Desktop Commands

Last Modified: January 22, 2000

First introduced in version 3.5 of Dragon NaturallySpeaking is voice-actvated command and control of the Windows desktop environment.

Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice enables the following components of Windows using ActiveX Accessibility. ActiveX Accessibility which is only available under Windows 95 and Windows 98, so these commands will not work under Windows NT.

• Menus and dialog boxes which are part of Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer. To control a menu you say "Click " the same way you would using Dragon NaturallySpeaking itself.
• The Start Menu. You can open the Start Menu by saying "Click Start Menu" at any time. Once the Start Menu is open, you can say the names of the menu items like any other menu.

In addition, Dragon NaturallySpeaking voice enable the following components of Windows using more conventional mechanisms. These features will work under all versions of Windows (including Windows NT).

• Switch to a running program by voice with the command "Switch to ". The program name you should use is the name which appears in the taskbar for the active application.
• Start a new program by voice with the command "Start ". Dragon NaturallySpeaking will allow you to start any program or document on your desktop in anywhere in your Start Menu.

Note: When you start a program by voice, another copy of that program will be started if possible. If you want to switch to an already running program use "Switch to ".

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