Windows voice typing commands
Press Windows + H to start voice typing, then say punctuation by name: "period", "comma", "new paragraph". Say "delete that" to remove what you just said, and "stop listening" to finish.
These are Microsoft's documented commands for English (US). Commands differ in other languages.
Control and editing
| Say |
Does |
| "stop listening", "stop dictation", "pause voice typing" |
Stops voice typing |
| "delete that", "erase that" or "scratch that" |
Deletes the last word or phrase you said |
| "select that" |
Selects the last word or phrase you said |
| "undo that" or "revert" |
Undoes the last change |
| "press Enter" |
Presses Enter |
| "backspace" or "press backspace" |
Presses Backspace |
| "tab" or "press tab" |
Presses Tab |
| "insert space" or "press space" |
Adds a space |
Punctuation
| Say |
You get |
| "period" or "full stop" |
. |
| "comma" |
, |
| "question mark" |
? |
| "exclamation mark" or "exclamation point" |
! |
| "colon" / "semicolon" |
: / ; |
| "hyphen", "minus sign" or "n-dash" |
- |
| "m-dash" |
— |
| "ellipsis" or "dot dot dot" |
... |
| "open quotes" / "close quotes" |
" " |
| "open single quote" / "close single quote" |
' ' |
| "open parentheses" / "close parentheses" |
( ) |
| "open bracket" / "close bracket" |
[ ] |
| "open brace" / "close brace" |
{ } |
| "apostrophe-s" |
's |
Line breaks
| Say |
Does |
| "new line" or "next line" |
Starts a new line |
| "new paragraph" |
Starts a new paragraph |
Symbols
| Say |
You get |
| "number sign" or "pound sign", "dollar sign", "percent sign" |
# $ % |
| "ampersand" or "and sign", "asterisk", "at sign" |
& * @ |
| "forward slash", "backslash", "vertical bar sign" or "pipe character" |
/ \ | |
| "caret symbol", "underscore", "backtick", "tilde symbol" |
^ _ ` ~ |
| "less than sign" / "greater than sign" |
< > |
| "pound sterling sign", "yen sign", "euro sign" |
£ ¥ € |
| "plus sign", "equal sign", "plus or minus sign" |
+ = ± |
| "multiplication sign", "division sign" |
× ÷ |
| "section sign", "paragraph sign", "copyright sign", "registered sign", "degree sign" |
§ ¶ © ® ° |
| "smiley face", "frowny face", "winky face", "heart emoji" |
:) :( ;) <3 |
Automatic punctuation
Turn on Automatic punctuation in the voice typing settings (the gear icon) and Windows adds punctuation for you. You can still say marks yourself. On Copilot+ PCs, fluid dictation also removes filler words and fixes grammar in English. Say "undo that" to reverse a change.