Common Speech Recognition commands

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Open Start Start
Open Cortana Press Windows C
Note: Cortana is available only in certain countries/regions, and some Cortana
features might not be available everywhere. If Cortana isn't available or is turned off,
you can still use search.

Open Search Press Windows S

Perform an action in an Right-click; Press Windows Z; press
app ctrl B
Select an item by its name File; Start; View
Select an item or icon Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer;
Click file name
Double-click an item Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-
click Computer; Double-click file
name
Switch to an open app Switch to Paint; Switch
to WordPad; Switch to program
name; Switch application
Scroll in one direction Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll left;
Scroll right
Insert a new paragraph or New paragraph; New line
new line in a document
Select a word in a Select word
document
Select a word and start to Correct word
correct it
Select and delete specific Delete word
words
Show a list of applicable What can I say?
commands
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Update the list of speech Refresh speech commands
commands that are
currently available
Turn on listening mode Start listening
Turn off listening mode Stop listening
Move the Speech Move speech recognition
Recognition microphone
bar
Minimize the microphone Minimize speech recognition
bar

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Commands for dictation

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Insert a new line in the New line
document
Insert a new paragraph in the New paragraph
document
Insert a tab Tab
Insert the literal word (for Literal word
example, insert the word
"comma" instead of the
punctuation mark)
Insert the numeral form of a Numeral number
number (for examples, insert 3
instead of the word three)
Put the cursor before a Go to word
specific word
Put the cursor after a specific Go after word
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word
Don't insert a space before the No space
next word
Go to the start of the current Go to start of sentence
sentence
Go to the start of the current Go to start of paragraph
paragraph
Go to the start of the current Go to start of document
document
Go to the end of the current Go to end of sentence
sentence
Go to the end of the current Go to end of paragraph
paragraph
Go to the end of the current Go to end of document
document
Select a word in the current Select word
document
Select a word range in the Select word range;
current document Select word through word
Select all text in the current Select all
document
Select a number of words Select previous 20 words; Select
before the location of the previous 10 words
cursor
Select a number of words after Select next 20 words; Select
the location of the cursor next 10 words
Select the last text you Select that
dictated
Clear the selection on the Clear selection
screen
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Capitalize the first letter of a Caps word
word
Capitalize all the letters of a All caps word
word
Make all the letters in a word No caps word
lowercase
Change the next number of Change next 10 words to
words to uppercase uppercase
Change the next number of Change next 10 words to
words to lowercase 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 Delete that
dictated text

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Commands for the keyboard

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Press a key or key Press keyboard key; press A;
combination press capital B; press Shift plus A;
press Ctrl plus A
Press certain Delete; Backspace; Enter; Page Up; Page
keyboard keys Down; Home; End; Tab
without saying
"press" first
Notes:
 You can also use the ICAONATO phonetic alphabet. For example, say "press alpha" to press A or "press bravo" to press B.

 Speech Recognition commands for the keyboard works only with languages that use Latin alphabets.

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Commands for punctuation marks and special characters

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this
, Comma
; Semicolon
. Period; Dot; Decimal point
: Colon
" Open double quote; Open quote
" 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
$ Dollar sign
% Percent sign
^ Caret
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this
( Open parenthesis; Open paren
) Close parenthesis; Close paren
_ Underscore
- Hyphen; Minus sign; Dash
- En dash
- Em 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
:-) Smiley face
:-( Frowny face
;-) Winky face
™ Trademark sign
¾ Three-quarter sign
¼ One-quarter sign
½ One-half sign
£ Pound sterling sign
& Ampersand; And sign
* Asterisk
// Double slash
` Back quote
< Open angle bracket
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this
> 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

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Commands for Windows and apps

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Select an item by File; Start; View
its name
Select an item or Click Recycle Bin; click Computer; click file
icon name
Double-click an Double-click Computer; double-
item click Recycle Bin; double-click folder name
Right-click an Right-click Computer; right-click Recycle
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item Bin; right-click folder name
Minimize all Show desktop
windows to show
your desktop
Select something Show numbers (Numbers will appear on the
if you don't know screen for every item in the active window.
what it's called Say an item's corresponding number to
select it.)
Select a 19 OK; 5 OK
numbered item
Double-click a Double-click 19; Double-click 5
numbered item
Right-click a Right-click 19; Right-click 5
numbered item
Open an app Open Paint; Open WordPad; Open app
name
Switch to an open Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch
app to app name; Switch application
Close an app Close that; Close Paint; Close Documents
Minimize Minimize that; Minimize Paint;
Minimize Documents
Maximize Maximize that; Maximize Paint;
Maximize Documents
Restore Restore that; Restore Paint;
Restore Documents
Cut Cut that; Cut
Copy Copy that; Copy
Paste Paste
Delete Delete that; Delete
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Undo Undo that; Scratch that; Undo
Scroll in one Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll right; Scroll left
direction
Scroll an exact Scroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages
distance in pages
Scroll an exact Scroll up 5; Scroll down 7
distance in other
units
Go to a field in a Go to field name; Go to Subject; Go
form or app to Address; Go to cc

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Commands for using the mouse

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Show the mousegrid Mousegrid
Move the pointer to Number of the square; 1; 7; 9
the center of a
mousegrid square
Select a mousegrid Click number of the square
square
Select an item to Number of the square where the item
drag with the mouse appears (followed by)
mark; 3 mark; 7 mark; 9 mark
Select an area in the Number of the square where you want
mousegrid where to drag the item (followed by)
you want to drag click; 4 click; 5 click; 6 click
the item