Fact · Dictation on Mac
Apple's Mac command list maps the spoken words 'colon' and 'semicolon' to a colon and a semicolon, next to the other punctuation names.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“colon : comma , dash – ellipsis … exclamation mark ! hyphen - period/point/dot/full stop . question mark ? quote “ end quote ” begin single quote ‘ end single quote ‘ semicolon ;”
Commands for dictating text on Mac, Apple Inc., 2026, Punctuation table.
Open the original- What it measures
- The punctuation table in Apple's Mac command list for Dictation, in the macOS 27 version of the page. The row run shown here is part of one table.
- What it does not show
- Apple lists these as commands you say. The page does not say that a colon or semicolon is added without a spoken command, and it does not say whether the marks are added in every supported language.