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Here are some examples of the automatic formatting available; the actual recognition result depends on the components your system uses and how it is configured. The examples below are based on the default settings.
Dates
Date ranges
Times
Measurements
Dosages
Punctuation marks
Symbols
Numbers
Enumerations
Example
Dates
To get |
Say |
April 5
|
April five | April (the) fifth |
5 April |
(the) fifth of April | five April |
April 1994 |
April (of) nineteen ninety four
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26 April 2002 |
(the) twenty sixth (of) April two thousand (and) two | (the) twenty sixth (of) April twenty oh two | twenty six(th) April two thousand (and) two| twenty six(th) April twenty oh two |
April 5, 2015 |
April (the) fifth two thousand (and) fifteen | April five (comma) two thousand (and) fifteen |
01/02/2015 |
oh one (slash) oh two (slash) two thousand (and) fifteen
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01/02/15 |
oh one slash oh two slash one five | oh one slash oh two slash fifteen |
Date ranges
To get |
Say |
April 1 to June 5, 2002 |
April (the) first to June (the) fifth two thousand two | April one to June five twenty oh two |
April 1-5, 1999 |
April first through fifth nineteen ninety nine | April first to fifth nineteen ninety nine | April one to five nineteen ninety nine |
1 April - 5 June 2015 |
(the) first (of) April through (the) fifth (of) June two thousand (and) fifteen | (the) first (of) April to (the) fifth (of) June two thousand (and) fifteen |
Times
To get |
Say |
5:20 PM |
five twenty P M
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5:04 AM |
five oh four A M |
2:00 |
two o’clock
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1:05 |
five past one | five after one |
1:15 |
(a) quarter past one | (a) quarter after one |
11:45 |
quarter till noon | fifteen minutes of twelve | fifteen minutes to twelve |
0700 hrs. |
oh seven hundred hours | zero seven hundred hours |
Measurements
To get |
Say |
5% |
five percent
|
50° |
fifty degrees
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98.4°F |
ninety eight point four degrees Fahrenheit
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50 IU |
fifty international units
|
1.5 L |
one point five liters
|
1 g |
one gram
|
350 mg |
three hundred and fifty milligrams
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0.1 mL |
point one milliliter | oh point one milliliter |
10.3 m/s |
ten point three meters per second
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3.33 ng/mL |
three point thirty three nanograms per milliliter
|
0.74 mmol/L |
point seventy four millimoles per liter | oh point seventy four millimoles per liter |
5 cm² |
five square centimeters
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3 mm³ |
three cubic millimeters
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2 mL/min |
two milliliters per minute
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BP 125/65 |
B P hundred and twenty five over sixty five | B P one twenty five over sixty five |
125/65 mmHg |
hundred and twenty five over sixty five millimeters H G | one twenty five over sixty five millimeters H G | hundred and twenty five over sixty five millimeters (of) mercury | one twenty five over sixty five millimeters (of) mercury |
BP 125/65 mmHg |
B P hundred and twenty five over sixty five millimeters H G | B P one twenty five over sixty five millimeters H G |
blood pressure 131/65 |
blood pressure one thirty one over sixty five
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Dosages
To get |
Say |
aerosol treatments every 3-4 hours |
aerosol treatments every three to four hours | aerosol treatments Q three to four hours | aerosol treatments Q three to four H |
Combivent 2 puffs every 6 hours |
Combivent two puffs every six hours | Combivent two puffs Q six hours | Combivent two puffs Q six H |
insulin 20 units at bedtime |
insulin twenty units at bedtime | insulin twenty units H S |
aspirin 300 mg daily |
aspirin three hundred milligrams daily | aspirin three hundred milligrams Q D | aspirin three hundred milligrams Q day |
aspirin 300 mg every day |
aspirin three hundred milligrams every day
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Anusol suppositories as much as suffices |
Anusol suppositories as much as suffices | Anusol suppositories Q S |
Isoproterinol infusions at 1 g/h |
Isoproterinol infusions at one gram per hour
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metoclopramide 10 mg before every meal |
metoclopramide ten milligrams before every meal | metoclopramide ten milligrams Q A C |
Punctuation marks
You must say punctuation marks.
To get |
Say |
a new paragraph (equals pressing Enter twice) |
new paragraph | next paragraph | paragraph |
a new line (equals pressing Enter once) |
new line | next line |
“
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(double) quote(s) | open (double) quote(s) | open quotation (marks) | begin quote(s) | left quote |
”
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unquote | close (double) quote(s) | close quotation (marks) | end (of) (double) quote(s) | end quotation (marks) | right quote |
'
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apostrophe
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:
|
colon (mark) |
;
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semicolon
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,
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comma
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.
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period | full stop |
?
|
question mark
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!
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exclamation mark | exclamation point |
…
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dot dot dot | ellipsis |
(
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begin parentheses | begin parenthesis | left parenthesis | open parentheses | open parenthesis | parentheses |
)
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end parentheses | end parenthesis | right parenthesis | close parentheses | close parenthesis |
[
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open (square) bracket(s) | start bracket(s) | left (square) bracket |
]
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close (square) bracket(s) | end bracket(s) | right (square) bracket |
{
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left (curly) brace | left curly bracket | open (curly) brace(s) | open curly bracket(s) |
}
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right (curly) brace | right curly bracket | close (curly) brace(s) | close curly bracket(s) |
-
|
dash
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_
|
underscore
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/
|
(forward) slash |
\
|
backslash
|
Blank |
space bar
|
Tab |
tab key
|
Symbols
To get |
Say |
+
|
plus sign | add sign | plus symbol |
-
|
minus sign | negative |
÷
|
division sign | division symbol |
×
|
multiplication sign | multiplication symbol |
=
|
equal(s) sign |
>
|
greater than sign | greater than symbol |
<
|
less than sign | less than symbol |
#
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hash mark | hash sign | number sign | sharp sign |
%
|
percent sign | percent symbol |
‰
|
per mil sign | per mil symbol | per thousand sign | per thousand symbol |
&
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ampersand | and sign | and symbol |
*
|
asterisk | star (symbol) |
Numbers
The following table provides examples of how the system formats numbers. This applies to stand-alone numbers; the system writes numbers differently when you say them as part of a phrase that has its own formatting rules (measurements, dosages, dates, times).
To get |
Say |
5 |
five
|
150 |
one hundred fifty | one hundred and fifty |
201,000 |
two hundred and one thousand
|
one half |
one half
|
8-1/2 |
eight and a half
|
3+ |
three plus
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-11.2 |
minus eleven point two
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0.5 |
oh point five | zero point five |
1.38 |
one point thirty eight | one point three eight |
grade is 2/6 |
grade is two over six
|
III |
Roman numeral three
|
ninth |
ninth
|
10th |
tenth
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Enumerations
Numbers (1 to 20) are formatted as enumerations when they are immediately preceded by new line or new paragraph. Dictating new line equals pressing Enter once; dictating new paragraph equals pressing Enter twice.
To get |
Say |
2. Medical history |
new line number two medical history | new paragraph number two medical history |
Example
To get |
The patient is a 22-year-old single woman, youngest of 3 children, parents divorced.
History of mental illness: The patient was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 2 years ago (December 2013). She was admitted to the hospital on 3 occasions, twice for depression and once for mania. The last admission was April 2-14, 2015.
Treatment: Mood stabilizing medication: Lithium SR 450 mg every 12 hours and quetiapine 300 mg at bedtime.
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Say |
the patient is a twenty two year old single woman comma youngest of three children comma parents divorced period new paragraph history of mental illness colon new line the patient was diagnosed with bipolar disorder two years ago left parenthesis December twenty thirteen right parenthesis period she was admitted to the hospital on three occasions comma twice for depression and once for mania period the last admission was from April second through fourteenth twenty fifteen period new paragraph treatment colon new line mood stabilizing medication colon lithium S R four hundred fifty milligrams every twelve hours and quetiapine three hundred milligrams Q H period
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