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Windows Speech
Recognition
commands
Applies to: Windows 10, Windows 7
Select Product Version
Windows 10
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
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and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.
Common Speech Recognition commands
To do this Say this

Open Start Start
Open Cortana
Note
Cortana is
only
available in
certain
countries/re
gions, and
some
Cortana Press Windows C
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
Right-click; Press
Perform an action in
Windows Z; press ctrl
an app
B
Select an item by its

File; Start; View
name
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Click Recycle Bin;

Select an item or icon Click Computer;
Click file name
Double-click Recycle
Bin; Double-click
Double-click an item
Computer; Double-
click file name
Switch to Paint;
Switch to WordPad;
Switch to an open
Switch to program
app
name; Switch
application
Scroll up; Scroll

Scroll in one
down; Scroll left;
direction
Scroll right
Insert a new
New paragraph; New
paragraph or new
line
line in a document
Select a word in a
Select word
document
Select a word and

Correct word
start to correct it
Select and delete

Delete word
specific words
Show a list of
applicable What can I say?
commands
Update the list of

speech commands Refresh speech
that are currently commands
available
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Commands for dictation
To do this Say this

Insert a new line in
New line
the document
Insert a new
paragraph in the New paragraph
document
Insert a tab Tab
Insert the literal word

(for example, insert
the word "comma" Literal word
instead of the
punctuation mark)
Insert the numeral

form of a number
(for examples, insert Numeral number
3 instead of the word
three)
Put the cursor before

Go to word
a specific word
Put the cursor after a

Go after word
specific word
Don't insert a space

No space
before the next word
Go to the start of the Go to start of

current sentence sentence

current paragraph paragraph
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current document document
Go to the end of the Go to end of

current sentence sentence

current paragraph paragraph

current document document
Select a word in the

Select word
current document
Select a word range Select word range;

in the current Select word through
document word
Select all text in the

Select all
current document
Select a number of Select previous 20

words before the words; Select
location of the cursor previous 10 words
Select a number of
Select next 20 words;
words after the
Select next 10 words
location of the cursor
Select the last text

Select that
you dictated
Clear the selection on

Clear selection
the screen
Capitalize the first

Caps word
letter of a word
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Capitalize all the

All caps word
letters of a word
Make all the letters in

No caps word
a word lowercase
Change the next

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

Change next 10
number of words to
words to lowercase
lowercase
Delete the previous Delete previous

sentence sentence
Delete the next

Delete next sentence
sentence
Delete the previous Delete previous

paragraph paragraph
Delete the next Delete next

paragraph paragraph
Delete the selected

Delete that
or last dictated text
Commands for the keyboard
To do this Say this

Press keyboard key;
Press a key or key Press A; Press capital
combination B; Press Shift plus A;
Press Ctrl plus A
Press certain Delete; Backspace;

keyboard keys Enter; Page Up;
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without saying Page Down; Home;

"press" first 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.
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
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' 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
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_ Underscore
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
™ Trademark sign
¾ Three-quarter sign
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¼ One-quarter sign
½ 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
» Close angle quote
× Multiplication sign
÷ Division sign
¢ Cent sign
¥ Yen sign
§ Section sign
© Copyright sign
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Registered sign;
® Registered trademark
sign
° Degree sign
¶ Paragraph sign
... Ellipsis; Dot dot dot
ƒ Function sign
Commands for Windows and apps
To do this Say this

Select an item by its
File; Start; View
name
Click Recycle Bin;

Select an item or icon Click Computer;
Click file name
Double-click
Computer; Double-
Double-click an item click Recycle Bin;
Double-click folder
name
Right-click
Computer; Right-
Right-click an item click Recycle Bin;
Right-click folder
name
Minimize all windows

to show your Show desktop
desktop
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Commands for using the mouse
To do this Say this

Show the mousegrid Mousegrid
Move the pointer to

Number of the
the center of a
square; 1; 7; 9
mousegrid square
Select a mousegrid Click number of the

square square
Number of the
square where the
Select an item to
item appears
drag with the mouse
(followed by) mark; 3
mark; 7 mark; 9 mark
Number of the
Select an area in the square where you
mousegrid where want to drag the
you want to drag the item (followed by)
item click; 4 click; 5 click; 6
click
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Select Product Version

Windows Speech Recognition lets you control

If a word or phrase is bold, it's an example.

For info on how to set up Speech Recognition

Speech Recognition is only available for

and Chinese Traditional), and Spanish.

Common Speech Recognition commands

To do this Say this

Open Search Press Windows S

Select an item by its

Click Recycle Bin;

Scroll up; Scroll

Select a word and

Select and delete

Update the list of

Commands for dictation

To do this Say this

Insert a tab Tab

Insert the literal word

Insert the numeral

Put the cursor before

Put the cursor after a

Don't insert a space

Go to the start of the Go to start of

Go to the start of the Go to start of

Go to the start of the Go to start of

Go to the end of the Go to end of

Go to the end of the Go to end of

Go to the end of the Go to end of

Select a word in the

Select a word range Select word range;

Select all text in the

Select a number of Select previous 20

Select the last text

Clear the selection on

Capitalize the first

Capitalize all the

Make all the letters in

Change the next

Change the next

Delete the previous Delete previous

Delete the next

Delete the previous Delete previous

Delete the next Delete next

Delete the selected

Commands for the keyboard

To do this Say this

Press certain Delete; Backspace;

without saying Page Down; Home;

Speech Recognition commands for the

Commands for punctuation marks and

To Insert this Say this

Period; Dot; Decimal

Open double quote;

Close double quote;

' Open single quote

' Close single quote

> Greater than sign

< Less than sign

Number sign; Pound

Hyphen; Minus sign;

Open brace; Open

Close brace; Close