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Speech Direct - Common Commands

Author => A list of commonly used commands that will help you save time and get the best out of Speech Direct.

Updated over 10 months ago

Please note that these Commands work when you are dictating into MS Word, Notepad and most other Windows based editors. They will not work with Web based editors such as Google Docs.

Punctuation

new line

new paragraph

open quote / close quote

open single quote / close single quote

open bracket / close bracket

start numbered list / end numbered list

Selecting and Choosing

select <text>

choose <number>*

select all

select paragraph

select sentence

unselect text

unselect that

accept default

* Use this if [select <text>] returns multiple matches

Formatting

bold that

capitalise that

italicise that

lowercase that

underline that

uppercase that

Delete and Undo

undo that

redo that

delete that

delete sentence

delete paragraph

delete previous word

delete previous sentence

delete previous paragraph

Copy, Cut and Paste

copy that

cut that

paste that

Navigation

go to beginning of document

go to beginning of paragraph

go to beginning of sentence

go to end of document

go to end of paragraph

go to end of the sentence

go to next field

go to next line

go to next paragraph

go to next sentence

go to previous field

go to previous line

go to previous paragraph

go to previous sentence

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