Fact · Dictation
The iPhone command list for Dictation includes period, comma, exclamation point, question mark, dollar sign and parentheses.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Period . Comma , Exclamation point ! Question mark ? Dollar sign $ Open parenthesis ( Close parenthesis )”
Commands for dictating text on iPhone, Apple Inc., 2026, Punctuation table.
Open the original- What it measures
- Punctuation table on Apple's iPhone command page.
- What it does not show
- The page says that for some languages Dictation adds certain punctuation without a command, so the table is not the whole picture.
Source
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