Voice Command Guide
General voice commands:
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Turn off the microphone | Microphone off |
| Put SpeechPulse to sleep | Go to sleep |
| Wake up SpeechPulse from sleep | Wake up |
| Add a new line | New line |
| Add a new paragraph | New paragraph |
| Switch to "Dictation & commands" mode | Dictation and commands |
| Switch to "Dictation only" mode | Dictation only |
| Switch to "Commands only" mode | Commands only |
| Switch to "Auto punctuation" mode | Auto punctuation |
| Switch to "Manual punctuation" mode | Manual punctuation |
| Open SpeechPulse editor | Open editor |
| Transfer text from the SpeechPulse editor | Transfer text |
| Show SpeechPulse user guide | User guide / Display user guide |
| Show the list of supported voice commands | Voice command guide / Display voice command guide |
| Minimize SpeechPulse | Minimize speech recognition |
| Maximize SpeechPulse | Maximize speech recognition |
| Close the active window | Close window |
| Minimize the active window | Minimize window |
| Maximize the active window | Maximize window |
| Restore the active window | Restore window |
| Select all text in the current document | Select all |
| Delete the selected text | Delete that |
| Cut the selected text to clipboard | Cut that |
| Copy the selected text to clipboard | Copy that |
| Paste text from clipboard | Paste that |
| Undo the last operation | Undo that |
| Undo the last operation [n] times | Undo that [n] times (e.g. "Undo that 5 times") |
| Redo the last operation | Redo that |
| Redo the last operation [n] times | Redo that [n] times (e.g. "Redo that 5 times") |
| Scroll up using mouse | Scroll up |
| Scroll up using mouse [n] times | Scroll up [n] times (e.g. "Scroll up 5 times") |
| Scroll down using mouse | Scroll down |
| Scroll down using mouse [n] times | Scroll down [n] times (e.g. "Scroll down 5 times") |
| Move the cursor left [n] characters from the current position | Move left [n] characters / Go left [n] characters (e.g. "Move left 20 characters") |
| Move the cursor right [n] characters from the current position | Move right [n] characters / Go right [n] characters (e.g. "Move right 20 characters") |
| Move the cursor up [n] lines from the current position | Move up [n] lines / Go up [n] lines (e.g. "Move up 20 lines") |
| Move the cursor down [n] lines from the current position | Move down [n] lines / Go down [n] lines (e.g. "Move down 20 lines") |
| Insert the numeral form of a number (e.g. 5 instead of five) | Numeral [number] |
| Insert the roman numeral form of a number (e.g. V instead of 5) | Roman numeral [number] |
| Insert the literal form of a number (e.g. five instead of 5) | Literal [number] |
| Insert the literal form of a word (e.g. "comma" instead of the punctuation mark ",") | Literal [word] |
Keyboard press commands:
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Press a key | Press [Key] / Press [Key] key (e.g. "Press Enter" / "Press Enter key") |
| Press a key [n] times (Supported keys: Enter, Backspace, Up, Down, Left, Right, Page down, Page up, Space, Tab) | Press [Key] [n] times (e.g. "Press Enter 5 times") |
| Press a hotkey | Press [Hotkey] (e.g. "Press Control F" / "Press Control Alt F2" / "Press Control Z") |
Manual punctuation commands:
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Insert the numeral form of a number (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | Numeral [number] (e.g. "I've waited at the station for Numeral 5 hours.") |
| Insert the roman numeral form of a number (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | Roman numeral [number] |
| Insert the literal form of a number (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | Literal [number] (e.g. "I've waited at the station for Literal 5 hours.") |
| Insert the literal form of a word while dictating special words (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | Literal [word] (e.g. "It was a short Literal period of time.") |
| Capitalize the next word (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | Cap [word] |
| Don't capitalize the next word (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | No cap [word] |
| All capitalize the next word (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | All cap [word] |
| Don't insert a space before the next word (works only at the start of a dictated segment) | No space [text to dictate] |
| Capitalize and don't insert a space before the next word (works only at the start of a dictated segment) | Cap no space [text to dictate] |
| Don't capitalize and don't insert a space before the next word (works only at the start of a dictated segment) | No cap no space [text to dictate] |
| Dictate a segment of text in all uppercase letters (works everywhere inside a dictated segment) | All caps on [text to dictate] All caps off |
Punctuation marks and special characters:
| To insert this | Say this |
|---|---|
| , | Comma |
| . | Full stop / Period / Full point (Say "Full point" if "Full stop" and "Period" are not working) |
| ? | Question mark |
| ! | Exclamation mark |
| : | Colon |
| ; | Semicolon |
| < | Less than sign |
| > | Greater than sign |
| | | Vertical bar |
| ~ | Tilde |
| ° | Degree sign |
| ^ | Caret |
| ... | Ellipsis |
| + | Plus sign |
| - | Hyphen / Minus sign |
| = | Equal sign |
| ÷ | Division sign |
| × | Multiplication sign |
| % | Percent sign |
| # | Hash sign |
| _ | Underscore |
| ` | Backquote |
| – | Dash |
| — | Em dash |
| * | Asterisk |
| & | Ampersand |
| @ | At sign |
| ’ | Apostrophe |
| \ | Backslash |
| / | Slash |
| Press space | |
| ( | Open paren |
| ) | Close paren |
| [ | Open bracket |
| ] | Close bracket |
| { | Open brace |
| } | Close brace |
| " | Open quote / Close quote |
| ' | Open single quote / Close single quote |
| < | Open angle bracket |
| > | Close angle bracket |
| $ | Dollar sign |
| £ | Pound sterling sign |
| € | Euro sign |
SpeechPulse Editor and Microsoft Word:
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Delete previous paragraph | Delete previous paragraph |
| Delete previous sentence | Delete previous sentence |
| Delete next paragraph | Delete next paragraph |
| Delete next sentence | Delete next sentence |
| Select the last dictated text | Select that |
| Delete the last dictated text | Delete that / Scratch that |
| Remove formatting of the last dictated text | Restore that / Format that plain text |
| Clear the current selection | Clear selection / Unselect that |
| Go to the start of the current document | Go to start of document |
| Go to the start of the current paragraph | Go to start of paragraph |
| Go to the start of the current line | Go to start of line |
| Go to the start of the current word | Go to start of word |
| Go to the end of the current document | Go to end of document |
| Go to the end of the current paragraph | Go to end of paragraph |
| Go to the end of the current line | Go to end of line |
| Go to the end of the current word | Go to end of word |
| Clear the currently active text formatting | Clear formatting / Plain text / Set plain text |
| Format the last dictated or currently selected text | Format that [bold][underline][italicize][capitalize] (e.g. "Format that bold capitalize underline") |
| Bold the last dictated or currently selected text | Bold that |
| Underline the last dictated or currently selected text | Underline that |
| Italicize the last dictated or currently selected text | Italicize that |
| Capitalize the last dictated or currently selected text | Capitalize that / Cap that |
| Set all the letters of the last dictated or currently selected text to uppercase | All capitalize that / All cap that |
| Set all the letters of the last dictated or currently selected text to lowercase | No capitalize that / No cap that |
| Set the text editor active formatting to uppercase | All caps on |
| Set the text editor active formatting to lowercase | All caps off |
| Add quotations to the last dictated or currently selected text | Quote that / Quote selection / Add quotations to that |
| Add single quotations to the last dictated or currently selected text | Single quote that / Single quote selection / Add single quotations to that |
| Add brackets to the last dictated or currently selected text | Bracket that / Add brackets to that |
| Change the font of the last dictated or currently selected text | Format that [font name] (e.g. "Format that Times New Roman") |
| Set the text editor active font | Set font [font name] (e.g. "Set font Times New Roman") |
| Change the font size of the last dictated or currently selected text | Format that [n] points (e.g. "Format that 15 points") |
| Set the text editor active font size | Set font size [n] points (e.g. "Set font size 15 points") |
| Select previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Select previous [n] characters (e.g. "Select previous 20 characters") |
| Select next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Select next [n] characters (e.g. "Select next 20 characters") |
| Select previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Select previous [n] words (e.g. "Select previous 20 words") |
| Select next [n] words from the current cursor position | Select next [n] words (e.g. "Select next 20 words") |
| Delete previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Delete previous [n] characters (e.g. "Delete previous 20 characters") |
| Delete next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Delete next [n] characters (e.g. "Delete next 20 characters") |
| Delete previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Delete previous [n] words (e.g. "Delete previous 20 words") |
| Delete next [n] words from the current cursor position | Delete next [n] words (e.g. "Delete next 20 words") |
| Bold previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Bold previous [n] characters (e.g. "Bold previous 20 characters") |
| Bold next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Bold next [n] characters (e.g. "Bold next 20 characters") |
| Bold previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Bold previous [n] words (e.g. "Bold previous 20 words") |
| Bold next [n] words from the current cursor position | Bold next [n] words (e.g. "Bold next 20 words") |
| Underline previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Underline previous [n] characters (e.g. "Underline previous 20 characters") |
| Underline next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Underline next [n] characters (e.g. "Underline next 20 characters") |
| Underline previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Underline previous [n] words (e.g. "Underline previous 20 words") |
| Underline next [n] words from the current cursor position | Underline next [n] words (e.g. "Underline next 20 words") |
| Italicize previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Italicize previous [n] characters (e.g. "Italicize previous 20 characters") |
| Italicize next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Italicize next [n] characters (e.g. "Italicize next 20 characters") |
| Italicize previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Italicize previous [n] words (e.g. "Italicize previous 20 words") |
| Italicize next [n] words from the current cursor position | Italicize next [n] words (e.g. "Italicize next 20 words") |
| Quote previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Quote previous [n] characters (e.g. "Quote previous 20 characters") |
| Quote next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Quote next [n] characters (e.g. "Quote next 20 characters") |
| Quote previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Quote previous [n] words (e.g. "Quote previous 20 words") |
| Quote next [n] words from the current cursor position | Quote next [n] words (e.g. "Quote next 20 words") |
| Bracket previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Bracket previous [n] characters (e.g. "Bracket previous 20 characters") |
| Bracket next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Bracket next [n] characters (e.g. "Bracket next 20 characters") |
| Bracket previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Bracket previous [n] words (e.g. "Bracket previous 20 words") |
| Bracket next [n] words from the current cursor position | Bracket next [n] words (e.g. "Bracket next 20 words") |
| Restore previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Restore previous [n] characters (e.g. "Restore previous 20 characters") |
| Restore next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Restore next [n] characters (e.g. "Restore next 20 characters") |
| Restore previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Restore previous [n] words (e.g. "Restore previous 20 words") |
| Restore next [n] words from the current cursor position | Restore next [n] words (e.g. "Restore next 20 words") |
| Capitalize previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | Capitalize previous [n] characters (e.g. "Capitalize previous 20 characters") |
| Capitalize next [n] characters from the current cursor position | Capitalize next [n] characters (e.g. "Capitalize next 20 characters") |
| Capitalize previous [n] words from the current cursor position | Capitalize previous [n] words (e.g. "Capitalize previous 20 words") |
| Capitalize next [n] words from the current cursor position | Capitalize next [n] words (e.g. "Capitalize next 20 words") |
| All capitalize previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | All capitalize previous [n] characters (e.g. "All capitalize previous 20 characters") |
| All capitalize next [n] characters from the current cursor position | All capitalize next [n] characters (e.g. "All capitalize next 20 characters") |
| All capitalize previous [n] words from the current cursor position | All capitalize previous [n] words (e.g. "All capitalize previous 20 words") |
| All capitalize next [n] words from the current cursor position | All capitalize next [n] words (e.g. "All capitalize next 20 words") |
| No capitalize previous [n] characters from the current cursor position | No capitalize previous [n] characters (e.g. "No capitalize previous 20 characters") |
| No capitalize next [n] characters from the current cursor position | No capitalize next [n] characters (e.g. "No capitalize next 20 characters") |
| No capitalize previous [n] words from the current cursor position | No capitalize previous [n] words (e.g. "No capitalize previous 20 words") |
| No capitalize next [n] words from the current cursor position | No capitalize next [n] words (e.g. "No capitalize next 20 words") |
| Select text from the current document | Select [text] |
| Select a text range from the current document | Select [text] to [text] / Select [text] through [text] |
| Choose a specific selection when there are multiple matches | [Selection number] / Choose [Selection number] (e.g. "Six" / "Choose Six") |
| Delete text from the current document | Delete [text] |
| Delete a text range from the current document | Delete [text] to [text] / Delete [text] through [text] |
| Cut text from the current document | Cut [text] |
| Cut a text range from the current document | Cut [text] to [text] / Cut [text] through [text] |
| Copy text from the current document | Copy [text] |
| Copy a text range from the current document | Copy [text] to [text] / Copy [text] through [text] |
| Bold text from the current document | Bold [text] / Format Bold [text] |
| Bold a text range from the current document | Bold [text] to [text] / Bold [text] through [text] / Format Bold [text] to [text] / Format Bold [text] through [text] |
| Underline text from the current document | Underline [text] / Format Underline [text] |
| Underline a text range from the current document | Underline [text] to [text] / Underline [text] through [text] / Format Underline [text] to [text] / Format Underline [text] through [text] |
| Italicize text from the current document | Italicize [text] / Format Italicize [text] |
| Italicize a text range from the current document | Italicize [text] to [text] / Italicize [text] through [text] / Format Italicize [text] to [text] / Format Italicize [text] through [text] |
| Restore text from the current document | Restore [text] |
| Restore a text range from the current document | Restore [text] to [text] / Restore [text] through [text] |
| Capitalize text from the current document | Capitalize [text] |
| Capitalize a text range from the current document | Capitalize [text] to [text] / Capitalize [text] through [text] |
| All capitalize text from the current document | All capitalize [text] |
| All capitalize a text range from the current document | All capitalize [text] to [text] / All capitalize [text] through [text] |
| No capitalize text from the current document | No capitalize [text] |
| No capitalize a text range from the current document | No capitalize [text] to [text] / No capitalize [text] through [text] |
| Quote text from the current document | Quote [text] / Quotation [text] / Add quotations to [text] |
| Quote a text range from the current document | Quote [text] to [text] / Quote [text] through [text] / Quotation [text] to [text] / Quotation [text] through [text] |
| Bracket text from the current document | Bracket [text] / Add brackets to [text] |
| Bracket a text range from the current document | Bracket [text] to [text] / Bracket [text] through [text] |
| Place the cursor before specific text from the current document | Go to [text] / Go before [text] |
| Place the cursor after specific text from the current document | Go after [text] |
| Move the cursor left [n] words from the current position | Move left [n] words / Go left [n] words (e.g. "Move left 20 words") |
| Move the cursor right [n] words from the current position | Move right [n] words / Go right [n] words (e.g. "Move right 20 words") |
| Move the cursor up [n] lines from the current position | Move up [n] lines / Go up [n] lines (e.g. "Move up 20 lines") |
| Move the cursor down [n] lines from the current position | Move down [n] lines / Go down [n] lines (e.g. "Move down 20 lines") |
| Move the cursor back to the previous location after an operation | Go back |
Microsoft Word:
| To do this | Say this |
|---|---|
| Open Microsoft Word with a new document | Open Microsoft Word |
| Select previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Select previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Select previous 5 sentences") |
| Select next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Select next [n] sentences (e.g. "Select next 5 sentences") |
| Select previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Select previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Select previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Select next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Select next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Select next 5 paragraphs") |
| Delete previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Delete previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Delete previous 5 sentences") |
| Delete next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Delete next [n] sentences (e.g. "Delete next 5 sentences") |
| Delete previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Delete previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Delete previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Delete next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Delete next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Delete next 5 paragraphs") |
| Bold previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Bold previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Bold previous 5 sentences") |
| Bold next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Bold next [n] sentences (e.g. "Bold next 5 sentences") |
| Bold previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Bold previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Bold previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Bold next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Bold next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Bold next 5 paragraphs") |
| Underline previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Underline previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Underline previous 5 sentences") |
| Underline next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Underline next [n] sentences (e.g. "Underline next 5 sentences") |
| Underline previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Underline previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Underline previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Underline next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Underline next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Underline next 5 paragraphs") |
| Italicize previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Italicize previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Italicize previous 5 sentences") |
| Italicize next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Italicize next [n] sentences (e.g. "Italicize next 5 sentences") |
| Italicize previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Italicize previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Italicize previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Italicize next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Italicize next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Italicize next 5 paragraphs") |
| Quote previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Quote previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Quote previous 5 sentences") |
| Quote next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Quote next [n] sentences (e.g. "Quote next 5 sentences") |
| Quote previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Quote previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Quote previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Quote next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Quote next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Quote next 5 paragraphs") |
| Bracket previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Bracket previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Bracket previous 5 sentences") |
| Bracket next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Bracket next [n] sentences (e.g. "Bracket next 5 sentences") |
| Bracket previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Bracket previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Bracket previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Bracket next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Bracket next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Bracket next 5 paragraphs") |
| Restore previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Restore previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Restore previous 5 sentences") |
| Restore next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Restore next [n] sentences (e.g. "Restore next 5 sentences") |
| Restore previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Restore previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Restore previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Restore next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Restore next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Restore next 5 paragraphs") |
| Capitalize previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Capitalize previous [n] sentences (e.g. "Capitalize previous 5 sentences") |
| Capitalize next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | Capitalize next [n] sentences (e.g. "Capitalize next 5 sentences") |
| Capitalize previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Capitalize previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Capitalize previous 5 paragraphs") |
| Capitalize next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | Capitalize next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Capitalize next 5 paragraphs") |
| All capitalize previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | All capitalize previous [n] sentences (e.g. "All capitalize previous 5 sentences") |
| All capitalize next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | All capitalize next [n] sentences (e.g. "All capitalize next 5 sentences") |
| All capitalize previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | All capitalize previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "All capitalize previous 5 paragraphs") |
| All capitalize next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | All capitalize next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "All capitalize next 5 paragraphs") |
| No capitalize previous [n] sentences from the current cursor position | No capitalize previous [n] sentences (e.g. "No capitalize previous 5 sentences") |
| No capitalize next [n] sentences from the current cursor position | No capitalize next [n] sentences (e.g. "No capitalize next 5 sentences") |
| No capitalize previous [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | No capitalize previous [n] paragraphs (e.g. "No capitalize previous 5 paragraphs") |
| No capitalize next [n] paragraphs from the current cursor position | No capitalize next [n] paragraphs (e.g. "No capitalize next 5 paragraphs") |
| Move the cursor left [n] sentences from the current position | Move left [n] sentences / Go left [n] sentences (e.g. "Move left 5 sentences") |
| Move the cursor right [n] sentences from the current position | Move right [n] sentences / Go right [n] sentences (e.g. "Move right 5 sentences") |
| Move the cursor up [n] paragraphs from the current position | Move up [n] paragraphs / Go up [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Move up 5 paragraphs") |
| Move the cursor down [n] paragraphs from the current position | Move down [n] paragraphs / Go down [n] paragraphs (e.g. "Move down 5 paragraphs") |