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# Letters and Numerals in Spelling Mode

These are the names of letters and numerals that you can say in Spelling mode.

### Letters

Letters are lowercase by default. To capitalize a letter:

- Say Cap followed by the name of the letter.

To type a letter in Spelling mode:

- Say the name of the letter, e.g. A, B, etc.

- Or, say the International Radio Alphabet name of the letter (listed below).

When saying a plain letter name (as opposed to a diacritical letter, discussed below), you may precede the name of the letter by Letter, e.g. Letter A, Letter B, Letter Alpha, Letter Bravo. This can help disambiguate.

To repeat a letter (that is, to say a letter that appears twice in succession):

- You may say the letter name preceded by Double, e.g. Double A, Double Alpha. (In case of “u,” say Double Uniform to disambiguate from “w”.)

Here are the International Radio Alphabet letter names:

What You Say
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu

### Diacritical Letters

A diacritical letter is a letter with a marking above or below it. To type a diacritical letter in Spelling mode:

- Say the name of the letter (normal or International Radio Alphabet) followed by the name of the diacritical: A-Acute, Alpha-Acute.

- Optionally, in most cases you may say Accent between the name of the letter and the diacritical (even when, strictly speaking, the diacritical is not an accent): for example, A Accent-Acute, Alpha Accent-Acute. But you cannot do this for “Dieresis” or “Ring”.

> Not every diacritical is possible, even for every European language. You cannot, for example, say the fourth letter of “Dvořák”. (The best way to type Dvořák’s name with Dragon Dictate would be through a custom text macro command; see the User Manual for more about that.)

Letter | Diacriticals
--- | ---
A | Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Tilde, Umlaut Dieresis, Ring
C | Cedilla
E | Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Umlaut Dieresis
I | Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Umlaut Dieresis
N | Tilde
O | Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Tilde, Umlaut Dieresis, Ring
U | Acute, Circumflex, Grave, Umlaut Dieresis
Y | Acute, Umlaut Dieresis

### Ligatures and Non-Latin Letters

You can say the following ligatures and non-Latin letters in Spelling mode:

What You Say | Result
--- | ---
A E Diphthong A E Ligature Ligature A E | æ
O Slash | ø
O E Diphthong O E Ligature Ligature O E | œ
Eszet Sharp S German Sharp German Sharp S | ß
S Wedge | š
Icelandic Eth | ð
Icelandic Thorn | þ

### Numerals

Numerals are individual digits. To type a digit in Spelling mode:

- Say the name of the digit, e.g. Zero, One, etc.

- Or, say Numeral followed by the name of the digit, e.g. Numeral Zero, Numeral One, etc. (Do not say Number, which signifies the hash sign, `#`.)

Some numeric symbols are discussed as punctuation.