What (exactly) can I say?

Command Tips and Tricks

Command tips and tricks

Speaking Commands

· If you see an ellipsis, “…”, at the end of the text you were just dictating, wait a couple of seconds for it to disappear before speaking.
· Most commands allow variations in their phrasing.

Modes (read this carefully)

Typically, when you have dictation on, the computer will be listening for dictation only. 
In this mode the computer is expecting you to dictate text, and only occasionally give commands. You can speak commands, but most of them require you to speak “Computer,” at the beginning of the command.

If you wish to stop dictation, speak “Stop dictating.” If you wish to resume dictation then speak “Start dictating.”

Relating capitalization and text formatting

Capitalization and text formatting

· Computer, all caps that – Make the selected text or last utterance all upper case.
· Computer, capitalize that – Capitalize the selected text or the last utterance.
· Computer, capitalize/all-caps/lower-case the next/previous <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, compress that – Keep only the first letter of the words in the selected text or last utterance. You can use this to spell words. Saying, “quill indigo nature nature <pause> compress that” will produce “quinn”.
· Computer, lower case that – Make the selected text or last utterance all lower case.
· Computer, remove spaces from that – Remove spaces from the selected text or last utterance.
· Computer, toggle case on that – Reverse the case on the selected text or last utterance.

Relating changing a selection

Changing the selection

· Computer, extend the selection to the right/left by <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, extend the selection to the right/left by <1..99> lines
· Computer, reduce the selection from the right/left by <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, reduce the selection from the right/left by <1..99> lines
· Computer, select the entire document
· Computer, select the first part of this line – Selects from the caret to the beginning of the line.
· Computer, select the first part of this word/sentence/paragraph – Selects from the caret to the beginning of the word/sentence/paragraph.
· Computer, select the next/last <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, select the next/last <1..99> lines
· Computer, select the rest of this line –
Selects from the caret to the end of the line.
· Computer, select the rest of this word/sentence/paragraph – Selects from the caret to the end of the word/sentence/paragraph.
· Computer, select this line
· Computer, select this word/sentence/paragraph
· Computer, clear selection – De-selects the text.

Relating correction

Correction

· Choose-one through Choose-nine - Replaces the recognized word with an alternative word from the correction window.

· Computer, show/hide the correction window

Relating deleting a text

· Computer, copy the selection
· Cross out – Delete the selected text or the last word.
· Cross out phrase – Delete the selected text or the last utterance.
· Computer, cut all – Cuts the entire document onto the clipboard.
· Computer, cut the selection (· Computer, delete selection)
· Computer, delete the last/next character/word/sentence/paragraph/sentence
· Computer, delete the last/next <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, paste over the selection
· Computer, undo/redo that

Relating navigation

Navigation

· Computer, go backwards/forwards <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, go to <phrase> – Places the caret after the last occurrence of the specified phrase.
· Computer, go to the beginning/end of the line
· Computer, go to the beginning/end of the word/sentence/paragraph
· Computer, go to the beginning/end of the document
· Computer, go up/down <1..99> lines
· Computer, scroll up/down <1..99> lines/pages

Relating anything miscellaneous (coming up)

· Computer, add a new word – Adds a new word to the recognizer’s vocabulary. 
· Computer, bullet item – Types in a new line and a bullet.
· Computer, change the font – Brings up Dictation Pad’s font selection dialog box.
· Computer, close Dictation Pad – Closes the Dictation Pad window.
· Computer, close the file
· Computer, copy the selection
· Computer, create a new file
· Computer, cut all – Cuts out all of the text in document and places it onto the clipboard.
· Computer, cut the selection
· Computer, find next/previous – Finds the next/previous occurrence of the phrase found by Search for.
· Computer, help
· Computer, item <1..99> – Types in a new line followed by a number.
· Computer, open a new file
· Computer, paste over the selection
· Computer, save the file
· Computer, save the file as
· Computer, search for <phrase> – Searches for the next occurrence of the specified phrase.
· Computer, send the text to the clipboard – Cuts out all of the text in document and places it onto the clipboard.
· Computer, tell me about Dictation Pad – About box.
· Computer, type in today’s date
· Computer, undo/redo that

Not all commands work only in Voice Explorer Dictation Pad. Many of the commands may be are under construction.

Relating moving text

· Computer, move the selection backwards/forwards <1..99> characters/words/sentences/paragraphs
· Computer, move the selection to the beginning/end of the word/sentence/paragraph
· Computer, move the selection to the beginning/end of the document

Relating punctuation

Punctuation

· & - Ampersand
· * - Asterisk
· @ - At, at-sign
· \ - Backslash
· [ - Open-bracket
· : - Colon
· , - Comma
· { - Open-brace
· - - Dash, hyphen
· $ - Dollar-sign
· -- - Double-dash
· ... - Ellipsis
· } - Close-brace
· ] - Close-bracket
· = - Equals
· ! - Exclamation-point
· > - Close-angle
· ( - Open-paren
· < - Open-angle
· New-line - Enters a new-line..
· New-paragraph - Enters two new-lines.
· % - Percent, percent-sign
· . - Period
· + - Plus sign
· ? - Question-mark
· " - Quote, open-quote, close-quote
· Paragraph - Enters two new-lines.
· ) - Close-paren
· ; - Semicolon
· ' - Single-quote
· / - Slash
· ~ - Tilde
· | - Vertical-bar

Relating spelling

Spelling

· Computer, begin spell mode – Speak this to being spell mode. Once you’re in spell mode, only the first letter of words will be kept.
· Computer, compress that – Keep only the first letter of the words in the selected text or last utterance. You can use this to spell words. Saying, “quill indigo nature nature <pause> compress that” will produce “quinn”.
· Computer, end spell mode – Turn off spell mode and return to normal dictation.
· Computer, insert <1..99> <character> – Types in one or more characters.
· Computer, type in <a sequence of one or more characters> – Types in a sequence of one or more characters. (Ex: “computer, type in alpha two three”.)

The following characters are possible for <character> and <one or more characters>:

· 0..9
· A..Z
· Alpha, bravo, Charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, golf, hotel, India, Juliet, kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, tango, uniform, victor, whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu – A..Z
· Ampersand – *
· At sign – @
· Backslash – \
· Caret – ^
· Capital <A..Z or alpha..zulu> – Type in a capital letter.
· Close angle – >
· Close bracket – ]
· Close brace – }
· Close paren – )
· Dash – -
· Dollar sign – $
· Exclamation-point – !
· Number sign – #
· Minus – -
· Open angle – <
· Open bracket – [
· Open brace – {
· Open paren – (
· Percent – %
· Plus – +
· Slash – /
· Space – Types in a space.
· Tab
· Tilde – ~
· Underline – _
· Vertical bar – |

Relating turning listening on/off

Listening

· Start dictating – Causes the computer to listen for both dictation and commands. “
Start dictating” can only be used if the computer is already listening for commands.
· Start listening for commands – Causes the computer to listen for both dictation and commands. “Start listening for commands” can only be used if the computer is only listening for dictation. When the computer is listening for commands, you don’t have to prefix the commands with “Computer.”
· Stop dictating – Causes the computer to listen only for commands.
· Stop listening – Causes the computer to not listen.
· Stop listening for commands – Stops the computer from listening to most commands, but the computer will still listen for dictation. You can still speak all dictation commands, but you must prefix them with “Computer,” so the computer knows it’s a command and not dictation.