Windows 11 Voice commands
Windows 11 Voice commands now makes it easier to speak to the computer using Windows 11 and WOW!!
Voice access – Commands List
Manage voice access & microphone to same
| Action | Command |
|---|---|
| Access the voice access tutorial | “Open voice access guide” |
| Access voice access help menu | “Open voice access help” |
| Access voice access settings menu | “Open voice access settings” |
| Close voice access | “Turn off voice access” |
| dictation) | |
| Find out what command to use | “What can | say” |
| Get voice access to listen to you | “Voice access wake up”, “Unmute” |
| Put voice access to sleep | “Voice access sleep”, “Mute” |
| Switch to commands only mode | “Commands mode” |
| Switch to default mode (commanding & | “Default mode” |
| Switch to dictation only mode | “Dictation mode” |
| Turn off the voice access microphone | “Turn off the microphone” |
Interact with apps
| Close an open application | “Close [application name]” e.g. “Close Edge”, |
| Go to desktop | “Go to desktop” |
| Minimize or maximize a window | “Maximize window” or “Minimize window” |
| Open a new application | “Open [application name]” e.g. “Open Edge”, |
| Open task switcher | “Show task switcher” |
| Restore a window | “Restore window” |
| Search on the browser | “Search on [search engine] for [x]” e.g. “Search on Bing for books” |
| Snap window | “Snap window to [direction]” e.g. “Snap window to left” |
| Switch to an existing application | “Switch to / “Go to [app]” “Go to Word” |
* “x” is the search query
* “search engine” can be Bing, Google and YouTube
* “direction” is left, right, top-left,top-right,bottom-left,bottom-right .
Interact with controls
| Check/uncheck a checkbox | “Check [item name ]” or “Uncheck [item name] e.g. “Check start voice access” |
| Double click an item | “Double click [item name]” e.g. “Double click Recycle Bin” |
| Expand a list | “Expand [item name]” e.g. “Expand Font” |
| Move a slider by a specific direction by a certain distance | “Move slider [direction] [value] times” e.g. “Move brightness right 4 times” |
| Put focus on an item | “Move to [item name]” e.g. “Move to Recycle Bin” |
| Scroll in a specific direction | “Scroll [direction] “e.g. “Scroll up” |
| Select an item | “Click [item name]” or “Tap [item name]” e.g. “Click Start”, “Tap Cancel” |
| Start scrolling in a specific direction | “Start scrolling [direction]” e.g. “Start scrolling down” |
| Stop scrolling | “Stop scrolling”, “Stop” |
| Toggle between states | “Toggle [item name]” e.g. “Toggle Night Light” |
* “direction” is up/down/left/right.
Interact with overlays
| Drill down into the grid | “[number] “ |
| Drill up or revert to the previous state of the grid | “Undo”, “Undo that” |
| Drop the marked object into a location | “Drag” |
| Mark an object to drag | “Mark/Mark [number]” e.g. “Mark 4”, “Mark” |
| Remove grid overlay | “Hide grid” or “Cancel” |
| Remove number overlays | “Hide numbers” or “Cancel” |
| Select a numbered item | “Click [jumber]” or “[number]” e.g. “Click 1”, “2” |
| Show grid overlay | “Show grid” |
| Show grid overlay on a specific window | “Show grid here”, “Show grid everywhere” |
| Show number overlays | “Show numbers” |
| Show number overlays on a specific app or window | “Show numbers here”, “Show numbers everywhere”, “show numbers on a notepad” |
Control Mouse and Keyboard
| Double or Triple-click an item | “Left click”, “Right-click” |
| Left or right-click an item | “Click” or “Tap” |
| like context menus or drop-down menus | “Dismiss” |
| Move your mouse pointer continuously | “Release [key]” e.g. “Release Shift” |
| Press a key multiple times | “Press [key1] [key2]….” e.g. “Press Shift B” |
| Press a key or key combination | “Double click” or “Triple-click” |
| Press and hold down a key | “Press [key] [count] times” e.g. “Press Tab 3 times” |
| Press keyboard escape key to close menu flyouts | “Stop”, or “Stop moving” |
| Release the held down key | “Press and hold [key]” e.g. “Press and hold Shift” |
| Stop moving your mouse pointer | “Move mouse [direction]” e.g. “Move the mouse down”, “Move mouse top left” |
Dictate text
| Insert a new line in the document | New line |
| Insert a new paragraph in the document | New paragraph |
| Insert a tab | Tab |
| Insert the literal word (for example, insert the word “comma” instead of the punctuation mark) | Literal word |
| Insert the numeral form of a number (for examples, insert 3 instead of the word three) | Numeral number |
| Put the cursor before a specific word | Go to word |
| Put the cursor after a specific word | Go after word |
| Don’t insert a space before the next word | No space |
| Go to the start of the current sentence | Go to start of sentence |
| Go to the start of the current paragraph | Go to start of paragraph |
| Go to the start of the current document | Go to start of document |
| Go to the end of the current sentence | Go to end of sentence |
| Go to the end of the current paragraph | Go to end of paragraph |
| Go to the end of the current document | Go to end of document |
| Select a word in the current document | Select word |
| Select a word range in the current document | Select word range; Select word through word |
| Select all text in the current document | Select all |
| Select a number of words before the location of the cursor | Select previous 20 words; Select previous 10 words |
| Select a number of words after the location of the cursor | Select next 20 words; Select next 10 words |
| Select the last text you dictated | Select that |
| Clear the selection on the screen | Clear selection |
| Capitalize the first letter of a word | Caps word |
| Capitalize all the letters of a word | All caps word |
| Make all the letters in a word lowercase | No caps word |
| Change the next number of words to uppercase | Change next 10 words to uppercase |
| Change the next number of words to lowercase | Change next 10 words to lowercase |
| Delete the previous sentence | Delete previous sentence |
| Delete the next sentence | Delete next sentence |
| Delete the previous paragraph | Delete previous paragraph |
| Delete the next paragraph | Delete next paragraph |
| Delete the selected or last dictated text |
Delete that |
Dictate punctuation marks & Dictate symbols
| , | Comma |
| ; | Semicolon |
| . | Period; Dot; Decimal point |
| : | Colon |
| “ | Open double quote; Open quote |
| “ | Close double quote; Close quote; Close inverted commas |
| ‘ | Apostrophe |
| ‘ | Open single quote |
| ‘ | Close single quote |
| > | Greater than sign |
| < | Less than sign |
| / | Forward slash |
| \
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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 |
| _ | 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 |
| 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 |
| ® | Registered sign; Registered trademark sign |
| ° | Degree sign |
| ¶ | Paragraph sign |
| … | Ellipsis; Dot dot dot |
| ƒ |
Function sign |