Basic Principles
1. Speak at a normal conversational speed and volume. The rhythm stress and intonation of speech are all key to accuracy.
2. Pause before and after commands, ensure that they are not apart of the sentence.
3. Avoid having background noise while dictating as this can be picked up.
Commands
Add lines and space
New line
New paragraph
Dictating Punctuation
. Full Stop
, Comma
? Question Mark
! Exclamation Mark
( Open Bracket
) Close Bracket
" Open Quote
" Close Quote
: Colon
; Semicolon
/ Forward slash
\ Back slash
- Hyphen
-- Dash
Formatting text
To enter Say
50mg fifty milligrams
40% forty percent
12/12/2019 12th of December 2019
PSA psa
Dr doctor