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Using Speech Recognition

open/close an app switch to

restore Speech to Text

Let’s Learn

In the previous lesson, we learned how to display the list of voice commands. We will
practise some of these commands to control our computer. In the ‘Speech Recognition’
window, if you click on the option ‘Open the Speech Reference Card’, a page of voice
commands will be displayed. Here are some of these commands:

To do this Say this
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
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

Minimise Minimise that; Minimise Paint; Minimise Documents

Maximise Maximise that; Maximise Paint; Maximise Documents
Restore Restore that; Restore Paint; Restore Documents

Let’s Practise

Using speech recognition on Windows.

1
Click on the search box of the taskbar
and type ‘Windows Speech Recognition’.
Select the app.

2
The first command we will
use is ‘start listening’.

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