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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.
Say this
Open Start
Start
Open Cortana
Press Windows C
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.
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Open Search
Press Windows S
Doubleclick an item
Select word
Correct word
Delete word
Start listening
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Start listening
Stop listening
Say this
New line
New paragraph
Insert a tab
Tab
Literal word
Numeral number
Go to word
Go after word
No space
Go to start of sentence
Go to start of paragraph
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Go to start of document
Go to end of sentence
Go to end of paragraph
Go to end of document
Select word
Select all
Select that
Clear selection
Caps word
No caps word
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Delete that
Say this
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.
Say this
,
Comma
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Comma
Semicolon
Colon
"
"
'
Apostrophe
'
'
>
<
Forward slash
Backslash
Tilde
At sign
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Question mark
Dollar sign
Percent sign
Caret
Underscore
En dash
Em dash
Equal sign
Plus sign
[
Open bracket; Open square bracket
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Vertical bar
Smiley face
Frowny face
Winky face
Trademark sign
Threequarter sign
Onequarter sign
Onehalf sign
&
Asterisk
//
Double slash
Back quote
<
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>
Multiplication sign
Division sign
Cent sign
Yen sign
Section sign
Copyright sign
Degree sign
Paragraph sign
...
Function sign
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Say this
Doubleclick an item
Rightclick an item
Show desktop
Show numbers Numbers will appear on the screen for every item in
the active window. Say an item's corresponding number to select it.
19 OK; 5 OK
Doubleclick a
numbered item
Rightclick a numbered
item
Open an app
Close an app
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Minimize
Maximize
Restore
Cut
Copy
Paste
Paste
Delete
Undo
Go to a field in a form
or app
Say this
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Article ID: 12427 Last Review: Apr 28, 2016 Revision: 23
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