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Using Speech Recognition

Lesson
Lesson

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The app is now ready to
accept more commands.

Opening Apps Switching Apps Showing the Desktop
Let’s open a few apps. To switch apps, say: ‘Show Desktop’

‘Open Microsoft Paint’ ‘Switch to Microsoft Paint’
‘Open Microsoft Word’ ‘Switch to Calculator’ Closing an App
‘Open Calculator’ ‘Switch to Microsoft Word’ ‘Close App’

HINT
HINT
If speech recognition isn’t sure about what you
said, you’ll get a list of possible options. Say
the correct number and then ‘Ok’ to continue.

Fun Time!

Speech to Text.

Speech recognition is also used for dictation. This is called
‘Speech to Text’ as our words are typed automatically in a
document. Open a new document and say the following:

Speech recognition software helps me type Full Stop

Space It’s easy and fun to use Full Stop

Challenge Yourself!

Using speech commands to save files.
You can save files without using a mouse or keyboard. We are going to save our
document as ‘Speech Test.docx’. Try these commands:

Click Save Click Browse Speech Test Save

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