Fact · Dictation
Microsoft's English command list for Dictate in Word includes 'dollar sign' for the $ symbol and 'number/pound sign' for the # symbol.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Mathematics Phrase(s) Output percent sign % number/pound sign # plus sign + minus sign - multiplication sign x plus or minus sign ± division sign ÷ equal sign = less than sign, left angle bracket greater than sign, right angle bracket < > Currency Phrase(s) Output dollar sign $”
Dictate your documents in Word, Microsoft, 2026, Dictation commands, English: Currency and Mathematics tables.
Open the original- What it measures
- Microsoft lists these phrases for Dictate in Word on Microsoft 365, in the English command list. The table gives the phrase you say in one column and the symbol it types in the next.
- What it does not show
- The list covers symbols only. It does not list a command for dictating a number as digits, a numeral or a date, and other languages have different lists.