Dragon Voice Commands for Windows
Controlling the Microphone, Opening Programs, Navigating the Computer
Note: For all commands, you may download this cheat sheet from Nuance Download cheat sheet from Nuance.
To Do This... |
Say This |
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| Turn on your microphone (when it's in Sleep mode) | "Wake up" or "Listen to me" |
| Put microphone into Sleep mode | "Go to sleep" or "Stop listening" |
| Get a list of available voice commands | "What can I say?" Then, to search the Help box, say "Show navigation commands," "Show correction commands," "Show formatting commands," "Show punctuation commands," or "Open Help." |
| Launch a program in Windows | "Start program name" - for example, "Start Google Chrome" or "Start Microsoft Word." |
| Open the Windows Start menu | "Click Start" |
| Open the Windows Control Panel | "Open Control Panel" |
| Open Settings or other utilities | "Open Control Panel" then "Click Settings" (for example). |
| Close or minimize an active window | "Close window" or "Minimize window" |
| Mouse - or pointer - control on the screen |
"Move mouse up [or down]" |
| Click an icon on the Windows Desktop |
"Click name of item" Tip: To open a Word document named "Cool Beans" via a desktop shortcut, say, you would use "Double click Cool Beans." This works just like double-clicking with your mouse. |
| Opening a new document in Microsoft Word |
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