I think when dictating, you can say something like "no space," and it will take the word you just said, along with the word you will say next, and not put a space between them. I think I saw something about this in iPhone: The Missing Manual.
Thanks, Ari On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:34 PM, "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Donna, > > I'm sure that if you read the edit field character by character you will find > that the asterisk has been spelled letter by letter rather than the single > symbol being entered. There might also be a space between the period and the > letters MP3 rather than the entire string of characters having been entered > as one would like when running this type of search. > > LS > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 2:39 PM > Subject: Re: Entering symbols like Star and brackets > > > Try saying astrix, instead of star. This just worked for me. I have an iPhone > 5. Don't kmow if this would make a difference. > > Donna > > On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:21 PM, "Lauren Simmons" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So do you have any solution for entering the following in an edit field like >> in iPhone or iPod touch Search: >> *.MP3 >> >> I specified in my original post that I did in fact try using Siri. I'm >> looking for suggestions on how to have Siri enter unusual single characters >> as is right now Siri is spelling out each word used to describe the >> character. For example, when wanting to enter *.MP3, Siri spells the >> following: >> Star dot MP3 >> >> LS >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Woody Anna Dresner" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 11:04 AM >> Subject: Re: Entering symbols like Star and brackets >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I did once use siri to enter a pound sign when I couldn't find it. Tap the >>> Dictation button, speak the character you want, such as "degree sign," and >>> double-tap with two fingers to stop the dictation. >>> >>> Best, >>> Anna >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:32 AM, Lauren Simmons <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> How does one quickly enter unusual symbols such as asterist (*), >>>> brackets, degrees symbols, etc? I know how to enter manually using the >>>> touch pad, but this involves 3 different layers including More symbols >>>> and then shift with more symbols. I'm actually hoping to use Siri >>>> within Search to quickly look for something like the following: >>>> *.MP3 >>>> >>>> If anyone knows of any tips and tricks to dictating this kind of >>>> search edit field entry I'm all ears. 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