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Spelling charactersYou can say the characters listed in this topic after the "Spell" or "Spell That" command or when the Spelling window is open. You can also say these characters in the Add Individual Word dialog box (click Vocabulary > Add New Word or Phrase) and the Train Words dialog box (click the Train button on the Vocabulary Editor dialog box). NOTEThe "Undo That" command is not available in the Spelling window. If you need to correct a dictation error by voice while you are using the Spelling window, you may use the Scratch That, Backspace, or Delete commands.This topic contains information about the following groups of characters:

n Numbersn Lettersn Punctuation and special charactersn International punctuationn Accent characters and accented lettersn Fractions and mathematical symbols

NumbersTo spell Say

0 zero or oh or numeral zero1 one or numeral one2 two or numeral two3 three or numeral three4 four or numeral four5 five or numeral five6 six or numeral six7 seven or numeral seven8 eight or numeral eight9 nine or numeral nine

LettersTo spell Say

a a or letter a or alpha or letter alphaNote: To capitalize any letter say "cap" before the letter.



b b or letter b or bravo or letter bravoc c or letter c or charlie or letter charlied d or letter d or delta or letter deltae e or letter e or echo or letter echof f or letter f or foxtrot or letter foxtrotg g or letter g or golf or letter golfh h or letter h or hotel or letter hoteli i or letter i or india or letter indiaj j or letter j or juliet or letter julietk k or letter k or kilo or letter kilol l or letter l or lima or letter limam m or letter m or mike or letter miken n or letter n or november or letter novembero o or letter o or oscar or letter oscarp p or letter p or papa or letter papaq q or letter q or quebec or letter quebecr r or letter r or romeo or letter romeos s or letter s or sierra or letter sierrat t or letter t or tango or letter tangou u or letter u or uniform or letter uniformv v or letter v or victor or letter victorw w or letter w or whiskey or letter whiskeyx x or letter x or xray or letter xrayy y or letter y or yankee or letter yankeez z or letter z or zulu or letter zulu

Punctuation and special charactersTo spell Say

& ampersand or ampersand sign or and sign* asterisk or star'



single quote or apostrophe" quotation marks or quote ordouble quote or double quotes

" " empty quotes"" quote selection quote that

open single quote orbegin single quote close single quote or end single quote open double quote or begin quote oropen quote or begin double quote close double quote or close quote orend quote or end double quote@ at\ backslash/ forward slash or slash: colon, comma^ caret or hat ellipsis= equal sign or equals sign or equal or equals? question mark; semicolon

spacebar or space~ centered tilde or tilde_ underscore- hyphen- soft hyphen-- dash (enters two hyphens) em dash en dash

unbreakable space or no break space or



nonbreakable space. period or dotfull stop or point! exclamation markexclamation point( open paren or open parenthesis orleft paren or left parenthesisleft bracket or open bracket or open brackets) close paren or close parenthesis orright paren or right parenthesisright bracket or close bracket or close brackets[ open bracket or left bracketopen square bracket or left square bracket] close bracket or right bracketclose square bracket or right square bracket

U.S./Canada:[]Other than U.S./Canada:()empty brackets

U.S./Canada:[]Other than U.S./Canada:()bracket that bracket selection

{ open brace or left braceopen curly bracket or left curly bracket} close brace or right braceclose curly bracket or right curly bracket< less than or less than sign> greater than or greater than sign left angle bracket or open angle bracket right angle bracket or close angle bracket# number or number sign or sharp or sharp sign orhash or hash mark or hash signpound or pound sign % percent sign or percent per mille or per thousand+ plus sign or plusadd sign



| vertical bar or vertical or barTM trademark sign or trademark copyright sign or copyright registered sign or registered or registered trademark or registered trademark sign dagger double dagger paragraph sign or paragraph section sign or section$ dollar sign or dollar or dollars cent sign or cent or cents pound sterling or sterling sign or sterling or poundspound or pound sign or pound sterling or pounds yen sign or yen euro sign or euro or euros guilder sign or guilder general currency sign or general currencyor international currency sign or international currency

International punctuationTo spell Say

inverted exclamation mark orinverted exclamation point inverted question mark open angle quotes or begin angle quotes close angle quotes or end angle quotes german sharp or german sharp s or sharp s ligature oe or oe diphthong or oe ligature ligature ae or ae diphthong or ae ligature eth or icelandic eth thorn or icelandic thorn

dm; masculine ordinal



df; feminine ordinal s wedge double comma

Accent characters and accented lettersTo spell Say

accent acute or acute` back quote or accent grave or grave accent tilde accent umlaut or umlaut or dieresis accent circumflex or circumflex accent cedilla or cedilla a accent grave or a grave oralpha accent grave or alpha grave a accent acute or a acute oralpha accent acute or alpha acute a accent circumflex or a circumflex oralpha accent circumflex or alpha circumflex a accent tilde or a tilde oralpha accent tilde or alpha tilde a accent umlaut or a umlaut or a dieresis oralpha accent umlaut or alpha umlaut e accent grave or e grave orecho accent grave or echo grave e accent acute or e acute orecho accent acute or echo acute e accent circumflex or e circumflex orecho accent circumflex or echo circumflex e accent umlaut or e umlaut or e dieresis echo accent umlaut or echo umlaut i accent grave or i grave orindia accent grave or india grave i accent acute or i acute orindia accent acute or india acute i accent circumflex or i circumflex or



india accent circumflex or india circumflex i accent umlaut or i umlaut or i dieresis orindia accent umlaut or india umlaut n accent tilde or n tilde ornovember accent tilde or november tilde o accent grave or o grave oroscar accent grave or oscar grave o accent acute or o acute oroscar accent acute or oscar acute o accent circumflex or o circumflex oroscar accent circumflex or oscar circumflex o accent tilde or o tilde oroscar accent tilde or oscar tilde o accent umlaut or o umlaut or o dieresis oroscar accent umlaut or oscar umlaut u accent grave or u grave oruniform accent grave or uniform grave u accent acute or u acute oruniform accent acute or uniform acute u accent circumflex or u circumflex oruniform accent circumflex or uniform circumflex u accent umlaut or u umlaut or u dieresis oruniform accent umlaut or uniform umlaut y accent acute or y acute oryankee accent acute or yankee acute y accent umlaut or y umlaut or y dieresis oryankee accent umlaut or yankee umlaut angstrom or a ring c accent cedilla or c cedilla orcharlie accent cedilla or charlie cedilla

Fractions and mathematical symbolsTo spell Say

1/4 one quarter or one quarter sign orquarter sign or quarter1/2 one half or one half sign or half or half sign3/4 three quarters or three quarters sign



NOTEYou can type two consecutive characters by saying "Double" and the character. For example, "Double Z" or "Double Zulu". You cannot, however, say "Double U" because Dragon transcribes it as the letter "W". In this case, say "Double Letter U". In version 13, within normal dictation, Dragon no longer recognizes its built-in alternatepronunciations of letters (alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta, etc. which some people call military alphabet or phonetic alphabet) -- therefore, saying bravo Charlie will be transcribed as bravo Charlie. To avoid ambiguity with the corresponding words, these letter pronunciations are reserved for spelling out: this means when one is in the Spelling Window, when in Spell Mode, and when giving a Spell command for example, the command spell space Charlie alpha papa.

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times sign or times or multiply ormultiply sign or multiplication sign divide sign or divide plus minus sign or plus minus orplus or minus sign or plus or minus broken vertical bar not sign or not or logical not sign or logical not macron or macron sign degree sign or degree

n1 superscript 1n2 superscript 2 or square or squaredn3 superscript 3 or cube or cubed greek mu or micro o slash centered dot or middle dot or center dot alternate comma



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