Official documentation
Commandes pour dicter du texte sur Mac
Apple Inc. (Aide Mac, French), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Apple's French Mac Help page for the voice commands that insert punctuation, formatting and symbols while you dictate.
- How much weight it carries
- Official vendor documentation in French, read on the copy served to a French-language browser. The command table is what Apple publishes, not a measured test of accuracy.
Facts taken from this source
- Apple's French Mac help says that Dictée, the French name for Dictation, adds some punctuation marks automatically as you dictate in supported languages.
“Dictée ajoute également certains signes de ponctuation automatiquement pendant que vous dictez.” (Commands introduction (French))
- Apple's French Mac table maps the spoken phrase 'deux-points' to the colon (:).
“deux-points : virgule , tiret” (Typographie table (French))
- Apple's French Mac table maps the spoken phrase 'point d'interrogation' to the question mark (?) and 'guillemet ouvrant' to the opening guillemet («), with 'guillemet fermant' for the closing one (»).
“point d’interrogation ? guillemet ouvrant « guillemet fermant »” (Typographie table (French))