Fact · Languages and accents
Apple's German Mac table maps the spoken word 'Fragezeichen' to the question mark (?) and 'Ausrufezeichen' to the exclamation mark (!).
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Ausrufezeichen ! Bindestrich - Punkt . Fragezeichen ?”
Befehle zum Diktieren von Text auf dem Mac, Apple Inc. (Mac-Hilfe, German), 2026, Typografie table (German).
Open the original- What it measures
- The German table lists each mark with the spoken command beside it, in the same Typografie table that gives the low and high quotation marks.
- What it does not show
- The table gives the words and the marks only. It does not say how often each word is recognized in practice.