Punctuation in dictation

When I’m dictating a message, Siri spells out the word “period” at the end of a sentence instead of the punctuation mark. I’m using the English US keyboard. How do I fix this?

iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Dec 30, 2022 11:57 PM

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Dec 31, 2022 2:08 PM in response to SravanKrA

The period. I dictate it. Siri used to put a period at the end of the sentence when I told her to. Now she spells it out. I don’t want to change my dictation habits or have her second guessing me. (I tend to write in elliptical sentences with lots of phrases set off by commas.)

Dec 31, 2022 12:09 AM in response to mattfromannapolis

It says "period" for which punctuation mark?

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