# Writing words like "comma" in voice-to-text
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-words-like-comma-in-voice-to-text/1005632
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-words-like-comma-in-voice-to-text/1005632 "2024-08-13T00:08:44Z")
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### Author:  [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-words-like-comma-in-voice-to-text/1005632/1 "2024-08-13T00:08:44Z")
I put comments on student papers using Microsoft’s native voice-to-text feature – it’s a huge timesaver when grading many dozens of papers. But I frequently want to type a comment like “You need a comma after this word”, which the app renders as “You need a, after this word”. The same thing happens if I spell out c-o-m-m-a as I narrate – the app starts typing the word out, but when it gets to the a and realizes it’s the word comma, it changes it to a “,”. Is there any way to make this work as I want it to?
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### Author:  [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-words-like-comma-in-voice-to-text/1005632/2 "2024-08-13T00:53:38Z")
It’s a kind of kludge, but you could speak a word it will voice recognize (or a pair of words that don’t go together) then at the end do a global replace.