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castermd2 Author

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dictation punctuation

What words do I speak to add parentheses when using dictation?

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 18, 2021 9:34 AM

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1AppL3User2AnotHER

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Posted on Oct 18, 2021 9:50 AM

Hi! I am glad you had this question because I struggle with this as well! I did find this information that gives a few more commands than the article you had already. But to answer your question, it is open parenthesis....close parenthesis.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/dictate-text-iph2c0651d2/ios

I really hope this helps! :)

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