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Dictation, 25 dictation – Apple iPhone (For iOS 6.1) User Manual

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Chapter 3

Basics

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Dictation

On iPhone 4S or later, you can dictate text instead of typing. To use dictation, Siri must be
turned on and iPhone must be connected to the Internet. You can include punctuation and give
commands to format your text.

Note: Cellular data charges may apply.
Turn on dictation: Go to Settings > General > Siri, then turn on Siri.
Dictate text: From the onscreen keyboard, tap , then speak. When you finish, tap Done.

Tap to begin dictation.

Tap to begin dictation.

These appear while Siri

composes the text from

your dictation.

These appear while Siri

composes the text from

your dictation.

To add text, tap again and continuing dictating. To insert text, tap to place the insertion point
first. You can also replace selected text by dictating.

You can bring iPhone to your ear to start dictation, instead of tapping on the keyboard. To
finish, move iPhone back down in front of you.
Add punctuation or format text: Say the punctuation or formatting command.

For example, “Dear Mary comma the check is in the mail exclamation mark” results in “Dear Mary,
the check is in the mail!”

Punctuation and formatting commands include:

quote … end quote

new paragraph

cap—to capitalize the next word

caps on … caps off—to capitalize the first character of each word

all caps—to make the next word all uppercase

all caps on … all caps off—to make the enclosed words all uppercase

no caps on … no caps off—to make the enclosed words all lowercase

no space on … no space off—to run a series of words together

smiley—to insert :-)

frowny—to insert :-(

winky—to insert ;-)

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