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Dictating Text
You can use the iPad to dictate text as well as type.
To turn on dictation:
1. Make sure the iPad is connected to the Internet.
2. Choose Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Dictation.
To dictate text:
1. Tap on the iPad keyboard.
2. Speak to words you want to dictate.
3. When you finish, tap Done.
4. Tap again to continue dictating.
To insert text, tap to place the insertion point first. You can also replace selected text by dictating.
To add punctuation or format text:
Say the punctuation or format. For example, "Dear Mary comma the check is in the mail exclamation
mark" becomes "Dear Mary, the check is in the mail!" Punctuation and formatting commands include:
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quote ... end quote
new paragraph
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new line
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cap—to capitalize the next word
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caps on ... caps off—to capitalize the first character of each word
all caps—to make the next word all uppercase
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all caps on ... all caps off—to make the enclosed words all uppercase
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no caps on ... no caps off—to make the enclosed words all lowercase
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no space on ... no space off—to run a series of words together
smiley—to insert :-)
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frowny—to insert :-(
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winky—to insert ;-)
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