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 listening
Move the Speech Recognition microphone bar	Move speech recognition
Minimize the microphone bar	Minimize speech recognition
View Windows Help and Support content about specific tasks	How 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 Speech Recognizer. For more information, see Setting speech options.