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Voice Commands

Echo allows you to use a wide range of spoken word commands to control actions on your computer.

The How To Use Echo Voice Commands page offers an overview of the different types of command that are available.

You can view all available Echo commands by using the command “What Can I Say?” or via the menu by selecting Transcription > What Can I Say?

This page specifically covers the advanced commands referred to as ‘Echo Commands’.

Echo Commands

Note: this is an overview only. For the full list of commands, view the ‘What Can I Say’ window in the software which automatically updates with any changes to voice commands.

Sub-commands (Indented)

The screenshot above shows that some commands are indented.
This indicates that these commands only work in relation to the command they are indented from.

For example, only after you use the ‘select <words>’ command can you use the ‘next match / next’ command.

Alternative command triggers

Commands with slashes /, indicate that you can use different commands to suit you preference. E.g. saying “next match” will perform the same function as “next”. – saying “next match slash next” will not perform the command.

<Angle brackets>

Angle brackets < > indicate where you can fill in your choice of words appropriate to the command.

e.g. using the command ‘Select <words>‘, you could say “Select apples” to select the first word of the example below or “Select apples can be red” to select the first four word.

Apples can be red or green,
Bananas should be yellow,
Orange you glad this rhyme’s so sweet?
It’s one peachy little fellow!

Optional Additions

Commands with square brackets [ ] indicate optional additions that can be used.

For example, the command ‘select the <first> [to <third>] sentence(s)’ could be used to select just one sentence – “Select the first sentence”, or could be used to select multiple – “Select the first to third sentence”.
‘Undo [that]’ works with or without including “that” in the command.

Command list

Saying “What Can I Say” will give you the full list of commands, including a description of what they do.

However, there are some more unique commands worth a special mention. you can find these listed below.

Unique / special commands

open / launch / start <app>

Opens an application by name.

e.g. – “Launch Outlook”

summarise that / summarise the paragraph / summarise everything

AI-summarises the selected text, current paragraph or entire document in-place.

set Anchor / anchor that	Anchors the dictation to the currently focused text field. This allows you to click elsewhere and know that your text will still type into your chosen location.
clear anchor / remove anchor	releases the active anchor and returns to normal dictation.

microphone sleep / go to sleep	Pause the microphone; any speech is ignored until you say ‘wake up’.
wake up / microphone wake	Resumes dictation following a sleeping microphone.
stop listening / microphone stop	will stop the mic from listening – you will not be able to restart with a voice command, as it will not be listening.

show text box / open text box / show transcription pad	Opens a window where you can dictate using Echo. This will also appear when you attempt to anchor to an application which doesn’t allow anchoring.
transfer text / send the text	Where using the transcription pad as an anchor location, this will close the window and add the text to the target destination
hide text box / close test box, hide transcription pad	closes the transcription pad (doesn’t transfer the text anywhere but will keep the text in the box).

Remember – the full list of commands available is within the software and can be accessed by using the command “What Can I Say?”.