Use VoiceTyper Commands To Level-Up Your Dictation
Dictate Punctuation and Symbols
You can dictate all the symbols on your keyboard. As a general rule, you can say "Press [name of key]" to press a key on your keyboard. For quotation marks, parentheses, braces and brackets you can say open/left and then close/right. For example: "Open Quote / Paren / Brace / Bracket" or "Close Quote / Paren / Brace / Bracket"
Types of Punctuation & Symbols
,
Comma
.
Period
?
Question Mark
!
Exclamation Mark
:
Press Colon
;
Semi Colon
-
Hyphen; press hyphen; press dash; minus; dash symbol
new line
New Line, press enter
tab
Press Tab
backspace
Backspace, press backspace
delete
Press Delete
space
Press Space; add space; insert space
@
Press At; at sign; at symbol
#
Hash Tag; press pound; hash symbol
$
Press Dollar; dollar sign; dollar symbol
%
Press Percent; percent sign; percent symbol
^
Press Caret; to the power of; caret sign; caret symbol
&
Ampersand; And Symbol
*
Press Asterisk; press star; multiplied by; times
_
Underscore; press underscore
+
Plus; press plus; plus sign; plus symbol
=
Press Equals; equals sign; equals symbol
"
Open Quote; close quote
'
Apostrophe; open single quote; close single quote
~
Press Tilde; tilde symbol; tilde sign
|
Press Pipe; pipe symbol; pipe sign
—
em dash; press em dash
\ or /
Back Slash or Forward Slash; Divided By
( or )
Open/Left Paren or Close/Right Paren
[ or ]
Open Bracket or Close Bracket
{ or }
Open Brace or Close Brace
< or >
Open Angle Bracket; Less Symbol or Close Angle Bracket; Greater Symbol
⭰⭲⭱⭳
Press Left / Right / Up / Down
Time-Saving Commands and Shortcuts
In addition to all the symbols, you can press special keyboard keys such as tab and escape as well as trigger keyboard shortcuts with VoiceTyper (shown below).
You can also spell out words by speaking one letter at a time and improve accuracy by using the phonetic alphabet. Learn how to spell out words
Time-Saving Commands
Make the first letter Uppercase or lowercase
Say "uppercase Bob" or "lowercase bob"
Capitalize EVERY LETTER
Press Caps Lock; enable caps lock; disable caps lock
Capitalize Every First Letter
Press Title Lock; enable title lock; disable title lock
Open VoiceTyper settings
Press Settings; press help; press learn
Open popular websites
press Google; press VoiceTyper; press Amazon; press YouTube; press UpToDate; 1000+ others
Open office apps
Press Word; Press Excel; Press Outlook; Press PowerPoint
Open Emoji Picker
press emoji
Press the less common keys
press end; press home; page up; page down; press tab; press escape
Spell out a word
Say each letter one at a time. Learn How To Spell With VoiceTyper
Select and Edit Text
Say each editing command on its own. Case and formatting commands such as "uppercase that" use selected text when available, or recent dictation that VoiceTyper can still identify. You can select text with your mouse or a selection command first.
Sentence and paragraph selection starts at your cursor, or at the beginning of an existing selection. At the end of a sentence, "select previous sentence" selects the one just completed; repeating it moves backward. "Select previous paragraph" follows the same rule. Paragraphs follow explicit line breaks, not visual wrapping. Sentence selection currently supports English.
These commands require a supported editor and a current VoiceTyper connection. Formatting commands require rich text support; uppercase and lowercase currently work in plain text fields. VoiceTyper checks the target before editing and explains when a command is unavailable.
For a long dictation, scratch that removes the last sentence or part, and may show a preview before removing a large or uncertain part. Repeat the command to work backward through earlier parts. Undo that reverses the latest supported VoiceTyper edit; use press undo for the editor's own undo command.
Contextual Editing Commands
Select recent dictation
Select That
Select the sentence at the cursor
Select Sentence; select the sentence
Select the preceding sentence
Select Previous Sentence; select the previous sentence
Select the paragraph at the cursor
Select Paragraph; select the paragraph
Select the preceding paragraph
Select Previous Paragraph; select the previous paragraph
Change text to uppercase or lowercase
Uppercase That or Lowercase That
Apply bold, italics or underline
Bold That; italicize that; underline that
Remove bold
Unbold That
Select or format an exact phrase
Select [phrase]; bold [phrase]; italicize [phrase]; underline [phrase]
Remove selected text or recent dictation
Scratch That; delete that
Remove two recent dictation parts
Scratch That Twice
Restore the last scratch
Restore That
Undo the latest VoiceTyper edit
Undo That; undo dictation
Accept or cancel an edit preview
Apply Edit or Cancel Edit
Commands for Keyboard Shortcuts
Most software supports a variety of useful keyboard shortcuts which you can trigger with VoiceTyper. Some have special keywords such as press copy, but press control c works as well.
Time-Saving Commands
Delete the previous word (ctrl+backspace)
Press Control Backspace
Delete the next word (ctrl+delete)
Press Control Delete; control delete
Move cursor over by one word (ctrl+left) or (ctrl+right)
Press Control Left; Press Control Right; control left; control right
Select the Line
Select Line
Delete the Line
Delete Line
Undo
(ctrl+z)
Press Undo; press control z
Redo
(ctrl+y)
Press Redo; redo that; press control y
Copy
(ctrl+c)
Press Copy; press control c
Paste
(ctrl+v)
Press Paste; press control v
Select All
(ctrl+a)
Press Select All; press control a
Print
(ctrl+p)
Press Control P; press print
Open a new browser tab
(ctrl+t)
Press New Tab; press control t
Press any keyboard shortcut
Press Alt A
Press Shift B
Press Control C
Press Control Shift D
Press Control Shift Alt E