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Microsoft Support: Voice access command list

Lists command categories for managing microphone state, interacting with controls and overlays, dictating text, selecting text, editing text, and navigating text.

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  1. Start with the original. Open the source and find the guidance or example relevant to your task.
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Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Voice command Choose voice command when the interaction problem is spoken activation or control, not typed search, command browsing, key-chord acceleration, or ordinary dictation alone. Voice capture starts only after explicit user invocation, platform voice-access command, or documented wake condition. Supports command categories for microphone management, controls, overlays, dictation, editing, and navigation.

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Publisher: Microsoft. Last checked: .

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