Symbol | The character by itself | In Context |
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tilde | ~ | https:// www.website.com/ ~user |
backtick mark | ` | &id=`1` |
exclamation mark | ! | This is exciting! This is exciting. |
inverted exclamation mark, typed as ¡ | ¡ | Intersante. ¡Ay caramba! Intersante. Ay caramba. |
at symbol | @ | I have a message for @paul |
pound/hash/number sign | # | I live at apartment #40 |
caret | ^ | This is ^not the worst I’ve seen |
ampersand, typed as & | & | M&Ms BB&T black & white |
ampersand | & | M&Ms BB&T black & white |
asterisk | * | Fields marked with * are required. Name* |
left parenthesis | ( | I am (understandably) excited. |
right parenthesis | ) | I am (understandably) excited. |
dash (minus/hyphen) | - | blue-green. This is - not unexpectedly - a parenthetical clause. |
m dash, typed as — | — | This is also—not unexpectedly—a parenthetical clause. |
n dash, typed as – | – | This is another – not unexpectedly – parenthetical clause. This is another–not unexpectedly–parenthetical clause. |
underscore | _ | my_file_name.jpg |
comma | , | The house is green, red, and orange. |
period | . | I like cheese. |
three periods (pseudo ellipses) | ... | This sentence trails off... And here is another sentence. |
ellipses typed as … | … | This sentence trails off… And here is another sentence. |
forward slash | / | home/products/widgets Give him/her a prize. https://www.deque.com |
backslash | \ | c:\folder\file.docx |
vertical bar | | | Products | Our web site |
question mark | ? | What do you mean? Are you angry?? Are you still angry?!? |
inverted question mark, typed as ¿ | ¿ | No estoy seguro. ¿Quién soy? No estoy seguro. Quién soy. |
semi-colon | ; | The sentence paused; but not for long. |
colon | : | Gaseous: having the properties of a gas.
https://www.deque.com |
double quotation mark | " | I feel "fine," she said, sarcastically. |
double quotation mark, typed as " | " | I feel "fine," she said, sarcastically. |
right double quotation mark, typed as ” | ” | I feel “fine,” she said, sarcastically. |
left double quotation mark, typed as “ | “ | I feel “fine,” she said, sarcastically. |
left double angle bracket, typed as « | « | This is a «word» surrounded by angle brackets. |
right double angle bracket, typed as » | » | Home » Products |
‹ (written as ‹) | ‹ | This is a ‹word› surrounded by angle brackets. |
› (written as ›) | › | Home › Products |
single quotation mark, or apostrophe | ‘ | Don’t rock the boat. This is Mary’s. This is a ‘quotation’ of sorts. |
right single quotation mark, or right apostrophe, typed as ’ | ’ | Don’t rock the boat. This is Mary’s This is a ‘quotation’ of sorts. |
left single quotation mark, or left apostrophe, typed as ‘ | ‘ | This is a ‘quotation’ of sorts. |
left brace | { | You should {brace} yourself. |
right brace | } | You should {brace} yourself. |
left bracket | [ | You should [bracket] your words. |
right bracket | ] | You should [bracket] your words. |
Symbol | The character by itself | In Context |
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copyright, written as © | © | This content © Deque. |
registered trademark symbol, written as ® | ® | Spam® |
trademark symbol, TM, written as ™ | ™ | Fits like a glove™ |
section, written as § | § | Be sure to read §24.1. |
paragraph symbol, written as ¶ | ¶ | Have you seen ¶3 on page 3? |
small bullet, written as · | · | · A phrase · and another phrase |
medium bullet, written as • | • | • A phrase • and another phrase |
dagger, written as † | † | Read the footnote† |
double dagger, written as ‡ | ‡ | Read the other footnote‡ |
right arrow, written as → | → | Press the → key |
left arrow, written as ⇆ | ← | Press the ← key |
up arrow, written as ↑ | ↑ | Press the ↑ key |
down arrow, written as ↓ | ↓ | Press the ↓ key |
horizontal arrow, written as ↔ | ↔ | Move ↔ horizontally. |
double right arrow, written as ⇒ | ⇒ | Look over there ⇒ at that shark. |
double left arrow, written as ⇚ | ⇚ | Look over there ⇚ at that dolphin. |
double up arrow, written as ⇑ | ⇑ | Look up there ⇑ at that platypus. |
double down arrow, written as ⇓ | ⇓ | Look down there ⇓ at that echidna. |
double horizontal arrow, written as ⇔ | ⇔ | I’m ⇔ confused. |
playing cards: spades, written as ♠ | ♠ | Let’s call a ♠ a ♠. |
playing cards: clubs, written as ♣ | ♣ | I found a ♣. Today is my lucky day. |
playing cards: hearts, written as ♥ | ♥ | I ♥ you. |
playing cards: diamonds, written as ♦ | ♦ | Someone once said a ♦ is a girl’s best friend. |
Symbol | The character by itself | In Context | JAWS | NVDA | VoiceOver |
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dollar symbol | $ | $21 | |||
Euro symbol, written as € | € | €21 | |||
Yen symbol, written as ¥ | ¥ | ¥500 | |||
Pound symbol, written as £ | £ | £10 |
Symbol | The character by itself | In Context | JAWS | NVDA | VoiceOver |
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plus | + | 5+2 | |||
minus, written as − | − | 5−2 | |||
plus or minus, written as ± | ± | 5±2 | |||
divided by, written as ÷ | ÷ | 5÷2 | |||
multiplied by, written as × | × | 5×2 | |||
equal sign | = | 5=3+2 | |||
not equal, written as ≠ | ≠ | 5≠2 | |||
approximately equal, written as ≈ | ≈ |
5≈4.999 5 ≈ 4.999 |
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percent | % | 5% | |||
percent with 2-digit denominator, written as ‰ | ‰ | 5‰ | |||
fraction: half, written as ½ | ½ | ½ cup | |||
fraction: one quarter, written as ¼ | ¼ | ¼ liter | |||
fraction: three quarters, written as ¾ | ¾ | ¾ kilometer | |||
less than, written as < | < | 5<6 | |||
greater than, written as > | > | 5>4 | |||
less than or equal, written as ≤ | ≤ | 5≤x | |||
greater than or equal, written as ≥ | ≥ | 5≥y | |||
prime, written as ′ | ′ | 1′ | |||
double prime, written as ″ | ″ | 1″ | |||
degree, written as ° | ° | 90° | |||
sum, written as ∑ | ∑ | ∑i=x+y | |||
microns, written as µ | µ | 5µ |