Common Commands in Speech Recognition
Common 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 Recognition 1. Click to open Windows Speech Recognition. 2. Say "start listening" or click the Microphone button to start the listening mode.
Note
* Speech Recognition is available only in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Common Speech Recognition commands
Frequently used commands
The 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 in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results. To do this | Say this | Click any item by its name | Click File; Start; View | Click any item | Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer; Click file name | Double-click any item | Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click Computer; Double-click file name | Switch to an open program | 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 line in a document | New paragraph; New line | Select a word in a document | Select word | Select a word and start to correct it | Correct word | Select and delete specific words | Delete word | Show a list of applicable commands | What can I say? | Update the list of speech commands that are currently available | Refresh speech commands | Make the computer listen to you | Start listening | Make the computer stop listening | Stop
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 Recognition 1. Click to open Windows Speech Recognition. 2. Say "start listening" or click the Microphone button to start the listening mode.
Note
* Speech Recognition is available only in English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.
Common Speech Recognition commands
Frequently used commands
The 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 in place of the example word or phrase and get useful results. To do this | Say this | Click any item by its name | Click File; Start; View | Click any item | Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer; Click file name | Double-click any item | Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click Computer; Double-click file name | Switch to an open program | 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 line in a document | New paragraph; New line | Select a word in a document | Select word | Select a word and start to correct it | Correct word | Select and delete specific words | Delete word | Show a list of applicable commands | What can I say? | Update the list of speech commands that are currently available | Refresh speech commands | Make the computer listen to you | Start listening | Make the computer stop listening | Stop