Manipulating Your Operating System
Manipulating your operating system and using
NaturallySpeaking when other applications is one of the fun things to do
with speech recognition.
For instance, you can save your documents by simply saying Click
File, Save or open a document with the Click File, Open command. You can open and close most Windows programs at
will.
Try some of the following examples and then find a few
new commands using the Command
Browser as demonstrated at the end of this section:
1. Start
the DRAGON NaturallySpeaking voice center.
2. Open
XpressPad and try manipulating your menus. Start with the View menu. Say:
Click
View <pause>
Toolbar
Click
View <pause>
Format Bar
Click
View <pause>
Ruler
Click
View <pause>
Status bar
3. Review
the above commands and replace your toolbars as you like to see them
appear.
44. NaturallySpeaking gives you some
specialized voice activated Windows commands. Try a few.
Start WordPad <Pause> Click Close
Start Calculator <Pause> Click Close
Start Paint <Pause> Click Close
5. Trying
minimizing, restoring, and maximizing your Windows programs with the
following commands. Reopen the
paint program and try the following.
Start
Paint
Click Maximize
Click Restore
Click Minimize
Switch to
NaturallySpeaking
Switch to Paint
Click
Close
Switch to
NaturallySpeaking
6. There
are dozens of possible ways to use your voice to manipulate your operating
system and the programs in NaturallySpeaking. To learn more about what you can do, try the Help menus, which open up an extensive lists of possible
commands that you can use in various situations. Scrolling down the list is the easiest way to find new
commands you can use.
Say this:
Click Help
Help
Topics
7. Click
the index tab or say Click Index and say the command you are
looking for. In this practice
segment say:
Preventing
vocal strain
Click
Display
FYI:
You can scroll up or down this list with the Move Up 1-20 command.
[Figure A-11:
Use the Help menu to explore new command options: Callout: Say the command, Say Click Display]
8. Close the open help windows with
the Click Close command. Open the Help menu and check out the tip
of the day! Try saying:
Click Help
Tip of the Day
Click Next Tip
Click Next Tip
Click Close
9. Close
Naturally speaking with your voice without saving. Try this:
Click
File, <Pause> Exit (or say Click Close)
Say Click No to avoid
saving.
Say Click Yes to save
changes in your voice profile.
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