Fact · Dictation for work and study
Microsoft's Dictate in Word command table has a Mathematics group that maps spoken phrases such as plus sign, minus sign, multiplication sign, division sign and equal sign to their symbols.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“plus sign + minus sign - multiplication sign x plus or minus sign ± division sign ÷ equal sign =”
Dictate your documents in Word, Microsoft, 2026, Mathematics table of spoken phrases and outputs.
Open the original- What it measures
- The table is part of Microsoft's English list of Dictate in Word commands. It maps each spoken phrase to the symbol it inserts.
- What it does not show
- The table lists single symbols. It has no entries for fractions, superscripts, matrices or numbered equations, and Microsoft may change the list.