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Creating spoken commands for keyboard shortcuts
You can create a spoken command to perform any keyboard shortcut that appears in a menu. You can create the command as a global command that works in all applications with that command. Or you can add it to a specific application folder within the Speakable Items folder so it works only if you speak it when that application is active.
To create spoken commands for keyboard shortcuts:
Make sure Speakable Items is turned on in Speech preferences.
Open the application that contains the shortcut you want, press the listening key (or speak the key, depending on your settings), and then speak the command “Define a keyboard command.”
Press the keys for the keyboard shortcut, and click OK.
Type the name you want to use for the command in the “Define keyboard command” dialog, following the recommended naming guidelines, and select whether to use this command just in the active application or in any application.
To use your new command, click the triangle at the bottom of the speech feedback window (a small round window with a microphone image) and choose “Open Speech Commands window.” You can speak your command as soon as it appears in the window, usually about 20 seconds after you add it.
You can also create spoken commands to open applications, folders, or other items, to insert text or graphics, or to run AppleScript scripts.