Spoken layout commands
Say "new paragraph" or "bullet point" and Blabb lays the text out for you. Punctuation you never have to say.
UPDATED 2026-07-28
Punctuation is added for you. Layout is not — you have to ask for it, out loud, in the middle of the sentence you are speaking.
The commands#
| Say | You get |
|---|---|
| "new line" | A line break. The next words start on the line below. |
| "new paragraph" | A blank line, then a new paragraph. |
| "bullet point" | A list item starting with a plain hyphen. |
| A numbered point | A list item starting with a numeral and a full stop. |
| "next point" | The next item in the list you already started. |
Bullets come out as a plain hyphen — - like this. Numbered items come out as a numeral and a full stop — 1. like this. There is no rich formatting involved, so the result behaves the same in an email, a chat box or a text editor.
Punctuation is automatic, but you can still ask#
You do not have to say "comma" or "full stop" — punctuation arrives from the shape of your speech. People coming from older dictation software usually spend a day or two unlearning the habit.
If you do want a particular mark, saying it works: question mark, exclamation mark, colon, semicolon, dash, quotes, brackets, at sign, hashtag, ampersand, percent sign. Those and the rules for numbers are covered in Numbers, symbols and addresses.
Which styles understand them#
Layout commands work in Fix typos, Clear, Professional and Friendly.
Two styles do not act on them. Original runs no cleanup model at all, so it types exactly what you said, including the words "new paragraph" — which is the whole point of it: nothing between the transcript and your cursor. Screen match is built to correct your words against what is on screen and is deliberately told not to introduce formatting you did not dictate, so layout commands are not part of what it does. See Cleanup styles.
A worked example#
Say this, in one breath, at normal speed:
"Three things to check before Friday new paragraph bullet point the invoice from Tuesday next point the signed copy of the lease next point the meeting room booking"
You get a line of text, a blank line, and three hyphenated items underneath it. You never said "comma", "full stop" or "hyphen".
See also#
- Cleanup styles — which style is doing the work.
- How to speak — pace, pauses and what makes recognition worse.