The Utter Command menu gives you access to the Utter Command documentation, on-screen guides, dialog boxes and utilities. When Utter Command is loaded the Utter Command icon appears in your System Tray.
Right-clicking on the Utter Command icon brings up the Utter Command menu:
Utter Command menu description
Section 1 items help get you started with Utter Command:
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Getting Started pdf |
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Whirlwind Tour On-screen Guide. |
Section 2 has on-screen versions of all sections of the Utter Command manual (see UC Intro 5.1 for more details about the UC manual.)
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Contents, Intro, Appendices, Index; Contents shows you what to say to get to any section or subsection of the UC manual. |
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Lessons take you through every UC command and include examples and self-guided tours |
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Task Tours of 36 common tasks include sending email, editing, browsing the Web, making an Excel chart, making a PowerPoint presentation (Task Tours list including videos) |
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References include a Full Reference of every command with brief explanantions, Quick Reference of all commands, and Common Commands cheat sheet. |
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Visual Cheat Sheets illustrate key Windows, Windows Explorer, dialog box, email, Web, and UC List commands. |
Section 3 has on-screen guides open in a thin window on the right side of your screen. Other programs size around the guides so you can see them at the same time
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Top Commands show the top commands for common programs like Word and Excel |
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Tour Guides show the UC Whirlwind, Task and Lesson Review tours |
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Drill Guides show the Self-guided Drills from Lessons 1, 6 and 7. |
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Key, Letter and List Guides show speech names for keyboard keys, letters, and the UC List presets. |
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Custom Guides are blank on-screen guides you can type or paste into (say “Custom 1 File” to call up source.) |
Section 4 items bring up an Utter Command dialog box or screen element
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UC List allows you to organize your own File, Folder, Web Site, email Nickname, Keyword and Reminder word lists so you can use a single command to get to any file, folder or Web site, set up an email message, find any keyword in any document, and set a reminder with any message (see UC UC List Visual Cheat Sheet and UC Lessons 5.6, 5.7, 8.4, 9.2, 10.1 and 10.13). |
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UC Rulers puts rulers around your screen that help you more precisely control the mouse by speech. When the rulers are active you can say “Rulers Menu” to open a menu that allows you to control what the rulers look like (see UC Lesson 2.5). |
Sections 5 and 6 items bring up pages from the Utter Command Web site and the About dialog box.
One speech command away
You can use a single speech command to bring up any item on the Utter Command menu:
To call up any Utter Command menu or submenu item directly
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say “UC” plus the first word -- or in cases of ambiguity two words -- of a menu item |
| Examples: | “UC Task” clicks UC Menu/Task Tours, which opens the Task Tours On-screen Guide | |
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“UC Top” clicks the UC Menu/Top Commands/Top General, to open the Top Commands submenu | |
| “UC Top General” clicks the UC Menu/Top Commands/Top General to bring up the Top General Onscreen Guide | ||
| “UC Tour” clicks UC Menu/Tour Guides, which brings up the Tour Guides submenu | ||
| “UC List” clicks UC Menu/List, which opens the UC List dialog box |