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iPhone User Guide

Commands for dictating text on iPhone

When you dictate text, you can say commands for punctuation, formatting, capitalization, and more. In some languages, you can insert emoji using your voice while dictating. The commands listed below are always available while you’re dictating text.

Note: Dictation may not be available in all languages or in all countries or regions, and features may vary. See the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.

When using Dictation, cellular data charges may apply. See View or change cellular data settings.

Punctuation

Command

Result

Period

.

Comma

,

Exclamation point

!

Question mark

?

Dollar sign

$

Open parenthesis

(

Close parenthesis

)

Quote

“

End quote

”

Colon

:

Semicolon

;

Hashtag

#

For some languages, Dictation automatically adds certain punctuation as you dictate text.

Format text

Command

Result

Cap

Capitalize the next word

Caps on … caps off

Capitalize the first character of each enclosed word

All caps

Make the next word all uppercase

All caps on … all caps off

Make the enclosed words all uppercase

No caps on … no caps off

Make the enclosed words all lowercase

No space

Eliminate the space between two words (not available for all languages)

No space on … no space off

Run a series of words together (not available for all languages)

New paragraph

Start a new paragraph

New line

Start a new line

Change, insert, and delete text

Dictation commands to edit text are available in U.S. English on iPhone 12 and later (except iPhone SE).

Command

Result

Change … to …

Replace existing text with new text

Insert … before …

Insert new text before existing text

Insert … after …

Insert new text after existing text

Select …

Select text

Delete …

Delete text

Delete all

Delete all text

Undo

Undo the action

Redo

Redo the action

Insert emoji

You can insert emoji while dictating in certain languages. (For supported languages, see the iOS and iPadOS Feature Availability website.) For example, say “heart emoji” for 👁 the heart emoji
or “car emoji” for 👁 the car emoji.
. See below for more examples of emoji commands and the corresponding result.

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