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.
Punctuation
Command | Result | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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
Command | Result | ||||||||||
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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 |
The commands above are available in U.S. English on supported models.
Insert emoji
In some languages you can insert emoji while dictating—for example, say “heart emoji” for or “car emoji” for
. See below for more examples of emoji commands and the corresponding result.
Command | Result | ||||||||||
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Smiley emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Halo emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Laugh out loud emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Heart eyes emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Amazing emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Yum emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Congrats emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Goofy emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Sick emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Scream emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Hug emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Fingers crossed emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Purple heart emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Cheers emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Celebrate emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Speech balloon emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Puppy emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Music emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Rainbow emoji | ![]() | ||||||||||
Present emoji | ![]() |