Há uma lista de comandos comuns para reconhecimento de fala no Windows 8 (pouca mudança em comparação com versões mais antigas do Windows). Na página de suporte do Microsoft Windows:
To do this Say this
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Select any item by its name Click File; Start; View
Select any item or icon Click Recycle Bin; Click Computer;
Click file name
Double tap or double-click any item Double-click Recycle Bin;
Double-click Computer;
Double-click file name
Switch to an open app Switch to Paint; Switch to WordPad;
Switch to program name;
Switch application
Scroll in one direction Scroll up; Scroll down;
Scroll left; Scroll right
Insert new paragraph/line in a document New paragraph; New line
Select a word in a document Select word
Select a word and start to correct it Correct word
Select and delete specific words Delete word
Show a list of applicable commands What can I say?
Update speech commands available Refresh speech commands
Turn on listening mode Start listening
Turn off listening mode Stop listening
Move Speech Recognition microphone bar Move speech recognition
Minimize the microphone bar Minimize speech recognition
View Help/Support about specific tasks How do I do something?
For example,
say “How do I install a printer?”
Em particular, os comandos disponíveis dependem do contexto (aplicativo atualmente ativo), então lembre-se de que você pode perguntar "O que eu posso dizer?" a qualquer momento para obter os comandos disponíveis .