NaturallySpeaking Basic Commands

	NaturallySpeaking Basic Commands Reference Relative to: Version 8.x and higher Rev 3.15

Starting and Changing Applications
Document and Menu Navigation
Editing and Corrections
Formatting
Punctuation, Characters and Symbols
Special Entry

Editing and Navigation commands in purple can be used in the Correction Dialog Box.

	What you say	What you get
	Microphone Off	Turns off the microphone - same as clicking on the microphone icon. Microphone can not be turned back on by voice, must use keyboard or mouse.
	Go to Sleep	Puts the microphone into a "Sleeping" state. The microphone will ignore anything except the "Wake Up" command. Easily misrecognized as "grossly" or "ghostly". Tip: Make sure to pronounce the "T" in "to", do not pronounce as "Goda Sleep".
	Wake Up	Takes the Microphone out of the Sleeping State. Reverses the "Go to Sleep" command. Tip: If the command has problems, try emphasizing the "K" in "Wake" just a bit more than usual.

Starting and Changing Applications

	What you say	What you get
	Start application name	Starts a Windows Program where *application name* is the name of a Windows Program *exactly* as listed in the Start or Programs menus.
	Switch to Next Window	Switches to the next running window, same effect as Alt-Tab.
	Switch to Previous Window	Switches back to the last accessed window, same effect as Alt-Shift-Tab.
	Switch to window name	Switches to the application listed on the task bar where window name is the name listed on the task bar. May fail to operate correctly on some programs which do not adhere strictly to Microsoft programming standards.
	Click Maximize	Maximize the current window size.
	Click Restore	Restore the current window to the preset size.
	Click Minimize	Minimize the current window size.

Document and Menu Navigation

	What you say	What you get
	*button name* or Click button name	Activates the menu or form option spoken in place of *button name*. NaturallySpeaking version 4 and below require the "Click" form of the command.
	Go to Top [of Document]	Move the cursor to the top of a document in applications which support "Control-Home" for Top of Document.
	Go to Bottom [of Document]	Move the cursor to the bottom of a document in applications which support "Control-End" for End of Document.
	Insert Before word or words	Move the cursor to a point just after the text read in place of *word or words*. (Restriction 1)
	Insert After word or words	Move the cursor to a point just before the text read in place of *word or words*. (Restriction 1)
	Go to or Move to End of Line	Move the cursor to the end of the current line.
	Go to or Move to Beginning of Line	Move the cursor to the Beginning of the current line.
	Move Up/Down/Right/Left <1 to 20>	Same as pressing an arrow key up to 20 times.
	Move Left/Right <1 to 20> Words	Move left or right the specified number of words.

Editing and Corrections

	What you say	What you get
	Select word or words	Select the text read in place of *word or words*. After the words are selected, replacement text can be dictated, or the selection can be formatted, copied, deleted, etc. (Restriction 1)
	Correct word or words	Opens the Correction Dialog Box with text read in place of *word or words*. After correction, the cursor returns to its previous location. This command generally much faster than "Select" followed by "Correct That". (Restriction 1)
	Correct That	Brings up the last utterance for correction. The correction dialog box displayed will depend on the settings used in the Options Menu.
	Select abc Through xyz	Selects the text starting with the words read for *abc* and ending with the words read for *xyz*.
	Select Previous/Next Word/Character	Select the specified word or character.
	Select Previous/Next <2 to 20> Words/Characters	Select the specified number of words or characters.
	Delete Previous/Next Word/Character	Deletes the specified of word or character. (No longer works in the Spell Dialog Box in Version 6.)
	Delete Previous/Next <2 to 20> Words/Characters	Delete the specified number of words or characters. (No longer works in the Spell Dialog Box in Version 6.)
	Cut/Copy That	Cuts or copies the selected text.
	Copy All to Clipboard	Copies the entire document to the Windows Clipboard so that it can be pasted into another location.

Formatting

	What you say	What you get
	Bold/Underline/Italicize That	Sets the current selection or the last utterance (if no text is selected) to Bold, Underline, or Italics. Note: not available in all applications.
	Set Font font name	Sets the current selection or the last utterance (if no text is selected) to the named font. Example "Set Font Times New Roman" This command only recognizes Arial and Times New Roman "out of the box" but additional fonts can be added by editing the command list in the Command Browser. Note: not available in all applications.
	Set Size font size	Sets the current selection or the last utterance (if no text is selected) to the named font size. For Example: "Set Size 16" Note: not available in all applications.
	Set Font font name and size	Sets the current selection or the last utterance (if no text is selected) to the named font and size. Example "Set Font Times New Roman 12" This command only recognizes Arial and Times New Roman "out of the box" but additional fonts can be added by editing the command list in the Command Browser. Note: not available in all applications.
	Set Font Normal	Removes Bold, Underline, and/or Italics formatting from the current selection. Note: DragonPad only
	Set Style Normal	Removes Bold, Underline, and/or Italics formatting from the current selection. Note: MS Word only
	Format That Normal	Removes Bold, Underline, Italics and other formatting from the current selection. Note: WordPerfect 12 only
	Left Align That Center That Right Align That	Sets the current or selected paragraphs to Left, Centered, or Right alignment.
	Cap That	Capitalizes the first letter of each word in the last utterance. (dictation command)
	Cap dictation	Capitalizes the first letter of the first word in *dictation*. (dictation command)
	Caps On/Caps Off	Turns "first letter capitalization" on/off.
	All Caps That	Capitalizes every letter of every word in the last utterance.
	All Caps On/Off	Turns "all upper case" on/off.
	No Caps	Can be used similar to Caps and All Caps above. Removes all capitalization from the designated text.

Punctuation and Special Characters
See the top of the Vocabulary Editor list for a full list.

Ch	What you say	Notes
.	Period	Followed by 2 spaces and capitalizes the next word.
.	Point Dot	No following spaces.
(	(Open \| Left) (Paren \| Parenthesis)
)	(Close \| Right) (Paren \| Parenthesis)
[	(Left [Square] \| Open) Bracket
]	(Right [Square] \| Close) Bracket
{	(Open \| Left) ([Curly] Brace \| Curly Bracket)
}	(Close \| Right) ([Curly] Brace \| Curly Bracket)
<	Left Angle Bracket Less Than Sign Open Angle Bracket
>	Right Angle Bracket Greater Than Sign Close Angle Bracket
!	Exclamation (Mark \| Point)
?	Question Mark
"	(Begin \| Open) [Double] (Quote \| Quotes)	Starts a double quote with a preceding space.
"	(End \| Close) [Double] (Quote \| Quotes)	Finishes a double quote with a following space.
:	Colon
;	Semicolon
#	Pound Sign Number Sign
$	Dollar Sign

Ch	What you say	Notes
%	Percent Sign
&	And Sign Ampersand
@	At Sign
©	Copyright Sign
®	Registered sign
§	Section Sign	Inserts the legal or section symbol "§"
^	Caret
'	Apostrophe
'	(Begin \| Open) Single Quote
'	(End \| Close) Single Quote
*	Asterisk
+	Plus Sign
,	Comma
/	Slash Forward Slash
\	Back Slash
...	Dot Dot Dot Ellipsis
's	Apostrophe-ess	Adds the ('s) for possessive nouns.
(s)	Optional s	adds the "(s)" optional s.
_	Underscore
--	Dash	Inserts "--" with a space on each side.
-	Hyphen Minus Sign	Inserts a "-" with no spaces.
=	Equal Sign
\|	Vertical Bar

Special Entry

	What you say	What you get
	Type or Press letter	Types the indicated key, i.e. "Press c", or "Type Alt r"
	Numeral number	Types the number, not the word. (dictation command)
	Roman Numeral number	Types the roman numeral. For example "Roman Numeral 8" will type "VIII". (dictation command)
	Dash	Inserts "--" with a space on each side. (dictation command)
	Hyphen	Inserts a "-" with no spaces. (dictation command)
	Section Sign	Inserts "§" (dictation command)
	Format That Spelled Out	Takes a selected number and converts it into words. For example, "1029" becomes "one thousand twenty nine".
	Format That Number	Takes the selected number in spelled out words and converts it into a number. For example, "one thousand twenty nine" become "1029".
	Show Dictation Box	One of several Dictation Box commands. Brings up a special entry dialog screen where dictation can be performed with full NaturallySpeaking functionality. When "OK" is voiced, the contents of the screen are pasted into the application that had the Windows Focus when the "Show Dialog Box" command was give. Useful for dictating into applications where the usual NaturallySpeaking editing and correction commands work poorly or not at all.
	Make (This \| That) a Phrase	Adds the selected text to the vocabulary as a phrase. Selection can contain printable text only, no "Enter Keys", "Tabs" etc.
	Make (This \| That) a Short Cut	Launches the New Command Wizard with the selected text inserted as a Text and Graphics Macro. Add a Macro name and click "Save" to create a Custom Command to call up the selected text by voice.

Notes and Restrictions:

	Critical Command
	Important Command
	Productivity Command
	Command Syntax or functionality changed in NaturallySpeaking version 8
	New in NaturallySpeaking version 8
	Editing and Navigation commands in purple can be used in the Correction Dialog Box

Restrictions:
1. "Select and Say" functionality must be implemented and the words spoken must be visible on the screen.