Use Speech Recognition to operate windows and programs

With Windows Speech Recognition, you can use your voice to work with windows and programs. Usually, you can just say the command that you want to perform. For example, to minimize all open windows, you can say "show desktop." To see the System Properties dialog box, you can say "right-click Computer," and then say "click Properties."

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.

Speech Recognition commands for working with windows and programs

The following table shows Speech Recognition commands for working with windows and programs. 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	Click File; Click Bold; Click Save; Click Close
Double-click any item	Double-click Computer; Double-click Recycle Bin; Double-click folder name
Right-click any item	Right-click Computer; Right-click Recycle Bin; Right-click folder name
Minimize all windows to show your desktop	Show desktop
Click something you don't know the name of	Show numbers (Numbers will appear on the screen for every item in the active window. Say an item's corresponding number to click it.)
Click a numbered item	19 OK; 5 OK
Double-click a numbered item	Double-click 19; Double-click 5
Right-click a numbered item	Right-click 19; Right-click 5
Open a program	Open Paint; Open WordPad; Open program name
Switch to an open program	Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch to program name; Switch application
Close a program	Close that; Close Paint; Close Documents
Minimize	Minimize that; Minimize Paint; Minimize Documents
Restore	Restore that; Restore Paint; Restore Documents
Cut	Cut that; Cut
Copy	Copy that; Copy
Paste	Paste
Delete	Delete that; Delete
Undo	Undo that; Scratch that; Undo
Scroll in one direction	Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll left; Scroll right
Scroll an exact distance in pages	Scroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages
Scroll an exact distance in other units	Scroll up 5; Scroll down 7
Go to a field in a form or a program	Go to field name; Go to Subject; Go to Address; Go to Cc