Voice commands

You don't need any of these: Yarn adds punctuation and paragraphs on its own. Use them when you want exact control.

Layout

Say	You get
“new line”	a line break
“new paragraph”	a blank line, starting a new paragraph
“bullet point …” or “dot point …”	a list item
“number one … number two …”	a numbered list

Punctuation

Say	You get
“comma”	,
“full stop” or “period”	.
“question mark”	?
“exclamation mark”	!
“colon” / “semicolon”	: / ;
“dash” / “hyphen”	– / -
“ellipsis”	…

Quotes and brackets

Say	You get
“open quote hello there close quote”	"hello there"
“quote hello there end quote” (or “unquote”)	"hello there"
“open single quote … close single quote”	'hello there'
“open bracket … close bracket”	( … )
“open square bracket … close square bracket”	[ … ]

Words and corrections

Say	You get
“all caps urgent”	URGENT
“e no space mail”	email
“literal comma”	the word “comma”
“at 3, no wait, 4pm”	at 4pm
“… scratch that”	deletes the phrase you just said

Rewrite what you've selected

Select some text, start dictating the usual way, and say what you want. If it's not an instruction, what you say simply replaces the selection.

Say	You get
“make this more polite” / “more professional” / “friendlier”	the same message in that tone
“shorter” / “make it one sentence”	a tighter version
“turn this into bullet points”	a list
“fix the grammar”	corrected text, your words kept
“translate to Spanish”	the selection in Spanish

Snippets

Save text you type often in Settings → Dictionary (or on your account page), then say its name.

Say	You get
“insert my address”	your saved address
“…thanks again, add my signature”	the sentence, then your signature

Tips