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Windows Speech Recognition lets you control your PC by voice alone, without
needing a keyboard or mouse. The following tables list commands that you can
use with Speech Recognition.
If a word or phrase is bold, it's an example. Replace it with similar words to get
the result you want.
For info on how to set up Speech Recognition for the first time, see Use speech
recognition.
Notes
Any time you need to find out what commands to use, say "what can I say?"
Speech Recognition is only available for the following languages: English
(United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Australia), French, German,
Japanese, Mandarin (Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.
Common Speech Recognition commands

To do this
Say this
Open Start
Start
Open Cortana
Press Windows C
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Note
Cortana is only available 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 app
Right-click; Press
Windows Z; press 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; Doubleclick 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
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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
Turn on listening mode
Start listening
Turn off listening mode
Stop listening
Move the Speech Recognition microphone bar
Move speech
recognition
Minimize the microphone bar
Minimize speech
recognition
Commands for dictation

To do this
Say this
Insert a new line in the document
New line
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Insert a new paragraph in the document
New paragraph
Insert a tab
Tab
Insert the literal word (for example, insert

the word "comma" instead of the
punctuation mark)
Literal word
Insert the numeral form of a number (for

examples, insert 3 instead of the word three)
Numeral number
Put the cursor before a specific word
Go to word
Put the cursor after a specific word
Go after word
Don't insert a space before the next word
No space
Go to the start of the current sentence
Go to start of sentence
Go to the start of the current paragraph
Go to start of paragraph
Go to the start of the current document
Go to start of document
Go to the end of the current sentence
Go to end of sentence
Go to the end of the current paragraph
Go to end of paragraph
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Go to the end of the current document
Go to end of document
Select a word in the current document
Select word
Select a word range in the current

document
Select word range; Select

word through word
Select all text in the current document
Select all
Select a number of words before the

location of the cursor
Select previous 20 words;

Select previous 10 words
Select a number of words after the location

of the cursor
Select next 20 words;

Select next 10 words
Select the last text you dictated
Select that
Clear the selection on the screen
Clear selection
Capitalize the first letter of a word
Caps word
Capitalize all the letters of a word
All caps word
Make all the letters in a word lowercase
No caps word
Change the next number of words to

uppercase
Change next 10 words to

uppercase
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lowercase
Change next 10 words to

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 dictated text
Delete that
Commands for the keyboard

To do this
Say this
Press a key or key

combination
Press keyboard key; Press A; Press

capital B; Press Shift plus A; Press Ctrl
plus A
Press certain keyboard keys

without saying "press" first
Delete; Backspace; Enter; Page Up;

Page Down; Home; End; Tab
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

To Insert this
Say 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
Open parenthesis; Open paren
Close parenthesis; Close paren
Underscore
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-
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
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Trademark sign
Three-quarter sign
One-quarter sign
One-half sign
Pound sterling sign
&
Ampersand; And sign
Asterisk
//
Double slash
Back quote
<
Open angle bracket
>
Close angle bracket
Plus or minus sign
Open angle quote
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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
Function sign
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Commands for Windows and apps

To do this
Say this
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 Computer; Double-click Recycle

Bin; Double-click folder name
Right-click an item
Right-click Computer; Right-click Recycle Bin;

Right-click folder name
Minimize all windows

to show your desktop
Show desktop
Select something if
you don't know what
it's called
Show numbers (Numbers will appear on the

screen for every item in the active window. Say
an item's corresponding number to select it.)
Select 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
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Open an app
Open Paint; Open WordPad; Open app name
Switch to an open
app
Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad; Switch 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
Undo
Undo that; Scratch that; Undo
Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll right; Scroll left
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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 app
Go to field name; Go to Subject; Go to

Address; Go to cc
Commands for using the mouse

To do this
Say this
Show the mousegrid
Mousegrid
Move the pointer to the

center of a mousegrid square
Number of the square; 1; 7; 9
Select a mousegrid square
Click number of the square
Select an item to drag with

the mouse
Number of the square where the item

appears (followed by) mark; 3 mark; 7
mark; 9 mark
Select an area in the

mousegrid where you want
to drag the item
Number of the square where you want

to drag the item (followed by) click; 4
click; 5 click; 6 click
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Windows 7
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. 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. Open Speech Recognition by clicking the Start button

, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking Ease of Access,
and then clicking 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
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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 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
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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.
Dictation
Commands for working with text
The following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to work with
text. 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
Insert a new line in the document
New line
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Insert a new paragraph in the document
New paragraph
Insert a tab
Tab
Insert the literal word for the next command

(for example, you can insert the word "comma"
instead of the punctuation mark)
Literal word
Insert the numeral form of a number
Numeral number
Put the cursor before a specific word
Go to word
Put the cursor after a specific word
Go after word
Don't insert a space before the next word
No space
Go to the start of the sentence that the cursor

is in
Go to start of sentence
Go to the start of the paragraph the cursor is in
Go to start of
paragraph
Go to the start of the document
Go to start of
document
Go to the end of the sentence that the cursor is

in
Go to end of sentence
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Go to the end of the paragraph that the cursor

is in
Go to end of
paragraph
Go to the end of the current document
Go to end of
document
Select the word in the current document
Select word
Select the word range in the current document
Select word range;

Select word through
word
Select all text in the current document
Select all
Select a number of words before the location

of the cursor
Select previous 20
words; Select previous
10 words
Select a number of words after the location of

the cursor
Select next 20 words;

Select next 10 words
Select the last text you dictated
Select that
Clear the selection on the screen
Clear selection
Capitalize the first letter of the word
Caps word
Capitalize all the letters of the word
All caps word
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Make all the letters in the word lowercase
No caps word

uppercase
Change next 10 words

to uppercase
Change the next number of words to lowercase
Change next 10 words

to 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 dictated text
Delete that
Keyboard keys
Commands for keyboard keys
The following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to press
keyboard keys. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different
To do this
Say this
Press any key on the

keyboard
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Press keyboard key; Press a; Press
capital b; Press Shift plus a; Press Ctrl
plus a
Press certain keyboard keys

without saying "press" first
Delete; Backspace; Enter; Page Up;

Page down; Home; End; Tab
Notes
You can also use the ICAONATO phonetic alphabet to say the keyboard keys to
press. For example, you can say "press alpha" to press "a" or "press bravo" to
press "b."
Using Speech Recognition to press keyboard keys will only work with Latin
alphabets.
Punctuation marks and special characters

Commands for punctuation marks and special characters
The following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to insert
punctuation marks and special characters. 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 make this
appear
Say 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
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Number sign; Pound sign
Dollar sign
Percent sign
Caret
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
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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
Three quarter sign
One quarter sign
One half sign
Pound sterling sign
&
Ampersand; And sign
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Asterisk
//
Double slash
Back quote
<
Open angle bracket
>
Close angle bracket
Plus or minus sign
Open angle quote
Close angle quote
Multiplication sign
Division sign
Cent sign
Yen sign
Section sign
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Copyright sign
Registered sign, Registered trademark sign
Degree sign
Paragraph sign
...
Ellipsis; Dot dot dot
Function sign
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Controls
Commands for using common controls
The following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to perform
tasks in Windows. Words in italic font indicate that you can say many different
To do this
Say this
Click any item by

saying its name
File; Edit; View; Save; Bold
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
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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
Windows
Commands for working with windows
The following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to work 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
Open a program
Open Paint; Open WordPad; Open program

name
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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
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
Undo
Undo that; Scratch that; Undo
Scroll up; Scroll down; Scroll right; Scroll left
Scroll an exact distance

in pages
Scroll down 2 pages; Scroll up 10 pages
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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
Click anywhere on the screen

Commands for clicking anywhere on the screen
The following table shows commands for using Speech Recognition to click
anywhere on the screen. 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
Show the mousegrid
Mousegrid
Move the mouse pointer to

the center of any mousegrid
square
Numberor numbersof the square;

1; 7; 9; 1, 7, 9
Click any mousegrid square
Click number of the square
Select an item to drag with

the mousegrid
Numberor numbersof the square

where the item appears; 3, 7, 9
(followed by) mark
Select an area where you

want to drag the item with
the mousegrid
Numberor numbersof the square

where you want to drag; 4, 5, 6
(followed by) click
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Common Speech Recognition commands

Windows Speech Recognition commands

Cortana is only available in certain

Perform an action in an app

Select an item by its name

File; Start; View

Select an item or icon

Click Recycle Bin;

Switch to an open app

Scroll in one direction

Scroll up; Scroll down;

Windows Speech Recognition commands

Insert a new paragraph or new line in a

New paragraph; New

Select a word in a document

Select a word and start to correct it

Select and delete specific words

Show a list of applicable commands

What can I say?

Update the list of speech commands that are

Turn on listening mode

Turn off listening mode

Move the Speech Recognition microphone bar

Minimize the microphone bar

Commands for dictation

Insert a new line in the document

Windows Speech Recognition commands

Insert a new paragraph in the document

Insert the literal word (for example, insert

Insert the numeral form of a number (for

Put the cursor before a specific word

Put the cursor after a specific word

Don't insert a space before the next word

Go to the start of the current sentence

Go to the start of the current paragraph

Go to the start of the current document

Go to the end of the current sentence

Go to the end of the current paragraph

Windows Speech Recognition commands

Go to the end of the current document

Select a word in the current document

Select a word range in the current

Select word range; Select

Select all text in the current document

Select a number of words before the

Select previous 20 words;

Select a number of words after the location

Select next 20 words;

Select the last text you dictated

Clear the selection on the screen

Capitalize the first letter of a word

Capitalize all the letters of a word

All caps word

Make all the letters in a word lowercase

Change the next number of words to

Change next 10 words to

Windows Speech Recognition commands

Change the next number of words to

Change next 10 words to

Delete the previous sentence

Delete previous sentence

Delete the next sentence