Dictation Reference

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Basic Math

Say"plus / add"

Output

+

Say"minus / subtract"

Output

-

Say"times / dot"

Output

\cdot

Say"over / divided by"

Output

\frac{x}{y}

Say"is equal to"

Output

=

Say"not equal to"

Output

\neq

Say"x squared"

Output

x^2

Say"y cubed"

Output

y^3

Say"to the power of N"

Output

x^{N}

Say"subscript N"

Output

x_{N}

Say"square root of x"

Output

\sqrt{x}

Say"absolute value of x"

Output

|x|

Say"integral from A to B"

Output

\int_A^B

Say"derivative with respect to x"

Output

\frac{d}{dx}

Say"limit as x approaches zero"

Output

\lim_{x \to 0}

Say"summation from 1 to N"

Output

\sum_{i=1}^N

Say"sine / cosine / tangent"

Output

\sin x

Say"natural log"

Output

\ln x