Text-Editing Commands; Bullet Lists; Commands Recognized As Text - IBM VIAVOICE 10-STANDARD EDITION User Manual

Text-editing commands

You can select text and move the cursor using text-editing commands, such
as:
v Say "Next line" to move the cursor to the next line.
v Say "Select <text>", where <text> is the word or phrase to select.
v Say "Select this" to select text at the cursor location.
v Say "Scratch that" to delete the last dictated phrase.
v Say "Undo this" to undo the last action.
v Say "Copy this" and "Paste this" to copy selected text to or paste text from
the clipboard.
Say "What Can I Say for Text Editing" to view other commands.

Bullet lists

Create an unordered list with "bullet" symbols by dictating words, phrases or
sentences on their own lines, then highlight the text and say "Bullets".

Commands recognized as text

ViaVoice processes your words as dictation until you pause, and then it starts
to listen for you to say a command. ViaVoice understands the commands that
you can see in the All Commands view at the What Can I Say window. If you
have selected a command set, ViaVoice will process the word as a
command—not dictation—whenever you pause before and after saying the
word. You can also use the word in regular dictation—but do not insert a
pause.
For example, suppose you wanted to dictate the sentence "It is important to
use the open quote file save close quote option regularly". If you paused
slightly before the word 'file', ViaVoice would interpret it as a command, and
the File menu would be pulled down! If you equally paused before the word
'save', the file would be saved.
To prevent dictated words from being recognized as commands, you have two
options:
v Go to the Command Sets tab in ViaVoice Options and deselect the
command set containing the specific command. Always select the command
sets that you use frequently so that you can see views of them in the What
Can I Say window. Deselect the command sets that you do not use. You can
select them again whenever you need them.
v Enforce the Attention word, such as 'Computer', before each command. To
do this, select the Attention word required check box on the Dictation tab
in ViaVoice Options. Once that is set, you must start every command with
the Attention word, such as "Computer select this". Do not pause between
the Attention word and the rest of the command. You can add multiple
Attention words from the Command Sets tab in ViaVoice Options.
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