NaturallySpeaking, lets you talk to your desktop and actually see results. Now your desktop responds to your commands by starting applications, opening windows, and giving you access to menus, including the Start menu.
You can start applications or open files or folders by saying, “Start <name of application, file, or folder>.” For example, say, “Start WordPad,” to open the WordPad application. You can also use voice commands to access anything on the Start menu — Pictures, Documents, the Control Panel, or anything else.
Starting applications by voice
Dictating text is nice, but the first feeling of real power you get from NaturallySpeaking is when you say, “Open Microsoft Word.” The screen blinked, the hard drive ground, and the Word window appeared in all its glory.
The Open command opens any application whose name appears in one of the following places:
The desktop: For example, if a Microsoft Excel shortcut is on your desktop, you can start it up by saying, “Open Microsoft Excel.”
The top of the Start menu: If you see the name of an application when you click the Start button, you can run it with the Open command.
In the Programs folder on the Start menu, or in any of the subfolders of the Programs folder: For example, saying, “Open WordPad” opens it, even though it lies inside the Programs folder hierarchy (in Start/Accessories — unless you moved it).
In general, use whatever name is on the menu or shortcut. NaturallySpeaking does recognize a few nicknames, though. If you say, “Open Word,” for example, it runs Microsoft Word. Saying “Open Firefox” opens Mozilla Firefox. Try opening your programs with the name you use to see if a shortcut exists.
You also aren’t stuck with the names on the Programs menu. If you have a long-winded, hard-to-remember entry on your Programs menu — something like “WinZip 15.0” — you can change it to something catchy, like “Zip.” Then you can start it by saying, “Start Zip.” Right-click any icon on your desktop, choose Rename, and give your program an easier moniker.
Using the Start menu
Anytime that NaturallySpeaking is running, you can say, “Click Start” to pull up the Start menu. You can then say the name of any object on the Start menu like: "Shut down," "Log Off," "Restart," "Help and Support," or any individual applications, files, or folders that you have added to the menu. The resulting action is the same as if you had clicked the mouse on that entry in the Start menu:
If the object is itself a menu, it expands when you click it. (For example, Documents expand to a listing of the names of about the 15 most recent objects.) Select one of those objects by saying its name. If the object is another menu, it expands, and so on.
If the object is an application, it runs. (Run the application more easily by saying, “Start <application name>."
If the object is a file or folder, it opens. The files could be documents or even web pages.
For example, if Skype appears on your Start menu, then you can access your Skype account online by saying, “Click Start, Skype.” (The commas represent short pauses; don’t say, “comma.”) To open the Control Panel, say, “Click Start, Control Panel.”
In addition to using the Start command, you can use the Launch or Show commands. For example, instead of saying “Start Word,” you can say, “Launch Word” or “Show Word.”
Don't shut down the computer by voice, unless you have challenges that prevent you from doing it any other way. In general, shutting down Windows with a lot of applications running (especially robust applications like NaturallySpeaking) upsets the system.
At the very least, it causes an application to do something illegal that makes Windows shut it down in an unnatural way. Some data could be lost in the process. Of course, some Windows operating systems run better than others, and you may get lucky. But why take the chance?
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