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title: "How to Dictate Punctuation & Symbols"
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updated: 2026-04-28T21:33:19Z
published: 2026-04-28T21:33:19Z
canonical: "support.nvoq.com/dictation-punctuation"
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# How to Dictate Punctuation & Symbols

How to Say Punctuation & Symbols

While dictating, say the name of the punctuation or character that you want to display:

| **Say this...** | **To display this...** |
| --- | --- |
| new line | a new line in a document |
| new paragraph | a new paragraph in a document |
| period | . |
| comma | , |
| colon, colon mark | : |
| semicolon | ; |
| hyphen, dash, minus sign | - |
| question mark | ? |
| exclamation mark, exclamation point | ! |
| open paren, open parenthesis | ( |
| close paren, close parenthesis | ) |
| open brace, open curly brace | { |
| close brace, close curly brace | } |
| open bracket, open square bracket | [ |
| close bracket, close square bracket | ] |
| less than sign, open angle bracket | < |
| greater than sign, close angle bracket | > |
| hash sign, number sign, pound sign | # |
| at sign | @ |
| asterisk, asterisk sign | * |
| ampersand, and sign | & |
| tilde sign | ~ |
| forward slash, slash | / |
| back slash | \ |
| double slash | // |
| quote, open quote, open double quote, start quote | “ |
| unquote, close quote, close double quote, end quote | ” |
| open single quote | ‘ |
| close single quote | ’ |
| apostrophe | ’ |
| apostrophe S | 's |
| percent sign | % |
| ellipsis | ... |
| dollar sign | $ |
| pound sterling sign | £ |
| cent sign | ¢ |
| copyright sign | © |
| degree sign | ° |
| division sign | ÷ |
| equal sign | = |
| plus sign | + |
| multiplication sign | * |
| plus or minus sign | ± |
| one quarter sign | ¼ |
| one half sign | ½ |
| three quarters sign | ¾ |
| underscore sign | _ |
| vertical bar | \| |