Fact · Languages and accents
Microsoft's French table for Dictate in Word maps the spoken phrase 'deux points' to a colon and 'guillemet gauche, guillemet ouvrant' to a left guillemet (« ).
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“deux points : point-virgule ; guillemet gauche, guillemet ouvrant”
Dictate your documents in Word, Microsoft, 2026, French punctuation table.
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- The table lists spoken phrases in French, each with the mark it produces.
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- The table is for Dictate in Word, not for macOS or iPhone dictation, which use different tables.