First, what does a macro that sends keys even look like.

It looks like this:

<speechMacros>
<command>
<listenFor>All Select</listenFor>
<sendKeys>{{CTRL}}a</sendKeys>
</command>
</speechMacros>
You can either generate that using our built-in wizard, or you can just type it
in yourself, and save it to your Speech Macros directory.
You can see that I have {{CTRL}} preceding the letter a. That basically means, p
ress and hold the CTRL key then press the a key, then release both. That {{CTRL}
} is a modifier for the next non-modifier key. We also have {{SHIFT}} and {{ALT}
} to support all the normal types of hotkeys you d run into.
We also have a shortcut syntax for SHIFT, CTRL and ALT. You can use + for SHIFT,
^ for CTRL, and % for ALT. We didn t make this part up. This is the built-in beha
vior for other applications that send keys to applications. Now, if you wanted t
o use a plus sign, you could also escape that by using {+}. Similarly, you can u
se {^} and {%} to escape those characters.
In addition, you could have need for actually pressing the CTRL key and then re
leasing it, not actually using it as a modifier. To do that, just use {CTRL} ins
tead of {{CTRL}}. The simple rule here is that modifiers have two brace characte
rs surrounding them, but can be used as actual keys by only using a single brace
character.
There are also many special keys you d like to send that we ve also represented. Her
e s the full list:
{BACKSPACE}
{BS}
{BKSP}
{CAPSLOCK}
{DEL}
{DELETE}
{DOWN}
{END}
{ENTER}
{ESC}
{HOME}
{INS}
{INSERT}
{LEFT}
{NUMLOCK}
{PGDN}
{PGUP}
{RIGHT}
{SCROLLLOCK}
{TAB}
{UP}
{F1}
{F2}
{F3}
{F4}
{F5}
{F6}
{F7}
{F8}
{F9}
{F10}
{F11}
{F12}
{NUM0}
{NUM1}
{NUM2}
{NUM3}
{NUM4}
{NUM5}
{NUM6}
{NUM7}
{NUM8}
{NUM9}
{NUM+}
{NUM-}
{NUM*}
{NUM/}
{NUM.}
{NUM~}
{LALT}
{ALT}
{RALT}
{LSHIFT}
{SHIFT}
{RSHIFT}
{LCTRL}
{CTRL}
{RCTRL}
{LWIN}
{WIN}
{RWIN}
{MENU}
{BREAK}
{PRTSC}
{SLEEP}
{CAPSLOCK+}
{CAPSLOCK-}
{NUMLOCK+}
{NUMLOCK-}
{SCROLLLOCK+}
{SCROLLLOCK-}
Each of these can also be used as a modifier as well, just enclose them in anoth
er set of braces.