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Voice commands
Speak these phrases while dictating and SpeakFlow AI inserts the matching character or formatting. Works in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, Slack — anywhere with a text field.
Punctuation
Drop punctuation marks into your text by saying their name.
| Say | Result | Example |
|---|---|---|
“period”“full stop” | . | “that's it period” → that's it. |
“comma” | , | “apples comma oranges” → apples, oranges |
“question mark” | ? | “really question mark” → really? |
“exclamation mark”“exclamation point” | ! | |
“colon” | : | |
“semicolon” | ; | |
“dash” | — | |
“hyphen” | - |
Line breaks & paragraphs
Match the cursor's current style — single break or full new paragraph.
| Say | Result | Example |
|---|---|---|
“new line”“line break”“enter key”“return key” | ↵ (line break) | Same paragraph, next line — like Shift+Enter. |
“new paragraph”“next paragraph”“paragraph break” | ↵↵ (new paragraph) | Starts a fresh paragraph — like pressing Enter. |
Brackets
| Say | Result | Example |
|---|---|---|
“open parenthesis”“opening parenthesis”“open bracket” | ( | |
“close parenthesis”“closing parenthesis”“close bracket” | ) |
Automatic grammar
Toggle these on/off in the extension popup (icon in the toolbar → “Fix grammar”).
- ✓Capitalizes the first letter of every sentence
- ✓Standalone “i” becomes “I” (also i'm, i'll, i've, i'd)
- ✓Adds a single space after . , ! ? ; :
- ✓Auto-spaces between dictated chunks so words don't run together
- ✓Tidies multiple spaces down to one
Quick example
You say:
hi sarah comma thanks for the update period new paragraph i'll review it tonight question mark
SpeakFlow AI writes:
Hi Sarah, thanks for the update.
I'll review it tonight?