> ## Documentation Index
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# Symbols & Delimiters

> Brackets, quotes, dollar signs, and other symbols.

Scout supports a range of symbol commands for brackets, quotes, and programming operators.

## Brackets and quotes

| Say             | Output | Alternatives        |
| --------------- | ------ | ------------------- |
| "open paren"    | `(`    | "open parenthesis"  |
| "close paren"   | `)`    | "close parenthesis" |
| "open bracket"  | `[`    | —                   |
| "close bracket" | `]`    | —                   |
| "open brace"    | `{`    | "open curly"        |
| "close brace"   | `}`    | "close curly"       |
| "open quote"    | `"`    | —                   |
| "close quote"   | `"`    | —                   |

## Common symbols

| Say            | Output  | Alternatives |        |
| -------------- | ------- | ------------ | ------ |
| "at sign"      | `@`     | —            |        |
| "dollar sign"  | `$`     | —            |        |
| "percent sign" | `%`     | —            |        |
| "hash sign"    | `#`     | "hashtag"    |        |
| "ampersand"    | `&`     | —            |        |
| "equals sign"  | `=`     | —            |        |
| "plus sign"    | `+`     | —            |        |
| "pipe sign"    | \`      | \`           | "pipe" |
| "underscore"   | `_`     | —            |        |
| "backtick"     | `` ` `` | —            |        |
| "ellipsis"     | `...`   | "triple dot" |        |

## Programming symbols

| Say            | Output | Alternatives |
| -------------- | ------ | ------------ |
| "arrow sign"   | `->`   | "arrow"      |
| "fat arrow"    | `=>`   | —            |
| "double colon" | `::`   | —            |

## Examples

| You say                                   | Scout types       |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| "open paren see below close paren"        | `(see below)`     |
| "fn open paren x close paren fat arrow x" | `fn(x) => x`      |
| "std double colon io double colon Result" | `std::io::Result` |

<Note>
  Some single-word aliases like "pipe," "arrow," and "ellipsis" work best at natural boundaries to avoid false triggers when these words appear in normal speech. Multi-word alternatives like "pipe sign," "arrow sign," and "triple dot" are more reliable inline.
</Note>

<Tip>
  Programming symbols like `->`, `=>`, and `::` make dictating code much faster. Combine them with [case transforms](/voice-commands/caps-and-case) like `snake case` or `camel case` for full variable names.
</Tip>