David, You use Questionmark and not Question. I typically find SIRI has no problems with words like period in a sentence and in fact have had little success with commands like "Cap" or "All Caps on" and "All Caps Off" etc. If you Google "SIRI dictation", "What can I say to SIRI" or similar phrases you will find lots of information including comprehensive lists of commands. Otherwise I suggest you just open the Notes app and dictate some of the sentence you mentioned to see how SIRI behaves since it will depend a lot on how clearly you speak and other aspects. Getting proficient with dictation is like most other things a matter of practice.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 7:51 AM To: 'David Goldfield' via VIPhone Subject: Using Voice dictation Hi. I recently found out that you can specify certain punctuation symbols while using voice dictation. I also read and was able to confirm that you can use the word cap to indicate that the word you're about to speak should be capitalized. Bearing this in mind, I have a few questions. What if you dictate the sentence "put your thinking cap on." Is Siri smart enough to know that you mean the word cap and not the word On with a capital O? For that matter, if I use the phrase "short period of time" is Siri smart enough to know that I mean the word period and not the punctuation mark? When you're dictating a question, do you say "question" or "question mark." I'd like it if someone could post a set of rules, as well as tricks, dos and don'ts to voice dictation to make the text look presentable. I realize that I'm typically using voice dictation to compose quick text messages as opposed to a final draft of a novel but I really like my writing to look somewhat organized and not just a jumbled mess to sighted readers. Thanks in advance. -- David Goldfield, Founder and Peer Coordinator, Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired Feel free to visit my new Web site http://www.davidgoldfield.info/ -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.