A complete reference to Windows Vista’s Speech Recognition commands.
Working with text
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Insert a new line in the document | New line |
| Insert a new paragraph in the document | New paragraph |
| Insert a tab | Tab |
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Insert the literal word for the next command; for example, you can insert the word "comma" instead of the punctuation mark |
Literal word |
| Insert the numeral form of a number | Numeral number |
| Put the cursor before a specific word | Go to word |
| Put the cursor after a specific word | Go after word |
| Do not insert a space before the next word | No space |
| Go to the start of the sentence that the cursor is in | Go to start of sentence |
| Go to the start of the paragraph the cursor is in | Go to start of paragraph |
| Go to the start of the document | Go to start of document |
| Go to the end of the sentence that the cursor is in | Go to end of sentence |
| Go to the end of the paragraph the cursor is in | Go to end of paragraph |
| Go to the end of the current document | Go to end of document |
| Select the word in the current document | Select word |
| Select the word range in the current document |
Select word range; Select word through word |
| Select all text in the current document | Select all |
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Select the 1-20 words before the location of the cursor |
Select previous 1-20 words; Select previous 10 words |
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Select the 1-20 words after the location of the cursor |
Select next 1-20 words; Select next 10 words |
| Select the last text you dictated | Select that |
| Clear the selection on the screen | Clear selection |
| Capitalize the first letter of the word | Caps word |
| Capitalize all the letters of the word | All caps word |
| Make all the letters in the word lowercase | No caps word |
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Change the next number of words to uppercase |
Change next number of words to uppercase |
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Change the next number of words to lowercase |
Change next number of words to lowercase |
| Delete the previous sentence | Delete previous sentence |
| Delete the next sentence | Delete next sentence |
| Delete the previous paragraph | Delete previous paragraph |
| Delete the next paragraph | Delete next paragraph |
| Delete the selected or last dictated text | Delete that |
Pressing keyboard keys
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Press any key on the keyboard |
Press keyboard key; Press a; Press capital b; Press SHIFT plus a; Press CTRL plus a |
| Press certain keyboard keys without saying "Press" first |
Delete; Backspace; Enter; Page Up; Page down; Home; End; Tab |
Punctuation marks and special characters
| To make this appear | Say this |
|---|---|
| , | Comma |
| ; | Semicolon |
| . | Period; Dot; Full stop; Decimal point |
| : | Colon |
| “ | Open double quote; Open quote; Open inverted commas |
| ” | Close double quote; Close quote; Close inverted commas |
| ‘ | apostrophe |
| ‘ | Open single quote |
| ’ | Close single quote |
| > | Greater than sign |
| < | Less than sign |
| / | Forward slash |
| \ | Backslash |
| ~ | Tilde |
| @ | At sign |
| ! | Exclamation mark; Exclamation point |
| ? | Question mark |
| # | Number sign; Pound sign; Hash sign |
| $ | Dollar sign |
| % | Percent sign |
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^ |
Caret |
| ( | Open parenthesis; Open paren |
| ) | Close parenthesis; Close paren |
| _ | Underscore |
| - | Hyphen; Minus sign; Dash |
| – | En dash |
| — | Em dash; Double dash |
| = | Equal sign |
| + | Plus sign |
| { | Open brace; Open curly bracket |
| } | Close brace; Close curly bracket |
| [ | Open bracket; Open square bracket |
| ] | Close bracket; Close square bracket |
| | | Vertical bar |
| :-) | Press smiley face |
| :-( | Press frowny face |
| ;-) | Press winky face |
| ™ | Trademark sign |
| ¾ | Three quarter sign |
| ¼ | One quarter sign |
| ½ | One half sign |
| £ | Pound sterling sign; pound; pound sign |
| & | Ampersand; and sign |
| * | asterisk |
| // | Double slash |
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` |
Back quote |
| < | Open angle bracket |
| > | Close angle bracket |
| ± | Plus or minus sign |
| « | Open angle quote |
| » | Close angle quote |
| × | Multiplication sign |
| ÷ | Division sign |
| ¢ | Cent sign |
| ¥ | Yen sign |
| § | Section sign |
| © | Copyright sign |
| ® | Registered sign, Registered trademark sign |
| ° | Degree sign |
| ¶ | Paragraph sign |
| … | Ellipsis; Dot dot dot |
| ƒ | Function sign |
Working with common controls
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Click any item by saying its name |
File; Edit; View; Save; bold |
| Click any item |
Click File; Click bold; Click Save; Click Close |
| Double-click any item |
Double-click Computer; Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click Folder name |
| Right-click any item |
Right-click Computer; Right-click Recycle Bin; Right-click Folder name |
| Minimize all windows to show your desktop | Show Desktop |
| Click something you don’t know the name of |
Show numbers (Numbers will appear on the screen for every item in the active window) |
| Click a numbered item | 19 OK; 5 OK |
| Double-click a numbered item | Double-click 19; Double-click 5 |
| Right-click a numbered item | Right-click 19; Right-click 5 |
Working with windows and programs
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Open a program |
Open Paint; Open WordPad; Open program name |
| Switch to an open program |
Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch to program name; Switch application |
| Close a program |
Close that; Close Paint; Close Documents; Close Internet Explorer (only works with the active window) |
| Restore |
Restore that; Restore Paint; Restore Internet Explorer (only works with the active window) |
| Minimize |
Minimize that; Minimize Paint; Minimize Internet Explorer (only works with the active window) |
| Maximize |
Maximize that; Maximize Paint; Maximize Internet Explorer (only works with the active window) |
| Cut | Cut that; Cut |
| Copy | Copy that; Copy |
| Paste | Paste |
| Delete | Delete that; Delete |
| Undo | Undo that; Scratch that; Undo |
| Scroll direction | Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll right; Scroll left |
| Scroll an exact distance in pages | Scroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages |
| Scroll an exact distance in other units | Scroll up 5; Scroll down 7 |
| Go to a field in a form or a program |
Go to field name; Go to Subject; Go to Address; Go to Cc |
Clicking anywhere on the screen
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Show the mousegrid | Mousegrid |
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Move the mouse pointer to the center of any mousegrid square |
number—or numbers—of the square; 1; 7; 9; 1, 7, 9 |
| Click any mousegrid square | Click number of the square |
| Select an item to drag with the mousegrid |
number—or numbers—of the square where the item appears; 3, 7, 9 (followed by) mark |
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Select an area where you want to drag the item with the mousegrid |
number—or numbers—of the square where you want to drag; 4, 5, 6 (followed by) click |
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