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Chapter 10: Working on Your Desktop
Searching your Desktop by voice
Use the Dragon Voice Shortcuts in this topic to search your Desktop by voice.
The search commands require that you have third-party indexing/search
software installed. Dragon supports the following search software:
n Google Desktop
n Windows Vista search
n Windows 7 search
The following table lists the types of Desktop commands that Dragon
supports, an example command, and a description of what happens after you
say the command:
Command
Type Syntax
Example
command What happens
Search your
computer
search [the]
computer for
[the]
<dictation>
"Search the
computer for
budget
spread-
sheets"
The search engine displays
all indexed items with the
keywords "budget
spreadsheets".
Search e-mail search e-
mail for [the]
<dictation>
"Search e-
mail for the
budget"
The search engine displays
all indexed email with the
keyword "budget "
Note: You can use the terms
e-mail, mail, or message
interchangeably.
Find the top-
ranked email
find [an]
email (about
| on) [the]
<dictation>
"Find an
email about
the vacation
schedule"
The search engine displays
the top-ranked email for the
keyword "vacation
schedule".
Search
documents
search [the]
(documents |
files) for
[the]
<dictation>
"Search
documents
for budget"
The search engine displays
all indexed documents with
the keyword "budget".
Note: You can use the terms
documents and files
interchangeably.
Search your
Web history,
favorites, or
bookmarks
search [the]
<category>
for [the]
<dictation>
"Search the
Web history
for the
budget
forecast"
The search engine displays
search results containing all
pages from your Web history
that use the keyword
"budget".
Valid search categories are:
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