Voice Commands

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Show allHide allCommon commands in Speech Recognition

You can print this topic for quick reference while you're using Windows Speech Recognition.

How do I use Speech Recognition?To use Speech Recognition, the first thing you need to do is set it up on your computer. To learn how to do that, see Set up Speech Recognition. When you're ready to use Speech Recognition, you need to speak in simple, short commands. The tables below include some of the more commonly used commands.

To open Speech RecognitionClick to open Windows Speech Recognition.

Say "start listening" or click the Microphone button to start the listening mode.

NoteSpeech Recognition is available only in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Common Speech Recognition commandsFrequently used commandsThe following table shows some of the most commonly used commands in Speech Recognition. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different things inplace of the example word or phrase and get useful results.

To do thisSay this

Click any item by its nameClick File; Start; View

Click any itemClick Recycle Bin; Click Computer; Click file name

Double-click any itemDouble-click Recycle Bin; Double-click Computer; Double-click file name

Switch to an open programSwitch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch to program name; Switch application

Scroll in one directionScroll up; Scroll down; Scroll left; Scroll rightInsert a new paragraph or new line in a documentNew paragraph; New lineSelect a word in a documentSelect word

Select a word and start to correct itCorrect word

Select and delete specific words

Delete word

Show a list of applicable commands


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What can I say?Update the list of speech commands that are currently availableRefresh speech commandsMake the computer listen to youStart listening

Make the computer stop listeningStop listeningMove the Speech Recognition microphone barMove speech recognitionMinimize the microphone barMinimize speech recognitionView Windows Help and Support content about specific tasksHow do I do something?

For example, say How do I install a printer? and a list of help topics is returned.

Note that this command is only available if you're using the U.S. English SpeechRecognizer. For more information, see Setting speech options.

DictationCommands for working with textThe following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to work with text. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different things in placeof the example word or phrase and get useful results.

To do thisSay thisInsert a new line in the documentNew lineInsert a new paragraph in the documentNew paragraphInsert a tabTabInsert 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 numberNumeral number

Put the cursor before a specific wordGo to word

Put the cursor after a specific wordGo after word

Don't insert a space before the next wordNo space


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Go to the start of the sentence that the cursor is inGo to start of sentenceGo to the start of the paragraph the cursor is inGo to start of paragraph

Go to the start of the documentGo to start of documentGo to the end of the sentence that the cursor is inGo to end of sentenceGo to the end of the paragraph that the cursor is inGo to end of paragraphGo to the end of the current documentGo to end of document

Select the word in the current documentSelect word

Select the word range in the current documentSelect word range; Select word through word

Select all text in the current documentSelect allSelect a number of words before the location of the cursorSelect previous 20 words; Select previous 10 wordsSelect a number of words after the location of the cursor

Select next 20 words; Select next 10 wordsSelect the last text you dictatedSelect thatClear the selection on the screenClear selectionCapitalize the first letter of the wordCaps word

Capitalize all the letters of the wordAll caps word

Make all the letters in the word lowercaseNo caps word

Change the next number of words to uppercaseChange next 10 words to uppercaseChange the next number of words to lowercaseChange next 10 words to lowercaseDelete the previous sentenceDelete previous sentence

Delete the next sentenceDelete next sentence


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Delete the previous paragraphDelete previous paragraphDelete the next paragraphDelete next paragraph

Delete the selected or last dictated textDelete that

Keyboard keysCommands for keyboard keysThe following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to press keyboard keys. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different things inplace of the example word or phrase and get useful results.

To do thisSay this

Press any key on the keyboardPress keyboard key; Press a; Press capital b; Press Shift plus a; Press Ctrl plus a

Press certain keyboard keys without saying "press" firstDelete; Backspace; Enter; Page Up; Page down; Home; End; Tab

NotesYou can also use the ICAO\NATO phonetic alphabet to say the keyboard keys to press. For example, you can say "press alpha" to press "a" or "press bravo" to press "b."

Using Speech Recognition to press keyboard keys will only work with Latin alphabets.

Punctuation marks and special charactersCommands for punctuation marks and special charactersThe following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to insert punctuation marks and special characters. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different things in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results.

To make this appearSay this,Comma;Semicolon.Period; Dot; Decimal point:Colon

Open double quote; Open quote


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En dashEm dash

=Equal sign+Plus sign{Open brace; Open curly bracket}Close brace; Close curly bracket

[Open bracket; Open square bracket]Close bracket; Close square bracketVertical bar:-)Smiley face:-(

Frowny face;-)Winky faceTrademark signThree quarter signOne quarter signOne half signPound sterling sign&Ampersand; And sign*Asterisk

//Double slash


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`Back quoteClose angle bracketPlus or minus signOpen angle quoteClose angle quote

Multiplication signDivision signCent signYen sign

Section signCopyright signRegistered sign, Registered trademark signDegree signParagraph signEllipsis; Dot dot dotFunction sign

ControlsCommands for using common controlsThe following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to perform tasksin Windows. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different thing

s in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results.

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Say thisClick any item by saying its nameFile; Edit; View; Save; Bold

Click any itemClick File; Click Bold; Click Save; Click Close

Double-click any itemDouble-click Computer; Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click folder name

Right-click any itemRight-click Computer; Right-click Recycle Bin; Right-click folder name

Minimize all windows to show your desktopShow desktopClick something you don't know the name ofShow numbers (Numbers will appear on the screen for every item in the active wi

ndow. Say an item's corresponding number to click it.)Click a numbered item19 OK; 5 OKDouble-click a numbered itemDouble-click 19; Double-click 5

Right-click a numbered itemRight-click 19; Right-click 5

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Commands for working with windowsThe following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to work with windows and programs. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many differentthings in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results.

To do thisSay thisOpen a programOpen Paint; Open WordPad; Open program name

Switch to an open programSwitch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch to program name; Switch applicationClose a programClose that; Close Paint; Close Documents

MinimizeMinimize that; Minimize Paint; Minimize Documents

MaximizeMaximize that; Maximize Paint; Maximize Documents

RestoreRestore that; Restore Paint; Restore Documents

CutCut that; Cut


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CopyCopy that; CopyPastePaste

DeleteDelete that; DeleteUndoUndo that; Scratch that; UndoScroll in one directionScroll up; Scroll down; Scroll right; Scroll leftScroll an exact distance in pagesScroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages

Scroll an exact distance in other unitsScroll up 5; Scroll down 7

Go to a field in a form or a programGo to field name; Go to Subject; Go to Address; Go to Cc

Click anywhere on the screenCommands for clicking anywhere on the screenThe following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to click anywhere on the screen. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different things in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results.

To do thisSay thisShow the mousegridMousegridMove the mouse pointer to the center of any mousegrid squareNumberor numbersof the square; 1; 7; 9; 1, 7, 9Click any mousegrid squareClick number of the square

Select an item to drag with the mousegridNumberor numbersof the square where the item appears; 3, 7, 9 (followed by) markSelect an area where you want to drag the item with the mousegridNumberor numbersof the square where you want to drag; 4, 5, 6 (followed by) click