Open/Begin [Double] Quote[s]

Open/Begin Single Quote

Open/left Bracket (Non-US Dialects)

Open/left Parenthesis (All Dialects)

Optional Ess

This inserts ʻ(s)ʼ

Period (US only)

Period paragraph (US only)

Question Mark

Semicolon

Single quote

Spelling Alphabet

The international spelling alphabet can be used in spelling mode if Dictate is having trouble understanding individual letters. Usually spelling things out the regular way will be ﬁne.

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu

Space Bar

Tab Key

Spelling Mode Keys

These key names are recognised in spelling mode.

End Enter Escape F1-F20 Forward Delete Home Left/Right/Up/Down Arrow Page Up/Down Return Space

The Web 100

Jump To All Experts Jump To Amazon Jump To American Heart Association Jump To AOL Jump To Apple

Jump To Baby Center Jump To Bartleby

Jump To CafePress Jump To Cars Jump To CBS Sports Jump To CitySearch Jump To Classic Gaming Jump To CNet Jump To CNN Jump To Comedy Central Jump To Consumer Reports Jump To Craigslist

Jump To Delicious Jump To Dictionary.Com Jump To Digg Jump To Discovery Jump To Disney

Jump To E*Trade Jump To EBay Jump To Electric Opinions Jump To Encyclopedia Britannica Jump To Entertainment Weekly Jump To Epicurious Jump To ESPN Jump To Etsy

Jump To Facebook Jump To Fandango Jump To Fedex Jump To Flickr

Jump To Gadget Blog Jump To Gawker Jump To Geni Jump To Go Ask Alice Jump To Google Jump To Great Outdoor

Jump To HealthFinder Jump To Hollywood Stock Exchange Jump To Hufﬁngton Post

Jump To iLounge Jump To Invitations Jump To iVillage

Jump To Last Fm Jump To Library Of Congress Jump To LinkedIn

Jump To SciFi Jump To Shutterﬂy Jump To Slate

Jump To MacSpeech Jump To MeetUp Jump To Monster Jump To Motley Fool Jump To Movies Jump To Mp3.com Jump To MSNBC Jump To MTV Jump To MySpace

Jump To National Geographic Jump To Nerve Jump To Netﬂix Jump To Nolo Press Jump To NPR

Jump To Odio

Jump To Pandora Jump To PBS Jump To Pitchfork Jump To Poetry Daily Jump To Priceline

Jump To Quote.Com

Jump To Technorati Jump To The Knot Jump To The Onion Jump To The Smoking Gun Jump To The Street Jump To Thomas Jump To Threadless Jump To Travelocity Jump To Tripod Jump To Tumblr Jump To Twitter

Jump To Ultimate Band List Jump To US Postal Service Jump To USA Today

Jump To W3C Jump To Wall Street Journal Jump To WebMD Jump To WhatIs Jump To Wikipedia Jump To Wired

Jump To Yahoo Jump To YouTube

Jump To Reddit Jump To Roadside America Jump To Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame

Jump To Salon Jump To Scholastic

Jump To Ziff Davis Jump To Zoho

Full Character List

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

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

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

Bar

Spelling

Broken Vertical Bar

Spelling

Caret

Both

Cent

Spelling

Center dot

Both

Cents Sign

Both

Charlie accent cedilla

Spelling

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 Dialects)

Both

) Close/Right Square Bracket (All Dialects)

Both

]

Colon (Mark)

Comma

Spelling

Both

Cubed/Cube

Spelling

Superscript 3

Pronunciation

Modes

Output

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

Euro

Spelling

Euro Sign

Both

Exclamation Mark (All Dialects)

Exclamation Point (US Only)

Feminine Ordinal

Spelling

ª Superscripted letter a

Pronunciation

Modes

Output

Feminine Ordinal Sign

Dictation

ª Superscripted letter a

Full Stop (all dialects)

Greater Than

Spelling

Greater Than Sign

Both

Greek Mu

Both

Guilder

Spelling

Guilder sign

Both

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

Pronunciation

Modes

Output

Masculine Ordinal

Spelling

º Superscript letter o

Micro

Spelling

Micro Sign

Dictation

Micron

Dictation

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

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

{

Pronunciation

Modes

Output

Open/left Parenthesis (All Dialects)

Both

(

Optional Ess

Dictation

(s)

Oscar Oblique Stroke

Spelling

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

;

Pronunciation

Modes

Output

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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