Fact · Languages and accents
Microsoft's Arabic tables for Dictate in Word map the spoken phrase فاصلة (comma) to the Arabic comma (،) and علامة استفهام (question mark) to the Arabic question mark (؟).
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“فاصلة ، فاصلة منقوطة ؛ علامة استفهام ؟”
Dictate your documents in Word, Microsoft, 2026, Arabic punctuation tables (Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia).
Open the original- What it measures
- The tables list Arabic spoken phrases with the Arabic marks, which differ from the Latin comma and question mark.
- What it does not show
- The tables are for Dictate in Word. Mac and iPhone Arabic dictation use separate command lists that the fetched Apple pages did not show.